Brain Teaser Run

Once again Melbourne spring weather was out in its glory supplying us with a fantastic day for riding. We met up at the Shell servo and ended up with a total of nine bikes. Some of our regulars were MIA but it good to see Crossbow and Bomber who we don't get to catch up with that often.

Instead of the normal run, the riders were split into teams of two bikes and given a map of the city and a set of written instructions that also contained cryptic questions that they needed to answer in order to make their way around the route. The teams were given five minutes to read their instructions and were sent off at five minute intervals. Watering holes were built into the ride, as were several item of proof of visit that each team had to obtain.

I followed Foggy and Jay, who were the last team to leave to the first two check points. Fellas, it's bloody hard to win if you aren't even on the correct side of the building to get the answer to the clue.

From there, I headed off another check point, grabbed a beer and waited for the teams to arrive. While travelling around the city, Stevo had a slight run in with the constabulary. From all accounts, the officer was standing beside the driver's door of a locked car when Stevo cracked open the throttle. Lots of juice, Screamin Eagle pipes and the car's alarm went ballistic, leaving the hapless copper standing there shaking his head.

We all collected at Highway 31, licensed café which is very much biker oriented for a couple of beers and then en-mass headed of the Sunshine RSL for our monthly meeting.

In the wash-up, most of the teams were able to correctly answer all of the questions, but Fuge and Fatboy were the standout winners by being able correctly cover the course in a paltry 16km (which actually took about an hour and a half). By all accounts everybody enjoyed the day and are looking forward to the next Brain Teaser Run. Look out though; the questions will get more difficult.

Gibbo

Road captain