Ulysses Melbourne

A dozen of us got together in bright sunshine at Lilydale for the ride to Grantville.

Despite it being the middle of winter, rain forecast and a route which had us criss-crossing the hills and Great Divide 8 members were silly enough to join Pat for his ride.  Wonderful what freedom from lockdowns will do.   BMWs were definitely in the majority with Colin, Jack, Jeff, Roger and Steve (reluctantly) all mounted on Bavarians.  John and Pat were on very different Triumphs while Les and I were mounted on Japanese bikes.
 

Kalkallo to Yarck
Ride Leader : Vince Green
Tail End Charlie : Mike
Other Riders : Steve, Jeff, Colin, (Italian) Nick, (Greek) Nick, Marty, Pat, Gary and Wendy, Shane

While the ride to the VBC breakfast via Woods Point showed the Himalayan’s handling and torque capabilities, it was the return via Jamieson to Licola in cold sleety rain and rock-hard road surfaces, interlaced with running rivulets of water that confirmed my choice of machine. But it was later while scoffing cold cereal and thermy coffee, in Trafalgar on ‘A Sunday Morning Coming Down,’ that a chance conversation with a complete stranger Mark, resulted a few weeks later with a new exhaust breathing life into the Himalayan.