Thought I would put this one out there.  What are the short rides that you most like to do?

Here's a couple of short rides I enjoy the most.  The first is going from where I live in the North East suburbs of Adelaide down Grand Junction Road to Semaphore (coast) and then down the esplanade and back.  It's a good ride because you go through some realy industrial areas and then down to the beach.  It's not a particularly long ride but it's got enough of a mixture of open road riding and scenery close to home to be enjoyable.

Also I like doing the Norton Summit run, it's a hill which is fairly twisty most of the way up and down.  Again it's a fairly short run you can do it easily in half an hour and it's pretty close to home.

I usually do both these rides either by myself or with my mate Tim who rides a Yamaha FZ6.

Tell us about the ride you look forward to the most.  What conditions, how far, who with etc.

my most enjoyable quick ride would have to be to the pub

a good ride 4 me is from out north to lonsdale on a friday night , about 5ish so ya get all the traffic , 75k round ride

that would be where the BACA rooms are

Good stuff Mick. I also like heading down that way to Pt Noarlunga, I've done that run a few times, ie Anzac Highway to Glenelg then Brighton Rd, Lonsdale Rd and down to Pt Noarlunga pub.

if ur there on a friday night pop in , osullivans beach rd / behind fubar motorbike shop

Won't be down that way Friday unfortunately but it's good to know the spot. I used to live on O'sullivans beach road down the South Rd end.

Sounds good Johno, I don't mind the traffic riding it has it's own appeal, as long as you can keep moving.

Yes, I'll be featuring member bikes on the top banner each week, in fact today it's due for an update.

as a truckie mate i can assure ya adelaide is great for traffic

Down to the nearest shop......afterwork.......sunny afternoon........50k round trip, on my own!!!

Warrandyte to Kangaroo ground, through Christmas Hills left onto the Melba Hwy. Left at Glenburn pub (stop In if needed) right at the "T" into Yea. Have cuppa/ciggy, make up mind whether to go back same way or......... good 2 1/2 hour midweek blat.

You guys want to come to the big smoke if you want traffic.

I live in the western suburbs of Sydney,and refuse to head east because of the bloody traffic

 

nobody

nobody will probally understand the places iam talking about,newcastle to wisemans ferry,also newy to wollibi pub also u got catho pub ,the enterance is good to.

Hey Kensim

It's alright for you guys coming south,the traffic is horrendous going north.Far nicer going up the Putty rd.Wisemans is about a 40 minute ride from here,know it real well.

 

nobody

i used to live at McGRATHS HILL not far from wisemans nice spot. which way do you go to wollombi tavern,via cessnock,or up bumble hill and through kulnurra,thats a good ride plenty of straights and some good bends see ye there

From town to Paluma and a coffee. Nice mix of highway and a twisty climb up to Paluma.

yes the cessnock way to wollibi and if ur still keen on to wisemans.

I also live in Adelaide but try to stay out of the traffic.

My favourite short rides are up in the hills around chain of ponds(this comes from my sport bike days).

I like going to Lobethal or Hahndorf, generally before the traffic gets to congestive.

 

Heres a pic I resized (actually using this thread to experiment sorry) of  a short ride to Williamstown.

 

I bought a bike to keep me out of the bloody traffic????????????

North of Brissy you can turn of at Beerwah and head to a great little stretch of smooth wide windy road called the Peachester range,it must be the best short stretch of bike road (about 3km's) that I have ridden. You get to the top, and then you have to ride down again,then of course you have to ride up again because you were heading that way originally. From there I ride accross the top of Peachester heading westish and just before riding back down the range toward Woodford I turn north (and right) towards Maleney.This is a great road for a Harley,lots of open sweapers then the road tightens and climbs another range then opens up into more open sweepers and great scenery. Maleny is a nice spot for lunch and from there you can head back to the highway and a round trip of i'm guessing? 60 km"s or so.