OK, I'm crazy.

Left Perth Friday about 8 am. Got to Balladonia before dark, 900 klicks.
Left at 6 am, Got to Poochera foe dinner, picked up a truckie to follow at
100 metres all the way to Port Augusta, pressed on, and on, and on. Dawn at
Bordertown where the temp was -1º. arrived in Cranbourne at 12:15 Sunday.
Balladonia to Cranbourne, 28 hours, 2500 kms.

Theo

 

No argument.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

<impressed silence>

 

Crazy ???
You`re a freakin` nutbag if you ask me

impressive though...

 

Best I ever did was Townsville to Alice Springs in 26 hours...

 

Well done, sounds like fun for hte long distance junkie.

Boxer (next trip Adeliade to Brisbane next week)

 

I could've gone further but Alice was the destination...

Yeah, but I did it on a Harley.

Ta, mate.

 

We doing this in alphabetical order?...

It's easy. All you need is an agricultural V-twin.

Ta. Hic!...

I was hoping to set a new record this year en route to the GP, too.
There's a bloke on the BikeMe forum from FarRiders who are associated
with the Iron Butt mob in the U.S.

Gunna have to wait till March next year now...

 

Only saw two adult emus, but one had 6 near-grown chicks.

Theo

 

Nah, I had square tyres. Now I have new tyres. Those original Z6s had done
18500 kms.

Theo

 

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:02:18 +0800

That's good to know. Mine have done 8500 and show bugger all wear, so
should be good for a bit more.

Zebee

 

Best I ever did was a quarter pounder, big mac, fillet of fish and a
shake in one lunchtime....

 

Good run indeed mate, toosmokey pointed me this direction.
We need to meet.
Davo
http://www.davojones.com

 

Zebee
I have Z6's on my BMW R1100RT. Got 27000km from the last front tyre,
and 22000km from the last rear.
Unless a Guzzi is much heavier than my bike (at 285kg), or your
throttle hand is a bit enthusiastic, I don't see why you should not
get similar mileage.

SteveB

 

Gotta wonder what they smoke at Poochera! Picked up a truckie and
pressed on and on, and on!
MikeH
Daylight saving gets you there twice as fast.

 

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:39:05 -0700

That's impressive.

Some bods in the US are claiming less than 10,000km from theirs. Too
much interstate work, not enough attention to pressure, different road
surface, Yanks get lousy tyres?

I don't think you can shred tyres with an overly enthusiastic throttle
hand on a pushrod twin can you?

Zebee

 

I think maybe sustained enthusiasm rather than immediate enthusiasm is
what makes the difference to tyre wear.

Nev..

 

In aus.motorcycles on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:23:35 +1000

But that just means you make your 20,000km a little more quickly....

I suspect some of the low mileage reported might be tyre chewing
chipseal roads. I've heard reports of very chunky surfaces made by
spraying tar and laying very big chunks of bluemetal, rathe than the
Aussie method of spraying tar and laying small chunks of bluemetal.

Zebee

 

Apparently NZ roads are shocking for this. I remember reading an article at
some pint that talked about tyre companies specifically making trips to NZ
to check out their roads (and in some cases take chunks away with them)
simply because nowhere else do tyres get chewed out so fast.

 

And it turned out to be every bike had sheep riding pillion.
MikeH