Severnea -Stanthorpe - Tenterfield - Glen Innes - Rasperry Lookout - Grafton - Casino - Tenterfield - Severnlea. A very long day.
Saturday 23 April 2016. ANZAC Day weekend
Redcliffe - Warwick - Inglewood - Goondiwindi - Texas - Stanthorpe.
A big day on the bikes with Mark K and Kerrie K. The last 90 minutes was dodging wallabies, kangaroos, pigs and deers if both the live and dead varieties.
Saturday 2 April 2016. Rambling around Neurem and Mount Kilcoy
On Saturday I spent a half day exploring the country much closer to home that I usually do. Talk about beauty being close to home!
Some excellent video to come but for now, here is a look at my spot for lunch, about five minutes north of Mount Kilcoy State School.
Video footage from Sat 12 Mar 2016; a small bike nap.
Took a while but though I would share some helmet cam footage of a small slip. Nothing major, just did a rookie mistake of not checking the creek crossing. When I looked back later, I could see that it was about 10 cms deep of algae. Overall a great day though and some better footage of the ride from Toogooloowah to Crows Nest to follow:
Saturday 12 Mar 2016. Just a few extra photos
First an acknowledgement to my Horizons Unlimited friends who took and uploaded these photos. Thanks to Chris, Mark, Julie and Carien who were all involved in this little adventure.
Here we are at Crows Nest, after the short run between Toogoolawah and Crows Nest. A nice mixture of tarmac and a range of gravel surfaces.
Saturday 12 March 2016. Bimbling around Crows Nest
On Saturday a group from Horizons Unlimitee South East Queensland mob net a Toogooloowah and travelled cross country around Crows Nest, Hampton, Plainbyand Emu Creek. We followed a guide provided by the Hampton Visitor Information Centre, 'Drive G'. More on that to follow. I had a small off, did not prepare properly for a creek crossing covered in algae. Nothing serious and my diy extended hand guards worked very well. More in the trip later but for now, a photo of the damage.
Sunday 14 Feb 2016. More cleanup and maintenance on the Suzuki
Over the last two weeks I've been cleaning up some things on the Suzuki, from lubricating the speedo cable, torquing up the spokes on the wheels, taping up some electricals for better resistance to dirt and dust, valve clearances, valve cover gasket and cleaning up holes and cracks in the beak. To fill the holes I use Permatex 5 minute plastic weld and it works well. However when the paint went on, you can see a few places where I could have sanded the epoxy more, if you look closely enough. No problem, it is a dirt bike after all. Next time though I will use the 30 minute general purpose version. Hopefully if will be a softer covering and a stronger colour, thus easier to evaluate if more sanding prior to paint.
On the mechanical side though, the bike starts with just a touch of the button and idles nicely. Perhaps another horsepower or two has been found. At this stage I don't know but I am sure looking forward to finding out.
Wednesday 10 Feb 2016. DR800 centre stand
Well it finally happened, a centre stand for the DR800 has been sourced, purchased and installed. A company in Germany, Hessler Motorsport, has gone into production of these. Karen agreed to make the my 2016 birthday, anniversary, Father's day and Christmas present for which I am very grateful. Having a centre stand makes routine maintenance so much easier but more importantly, makes repairs on the road easier. Indeed there are some jobs that are very, very difficult without a centre stand.
As many Australians would say: That'll work.
Photos of the installed stand to come as the bike is in pieces at the moment.
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