Hello 2016!<\/p>\n
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Pew pew pew! Fireworks. Resolutions.Reviews. Appraisals. Regrets. Change. Happy new year, or whatever.<\/p>\n
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Glad it\u2019s over to be honest, let\u2019s just get on with\u00a0riding\u00a0more.<\/p>\n
<\/span> <\/p>\n Like many\u00a0bike\u00a0bloggers I try to publish one post weekly. It sounds like nothing but for some reason it puts me under pressure to come up with something to write, and it shouldn\u2019t be like that, so my only so-called resolution this year, was to take any kind of pressure off myself, and do more of what I wanted.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So it was I started 2016 with a ride at 7am January 1, 2016. I rode into the city expecting carnage everywhere but there was none. There was barely anyone on the streets and very few shops and cafes were open.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I struggled to find somewhere to grab bacon and eggs but managed to eventually find a crappy serve\u00a0in the city and gorged myself before taking off again.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It was a good time to ride and think about what might be in 2016 and in short right now, I have no answers. I usually have a plan, but this year I don\u2019t. I kind of feel like I am just floating through time\u00a0at the moment, nothing really urging me forward, except for riding and really enjoying it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So I have been doing more of it which is awesome. In fact, ever since that\u00a0first 1,000kms with Big Steve, I have been actively seeking out dirt roads to ride.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I never really thought I\u2019d say that, but this bike\u2026 I dunno, it just LOVES them. I\u2019ve done\u00a0plenty of dirt riding\u00a0over the years, but I have never felt so comfortable riding dirt, gravel, tracks<\/a> and backroads before on any bike. I suppose that is to be expected, being a GS.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But for me it\u2019s a revelation, naturally it feels right at home in the dirt, but\u00a0the sense of control and agility is actually quite amazing considering it\u2019s size and weight. I really enjoy riding it, in the dirt. I mean like really like riding it over things, through things, in things. It goes anywhere you point it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Which just takes my motorcycling passion to a whole new level. Hunting down twisties is still part of my routine but now I actively go looking for fire trails<\/a> and backroads to stomp around on.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Big Steve took a day and came down my way to lead the charge\u00a0out to the back of Ballarat and an area of back roads and fire tracks he grew up in. I haven\u2019t had so much fun on a bike since I was 10.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tight, gravelly, bumpy, full of humongous ruts and potholes \u2013 these roads were made for the GS and it just lapped them up with gusto and delivered me unto the other side unscathed and mentally unhinged. Ecstatic I\u00a0just wanted to go back and do it again and again (which we did).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then there are these valleys around the back of my bit, behind the airport kind of, and stuffed if I know how to get to em, but I have been trying. Every time I think I have found a way in, I come across another locked gate, and restricted access sign. Dammit!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But I won\u2019t give up, just this morning I found a couple of good angry dirt tracks to blast around in, one that lead to a vacant paddock that had a rutted out 4WD track that lead nowhere, so\u00a0I pushed on chasing imaginary rabbits trying to escape.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I am so goddamn happy with my new bike I could puke.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Coming up soon I will be heading off on a ten year anniversary ride with a group of mates for\u00a0Australia Day\u00a0Ten. It promises four days of riding Victoria and New South Wales, and as described by the organiser \u2018a bit of dirt for Dan\u2019. It\u2019s 11 days away as I write this, is it too early to pack?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Until next time kids<\/a>, stay upright and hit the dirt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello 2016! Pew pew pew! Fireworks. Resolutions.Reviews. Appraisals. Regrets. Change. 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\nIt\u2019s been awhile since I wrote anything because I wanted to start the year without putting more pressure on myself about writing more.<\/p>\n