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kram140 wrote:Well done gentlemen
Given the chance is there anything you would have done differently?????
AND where do you get those Ultra heavy duty 17″ tubes?????
Kram
Kram, I would take a bike with a high top speed. Those long roads can be pretty boring. Faster speed means more interesting riding. And ya get there quicker.
I’ll be buying some to test.
Day three
We broke camp and were on the road a bit after 7am. The extra fuel was tranfered to the main tanks the night before so the bike handled a lot better. Still in QLD for a while travelling south until we crossed the border and fence.
Just before the boarder
spot the dingo, centre frame
Tryhards kato and the road off into the distance. More sky than land out there
Crossing the QLD/NSW boarder we mucked around a bit
The only speed cameras out here were ours
Back in Sturt NP apparently
I got a flat a bit later. Must have had a big hit on the rear wheel but nothing stood out that I took notice of.
The rim damage
The tube has seen better days
The out take shot
Me changing a tube, had lots of practice lately. Who makes an ultra HD tube for a 17” rim. I mean Ultra.
Must be me checking if I had shat myself after the back end of the bike tried to overtake me, keeping it upright and running off the road just before stopping
There are worse placed to get a flat
Fuel started to be an issue so we went into Tibooburra to top up and found this
Luckily TJ’s was 800m down the road. They couldn’t be more helpful. Locals were telling us about tracks and the lady there rang around Wanaaring and Hungerford for fuel and a couple of stations for track conditions. The route was planned from there to go to Wannaaring up to Hamilton gate on the dog fence, Hungerford overnight and easy run to White Cliffs the next day.
Roads east of Tibooburra
127km from the last flat I had another. Thew another tube in and got going again.
10 km after another.
Ok, something’s up here. I checked the rim and tyre and found a tear inside of the tyre that was chewing threw the tubes.
Double rubber the tube and alls well
Tryhard was so bored with my flats he even offered to help.
I had to take a photo
Half way along to Wanaaring a sign to White Cliffs made our decision.
The rear tyre was out of balance noticeably and had split
20km down the road there was a nasty noise that sounded like I had stripped the front sprocket. Everything looked ok but a bearing noise was coming from the gearbox at idle, first and 5th. With the split in the tyre and dodgy box it was a slow trip to White Cliffs.
Stoped for a break a bit later and the output shaft seal had let go.
No need to lube the chain
Some entertainment along the way
You don’t need melons like these to ride around here
video
We covered the Km expected which was about 1300km in two days and a couple of hours. As usual, the route planned on the gps doesn’t happen on the ground and given time constraints exploring isn’t possible.
Points of note were
· We only passed about a dozen passenger vehicle the whole trip
· Most of the tourist we came across had flown themselves in with light aircraft
· Cameron Corner had 46,000 vehicles through, the year before the flood and now has only 7,000 for the year
· It hasn’t rained out there for 3 months
· The roads are like freeways, let her rip
· Fuel quality is poor, affecting consumption rates and bike performance
· Definitely an experience for the adventure rider not to miss
· One of my best rides
We didn’t see any bikes on the whole trip.Trailboss wrote:Lefty wrote:Good luck on the recovery Jeffro. Just use the other one for the monkey champ! :dry:
Cheers Lefty
Spoken like a married man
watch the jelly beans spill champion :cheer: :laugh: :laugh:TB
ya know my wife had to spell that one out to me..jelly beens:laugh:
A couple of photos to add to GavB RR
Foggy riding
Scenic riding
muddy riding
Not for adventure bike riding
My wife commented upon seeing this photo that Gavb and Mickp look like council workers
Had a great night at the OBT 3rd Birthday.
Thanks to TB and everyone who atended and contributed.
