Reefton to Black Spur and Back

Beautiful day for a ride between jobs...

385km, 19deg,

25litres, $28 (6.57l/100km or 15.2km/l)

GPZ Zone GTG

Last commute to South Melbourne

Lunchtime to Williamstown - Altona

South Gippsland with MSR

Almost 10 years since I rode with MSR (formerly MSTCV). Very spirited ride along very scenic routes. 370km, ~22L, $29.16
16.8km/l (5.9L/100km)
$7.8 / 100km
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Leg 1: Back roads parallel to the freeway to Drouin, and then down towards Korumburra diverging at Ranceby and heading around through Nyora to Loch for morning tea (105 km)
Leg 2: Then we'll continue south 16 km before turning off towards Almurta, Glen Forbes, and down to Archies Creek before heading back up the magnificent Loch road to the Glen Alvie turnoff (55km). The next section of road has been recently widened but with no white lines. We'll regroup along here at the half way mark, taking a breather from the continuous intensely twisty roads. Then down to Kongwak and back 18.5km towards Bena before turning right down to Kongwak again on a magnificently wide and smooth road. Finally, Korumburra Bakery for lunch. (99km)
Leg 3: After a leisurely break, we'll head across to Loch, Drouin and Neerim South (75km)
Leg 4: The final leg will see us head around through the Neerims and down through Nayook to finish at Powelltown after the twisties. (65km)

Commute

Another beautiful morning to commute ...

Bike Photography Lens Test

A comparison between 2 lenses. Ignore the brightness/exposure & framing, and focus on the distortion and compression effects of both photographs.

First photo is using 50mm f/1.4 prime lens at f/2.0 (to avoid softness)
Second photo is using 70-300mm lens, set at 200mm f/6.0. Taken from about 15m(!)

In my opinion I like the send photograph, although the first one using prime lens is naturally sharper/more contrast. You can see that with the superior zoom the back seat does not 'fall away'.

Genuine Kawasaki Parts

Purchased from Millway Online Spares

Heated Hand Grips

Beautiful, but cold (9C) Melbourne Morning. Hence the heated grips.

The $24 hand-grip warmer is a pretty good kit from Ebay, even better looking & simpler than $80 Oxford one. As you can see you can operate it without taking your left hand off the handle bar.

Ebay Link
12V 22mm Heated Motorcycle Handlebar Handle Bar Grips Hand Warmers Black

Taking off the bar-end weights were very difficult. For some reason Kawasaki applied red Loctite on them. I had to heat them up using hair-dryer and use an impact screwdriver, with strong bang!

History of the Ninjas

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2015/september/mcn-plus---birth-of-the-ninja/

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