Lotus Club Queensland
Dedicated to the promotion and enhancement of the Lotus experience
Login
Register
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Membership
    • Member Login
  • Events
    • Calendar
  • Motorsport
    • Lakeside DTC Timed Laps
    • LAKESIDE DTC RESULTS
  • Magazine
  • For Sale
    • Merchandise
    • Classifieds
  • Posts
  • Galleries
  • Directory
    • Suppliers & Parts
    • Advertisers
  • Archives
two-wheeled-banner

Random Glorious Two Wheeled Run

Story and pics by Vyvyan Black.

So the pandemic’s on, I have my Lotus in lockdown at the shop and Steve Lennox suggests a run up the mountain at a respectable hour on a Friday morning.

So I think “Get on yer bike, mate,” which is exactly what I do.

You see, just before Covid hit I was in need of a bit of transportation as the Plus 2 was waylaid. I’ve always wanted to get on a motorbike again but the missus wouldn’t allow it. A motorbike, I thought, would be a great solution and take the pressure off the Lotus as an everyday driver – which it had been for the last year or so, and would solve the issue of what car to get as a backup. Money being an issue, I just didn’t fancy a clone s***tbox, and I could just as easily end up with an unreliable one at that.

But two things happened since the first thoughts of getting a bike implanted themselves in my consciousness:

Number 1: No more missus around to hound me!

Number 2: I would soon be moving into an apartment close to town – no double garage there, a bike would be ideal. And so it was.

Okay, I say yes to the drive and hop on the Honda.

Oh what fun! Yes the Glorious run is just that, glorious in the Lotus. So, I hear you thinking to yourself, “What’s it like to ride the ridge on two wheels?”

And the answer is that it’s great, but you know what? As much as I love getting around on my Rebel it’s just not the same as in a Lotus. So I like to think I’m getting the best of both worlds – the Lotus for handling, agility and comfort, and the bike for visceral immersion and thrilling acceleration.

You’ll see from the pics that there were only a few of us: Steve in his oh so pretty Europa, Daryl Wilson in his lovely Caterham, Shane Murphy in his stunning Seven, and a couple of non-Club members in some old red thing … now what was it called again? Yes, a Ferrari Testarossa owned by Todd Maunder.

The-new-two-wheel-toy
Steves-Europa
The-Testarossa
Checking-out-the-Ferrari_
Manificent-12-cylinders
Shanes-Seven
This-pic-by-Steve

[Show slideshow]
Peking to Paris 2019 The Ford Gearbox – some words of caution

Related Posts

mp-banner

Events, Gallery 2022, Homepage, Racing

Morgan Park Sprints R4

kevs-banner

EMRs, Gallery 2022, Homepage

Kev’s Big Day Out

duratec-banner

Articles, Homepage, Technical

Duratec Elise – better late than never

Random images

IMG_0350 The Pits dtc-23 dtc-6 1. Cameron, Steve, Clive, Robyn, Colin & Barry Pre Race Briefing nose-bugs 13-Scottys-Garage-Museum big-breakfast meeting-still-underway 20160806_085605 Lotii-surrounded-by-Holdens IMGP3185 IBT5 IMG_0008 122_2237_IMG 123_2370_IMG 118_1805_STA IMG_4886 121_2169_IMG English vehicles with French tastebuds 20220220_093714 IMG_6188 An-eager-field IMG_0472-1 IMG_1410 nathan-01 DTC-026 IMG_1978 Christmas-Lunch-at-RQYS_gw MG_6591 Spectators Arrival at Mavis's Kitchen _MG_0552 as Smart Object-1 elans-2 Trevor & Derek Peter and Martin Half a pound down Jon Leyburn 2016 jm Joie de Vivre owner & singer, Deeny main-38 nh01mg IMG_5144 IMG_5068 IMG_7364 image_103 IMG_8502 IMG_4387 IMG_6393 Mar-main-86 IMG_6423 Mike,-Colleen,-Mal,-Al-with-Maggie-and-Clive-standing 2006_08_27_Gympie_Skid_Pan0090 IMG_0332_1 P1080253 IMG_9188 IMG_9132 IMG_9125 IMG_0484 IMG_0368 IMGP7314 IMG_4489 image_210 image_004 IMG_6624 IMG_7597 IMG_3710 6_IMG_9530 PICT7311 PICT7255 P1060566 IMG_2608 Daryl_with_his_Cat IMG_6349 038_38 055_55 145_145 P1060347 P1060260 Catch_up_Stop Rohan cid_440 Its-dusty-in-an-open-car.-The-end-of-a-hard-day-in-the-Gobi_ tony-smiths-evora 20181111_144346 IMGP8190 Fans-requesting-freebies-during-lunch-stop-Russia old-and-new Roads Again unnamed-4 Studying-the-times Pat-the-Winner Phil and Gail IMG_9084 pit talk IMAG5952 Transport-Museum-Hillman-Minx-1960-2 IMAG5947 Garry-with-presenter-Giles IMAG6204

Recent Articles

  • Morgan Park Sprints R4
  • Kev’s Big Day Out
  • Duratec Elise – better late than never
  • Gold Rush Hill Sprint – 2022
  • Marburg Pub Run – 4 Sept 2022
  • Unique +2 Road Trip to Brisbane
  • Leyburn 2022
  • August 2022 DTC

Latest Gallery Images

20220220_093834 20220220_093818 20220220_093827 20220220_093743 20220220_093812 20220220_093730

Search articles by category

Archived articles

Lotus Club Queensland
© Lotus Club Queensland   |   Site by Black Eye Studios