i fail 2 and 3… so close!
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Still can’t ride this bike yet.
First it was the weather but the last two weeks it’s been a sprained left wrist and an infected left leg after a failed attempt to board a bus in Enmore on St Pat’s Day (coincidence). Couldn’t even squeeze the toothpaste tube let alone close the clutch.
Which got me thinking about which insurance to go with. I was recommended Swann by the bike shop. Are there “extras” insurance that companies offer that are a waste of time & money?
Im lazy. I just use NRMA.
Rego expired last June and I only reregistered it a couple of weeks ago. Rode it to work a few times and then 500+km to Moree today.
It hasnt missed a beat. I, on the other hand, am not bike fit and am buggered.
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2,500kms, made it to Seventeen Seventy this afternoon.
I think that’s about as far north as I can go unfortunately.
Learned a few things along the way, like don’t take on 4wd roads on your own and respect the slipperiness of the concrete base under the fords on those “roads”.
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Nice!
Ive done causeways on enduro tyres to street tyres and everything in between. Never had a problem.
How long did it take you to get there?
To get to 1770?
I left Sydney on Monday 12 Sept.
That’s a few stays here and there, Jez & Elaine are in the UK and let me use their place on Bribie Island while they are gone. & I have friends near Maleny (gorgeous countryside) I also visited.
Setting up the tent in 1770 yesterday afternoon was a drag after the ride from Hervey Bay which was further than I realised.
Meaning it’s going to be a trek heading back I guess.
Disappointed to hear I’ll be heading back to a NSW that’s under School Holidays Mandates, I figure if I stay away from the coast I’ll be alright.
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I expect I went through the last ford too slow after going through the first few not thinking about it, I thought I would go slower to reduce the wake and drenching my trousers…
Ironically it was the shallowest of the lot of them.
I hit the ground so fast I was in the water without reacting.
I was lucky I rode through the high side as I could have lost the bike over the edge.
I was carrying far too much to be doing that sort of thing as well.
I got back from Gladstone via Moree in two days earlier this year. Bigger bike thou.
The packing thing will be trial an error.
I use a less now than i did when I started.
Enjoy it!
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You’ve changed
Its a 650 on the LAMS list!
Five times bigger than anyone should need!
There’s nothing quite like the Stewart Highway to change that opinion …
But yeah, I dont like it for everyday. Just too big.
97…!!
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Yeah, get a 125cc bike.
Green slip windows are huge. You’re in the same bracket as my 650cc bike.
Using the online service their doesn’t seem to be any better, QBE it is.