Fabulous report, write-up, pics, and read Cormanus!
I almost didn't look at the post because been there done that, but I said to myself This must be a Cormanus spoof ....he is in Queensland not the US - maybe he is visiting getting ready for the June ride.
The ride reminded me of the rides I used to take in SE Texas (US) around Corpus Christi on a daily basis in the early 70s.
The Speedometer pic is interesting 4000rpm & 118mph (I know clicks, 118kph= 73.3mph). My 13CB @ 4000 does 70mph (113kph). The small difference is probably due to camera parallax(angle).
FYI, I must point out, one needs to put a space around (on both sides) weblinks or the link will not work correctly
http://www.airhawk.net/airhawk-products.aspx the way it was originally posted, the ")." gets copied as part of the url.