It was all held on by "100 kg" pull tie-downs, 2 across the duffle, and the backpack held by one in an "A" arrangement. I had a small folding camping chair that fit across the back of the bike then a self-inflating mattress a duffel-bag with sleeping bag, ground sheets,and some clothes and on top of all that, a backpack with food and valuables (laptop, etc.). In the other bag, one Sistema had camping/cooking equipment (JetBoil Zips are awesome!), and the other had electronics, notebooks, rechargers, etc. The 'everyday' tools were inside a PVC-pipe toolbox (much like ) that replaced the spanner-sized Honda toolbox, and the emergency repair stuff went into a Sistema. The only less-ideal thing was trying to use their velcro belts to hold them to the bike-things bascially jut tied-on there, rather than how velcro is supposed to happen. Two Sistemas fit perfectly inside each bag (or one Sistema and fuel+oil- see ), and held the bags in shape so that stress-rips didn't happen. What really worked well for me was a pair of Motodry ZXS-2 'square' saddle bags, with 7 litre Sistema containers inside. (toward the end of the list you can see the pannier brackets I made from a trip to Bunnings with ~$30, and a gps trace of the 20000km ride) Sydney - Bathurst - Hill End camping tripĪnd there's a bit of content on Twitter, my primary outlet this days: One accident - and it happened 5 minutes before the end of the 5 month ride.Īs mentioned, I did have a blog. One flat tire while riding (and about 10 accidental punctures trying to replace worn tires.) Three easily-fixed issues with the bike (each time within pushing-distance of a Honda dealer!) Met hundreds of great people (and 2 arseholes) Going Newcastle - Wagga - Broken Hill - Adelaide - Geraldton - Exmouth - Darwin - Mt Isa - Longreach - Noccandra - Warwick - Byron Bay - Armidale - Newcastle :/īetter records were kept of the 2nd trip around Australia in 2013:Ģ0,000 kms (exactly!).
Going Newcastle - Armidale - Warwick - Charleville - Longreach - Mt Isa - Darwin - down the Stuart - Adelaide - Mildura - Sydneyįailed attempt at an 'Iron Butt Challenge' of doing 1000 kms in 24 hours- headlight burnt out at the 800km point. Something like 10,000 kms (broken speedo cable). Unfortunately, I've lost the website hosting the content from my 2nd around-Australia ride, but can help out there: Īnyway- if you're looking for someone with experience in long-haul Postie touring to throw questions and such at, I can probably help! Ask away.īrief detail of the 1st trip (mostly) around Australia in 2010:
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