the annual snowy ride.steve walters foundation

[[UNIT]]

I arrived home today. Had a ball. 2000+km and a sore behind later.

Good to meet a few of you guys but unfortunatly I can't remember their forum names.

[cheeky]

great ride as usual..the conditions perfect!!!!!!!!

unit u met my hubs on the balcony at threadbo at the speeches..i wasnt there having a nanna nap.tall ranga...u had also keno and mrs keno and busgo there as well..

great to meet 1hotbusa and babybusa.also seeing crumpy in jindy then khancobahn..


also a prospective member and wifey in jind at lunch..worked out what a small world it was..ie same schools ect....just moved post codes and our mates that went along for dinner also said the 'omg"factor i went to school with you as well..


our group went on to bright for rod run...

great fun to be had.got back today at home around 2.30 monday


very sorry babybusa was so crook...we hope she feels better soon because she was a true trooper in going in the first place.

got fantastic piccies

[Heidi1]

Glad you all had fun and came home safe! Sounds like a great weekend, can't wait to see the pics.

[[UNIT]]

Thanks cheeky. I do remember talking to ur other half. Has a gtr kwaka and said his Missus had a k9?? I had a bit too much to drink I think..

[BUSGO]

I am gonna put a few picts up in the Club photos section. I didn't get many of the run. Too busy having fun and riding.

[1hotbusa]

Hi everybody

We got home ok on Sunday afternoon without getting too wet. It was an awesome turnout with 3200 registered riders, making the Snowy Ride the second biggest ride event after the Ulysses meetings.

It was good to see so many Hayabusa Club members there over the weekend, and it was great to put some faces to some new names. For us, since we have gone so often, it's like a yearly reunion, I was meeting up with old friends from Pheasants Nest onwards.

This year we brought our neighbour along on a slower CBR1100, he loved the weekend and booked for next year straight away. We have booked for 2010 (10th Anniversary) and 2011.

The Snowy ride is on the 6th November 2010. If every rider brought 1 more person you would double the size of the ride. That would be awesome, although I dont think Thredbo would handle the influx.

[crumpy]

got home sunday arvo going to stop at young but to good a day so kept going (no near misses).got pulled up twice while there 1st breath test, second going a bit fast but only another breath test.its good to see the club members and catch up,good to meet new members bevan and his wife from ALBURY ay cheeky? met so many people even cheekys electricity meter reader, riding a spider.Anyway it was a blast of a weekend had a great time.

[big kev]

i dont see alot of pics from the snowy ride guys?

[CeeJay07]

I'm considering doing the Snowy ride next year or 2011, but I'm not sure if I would enjoy it....it seems to be a giant funeral procession (too many bikes...like a giant toy run) or am I totally wrong?

[[UNIT]]

Wait to u get the right blokes and hit the racetrack like roads! My tyre looks like it's growing rubber hair now!

[BUSGO]

This is certainly no procession.
It was an awesome 3 days of having a ball.

Traffic was never a problem and the men in blue were enjoying the fun.

[[UNIT]]

No problem riding down the side of stopped traffic for kms busgo!

[cheeky]

crumpy you shit...i couldnt believe when you said that you had been at a pub(oh the shock of it!)

then you met a guy that said oh i know ali!!!! i read her meter!!! lordy small world huh!!!

thats mr smith!!! he does read my eletrickery meter.rides a yellow spider..god love him.

unit you werent that drunk..yes i know its hard to believe my hubb rides a quakker!!!!!

and yes i ride a black k9.apparently my cornering has improved according to friends and hubs.had a few hints over the weekend how to tackle corners


i noticed a black hayabusa following me down from threadbo to khanconban for about 20kms... then he or her dissapered.kinda dissapeared behind me...then i went to the ladies hubs found me in the bushes then he lead the way and got booked.....bugger..heheh not for moi..

hated that road the threadbo to khancoban but now its all good..

need more training about corners...

saw crumps at the bottom....all good

[BabyBusa]

I'm considering doing the Snowy ride next year or 2011, but I'm not sure if I would enjoy it....it seems to be a giant funeral procession (too many bikes...like a giant toy run) or am I totally wrong?

It's not like that all. Yes there is a 'procession' but it is called a 'Mass Ride', which occurs on Saturday afternoon and goes from the ski tube into Thredbo. It is led by Goldwings because they are the bike that take the children suffering from cancer for a ride. On the Saturday there are test rides, the chair lift and toboggans operate and everyone just does there own thing.

Particpation in the mass ride is not mandatory. There is nothing mandatory about the Snowy ride. When the mass ride has finished everyone gathers around for a presentation of prizes and in the evening there is a concert.

There is accomodation available in Threbo but there is also cheaper accomodation in Jindabyne.

I guess the best suggestion that anyone can give you is come along next year for the 10th Anniversary of the Snowy Ride and see for yourself and then you can form your own opinion of the Snowy Ride.

[cheeky]

Seeing as I have to leave my throttle hand at home, I have the blue blurr on coil launch. The rubber bands are wound up and ready for release in the early hours of Friday.

I'm considering doing the Snowy ride next year or 2011, but I'm not sure if I would enjoy it....it seems to be a giant funeral procession (too many bikes...like a giant toy run) or am I totally wrong?

yep your wrong..


great bloody time.


no set time nor places at your own leisure where you want to go..

its the idea of doing it for the kids!!!

and the best thing is the time you take out of your every day life to donate for the lil ones that struggle for life...


myself i rode up there every which way because of our mates ...via Western Australia....from griffith nsw.

then took off saturday relaxing having nanna nap... because i,m a big girl and met up with the lovely babybusa and 1hotbusa. and others like errrr umm crumpy!!!(westinghouse) but i was left with a triumph to ride back to our caravan park(because hubs stole my bike and mate stole his bike and mate of a mate stole his bike.)...eckkk in that alone.......


just GO!! fantasic pissup and great time