Story of a road trip north,
So over the last while,Red has been rebuilding one of his Serbian 1200's for me.
Progress had been steady, punctuated by multiple texts, progress reports, the odd invoice and plenty of laughs, anyhow, he was getting close to finishing all the work that he had to do, there was only one problem.
The Queensland border was closed to Sydney siders due of coarse to the Pangolin virus ( poor Pangolins, they get such a hard rap) so we had to wait.
Finally on the 1st of December the border was opened, plans were made, it was time for a road trip.
Brett decided he would come, mostly cause he doubted my ability to actually make it to Reds without getting lost but mainly to catch up with Red and Max
and check on a set of heads he had up there.
Brett also wanted to take one of his CCP vans :-[ but I said that Rusty the trusty Hilux would do just fine.
Neil Trillo also had a Corsa that needed to go to Reds so that was factored in.
So last Friday we set off.
First stop was Yogi's place to pick up Brett, Yogi had a bacon and egg roll waiting for us and a packed esky full of home cooked food, fruit, beer and nibbles so we didn't have to stop at Maccas.
And off we went, there is nothing quite like setting off on a road trip to pick up a Laverda, its always going to be good.
The Pacific Highway is now fully sorted, its a great road, you don't get tired and the traffic just flows. Bets were made as to our ETA, Brett said 4 and me 5, a lot of laughs were had, oh and a shed load of talk about Laverda's.
Coffs Harbour is still slow, even tried to find an MG dealership there cause I had my favorite T shirt on, but apparently the CCP is yet to make any inroads there.
Of coarse we stopped at New Italy, honestly who wouldn't want to stop there.
Didn't even see the border crossing :
not sure what all the who ha was about, and finally pulled into Red and Max's oasis at ten past five 
For those who have not been there, Red and Max's property is a something else.
They have there own little rainforest, the driveway snakes it way through the forest, over a bridge, winds up a hill, past various sheds and then the house and finally you are at Reds shed, truely beautiful.
Red and Max were there along with Mark and the 1200 was on the lifter.
So we settled into a glorious afternoon, checking various body work options, catching up, and every now and then punctuated by the glorious sound of a Redax fully sorted triple, there really is nothing like it
Red had done an amazing job, I was blown away, Yep that was a top day.
So more beer, Max cooked up a great feed, more beer and then finally about 11 we got out and started up Reds new truck, wow that is a thing of beauty,
Next day, spent in the shed, bleeding brakes and adjusting various bits, Paul Casson came over with his tank for Rosie, all painted up, that was very special, more laughs and Brett even got time to work on a friends car.
Loaded up the Serb, and also Tim's triple engine that was heading to Bondi and a set of GSXR wheels for my buddy Nick, oh and filled the back seat chockars with various Lav parts for people.
Spending time in the Redax shed is something else, its peaceful, there is always something to look at, and theres a rainforest outside and a full blown flock of parrots and galahs that come by every afternoon for a feed.
Anyhow, after a much quieter night and another great feed with Red and Max, that steak was something else it was time to head south again.
Got hit by the rain for the first 4 or 5 hours and then it cleared up.
Made it back no drama,stopped in at Yogi's again but sadly he wasn't there, so Brett and I enjoyed an end of road trip beer on his patio without him.
And now the 1200 is sitting on the lifter in my shed.
The more you look the more you find with that bike, Reds attention to detail is amazing,
Thanks Red, so stoked!!
And thank you Max for all your hospitality, it is amazing what you two have created up there, just beautiful.
So now all thats left is finish my bike
Ciao
Tom
So over the last while,Red has been rebuilding one of his Serbian 1200's for me.
Progress had been steady, punctuated by multiple texts, progress reports, the odd invoice and plenty of laughs, anyhow, he was getting close to finishing all the work that he had to do, there was only one problem.
The Queensland border was closed to Sydney siders due of coarse to the Pangolin virus ( poor Pangolins, they get such a hard rap) so we had to wait.
Finally on the 1st of December the border was opened, plans were made, it was time for a road trip.
Brett decided he would come, mostly cause he doubted my ability to actually make it to Reds without getting lost but mainly to catch up with Red and Max
and check on a set of heads he had up there.
Brett also wanted to take one of his CCP vans :-[ but I said that Rusty the trusty Hilux would do just fine.
Neil Trillo also had a Corsa that needed to go to Reds so that was factored in.
So last Friday we set off.
First stop was Yogi's place to pick up Brett, Yogi had a bacon and egg roll waiting for us and a packed esky full of home cooked food, fruit, beer and nibbles so we didn't have to stop at Maccas.
And off we went, there is nothing quite like setting off on a road trip to pick up a Laverda, its always going to be good.
The Pacific Highway is now fully sorted, its a great road, you don't get tired and the traffic just flows. Bets were made as to our ETA, Brett said 4 and me 5, a lot of laughs were had, oh and a shed load of talk about Laverda's.
Coffs Harbour is still slow, even tried to find an MG dealership there cause I had my favorite T shirt on, but apparently the CCP is yet to make any inroads there.
Of coarse we stopped at New Italy, honestly who wouldn't want to stop there.
Didn't even see the border crossing :
not sure what all the who ha was about, and finally pulled into Red and Max's oasis at ten past five For those who have not been there, Red and Max's property is a something else.
They have there own little rainforest, the driveway snakes it way through the forest, over a bridge, winds up a hill, past various sheds and then the house and finally you are at Reds shed, truely beautiful.
Red and Max were there along with Mark and the 1200 was on the lifter.
So we settled into a glorious afternoon, checking various body work options, catching up, and every now and then punctuated by the glorious sound of a Redax fully sorted triple, there really is nothing like it
Red had done an amazing job, I was blown away, Yep that was a top day.
So more beer, Max cooked up a great feed, more beer and then finally about 11 we got out and started up Reds new truck, wow that is a thing of beauty,
Next day, spent in the shed, bleeding brakes and adjusting various bits, Paul Casson came over with his tank for Rosie, all painted up, that was very special, more laughs and Brett even got time to work on a friends car.
Loaded up the Serb, and also Tim's triple engine that was heading to Bondi and a set of GSXR wheels for my buddy Nick, oh and filled the back seat chockars with various Lav parts for people.
Spending time in the Redax shed is something else, its peaceful, there is always something to look at, and theres a rainforest outside and a full blown flock of parrots and galahs that come by every afternoon for a feed.
Anyhow, after a much quieter night and another great feed with Red and Max, that steak was something else
it was time to head south again.Got hit by the rain for the first 4 or 5 hours and then it cleared up.
Made it back no drama,stopped in at Yogi's again but sadly he wasn't there, so Brett and I enjoyed an end of road trip beer on his patio without him.
And now the 1200 is sitting on the lifter in my shed.
The more you look the more you find with that bike, Reds attention to detail is amazing,
Thanks Red, so stoked!!
And thank you Max for all your hospitality, it is amazing what you two have created up there, just beautiful.
So now all thats left is finish my bike
Ciao
Tom
