Well this seemed to work quite well last year. By setting a few dates up front, people can add them to their diaries early and plan around it rather than getting a last minute call and being unable to make it. Obviously this does not rule out the last minute 'unplanned' ride but should give us the chance to get quite a few Monsters together for the occasional day of fun.

This does not intend to take away from the proposed 'Monster Family Picnic Day' and would be in addition to the WSBK soiree ... plus we still need to re-schedule Big T's MTB ride.

Granted we have some variety in machines and rider ability, but these days are not about that - everybody generally knows their relative place in the group and can ride within their limits. As everybody knows what to expect from the outset, it becomes more of a social occassion (read 'big group') and the day is conducted accordingly - so the distances are not too long and sub-groups emerge without too great an impact on the larger group.

Last year, I think, the chosen day was the first Saturday of every month. Would this still be the preference for the masses?

This would give dates of:

7th February (Monster Beach Party?)
4th April
6th June (Queen's birthday weekend)
1st August
3rd October (labour day weekend) 26th September
5th December

Some of these dates are probably not advisable as Hugh will be called in for official duties - so we should skip the long weekends. December might also be a bit of a problem as it is normally a busy time family-wise. I have left June as is for now (we won't be able to make it ), written October back to the end of September and left December to discuss viability at a later time.

I don't follow the racing or anything, so if there are any clashes you want/need to work around let me know.

There has been suggestions of a Sound-off Take 2, so it would be nice to incorporate that into one of these rides (Goldie, care to nominate a date?). Propsed routes/destinations can be planned for each separately if we can agree 'in principle' on the concept frst.

Soooo, whadiyarekon?

Special note for big & sydmonster: yeah they will start early, but it is only a few times thoughout the year.

Looks the goods, it did work well for most of us having dates in the diary so excuses have to be very good.

If this is open to nubies I would like to tag along , would be nice to put faces to the voices
I would put a vote in for Old Pac Hwy did a run up there  last week, early ride with no cars
it was great, rode with a group of six fast riders on some big bikes SP2 R's Hyabusa and a Ducati motard, GSX etc and managed to keep them in view , well glimpses really .

Quote from: dezmonster695 on January 09, 2009, 03:30:28 PM
If this is open to nubies I would like to tag along

Absolutely ... that's the idea.

Cheers Betty , I am restricted by that four letter word work which gets me early arvo's  on the W/E but if there was a  morning ride I would be very tempted to tag along and check out the view from behind

Thanks Betty  for being the ride date master this year.... 
Dates in the diary, locked and loaded...  [moto]
I'll be there.... 

Good Stuff Betty

Count me in for a few of those 

and if Betty's going then i will follow as long at the W word isn't stopping me

Sounds good Betty. Even though I do work some Saturdays I can try to work around these.

Can I nominate August 1st as a Breakfast run to Bathurst

Nice and cold, brass monkey stuff, so it should be fun.




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Betty, well done. I have them marked up for the year already. Cheers,  ducsport [moto]

  now that what we need. Awesome.

As usual, I'll be making as many as I can, family commitments permitting.

I'm also going to throw into the scheduling mix:

- Oz Monsters trip to the Snowy Mountains, at an appropriately cold time of year (waiting for snow to finalise!)
- Potential for a Moto GP adventure, much like the WSBK we're organising at the moment.

Great stuff Betty, now all I have to get is a new bike!

Sounds good to me, very keen for a ride.

Quote from: mattyvas on January 09, 2009, 03:02:41 PM
Looks the goods, it did work well for most of us having dates in the diary so excuses have to be very good.

How about that most of us with kids have sport on a Saturday

Quote from: The Don on January 11, 2009, 07:24:36 PM
How about that most of us with kids have sport on a Saturday

The day was discussed before the calendar was set for last year, as Saturday was selected then, I was just following suit.

I think it was because some people worked Sunday, fewer people were effected by kids sport and getting back from 'wherever' is easier on a Saturday ... oh, and church. Could be wrong though.

Does the fact that nobody else has questioned the Sat. mean that you would all prefer the Sat.?

Obvioulsy won't be able to keep everybody happy. Jukie and I would generally be unavailable on the first Sunday of the month.