This was a chance to unload the bike and hangout with two amazing people, they even laughed at my jokes. Dale fired up his ST2 and disappeared ahead of me as he lead off through the green hills around Maitland. It took a while but over 5 and a half hours we looped around 363 km of rural roads and urban sprawl.
it was also a chance to undertake a bit of minor maintenance. Thanks to You Tube the vagaries of adjusting chain tension on a single swing arm were explained
