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Winter Run – Sunday shed Wrap

Get out of town and spend a couple of weeks on the road

June 29, 2026, by Guy 'Guido' Allen

With a bit of luck, the pic above should resemble what we're looking at this morning, as we embark on a run from Melbourne to Brisbane and back, via the Newell and New England highways. We're working on nearly two weeks for the trip.

Via Texas, Queensland. Why?

The route needed a twist and I reckon it's about 20 years since I saw the place, on a Honda Valkyrie Interstate with daughter Ms A. Back then, we were all young and silly. Now we're a little older.

This time the mission is to head to Brisbane, Queensland, to cover a couple of feature stories for Unique Cars magazine.

Last time I tried this was around September 2025 and it all went pear-shaped, when the bike broke down near Inglewood. That was a hugely expensive exercise and you can see the wash-out here.

This time, I'm more positive as it seems we have rebuilt everything that usually breaks on these bikes.