Hi Riders, well we had a good roll-up for the Gundaroo ride: 29 all told and considering the weather and it being the long weekend, not too bad.

A newcomer to the ride was the little red Jawa 350 ISDT of Jim Steed's, fully equipped with green number pads, it looked and went like a ripper.

It was a little drippy first thing as we left the Club and headed out to the Electric Vehicle display on the lawns of OPH. We were welcomed there by a somewhat concerned organiser, who though we may be coming to crash his party.
After some gentle consoling he was keen to welcome us and point out some of the advantages of the electric vehicles.

The drawcard was of course the Tesla sports car, a very good looking car based on the Lotus it's capable of 0 to 97kph in 4 seconds with a top speed limited to 220kph. We were also entertained by the electric go-kart wheel spinning and drifting around the Treasury foreground. (it did seem a little strange without ant engine noise)

Peter Major from the MRA had ridden the electric scooter and was offering demo's to riders as well. Many of our riders noted there were no Lucas vehicles displayed; they must have been worried about the rain.

From the display we headed out to Gundaroo via Northbourne Ave and the Highway, a gentle sprinkle reminded us that we are all waterproof and it soon cleared up.

It was a great ride for me, the little 500 Trumpy went like a pearler. I had fixed the slight electrical issue of the earth strap not grounding properly and all the sparks were flowing freely.

About half way along the Gundaroo road I heard the wonderful sound of Peter Dunster's twin growling as he overtook me, it was soon followed by Peter Houghton's Norton with a slightly deeper growl. (Magic to the ears)

On arrival at Gundaroo many partook of the cleansing and ordered a meal as well. The hamburgers were huge and could have been divided up into two meals.

Col Hill and Allan Boyd did a recce of the sports ground in readiness for the Annual Rally. (Col was having a bit of trouble with his Ariel at the time, so he went pillion on Allan's Beemer.)

Peter White had brought the family in the Valiant and Simon Whittaker rode shotgun for Ray Lalic, who was driving the back up trailer.

It's a great setting for just easing back with a story or two and Dick Holland be-spelled us with tales of the Indian trip including details of those Royal Enfeild's that you just can't kill.

It didn't seem too long until our time was up and we were off back home, many of the northsiders travelled back through Nanima road, with Dick and I going right back along Sutton road. It was great just eating up the miles on the little Trophy and I'm really looking forward to the next ride.

- Mick Gentleman

Some more photos can be seen HERE