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28-07-2009, 12:02am
G'Day all,
I thought I should start my contribution to this forum with a brief account of my first night ride in the chilly rain.
I was returning to Canberra from Sanctuary Point, (near Nowra) last Sunday evening. I left Sanctuary Point about 3:30pm, with my family in the falcon and me leading the way on my busa. The ride was absolutely brilliant, gave me a good chance to explore the cornering capabilities of the busa which was very stable and easy to direct.
I traveled south along the Princes HWY through Ulladula and turned up the hill at the Canberra/Braidwood turn off just out of Batemans Bay. The Busa was a pleasure to ride and the scenery was peaceful, (not that I spent much time looking anywhere other than the road to the front).
Unfortunately about 60min into the ride the rain got a bit heavier. This combined with the diminishing light made for an interesting ride. To cut a long freezing ride short I have to say I was totally impressed with the way the bike handled the wet slippery conditions. There was more than one occasion when I honestly thought I was pushing my luck on a deceptive bend in the road. Not that I was pushing the speed limit just the surface of the road appears very smooth and slippery, but credit to the Busa, not a single loss of traction. Once I felt the rear wheel kick out a little but that was when I crossed into another lane and accidentally went over a cats eye marker.
All in all I made it home to Canberra in one piece, although almost frozen solid!! My gloves were soaked through as were my jeans and socks.
The fuel economy was surprising. I used about 12 litres to travel about 265 km. That's sitting on the limit, (most of the way)! ;-)
Anyway, that's my short story over with. If you have read it to this point, cheers and I hope you weren't too bored.
Love me Busa
Davo66
I thought I should start my contribution to this forum with a brief account of my first night ride in the chilly rain.
I was returning to Canberra from Sanctuary Point, (near Nowra) last Sunday evening. I left Sanctuary Point about 3:30pm, with my family in the falcon and me leading the way on my busa. The ride was absolutely brilliant, gave me a good chance to explore the cornering capabilities of the busa which was very stable and easy to direct.
I traveled south along the Princes HWY through Ulladula and turned up the hill at the Canberra/Braidwood turn off just out of Batemans Bay. The Busa was a pleasure to ride and the scenery was peaceful, (not that I spent much time looking anywhere other than the road to the front).
Unfortunately about 60min into the ride the rain got a bit heavier. This combined with the diminishing light made for an interesting ride. To cut a long freezing ride short I have to say I was totally impressed with the way the bike handled the wet slippery conditions. There was more than one occasion when I honestly thought I was pushing my luck on a deceptive bend in the road. Not that I was pushing the speed limit just the surface of the road appears very smooth and slippery, but credit to the Busa, not a single loss of traction. Once I felt the rear wheel kick out a little but that was when I crossed into another lane and accidentally went over a cats eye marker.
All in all I made it home to Canberra in one piece, although almost frozen solid!! My gloves were soaked through as were my jeans and socks.
The fuel economy was surprising. I used about 12 litres to travel about 265 km. That's sitting on the limit, (most of the way)! ;-)
Anyway, that's my short story over with. If you have read it to this point, cheers and I hope you weren't too bored.
Love me Busa
Davo66