The Nullabor

I get that out of a front and half that out of a rear. So I would need to
start with new tyres and buy one rear on the trip. Of course, if I had one
of those 'sports' bikes I'd have to carry a few tyres with me. Shame that,
cause, as Hammo keeps pointing out, on a 'sports' bike you can't carry
stuff, so you're stuffed.

Theo

 

Having been guided around Brisvegas by one of you, and around Perth by
the other, I am not in the least suprised that your experiences with
tyre wear are divergent.


Moike

 

No idea on what I get

And I dint think 25,000 is the distance or if it is dont ever mention it
again

Never and I mean never

 

FARK!

On the K I used to get about 10,000 out of a front, and maybe 7,000 out
of a rear. Will be interesting to see what I get out of the FJR - but I
don't expect it'll be more than that.

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Cheers

PeterC [aka MildThing]
'81 Suzuki GS450-s (gone on to better and brighter things - I hope)
'87 BMW K100RT (write-off)
'81 Yamaha Virago (XV) 750H (work in progress)
'01 Yamaha FJR1300

www.dmcsc.org.au
http://eladesom.com.au/ulysses/
# 37181

 

Not the r1100S

Nope it has sport suspension, only bmw come out with it.

yep but not for a boxer.

Not the r1100S

Lightest booxer in it's time. (1998)

Never tried it.

Cheers.

 

Nah, the Le Mans V11 has a shitty fuel range... about 200kms to dead empty.


G-S

 

*grin*

G-S

 

Wot? It doesn't do Dale's 250 to reserve minimum....?

A big tourer bike mark there...

Air cooled (snigger)

Its a beemer, it can carry a small village on its back.

Heavier than others, therefore tourer

Definitely not a sports bike, so must be a tourer.

Your shout.

 

Definitely not a sports bike... definitely not a tourer... must be a
sports tourer *helpful look*


G-S

 

If it doesn't fit in a tank bag, you don't need it.

 

16,000kms.

 

Phew! Is that where you keep your dirty jocks?

Theo

 

No.

Moike

 

Pick answer from the following;

1. No, I wear them. Every day I turn them 120º. After three days I turn them
inside out. Repeat...

2. What jocks?...

3. I keep everything in sealed Glad storage bags and clean and dirty have
their own bags distinct from each other.

 

the mind boggles!

Moike

 

<singing>He's Jake the peg</singing>

 

The Michelin ones or the Metzeler ones???

ck

 

Need and want are two very different things... I can (and have) toured
with a micro hiking sleeping bag and a micro hiking 1 man tent and a
credit card.

But I'd much rather have a 3 man tent, an air bed, an air bed pump, a
pda/mp3 player and something to make coffee with.

If you're talking about staying in hotels, well that works... but I
prefer camping when I'm touring on the bike... [1]


G-S

[1] If I'm just droning from another state to home with the intention of
getting there as fast as possible then a cheap motel makes better sense.

 

(hoping that 3 is the correct answer!)

If it is 3... lets say you go away for a week... that's 7 pairs of jocks
and 7 pairs of socks and 7 singlets and 7 t-shirts.

That wouldn't fit in my tank bag... how big is your tank bag? Is it one
of those monster triple deck things?

Or don't you do longer trips?


G-S

 

I think BTH has 22,000km or something, but it's possible he got lost.

Really, as mentioned elsewhere, the side trips are the good bits.

-----sharks