Hello there
I've been following this site for a while, and I thought I'd post up the next ride. Two mates and I are going around the country (about 17 000kms) in 14 days. I'm a bit nervous about the bit of dirt we are doing up the top end, but I'm sure the Hayabusas will be fine, they are known for their off-road ability. We're taking an 04 busa (mine) and two '08 brand new busas. Sounds like a pretty extreme way to run a bike in to me. With over 1 200kms a day for 14 days straight, we figure we will be walking like cowboys by the time we get home.
I'd be really happy to discuss with someone who has done the Burketown Borroloola leg, things like road quality, water crossings and fuel stops.
Happy for any advice apart from don't do it. I figure if we are going to get helpful advice, this is the place. All three of us (Heidi, Bruce and Simmo) are experienced riders and not scared of a challenge.
Cheers
Heidi
P.S. We are all from the Hayabusa Owners Site
I've been following this site for a while, and I thought I'd post up the next ride. Two mates and I are going around the country (about 17 000kms) in 14 days. I'm a bit nervous about the bit of dirt we are doing up the top end, but I'm sure the Hayabusas will be fine, they are known for their off-road ability. We're taking an 04 busa (mine) and two '08 brand new busas. Sounds like a pretty extreme way to run a bike in to me. With over 1 200kms a day for 14 days straight, we figure we will be walking like cowboys by the time we get home.
I'd be really happy to discuss with someone who has done the Burketown Borroloola leg, things like road quality, water crossings and fuel stops.
Happy for any advice apart from don't do it. I figure if we are going to get helpful advice, this is the place. All three of us (Heidi, Bruce and Simmo) are experienced riders and not scared of a challenge.
Cheers
Heidi
P.S. We are all from the Hayabusa Owners Site
). I just got back from a trip (but of nowhere near that magnitude!)
and one potential problem I had was the need to run premium fuel in my bike - I found phone numbers for a heap of the roadhouses and rang them all in advance
to make sure they had Premium - don't know if any of them will be of assistance to you but if you want I can send you my spreadsheet with all the details
on it (just phone numbers and opening hours - if they didn't have premium they were scrapped off my list!) Also the roadkill in outback QLD is like
nothing else! But you probably know that already :)
(thats a 2410klm day 7 in a row) but he was on his Blackbird for that.
