Adventure/Dual Purpose Bikes

This last day started early in Shellharbour with a trip back down to the harbour to see what the pelicans were up to. They were sitting waiting for the fishermen to finish work and come fishing. I did find surfers and boogie borders enjoying the 2m plus surf.
On the road I had the thought that I needed to be careful on the last day of this bike hire trip.
The morning ride was through the suburbs and cities of Port Kembla, Wollongong, Bulli, Coledale and the great engineering newness ...

Company was great with many laughs, happy birthday Jack. The venue ideal, meal was good, yes, very good to meet you all. We must do it again.
Half way home I got smacked by a southerly with SNOW showers at Stoney Creek, Brrrrrr!
See you all again. Cheers.

Friday afternoon, big photography day. Need to document a school ball.
On scooter down to the town hall, camera and flash unit stashed under the seat. Get the images and back to work. Off the scooter, camera slung around neck and pop the flash unit into the helmet to carry it inside. You guessed it! Flip the helmet up to pop it on the shelf. Out falls the flash unit. #!@%&!!!
No, it won't power up. Biggest day of the year. Hundreds of casual photos to take of teenagers on ...

Hey, hope I can put the link here to my new thread about discrimination at a local motorcycle shop.
Here it is:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t+54500

Ended up at the pub after work tonight.
Parked outside the particular bar and locked the helmet under the seat of my smaller ride. (see profile for rides).In the same spot next to me was the bike belonging to a colleague. A Suzuki Impulse 400 from the early 80's. It's got that street fighter look, solid square section frame which sounded kool when we started up to leave.
Time at the pub saw a CBR 1000 go back and forth, must be a local bike I don't know.
Three bikes including ...

Temp got up to 15 d.today. Got that old 'it's time for a ride' feeling. Off to get a warrent on the V-strom tomorrow, must have had tha machine for a year. How time flies! Will try the new Draggin Jeans tomorrow to increase the safety aspect. Hope the high cost is worth it!

Went for a pre-breakfast walk and found about 100m of black ice on a decent uphill section so I left the scooter at home for the fifth time this winter. Yep, I wimped out! Still, lived to ride another day. Roll on temps above freezing!

I wobbled down to work this moring and it was still -3deg. when I left home at 1000hrs. Frosty down here for about the last fortnight. Some road sections are frost, on frost, on frost which compounds into ice.
It rained for about quarter of an hour, the temperature went up and a combination of the rain and the raised temperature got rid of the surface ice which made riding very much easier. Still chilly, but safer. Cheers