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Post by marlon on Mar 7, 2007 8:53:23 GMT -5
Hey Fellas,
I'm taking my SR down to Melbourne for a week or two - I'm planning on taking the coast road in one direction, and straight up the highway for the rest of it - maybe even in one hit (7 1/2 hours) If I'm feeling game.
I've got clipons and rearsets on the bike, and it's going to be a painful experience, I can tell. Does anyone have any tank bags they can recommend for me? I'm taking clothes etc, and don't want the weight on my back and wrists.
Ah well. Any ideas, hints and suggestions?
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Post by miker on Mar 7, 2007 13:03:20 GMT -5
Stuff clothes inside the front of your jacket until it holds you up off the tank?  I've got the same problem, so I have another bike for trips. miker |
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Post by colinjay on Mar 7, 2007 16:31:49 GMT -5
Marlon,
Have a good ride.
A few years back I did the trip from Sydney to Phillip Island for the Island Classic on my SR. The trip down along the Hume was a pain, 13 hr of almost solid riding over night from Garden Island dockyard to the mates place on the Mornington Peninsular. The trip back to Sydney along the coast was a far more enjoy able ride over two days. You will find the biggest limitations are the fuel range, or lack of it at high speed nessesitating lots of stops and the vibration through the bars at high speed can make you lose feeling in your hands after a few hours.
I would definitly recommend a tank bag, however not much point in recommending mine as it was purchased in the UK and I have never seen the brand here in Aust.
CJ
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Post by marlon on Mar 7, 2007 17:53:21 GMT -5
Ah Bugger. I'll pop around some places and see what they have. I'm planning one way along the coast - I can't decide whether I'm going to do it on the way up or down. What's the best place to stop over for the night at?
Miker, that's a terrible suggestion. But, hey, it could work! I've got a massively oversized jacket and I have to take clothes with me as well.
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Post by milkman on Mar 13, 2007 3:27:07 GMT -5
Mate, I bought an Oxford Tank Bak, and couldn't be happier.
They are more expensive than others, but designed by bike riders so lots of thoughtful features other models dont have.
I rode my sr250 with clubman bars from sydney to Canowindra, about a six hour trip. Its a smaller bike than the 500 and I had no dramas with wrist pain or lower back pain. I dont have rearsets either. Maybe I was just lucky, or the freezing Blue Moutains numbed my pain.
13 hours would be a different story though.
When I start to get sore, the weather is rubbish, long way to go, and I'm having a "what am I doing" moment that singing something like "Run to the Hills" - Iron Maiden, over and over in my head helps. Or Monty Python - Always look on the Bright Side of Life
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Post by marlon on Mar 14, 2007 10:57:58 GMT -5
Thanks Milkman, that's a bit reassuring... if you can do it on a 250, then a 400 should be sweet. I've been told by the truckdrivers here that Melbourne is only around 8 hours away, and that's without doing anything stupid.
Oxford Tank Bak - shall get it. I'm reading up on it now and it looks like an excellent peice of kit.
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Post by davedunsboro on Mar 15, 2007 6:03:11 GMT -5
Yeah you gotta have 2 (or more) bikes . We were going to do P.I. last September from SW WA .The consensus was that none of us had a bike that could handle more than 400ks .We didn,t have the coin or time to do anything about it so we just flew . It was ablast anyway . One of our mates rode ,took a full week and he did his license in Victora welcolmed by the local nods (on his new beema too poor bugger) . He's still walking , no moral to the story enjoy your ride may the weather be good , cheers from Dave .
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