Got lost in the moment and found myself far from home....

GRiSO Capo Posts : 10200 Join date : 2013-09-30

It's funny, you know, I've been so caught up in developing and testing maps lately that I haven't thought to actually ride just for grins.

Today started out as another test of the Mistral map. It's supposed to rain this afternoon, so I was expecting a short 50km run around the local backroads before heading home for a cuppa and a session in the front of the stereo before SWMBO got home from work.

But a funny thing happened. I was out on the backroads, and I was testing the map, when suddenly the map test seemed irrelevant. The growl of the exhaust and the smell of [insert song lyric] 'hot metal and oil, the scented country air, sunlight on chrome, the blur of the landscape, every nerve aware'...

..and I was off in GRiSO-land going stupid fast and I didn't care! So I kept going. And going. Then I was in the hills. Whether the map was ready to be released or not, it didn't matter. The big G was going better than ever. The engine was singing and I was in the groove. You know what I mean? Sometimes everything just clicks and you're king of the road.

So what was supposed to be a 1/2 hour zip turned into a 3 and a half hour romp in the hills.

Tops!

Fuck I love my GRiSO.

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Sfregiato Posts : 467 Join date : 2014-06-13 Age : 74

Why we ride! cheers

Godfather Posts : 3154 Join date : 2013-05-28 Age : 59

Red Barchetta dammit...

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 10200 Join date : 2013-09-30

Steak wrote:: Red Barchetta dammit...

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 10712 Join date : 2013-05-29 Age : 67

I rarely get the chance to go for that length a flog but I entirely understand. As with any activity that turns something pleasurable into *Work* it is far! far too easy to turn life into a situation where the trees obscure the wood!

I suggest less map work and more riding.

Pete

GRiSO Capo Posts : 10200 Join date : 2013-09-30

Pete Roper wrote:: I suggest less map work and more riding

Too right!

The best bit was the totally unplanned part. Usually when I'm up in the hills I would ride down to Tumut and fill up and plod home. This time I went back up into the hills after filling up at Tumut!

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 10712 Join date : 2013-05-29 Age : 67

Its supposed to be fun my friend, time to back off methinks. You give away an enormous amount for little or no reward. If it stops being fun *We* all loose. Take a break, do other stuff for a bit. Its worth it.

Pete

GRiSO Capo Posts : 309 Join date : 2013-06-12 Age : 70

Back to the basics an livi'n it! The rest is fish'n'chip paper!

Don Abbondio Posts : 200 Join date : 2014-05-31 Age : 76

Well done mate. I'm overdue for one of those rides myself. cheers

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Beetle, try studying ROAD maps, not fuel maps for awhile.

GRiSO Capo Posts : 10712 Join date : 2013-05-29 Age : 67

No riding for me this weekend. Its pissing down rain and colder than a moneylenders heart. Perhaps I should go to the workshop and see if I can fit the fuggly rack? Nah, can't be arsed.

Pete

Nibbio Posts : 569 Join date : 2014-06-21

Hey you guys!
If Mark wants to work on fuel maps, especially Zard fuel maps we should let him! He loves that stuff more than life itself!
signed,
Selfish Bastid.

(srsly - I fall into the same trap and last weekend's 700 miler reminded me to get out there)

GRiSO Capo Posts : 10200 Join date : 2013-09-30

tocino, you guys are doing all the work! I just sit in front of the PC in my jammies with a beverage and go click click click!

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 10712 Join date : 2013-05-29 Age : 67

Well its better than playing 'World of Warcraft' in the nude and eating twisties, wondering why yer knob's gone yellow!

Pete

Don Abbondio Posts : 6086 Join date : 2014-03-13 Age : 69

Does yours, Pete?

GRiSO Capo Posts : 10712 Join date : 2013-05-29 Age : 67

Nah, mine's iridescent green but I need a mirror to see it these days.... Very Happy

Pete

Don Abbondio Posts : 6086 Join date : 2014-03-13 Age : 69

Understand the mirror, but irridescent green? Been eating soylent green?

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