Having picked up the Tiger during the week I had to get out and ride. But where to ride?
Stock tyres, no crash bars yet and no real riding in 8 years - so I decided to take some easy gravel and some twisties.
Leg 1 - https://goo.gl/maps/zfhrz4h53keXXq5k7
After the tedious run up the freeway, I first got a taste of how the Tiger does in Offroad mode. Dore Road was fairly easy gravel road but had its fair share of marbles. TCS lights were blinking every now and then, telling me I was being helped but also that the tires aren't the best for the terrain.
20210207_110357 by Vivek Pradhan, on Flickr
I continued up through Gembrook and I was now on another dirt road - Beenak road. This felt long and wet....it started to rain quite a bit too.
20210207_112535 by Vivek Pradhan, on Flickr
Then up and out to Woori Yallock and a cruisy ride into Warburton. It was just past 12 pm and I thought maybe it was time for lunch. But the town was bustling with people and the one thing I didn't want to do is be part of a crowd. Lunch at Warburton and a ride back home WAS THE PLAN.
But since I was having fun, I said fuck it, I am going to keep riding. Took Donna Buang road which was nice and twisty uphill but VERY VERY WET. It was bucketing down by this point and getting foggy. Kept riding all the way to the top and didn't realise the road becomes gravel...... and it gets narrower and dirtier. And for the first time in the day, I felt like maybe I went too far for one day. But I thought I was closer to Healesville if I kept going rather than going back in the wet to Warburton.
I stopped at Healesville, get some lunch and thought maybe the bike was too dirty for its first ride.....
20210207_132835 by Vivek Pradhan, on Flickr
After lunch it was time to head back to Woori Yallock, back into Gembrook, Cuckatoo, Emerald and then finally into Rowville and home. So after 300 kms on my first proper ride in 8 years on a brand new bike in some proper rain, I feel like I'M BACK
Stock tyres, no crash bars yet and no real riding in 8 years - so I decided to take some easy gravel and some twisties.
Leg 1 - https://goo.gl/maps/zfhrz4h53keXXq5k7
After the tedious run up the freeway, I first got a taste of how the Tiger does in Offroad mode. Dore Road was fairly easy gravel road but had its fair share of marbles. TCS lights were blinking every now and then, telling me I was being helped but also that the tires aren't the best for the terrain.
20210207_110357 by Vivek Pradhan, on Flickr
I continued up through Gembrook and I was now on another dirt road - Beenak road. This felt long and wet....it started to rain quite a bit too.
20210207_112535 by Vivek Pradhan, on Flickr
Then up and out to Woori Yallock and a cruisy ride into Warburton. It was just past 12 pm and I thought maybe it was time for lunch. But the town was bustling with people and the one thing I didn't want to do is be part of a crowd. Lunch at Warburton and a ride back home WAS THE PLAN.
But since I was having fun, I said fuck it, I am going to keep riding. Took Donna Buang road which was nice and twisty uphill but VERY VERY WET. It was bucketing down by this point and getting foggy. Kept riding all the way to the top and didn't realise the road becomes gravel...... and it gets narrower and dirtier. And for the first time in the day, I felt like maybe I went too far for one day. But I thought I was closer to Healesville if I kept going rather than going back in the wet to Warburton.
I stopped at Healesville, get some lunch and thought maybe the bike was too dirty for its first ride.....
20210207_132835 by Vivek Pradhan, on Flickr
After lunch it was time to head back to Woori Yallock, back into Gembrook, Cuckatoo, Emerald and then finally into Rowville and home. So after 300 kms on my first proper ride in 8 years on a brand new bike in some proper rain, I feel like I'M BACK
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