Birdsville / Strzelecki Tracks

Hi,

Anybody been up the Birdsville or Strzelecki tracks lately ?

I'm going to take my XT600 up there in the next week or so.

What are the conditions of the roads ?

Oh, and any last minute advice for me. Standard 13L tank (+ a jerry), no
GPS.

cheers.

GB.

 

G'day GB, have a look at the Oz Adventure Riders page
lots of good advice on there.
<http://users.bigpond.com/rto/ozhome.htm> and ask on the
OAR mailing list too.

-----sharks

 

Got a 22liter Acerbis for it, dual taps incl. all hardware, stay-brace and
hoses.
'97 onward model.
have FUN
cheers
pete

 

that's what i need... no worries.

gonna carry 2 jerry's 1x10L + 1x5L plus 10L jerry of water.

that's 30 Litres of petrol all up ( ~18km/L x 30 = 540km).

GB.

 

try www.exploroz.com.au

 

Run it over a weigh bridge before you leave!

 

Acerbis tank gives me 470-495km (to dry) on-road, running hard in hot
conditions, with full camping gear on the back.
And I ain't no flyweight either...
Check tank and rack here:
http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/glitch1/Sale/page2.html

cheers
pete

 

Nice lookin XT that...

 

cheers biggus ... great website.

GB.

 

Both are fairly good tracks these days.

try http://www.mynrma.com.au/travel/go/outback_tracks/index.shtml

If you stay with the main road you won't need gps ... just a good map
and your trip meter.
Good maps -
http://www.hemamaps.com.au/ - Great Desert Tracks Of Australia SE Sheet
and
http://www.westprint.com.au/maps1.htm - Birdsville & Strzelecki Tracks

Get both ... the west print ones usually have good interesting info on
the back of the map about places your going through.

 

Water is 1 kilo per litre and petrol is 0.8 kilo per litre

 

Speaking of the Strzelecki Track, who's attending next year's
Off-Centre Rally at Innamincka?

I'll be going, probably on a GPX250 again.


BTH

 

So he'll be able to get 37.5 litres of fuel in his 30 litre jerry cans and
increase his range by 25% !

Nev..
'02 CBR1100XX #2 lives on !! ZX12R soon... but first a duc