Darren Bokenham
Chris Coote
It is with great sadness I have to pass on to all of you that Darren
Bokenham passed away on a ride yesterday in the Gold Coast Hinterland.
Darren was riding with a group of friends and we were returning to Canungra
via the Clagiraba Road at Mount Nathan. He was in good spirits, we had had a
great day and were looking forward to having a drink and a chat when we got
home.
The media has reported the accident and as usual some details may be
inaccurate, or sensationalised.
Darren passed away quickly and was surrounded with his friends doing their
best for him.
Rest in peace Darren.
John
<coo...@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>
>
>It is with great sadness I have to pass on to all of you that Darren
>Bokenham passed away on a ride yesterday in the Gold Coast Hinterland.
RIP Darren. Condolences to his family and friends.
John
Let the VFR roam free mate.
Dave Milligan
<coo...@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>It is with great sadness I have to pass on to all of you that Darren
>Bokenham passed away on a ride yesterday in the Gold Coast Hinterland.
Condolences to his family and friends.
>
>Darren was riding with a group of friends and we were returning to Canungra
>via the Clagiraba Road at Mount Nathan. He was in good spirits, we had had a
>great day and were looking forward to having a drink and a chat when we got
>home.
>
>The media has reported the accident and as usual some details may be
>inaccurate, or sensationalised.
How unusual!
>
>Darren passed away quickly and was surrounded with his friends doing their
>best for him.
I guess that's all any of us could hope for, under those unfortunate
circumstances.
Kind regards
Dave Milligan
Knobdoodle
competition.
He will be sorely missed by all who knew him.
Thanks for advising us Chris, and for helping him and his family.
--
Clem
Smee R11S
Condolences to Your family and friends.
I'll miss all the chats on the channel and the ones we had in real life
also.
The Tractor will now have an official badge/sticker since it was you who
named it.
Mill miss you mate.
;-(
Biggus La Great.
G-S
> It is with great sadness I have to pass on to all of you that Darren
> Bokenham passed away on a ride yesterday in the Gold Coast Hinterland.
>
Boky... your natural good natured, easy going personality made you a
face we always looked forward to seeing at the Supers or GP get
togethers at Phillip Island. You always had a smile or a helping hand
waiting.
The house won't be the same next time without you, nor will IRC, the
newsgroup, the OCAU Folding@Home team and many other groups.
You will be missed mate :-(
G-S
(Geoff3DMN @ OCAU Folding@Home)
(Geoff-3DMN @ ocau.mc)
(ZRX1200R @ Netrider)
Burnie M
Sorry to see you go Darren
- note looking for blood donors above
Maybe we can help in a small way
On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 02:54:30 GMT, "Chris Coote"
<coo...@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
paulh
>Bokenham passed away on a ride yesterday in the Gold Coast Hinterland.
RIP Boky.....
paulh
Moike
Moike
Teddie
Center Point (07) 4661 3488 $68single/$79double (+$11pp additional).
I called tonight and booked us a room with a few extra beds incase people
turn up who haven't got rooms - or are happy to bunk with us. Just a word
of warning - we've got a 3 month old who'll be there too - hopefully she'll
continue with the sleeping through and she wont be a problem, but there's
always the chance....
Anyways, we have 4 single beds in the apartment (apparently two rooms - one
room has a queen bed and a single - the other room has three singles).
They have the largest carpark which is why we are staying there... We'll be
there Thursday night and Friday night - leaving Saturday to drop people back
in Brissy before we head back up to Gladstone.
Let me know if anyone needs help getting from brissy airport to warwick
(although space in the Prado may be limited....)
Teddie
Teddie
you since I moved away from Sydney, it was strange not seeing you every
weekend... Riding will never be the same..
Forever your piker!
Teddie
CrazyCam
> Darren could've represented Australia if the Olympics had a "good bloke"
> competition.
...and taken the gold, too.
> He will be sorely missed by all who knew him.
Indeed.
> Thanks for advising us Chris, and for helping him and his family.
Yup.
regards,
CrazyCam
xro...@gmail.com
THAN 7:00. It's a three hour drive to Warwick, and the funeral starts
at 11. I'll be picking up anyone who wants to be picked up (call me,
0402-077-155, and warn me that you're coming) on friday morning, and
you'll be back in Brisbane at 12pm on Saturday. These are the flights
to get! Seating is limited in the Prado, so if you do want a lift,
please call us ASAP!
Also note that Brisbane airport is miles away from anything even
slightly interesting, and it's about a $10 taxi fare just to get out of
the airport area. So don't get too excited about going and seeing
brisvegas unless you budget another 1/2 hour each way for travelling to
and from the city.
--Rob
Knobdoodle
<xro...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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free to contact me.
--
Clem
(We've got a fair bit of floorspace)
Brett Wilcockson
GS is riding up from VIC on Wednesday, he will be meeting Jase and Marko at
Goulbourn, then riding to my place for some kip and beers
Thursday morning
0600 we are leaving, from blacktown, will fuel up at Macgraths Hill Mobil
(couple kays past the maccas) and head to singleton via the putty, meeting
Pisshead on the way. then proceeding up the New England, eventually to
Warwick, possibly with some side road diversions to break up the monotony
but no thoughts on this as we need to cover some ground.
Were all booked at the same motel listed above
If anyone else from Sydney who is riding up, or indeed driving, you're more
than welcome to join us
We should be at the Mcgraths Hill Mobil.......roughly 0630 id say, and we
wont be hanging around long.
If youre coming along we will see you there
(anyone who needs more info gimme a yell)
Shadow
GPz750 - Deaded
ZX7R - Alive but sold
ZX9R - Deaded
ZX9R - Deaded
ZX10R - Deaded
ZX10R - Alive But Sold
ZX12R - Jezzabelle (currently in the shed)
Get the feeling i like Kawasaki's?
"CrazyCam" <craz...@ar.com.au> wrote in message
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Brett Wilcockson
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Bill_h
>The world is a little darker today.
>
>Moike
Agreed. Bugga
Brett Wilcockson
Shadow
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Julie and Deb
It was a privilege to know Boky, and he'll be very much missed. Our sincere
condolences to his family and friends.
JnD
diogenes
Rest In Peace, Darren.
I met Darren on the Putty Rd ride, Sat 23rd June, 2001. And he took
those great pics on the Kangaroo Valley ride a fortnight later. Two
rides I will never forget.
Darren was a good bloke. This is very sad news indeed.
On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 02:54:30 GMT, "Chris Coote"
<coo...@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
Cheers,
Gerry
Knobdoodle
> Darren was a good bloke. This is very sad news indeed.
>
--
Clem
["It wouldn't be a Netride unless somebody crashes" ......... One of the
last things I said to Boky.]
diogenes
I think I'll go up with the Sydney group.
I remember chatting with him on the Kangaroo Valley ride when he took
that pic of my R80, and I always had him slotted in my memory as one
of ausmoto's good guys.
Even though I barely knew him, I feel the need to go up there to pay
my respects. I don't know why. I just feel I should try to do this.
It's about paying respects.
I can imagine how much greater the grief must be for those who
_really_ knew him.
On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 11:26:33 GMT, "Knobdoodle"
<knobd...@notmail.com> wrote:
>"diogenes" <cy...@society.sux.ok> wrote:
>> Darren was a good bloke. This is very sad news indeed.
>>
>You've got that in spades Gerry!
Cheers,
Gerry
Aido
I never new or met him, Although I do remember his postings here.
From what I'm currently reading, He was a Great person & friend to all
those who knew & met him, And will be greatly missed.
Rest In Peace Dude.
Aido.
Zebee Johnstone
CrazyCam <craz...@ar.com.au> wrote:
> Knobdoodle wrote:
>
>> Darren could've represented Australia if the Olympics had a "good bloke"
>> competition.
>
> ...and taken the gold, too.
>
>> He will be sorely missed by all who knew him.
>
> Indeed.
A gentleman and a good rider, always pleasant to be with.
Much missed.
Zebee
Biggus La Great.
>ZX7R - Alive but sold
>ZX9R - Deaded
>ZX9R - Deaded
>ZX10R - Deaded
>ZX10R - Alive But Sold
>ZX12R - Jezzabelle (currently in the shed)
>Get the feeling i like Kawasaki's?
Like them? You keep having them killed!
http://www.gqpatrol.com/crapola/thirdbike.jpg
Heres one that wasnt dead at the time though... I believe it wasnt
long after this that it was deaded?
Knobdoodle
news:cbu4r1puqjqpv3imn...@4ax.com...
>I might finally get to meet you up there.
>
> I think I'll go up with the Sydney group.
>
> I remember chatting with him on the Kangaroo Valley ride when he took
> that pic of my R80, and I always had him slotted in my memory as one
> of ausmoto's good guys.
>
> Even though I barely knew him, I feel the need to go up there to pay
> my respects. I don't know why. I just feel I should try to do this.
> It's about paying respects.
>
> I can imagine how much greater the grief must be for those who
> _really_ knew him.
>
I've known Boky since (I think) the first aus.moto national dinner (about
'98?) and I've only met up with him a dozen-or-so occasions since then but
he was that kind of bloke that he made you feel like you were his "mate"
even if you weren't really....
He was the last aus.motian to see gNat & I before we crashed (coming home
from the latest GP) and he was the first to see me (and offer help) as I
was limping home after the crash.
He was also very kind to gNat in hospital (as were many aus.motians).
Boky was coming to my house after the ride and we'd set 4 places at the
dinner-table.
We didn't even end up cooking the dinner and that 4th place-setting was an
open wound all evening... (until Michelle removed it and then it's ABSENCE
was equally as upsetting!)
gNat and I had chickened out and came home after we got to Mudgereeba (as
it was an unpleasantly hot day) so our last memory of Darren is him waving
and yelling "see you later on" as we rode off.
See you later Boky, mate.
--
Clem
justAL
that loud pipe, that gawd aweful screen, that smile and that laugh of Daz's.
Everytime I see a speed camera I'll think of you Boky....that flash was
BRIGHT!
Take care of yourself, Boky. You are a gentleman.
Al Gardner
smack
James Rolfe (Agg)
and I were honoured to have him as best man at our wedding back in
March. Over the last few years we've had quite a few adventures
together and I've basically thought of him as the brother I never had.
It crushes me that we won't get to share the adventures we'd planned
for the future.
He doesn't leave a wife or kids, but we went to Oktoberfest this year
and he met a nice girl there, and things seemed to be going well on
that front. He was one of the very few genuinely honest and reliable
people I've ever met. Countless people on ocau.mc, ozvfr and ausmoto
have stories of Boky being the one who stayed behind to help when they
crashed, who gave them a lift when they needed one, or just offering
friendly, ego-free advice about the technique or philosophy of riding.
So many great moments and memories are preserved in his photos.
He enriched a lot of our lives with his presence and I truly feel
we'll be forever changed by his absence. We should all be so lucky, to
go quickly, doing something we love, surrounded by friends.
RIP mate. You won't be forgotten.
James / Agg
corks
condolences
corks
"Chris Coote" <coo...@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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JL
> It is with great sadness I have to pass on to all of you that Darren
> Bokenham passed away on a ride yesterday in the Gold Coast Hinterland.
Ahhh fuck.
He was a great bloke.
Shit.
JL
JL
> The media has reported the accident and as usual some details may be
> inaccurate, or sensationalised.
Have now read the courier mail and gold coast paper reports - which
contradict each other (one says the oncoming car was stationary, the
other says it was moving).
Never seen Boky ride beyond his capability (which was pretty high),
details in the G.C paper sound unlikely to me.
JL
Theo Bekkers
> Chris Coote wrote:
>> The media has reported the accident and as usual some details may be
>> inaccurate, or sensationalised.
>
> Have now read the courier mail and gold coast paper reports - which
> contradict each other (one says the oncoming car was stationary, the
> other says it was moving).
Sorry about Darren, I don't recal his face but we did meet once at the first
aus.moto national dinner.
How can an oncoming car be stationary?
Theo
JL
Please don't be a pedant about my one line summary.
I think it's pretty clear what I meant. One says oncoming car (implying
moving) one says stationary car on the opposite side of the road or
words to that effect.
JL
diogenes
Yeah. Bad scene whichever way you cut it.
Cheers,
Gerry
JL
> X-No-archive: yes
> JL wrote in message
> <43b33b6e$0$68797$c30e...@ken-reader.news.telstra.net>...
>
>>Theo Bekkers wrote:
>>
>>>JL wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Chris Coote wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>The media has reported the accident and as usual some details may be
>>>>>inaccurate, or sensationalised.
>
> --
> Clem
> ( www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au )
Thanks
JL
Zebee Johnstone
Not bad.
Does go to show that it can happen to anyone... No idea what "lost
control" means beyond the obvious.
I assume it was a road surface issue, as I can't see Boky going in too hard.
Zebee
JL
> For the Sydneysiders:
>
> GS is riding up from VIC on Wednesday, he will be meeting Jase and Marko at
> Goulbourn, then riding to my place for some kip and beers
>
> Thursday morning
> 0600 we are leaving, from blacktown, will fuel up at Macgraths Hill Mobil
> (couple kays past the maccas) and head to singleton via the putty, meeting
> Pisshead on the way. then proceeding up the New England, eventually to
> Warwick,
Suggest you consider going up Thunderbolt's / Bucketts way (from
Singleton to Dungog Gloucester Walcha Uralla) and rejoin the New
England at Uralla - it's quicker 'cos there's fewer towns and a more
pleasant run (and a decreased chance of having a chat with the boys in blue)
JL
Desmosedici
We never met, but chatted many a time in the newsgroup and in IRC.
wingman
IK
>
> Knobdoodle <knobd...@notmail.com> wrote:
>
>>There's a nice follow-up story in today's GC Bulletin.
>
> Not bad.
Isn't it, just? Apart from tagging that "s" onto the end of Chris'
surname, not much you can fault in it.
> Does go to show that it can happen to anyone...
> No idea what "lost control" means beyond the obvious.
Generic statement, isn't it. If someone comes unstuck, by definition,
they've lost control, regardless of whether control's been sntached away
from them or if they gave that control away through making a mistake.
> I assume it was a road surface issue, as I can't
> see Boky going in too hard.
That gearbox problem he picked up on his way up to Qld has been eating
at me... what odds that the bike jumped out of gear?
G-S
>
>> I assume it was a road surface issue, as I can't
>
> > see Boky going in too hard.
>
> That gearbox problem he picked up on his way up to Qld has been eating
> at me... what odds that the bike jumped out of gear?
That seems possible... if the box had seized up I'd expect that there
would have been rear skid marks and possibly even a high side rather
than the low side people have described.
Whereas a loss of drive could cause a bike to start running wide, which
would require a sudden increase in lean angle leading to a possible low
side situation...
Guess we'll never really know :-/
G-S
IK
Singleton-Muswellbrook, 46km
Muswellbrook-Tamworth, 154km
Tamworth-Uralla, 87km
Total, 287km
vs
Singleton-Maitland, ~40km
Maitland-Stroud, 69km
Stroud-Gloucester, 41km
Gloucester-Walcha, 147km
Walcha-Uralla, 40km
Total, 337km
or
Singleton-East Gresford, 41km
East Gresford-Dungog, 26km
Dungog-Stroud Road, 26km
Stroud Road-Gloucester, 38km
Gloucester-Walcha, 147km
Walcha-Uralla, 40km
Total, 318km
I vote for the latter. Just a trudge up a meandering highway will not
put me in a good frame of mind. We'll need something to concentrate on.
JL
The latter is what I meant, I didn't even think of the middle one - for
the record it's probably the quickest even though the longest, the last
is the best one.
JL
(still trying to work out how I can get that weekend off, we have a
cutover going live :-(
James Rolfe (Agg)
I spoke to Chris about that, he was pretty clear that boky's (very
distinctive and easy-to-hear!) engine note was constant before the
crash, not the sudden rev or drop you'd expect if he'd gotten a bonus
neutral. Chris also mentioned he thought he felt a little something
when braking to a stop, so maybe a surface issue. But really, nobody
knows except boky, and maybe not even him - there's been plenty of
mystery crashes over the years, I had one myself not long ago.
You'd certainly have to put your money on it NOT being boky's mistake
though, based on his almost spotless history. But we're all human, as
this week in particular has demonstrated, and I'm sure if he'd
survived, boky would have been the first to admit if it was a mistake
on his part. But we'll never know.
(sorry to quote you if it's inappropriate, chris, but wanted to clear
up things based on more firsthand info.)
Agg
On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 15:14:59 +1000, "Knobdoodle"
<knobd...@notmail.com> wrote:
>X-No-archive: yes
>IK wrote:
>>Zebee Johnstone wrote:
>>> I assume it was a road surface issue, as I can't
>> > see Boky going in too hard.
>>
>>That gearbox problem he picked up on his way up to Qld has been eating
>>at me... what odds that the bike jumped out of gear?
>~
>SNAP!
>That's been troubling me too.
>He didn't seem to be too worried by it though (except to complain that the
>route Chris had chosen seemed to be full of 3rd-gear corners that he'd had
>to take in 2nd).
Knobdoodle
> Sorry about Darren, I don't recal his face but we did meet once at the
> first aus.moto national dinner.
>
http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/bargearse/boky.jpg
Sorry; I have no idea what he'd look like not-grinning.
--
Clem
FruitLoop
When your numbers up , its up
I guess he was doing what he loved the most when he went , I hope im doin
the same , when my time comes.
Pat Heslewood
"Chris Coote" <coo...@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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>
>
> Bokenham passed away on a ride yesterday in the Gold Coast Hinterland.
>
>
>
Canungra
> via the Clagiraba Road at Mount Nathan. He was in good spirits, we had had
a
> great day and were looking forward to having a drink and a chat when we
got
> home.
>
>
>
> inaccurate, or sensationalised.
>
>
>
> best for him.
>
>
>
>
>
> Rest in peace Darren.
Bloody sorry to hear it.
Postman Pat
Tim Moran
> JL
> (still trying to work out how I can get that weekend off, we have a
> cutover going live :-(
I'm in the same situation
Next friday is the single worst possible time for me to get a day off, a
week earlier or later and I could do it, but I've made commitements on
that day.
would it be appropriate for those of us that can't make it to get
together somewhere for a beer and a memorial bullshiting session.
Tim Moran
Thats ok Clem, neither does anyone else
Nev..
> Darren could've represented Australia if the Olympics had a
> "good bloke" competition.
I couldn't have described Darren better if I'd tried, so I won't.
I don't think I ever went riding with Darren. I knew him via IRC and
various social occasions, mostly superbike and grand prix weekends, so
after I heard the bad news one of the first thoughts which sprang to
mind was "now who is going to document the drunken ausmoto weekends at
Phillip Island?"
. Noone else seemed to be able to capture the mood in pictures the way
he could and it seemed the only time he put the camera down was to pick
up his drink.
Unfortunately, though I have the time to get to Warwick for Friday's
service, I had already made commitments to be in Adelaide for that
weekend, so perhaps if anyone else in Adelaide wants to get together say
about 11am on Friday morning, somewhere cool and shady, we can drink a
few cold ones for Boky.
Nev..
sharkey
>
> It is with great sadness I have to pass on to all of you that Darren
> Bokenham passed away on a ride yesterday in the Gold Coast Hinterland.
Very sorry to hear it. Someone who's going to the funeral,
have a beer for him for me ...
-----sharks
Knobdoodle
news:slrndr7crs.9...@cohen.hokinrazi.homeip.net...
Lets face it guys; we're only doing this to make OURSELVES feel better.
Don't beat yourselves up if you can't make it 'cause Darren won't care
whether we're there or not!
--
Clem
(That said; I'm happy to pick up anyone who flies up Thursday night and get
them up to Warwick and then back to the Airport either Friday evening or
Saturday)
Knobdoodle
> On 2005-12-29, Knobdoodle <knobd...@notmail.com> wrote:
>> http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/bargearse/boky.jpg
>>
>> Sorry; I have no idea what he'd look like not-grinning.
>
[Nods and tips hat]
--
Clem
Knobdoodle
news:slrndr7h6j....@anchovy.zoic.org...
(But I might sneak one myself too... Just to make sure..)
Clem
smack
"Knobdoodle" <knobd...@notmail.com> wrote in message
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G-S
> IK wrote:
<SNIP stuff about which way to go from Sydney>
Youse people are the locals... you lead, I'll follow...
No preference for a particular router from me.
G-S
jeff mein
Only knew the lad from IRC but he always chatted pleasantly and was
fun and informative to talk with, obviously don't know him like many
of you did but yes, as Sharkey says, someone tip a bottle back for me
as well.
Jeffles
G-S
I'll have a Guiness for you Jeff...
Boky could often be seen with one of those in hand.
G-S
Daniel M
http://members.iinet.net.au/~daniel54/map.jpg
Was from the last run i did from raymond terrace ---> walcha.
I did that run marked in green about 12months ago, gloucester roads are
pretty bumpy and the start of the thunderbolts road surface wasnt all that
good either, although very scenic and it improves later on.
PS there is fuel available at Nowendoc also - its about halfway between
Gloucester and Walcha a couple of clicks off the main drag (signposted well)
G-S
aware of these newspaper articles about Boky.
G-S
(These images were scanned and put online by Peka from OCAU.MC, thank
you Peka.)
http://pekanet.org/Boky-GCB-28-12-05-1.jpg
http://pekanet.org/Boky-GCB-28-12-05-2.jpg
http://pekanet.org/Boky-GCB-29-12-05-1.jpg
http://pekanet.org/Boky-GCB-29-12-05-2.jpg
http://pekanet.org/BokyWreath.jpg
Bummers
Knobdoodle wrote:
>
> Not much you can do north of Armidale for entertainment though. (And there's
> about 6 speed cameras between Armidale and Glen Innes!!)
>
Unless you hang a right at Armidale & head to Grafton via Ebor.
Not knowing Bokey, but reading what's been said of him, it is the way
he's want you to go!
Bummers
> Also; Rob was a bit optimistic as it's actually more like 850km from Sydney
> to Warwick.
> --
> Clem
>
>
Bummers
Bummers wrote:
>
>
> Knobdoodle wrote:
>
>>
>> Not much you can do north of Armidale for entertainment though. (And
>> there's
>> about 6 speed cameras between Armidale and Glen Innes!!)
>>
> Unless you hang a right at Armidale & head to Grafton via Ebor.
> Not knowing Bokey, but reading what's been said of him, it is the way
> he's want you to go!
>
But a long way around to Warwick
JL
> I thought that those people without an OCAU.MC forum login might not be
> aware of these newspaper articles about Boky.
> http://pekanet.org/Boky-GCB-28-12-05-2.jpg
> http://pekanet.org/Boky-GCB-29-12-05-1.jpg
> http://pekanet.org/Boky-GCB-29-12-05-2.jpg
> http://pekanet.org/BokyWreath.jpg
Thanks
IK
>
> Knobdoodle wrote:
>
>> Not much you can do north of Armidale for
>> entertainment though.
Well, I had this plan of latching on to a ute blaring Lee Kernaghan real
loud out the wound-down windows and pacing it for a while...
> Unless you hang a right at Armidale & head
> to Grafton via Ebor. Not knowing Bokey, but
> reading what's been said of him, it is the way
> he's want you to go!
That's pretty much spot-on, but we're saving that one, and others, for
the two-day trip home.
IK
>
> Maybe this might help for part of the way at least
> http://members.iinet.net.au/~daniel54/map.jpg
> Was from the last run i did from
> raymond terrace ---> walcha.
Yup. My plans b) and c) would both have us join Thunderbolts between
Stroud and Stroud Road. We'd come in from Singleton along the back roads.
That looks like a pretty old map you've overlaid your route on, too; the
Taree and Raymond Terrace bypasses aren't even on it, nor is the road
we're hoping to take from East Gresford to Dungog :)
> I did that run marked in green about 12months ago, gloucester roads are
> pretty bumpy and the start of the thunderbolts road surface wasnt all that
> good either, although very scenic and it improves later on.
> PS there is fuel available at Nowendoc also - its about halfway between
> Gloucester and Walcha a couple of clicks off the main drag (signposted well)
Pisshead wrote:
>
> Your last option is my preferred out of the two
> but bear in mind it's a heaps tighter road and
> therefore heaps slower.
Between my road atlas and Google Earth, I can't quite figure out whether
the Singleton-East Gresford-Dungog road runs through mountains or along
the foothills of them. When you say "heaps tighter", just how tight are
we talking about? Canyon-section-of-the-Putty-tight, or
Kiandra-Cabramurra-tight?
> Another option could be to head up the F3 from
> Shadow's to the Bucketts Way north of Newcastle.
> Will save some time but you miss the Putty.
Myeah, even that could be debatable. From Shad's to the start of the
Putty, it's a 15 minute ride to Windsor, whereafter we can actually get
a bit of a pace on. To get to the start of the F3, it would take us
40-45 minutes easy, with all the lights.
Conehead
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>
>
> It is with great sadness I have to pass on to all of you that Darren
> Bokenham passed away on a ride yesterday in the Gold Coast Hinterland.
>
>
I met Darren twice at PI. He seemed like a really nice bloke and I'm very
sad at his death.
RIP Boky
--
Conehead
IK
>
> I thought that those people without an OCAU.MC forum login might not be
> aware of these newspaper articles about Boky.
>
> G-S
>
> (These images were scanned and put online by Peka from OCAU.MC, thank
> you Peka.)
>
> http://pekanet.org/Boky-GCB-28-12-05-1.jpg
Fucking what?!? The VFR didn't even lose a *mirror*!!!
JL
> Yeah, I know that road very well, thanks Daniel. We're just debating the
> best way of getting there. Some of us rode down it last month and found out
> why they call it Thunderbolts too!
Faark those lightning strikes were close !
>--
>Pete ....hoping Pat's boots leak and his heated grips have short
>circuited!
Weeeelll, it'd be better to hope for a lack of rain I'd have thought ;-)
JL
Daniel M
"IK" <I...@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
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> That looks like a pretty old map you've overlaid your route on, too; the
> Taree and Raymond Terrace bypasses aren't even on it, nor is the road
> we're hoping to take from East Gresford to Dungog :)
Yeah pretty old map unfortunatly its the best I had on short stick to put
online - The road from East Gresford to Dungog would be "Bingleburra Rd" I
think? if you reload the map Ive drawn it in there (in pretty pink) it comes
out just north of Dungog. (taken from my newer improveder map book I have)
IK
>
> "IK" <I...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
>
>> That looks like a pretty old map you've overlaid
>> your route on, too; the Taree and Raymond Terrace
>> bypasses aren't even on it, nor is the road we're
>> hoping to take from East Gresford to Dungog :)
>
> Yeah pretty old map unfortunatly its the best I had
> on short stick to put online - The road from East
> Gresford to Dungog would be "Bingleburra Rd" I
> think? if you reload the map Ive drawn it in there
> (in pretty pink) it comes out just north of Dungog.
> (taken from my newer improveder map book I have)
Mhm, and an eye-catching pink it is, too.
If you've got any wisdom to share regarding that route, now's the time
and here's the place to do it. How much of a goat track is it?
Dale Porter
>http://pekanet.org/Boky-GCB-28-12-05-1.jpg
>
> Fucking what?!? The VFR didn't even lose a *mirror*!!!
Which leads me to think that whatever Boky hit (car or guardrail or anything else for that matter), it must have been in just the
wrong way. Any other angle and he'd still be alive.
--
Dale Porter
GPX250 -> CBR600 -> CBR954 + VTR1000
Brett Wilcockson
VFR.................it looks like it could be picked up and ridden with some
minor hammer work on levers and such
And yet.....................Boky is dead
Anyone who has seen the photos of Sapphire after the p plater nailed
me...........would quite easily think whoever had been on that bike had been
mangled into a pulpy mess
I lived......
We all know we walk a tight rope on the edge of a razorblade every time we
get on our bikes
We accept it, because it is who and what we are.
<Mammoth snip>
nb: There was a work in progress there, on reflection i cut it all out,
would be too easy for the idiots to start twisting it around into a
different meaning, which doesnt belong.
To Boky, and Ben, and all the others we have known and loved who have fallen
by the wayside
We'll meet again
Dont know where
Dont know when
Shadow
Im going for a ride. I suggest you do the same
Knobdoodle
Notice the three-arm policeman?
The long, short and medium arms of the law....
--
Clem
Peter Cremasco
<dalea...@gmail.com> wrote:
>"IK" <I...@iinet.net.au> wrote>>
>>http://pekanet.org/Boky-GCB-28-12-05-1.jpg
>>
>> Fucking what?!? The VFR didn't even lose a *mirror*!!!
>
>Which leads me to think that whatever Boky hit (car or guardrail or anything else for that matter), it must have been in just the
>wrong way. Any other angle and he'd still be alive.
Bloke got killed coming up the range a few months ago. Bike was scarcely
scratched. It happens.
---
Cheers
PeterC [aka MildThing]
'81 Suzuki GS450-s (gone on to better and brighter things - I hope)
'87 BMW K100RT (write-off)
'81 Yamaha Virago (XV) 750H (work in progress)
'01 Yamaha FJR1300
IK
>
> IK wrote:
>
>>If you've got any wisdom to share regarding that route,
>>now's the time and here's the place to do it. How much
>>of a goat track is it?
>
> bumpy (like all the roads around here) rather than
> snowies twisty but you have less to dodge than me.
So, waddaya reckon? Meet you at Gloucester? No backtracking for you then...
> My guestimates, based on previous travels, stopping
> every 150-200k's for fuel and not bearing in mind that
> large groups average a slower time would be...
I'm thinking a splitter group'll probably form at Singleton.
> Blacktown to Warwick via Putty and the boring way - 10.5 hrs
> Blacktown to Warwick via F3 and Thunderbolts - 11 hrs
> Blacktown to Warwick via Putty and Thunderbolts - 13 hrs
Itinerary, by my calcs, would be.
1. McGraths Hill-Singleton, 180km, 2hrs (fuel, 20mins)
2. Singleton-Gloucester, 131km, 1hr 30mins (fuel, 20mins)
3. Gloucester-Walcha, 147km, 1hr 30mins (fuel, 20mins)
4. Walcha-Glen Innes, 165km, 1hr 30mins (fuel, food, 45mins)
5. Glen Innes-Tenterfield, 91km, 45mins (fuel for the peanut-tanked, 15mins)
6. Tenterfield-Warwick, 112km, 1hr
Total, 826km, 8hrs 15mins riding, 2hrs in breaks, 2hrs for Murphy
Say 12hrs 30mins. Pretty spot on, Pete.
Leaving at 6:30 and taking the last option gets us into Warwick at 7:00.
Just as the arvo heat is starting to die down. An hour to check in and
shower, and we're in the pub by 8:00. Just as the sky starts turning dark.
NB: Yes, doing this planning work_is_a coping mechanism for me.
Knobdoodle
> Say 12hrs 30mins. Pretty spot on, Pete.
>
> Leaving at 6:30 and taking the last option gets us into Warwick at 7:00.
> Just as the arvo heat is starting to die down. An hour to check in and
> shower, and we're in the pub by 8:00. Just as the sky starts turning
> dark.
>
anything much).
--
Clem
JL
> "IK" <I...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
>
>>Say 12hrs 30mins. Pretty spot on, Pete.
>>
>>Leaving at 6:30 and taking the last option gets us into Warwick at 7:00.
>>Just as the arvo heat is starting to die down. An hour to check in and
>>shower, and we're in the pub by 8:00. Just as the sky starts turning
>>dark.
>>
>
> Bear in mind you lose an hour at the border
And 50 years
JL
(well it had to be said)
Gary Woodman
> It is with great sadness I have to pass on to all of you that Darren
> Bokenham passed away on a ride yesterday in the Gold Coast Hinterland.
This tragic news is not how anyone should have to see out the year. I didn't
know him, but in the playground of aus.moto, we are rarely more than one
degree of separation from the best of mates. From all accounts he was a top
bloke, and we are all the poorer for his passing. It just goes to show how
tenuous is our grip on life via those two tiny rubber patches.
> Darren passed away quickly and was surrounded with his friends doing
> their best for him.
Can't ask much more of life than that. Vale Boky.
Gary
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Dave Mojo67
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Dave (Mojo67)
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"Chris Coote" <coo...@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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>
>
> It is with great sadness I have to pass on to all of you that Darren
> Bokenham passed away on a ride yesterday in the Gold Coast Hinterland.
>
>
>
> Darren was riding with a group of friends and we were returning to
> Canungra via the Clagiraba Road at Mount Nathan. He was in good spirits,
> we had had a great day and were looking forward to having a drink and a
> chat when we got home.
>
>
>
> The media has reported the accident and as usual some details may be
> inaccurate, or sensationalised.
>
>
>
> Darren passed away quickly and was surrounded with his friends doing their
> best for him.
>
>
>
>
>
> Rest in peace Darren.
>
>
jeff mein
>
>I'll have a Guiness for you Jeff...
>Boky could often be seen with one of those in hand.
>
>G-S
Ta mate, appreciated
glitch1
"Chris Coote" >
> It is with great sadness I have to pass on to all of you that Darren
> Bokenham passed away on a ride yesterday in the Gold Coast Hinterland.
Only ever rode once together...and not that long ago.
Got the bad news while up in the Snowies and there were thoughts of packing
up and going home :-(
Then decided that Boky would kick us up the butt for it and made it a
"ride-for-Boky".
RIP, mate
pete