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Yes the Longest Day comes around every year…..around the 21st December actually and yes I know that I did it back in 2012 on my KTM450 and most of you are probably thinking WTF!!…… Riding another 1300km in one day I must be crazy!! Well yeah a little but I have the bug and this year I am going to do it on my KTM640 and a little more relaxed this time, having already done it previously. The idea is to do it over 3 full days this year 21-23 Dec. With the first day being the obligatory run to the corner with a few slight mods to my original route. The 2nd and 3rd days will be more of an Adventure heading south from the corner seeing more of the country that I haven’t seen before. It will probably be around a 3000km ride in 3 days so I will just see where it takes me.
Here is my spot address if anyone is interested on progress.
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0kIzmtDb9o8JEfSjSJ7YdkJD2cOAedFJDCheers,
Lefty
Thanks Mick,
We will see how we go mate. I bit of prep still to do for the 3000k round trip. I have changed the gearing for longer legs and fuel economy. Hoping to pick my forks up tomorrow from Teknik as I had a seal turn to custard on the last ride and Nick has a better seal to put into the WP forks. Need to change the oil and filter and the usual air filter clean with a spare. I have one of these new lithium batteries which isn’t worth a nugget of goat shit, so that will get the launch for a new one…….. Hopefully the tyres will do the trip I have a used 952 on the front which is not too bad and a used 908 Dunlop on the rear which should last another 3000k……. fingers crossed :unsure:Cheers,
LeftyGo Lefty
Well as previously mentioned the Longest Day is only around a week away and as many of you are aware I have already done this particular ride. So many of you are probably thinking WTF why do it again……Why ride constantly for hours on end in 40deg + heat heading west following the sun for no particular reason other than put miles on your machine, burn fuel and wear out tyres etc. and think that it is entirely pointless. Well each to their own eh….. and after having already completed 1 successful attempt in 2012 and realising what it actually takes to do this ride, for those who have not attempted this ride may not realise what it actually takes….. For me it is not only the physical challenge it is more the mental challenge of being able to ride for around 14hrs with only around 1hr of stops to eat and refuel along the journey as well as overcome any other challenges should they arise along the way. This is out of the norm and introduces other risks and probably unnecessary risks at that but this is what I love about the sport.
The other thing that i am going to enjoy about this particular ride, should it go to plan, is that I will be taking a couple of full days to return taking in some other parts of NSW that I have not seen.
So here is the 640 ready for launch……
Cheers,
LeftyLefty wrote:Well as previously mentioned the Longest Day is only around a week away and as many of you are aware I have already done this particular ride. So many of you are probably thinking WTF why do it again……Why ride constantly for hours on end in 40deg + heat heading west following the sun for no particular reason other than put miles on your machine, burn fuel and wear out tyres etc. and think that it is entirely pointless. Well each to their own eh….. and after having already completed 1 successful attempt in 2012 and realising what it actually takes to do this ride, for those who have not attempted this ride may not realise what it actually takes….. For me it is not only the physical challenge it is more the mental challenge of being able to ride for around 14hrs with only around 1hr of stops to eat and refuel along the journey as well as overcome any other challenges should they arise along the way. This is out of the norm and introduces other risks and probably unnecessary risks at that but this is what I love about the sport.
The other thing that i am going to enjoy about this particular ride, should it go to plan, is that I will be taking a couple of full days to return taking in some other parts of NSW that I have not seen.
So here is the 640 ready for launch……Cheers,
LeftyYup and I will be watching from the high country. I will take my iPad for updates and same as 2012 I will ring the corner as you arrive and ask has a kid just pulled up on a KTM :laugh:
Well done, ride safe you have done the prep enjoy the ride mateTB
snowy09 wrote:Good luck Lefty. Awesome task ahead of you , hope your arse holds out.Thanks Snowy
Ready for launch and it is now time for ZZZZZ. I hope that i can make it again and are looking forward to the challenge ahead. I hope by this time tomorrow I have consumed an ale or 2 at the corner.
Cheers,
LeftyBest of luck lefty
I will be following your spot tracker with interest.
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