wasnt it wet az, the last time too...?
Have to agree , in consitent rain you eventually get wet with whatever gear you have... But over many years of riding,I think i have found the the answer,,,,
Well done and dusted or muddied depending on the day. We left home to persistent drizzle just enough for wet weather gear till around Esk. My brother in law very nearly got cleaned up on the turn off to Mt Glorious by a ute that we had followed for 5-10klm that indicated to turn right, started to move right across the diving lane then suddenly decided to turn HARD left with my Brother in law already at the rear of the ute. Needless to say the ute driver shit himself as did my Brother in law and somehow it all unwound without a incident. Lucky indeed. It started to rain steadily once we hit the dirt at Gatton and was pretty slow going thru the forests and back roads. We weren't able to do some of the creek crossings as the roads had been closed due to the last floods thru there. There were no entry points or exit points to get across. Day two was driving rain and terrible conditions all dirt and it took us around 9 hrs to do less than 100klm with all the stops and tip overs and back tracking. Day three was overcast and we decided to shortcut via the tar to the back of Stanthorpe and get back onto the dirt hopefully ahead of the predicted 1 months rain in a weekend prediction. Some of the roads out the back of nowhere are spectacular and freshly tarred with no traffic and the state forest fire trails well maintained again with zero traffic/4x4. And then the rain started.....just staying upright in "Enduro mode" with traction control activated on clay based roads that now had a layer of sludge on top was very challenging. I ran out of skill twice on that section with the front tucking once on the camber while upright and then 50m further on the rear overtaking the front. Anyway once we got of that road we made the decision to head for home in torrential rain. It rained all the way till the back of Glasshouse mountains and then dry run home.
Ha Ha FC trying for winter/July desert crossing to Steep Point from the Sunshine Coast. We would love to straight line it but reality is i dont have the right bike and more importantly the skill to do that so a slightly easier road and dirt /desert trip is being rejigged constantly. These week/weekend trips are just lead up to getting saddle time and getting to brush up on off-road skills.
Such a shame your not a photo taking bloke PB
G'day,
