Some winter rides

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I already filled you in on the first CNY ride a few posts back, that was a little 338 kilometer solo trip on the QingQi. After that adventure, I decided to mount up a rear box and go meet the Shenzhen boys, Rich and Tom, somewhere near the Baipenzhu reservoir. Rich spotted me blasting through traffic along the way and we headed of for lunch in the town of Baipenzhu.



After filling our bellies, we enjoyed a beautiful ride along S356. This is a great road that hugs the shoreline of the reservoir.



With the usual traffic.



Tom on his QingQiSuzukiZongshen. He is a master of the art of duct tape and zip ties. Just the kind of thing that makes an anal retentive perfectionist like myself cringe. No matter, he was just as fast as Rich and I in everything except the off-road dirt sections.



Stopping for a bike photo op.



Along comes Rich on his XTR.



Tom with a big smile.



And moi...thanks for the great photo Tom.



We found a decent hotel in Zijin and did the usual...beers and boasting. The next morning we set off towards Heyuan and another big day of twisties along the Xinfeng Jiang reservoir.



Group portrait.



We stayed in the town of Xinfeng that night and continued north the next day. Lots of fires burning all over Guangdong. I think these are started on purpose to clear the dead growth.



Stopped in some small town and really had a hard time finding food as all the restaurants were closed. Finally scored some great dumplings and spent some time getting artsy fartsy with the camera while Tom was making performance mods at one of the local moto shops.







Back on the road again and burning more rubber.





A quick stop for a prayer.



Many great hairpins later, we arrived in Heping and decided to stay there. The next morning we headed south and again were not having much luck finding lunch. Plenty of fireworks, but no food. So we decided to have some fun making noise with the locals.









After some rather suspect egg/meat sandwiches, we were off again.



Not exactly sure what this picture is about.



Finally reached Zijin, where we stayed the first night, and decided we would head home the next day. In the morning, the boys were off to Shenzhen, and I set out for Dongguan via some less travelled roads.







Was a great 5 day trip and I'm looking forward to another ride with the Shenzhen faction of MCM. Thanks for the invite guys.

Still have three more days of riding to report, will try to get that done tomorrow.

Cheers!
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