heath_AU
Junior Member
Hi All.
Thought id just share a recent experience with you.
I have just moved (permanently) to Tassie from BrisVegas and decided to ride down rather than pack my baby up in a crate with my gear.
Ok, so i will admit perhaps that wasnt the best idea in mid july, but i had a blast.
I allowed 4 days (including a full night on the ferry) to get here and i have to say the ONLY discomfort i had to report on the trip was the severe frostbite and a bit of nasty hyperthermia after hammering along in about 7 hours of rain (while it was around 9 degrees) coming into melbourne. NO sore ass at all. And thats a pretty big claim considering i clocked up around 2600 kms.
I also had a HUGE 70L duffle bag, backpack and full tankbag on so to say it was cramped would be quite the understatement.
But no saddle pains. I was actually quite surprised myself.
Lets see our mates on the R6's or even a Gixxer boast the same.
As for the route, i pretty much stuck to the new england highway and then also went thru albury on the hume highway.
I took Putty road coming into campbelltown and i have to say i was devastated that it was so cold and wet coz this would have to arguably be the best bike road in the country. I have seen the great ocean road and it has nothing on this dream of a road. Miles and miles of beautiful hairpins and evenly rounded corners carved into the mountainside and the surface was mostly flaweless. ALL corners were properly signposted (which i actually think makes riders lazy and co-dependant) and i must have passed no more than a half dozen cars the whole way.
Seriously, i was heartbroken it was wet. Had i not been in so much pain and frostbitten i would have stuck around and waited for some decent weather but i had a boat to catch.
If only i decided to get these BarkBusters fitted BEFORE the trip. DOH.
Anyways guys, just wanted to share my epic trip with you and take this opportunity to declare by undying love for my Fizzer. Seriously, i may never find a women (or man?!) that can please me the way this bike does.
*sigh*
Stay safe kids.
HeatH
Thought id just share a recent experience with you.
I have just moved (permanently) to Tassie from BrisVegas and decided to ride down rather than pack my baby up in a crate with my gear.
Ok, so i will admit perhaps that wasnt the best idea in mid july, but i had a blast.
I allowed 4 days (including a full night on the ferry) to get here and i have to say the ONLY discomfort i had to report on the trip was the severe frostbite and a bit of nasty hyperthermia after hammering along in about 7 hours of rain (while it was around 9 degrees) coming into melbourne. NO sore ass at all. And thats a pretty big claim considering i clocked up around 2600 kms.
I also had a HUGE 70L duffle bag, backpack and full tankbag on so to say it was cramped would be quite the understatement.
But no saddle pains. I was actually quite surprised myself.
Lets see our mates on the R6's or even a Gixxer boast the same.
As for the route, i pretty much stuck to the new england highway and then also went thru albury on the hume highway.
I took Putty road coming into campbelltown and i have to say i was devastated that it was so cold and wet coz this would have to arguably be the best bike road in the country. I have seen the great ocean road and it has nothing on this dream of a road. Miles and miles of beautiful hairpins and evenly rounded corners carved into the mountainside and the surface was mostly flaweless. ALL corners were properly signposted (which i actually think makes riders lazy and co-dependant) and i must have passed no more than a half dozen cars the whole way.
Seriously, i was heartbroken it was wet. Had i not been in so much pain and frostbitten i would have stuck around and waited for some decent weather but i had a boat to catch.
If only i decided to get these BarkBusters fitted BEFORE the trip. DOH.
Anyways guys, just wanted to share my epic trip with you and take this opportunity to declare by undying love for my Fizzer. Seriously, i may never find a women (or man?!) that can please me the way this bike does.
*sigh*
Stay safe kids.
HeatH
