29-09-2008, 02:31pm
By the way we could easily cut 2-3 days from this trip, issues with broken racks and tyres then slowing down to arrive on time for the Canberra BBQ, this would have taken it back to 11-12 days easily.
To put this ride into perspective that actual around Australia record is under 7 days for the 14000+ klms. Impossible to beat and stay out of jail nowadays. Ours was a leisurely cruze compared to the actual record.
The revelation of the trip for me was how many people are out there on bikes either doing a lap or just riding huge differences for the fun of it. We met plenty of great people even one young lady riding around the country solo on a 250 just for the hell of it.
If anyone in the club is considering a long ride just get out there and do it it's really not that difficult apart from the first few days where everything aches.
To put this ride into perspective that actual around Australia record is under 7 days for the 14000+ klms. Impossible to beat and stay out of jail nowadays. Ours was a leisurely cruze compared to the actual record.
The revelation of the trip for me was how many people are out there on bikes either doing a lap or just riding huge differences for the fun of it. We met plenty of great people even one young lady riding around the country solo on a 250 just for the hell of it.
If anyone in the club is considering a long ride just get out there and do it it's really not that difficult apart from the first few days where everything aches.