Clearly in the lead… or ?
Well you can’t go to Bathurst and not go to Mount Panorama – the greatest circuit for Aust. motor sport.
Lined up on the grid in pole position – sporting a lean bike (no panniers) loaded with a 27 speed transmission and a two cylinder engine of doubtful output. Smoking up the start line (well hardly – a tortoise may have got off the mark quicker) set a blistering pace up the straight before tackling the mountain. Down shifting through the gears the heart rate was climbing as much as the altitude and it was on the pedals by the time I came round the last corner and up to Shannons at the top of the mountain.
The drop over the top was breathtaking as I came under the Holden banner into the Esses – leaning the bike into the corners it was quite an experience as the road literally drops away under you!
Flying down to the mount to Conrad straight at over 70 kph, keeping just wide of the ripple strip, under the Dunlop Tyre and the last elbow before the chequered line… in a amazing time of 19:53 minutes for the 6.25 km – eat you heart out V8’s 🙂
almost at the top of the mount!
ps, did a ‘warm up’ lap plus a hot lap! I have a video of descending the Esses (now that was interesting with only one hand on the bars while taking the video)… but it won’t load 😦
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Never mind about the video, I can see it in my mind’s eye and it looks amazing! Green racing at Bathurst might take off, but you’d probably have to have a special noise generator…
Great work, Bob, on the home stretch now but I imagine it may be a mixed feeling, it’s been an amazing trip.
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Good one dad Bob, love from Stu and mum
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Hi Bob, Andrew & Kathy here, been enjoying some of your blogs. Tremendous effort, well done!!!!! On the home stretch now. Lovely to see Lee and Mary on Monday. Sorry time didn’t permit to welcome you to Cowra. All the best for the remainder of the ride. We are off to the UK this morning for 5 weeks.
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Nearly home now. Well done.
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You know how to have fun Bob. I felt I was there and felt scared. Bad luck about the video.
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