I thought I was!!......all that is important besides the spare sox, jocks , jeans and a spare flannelette shirt, is enough room to tie on the esky DJ
At this stage, it will be either very late Feb or Early March 06, I have 3 weeks holiday at this time. I originally applied for this time off as I intended to ride the RTA big ride (bicycle) but have since bought a motorcycle and this has taken priority (of course haha). I'm hoping to do a week's mini tour up north in late Nov up to Bundarra near Inverell then Grafton where the Parents live, this will give me an idea of some of the do's and don'ts, why's and what fors of motorcycle touring and will help me condition myself to it. As I explained in my earlier posts, I'm new at this and Tassie will be the first tour I will do to somewhere I haven't experienced before. My Bike is a Kawasaki ER-5, 500cc(naked), only 7 months old. It'll do the distance with no problems, but I won't be screaming down the Hwy's doing 160+. When I tour..I wanna see stuff!! I intend on taking the Boat from Sydney to Tassie then do the ride around, but I have yet to decide whether to return via the Sydney boat or Melb boat and ride up the coast road. Should be quite good around mid March.Or I could just return via the Sydney Boat and leave the coast road for a more relaxed stint another time. I'm kinda leaning towards the Sydney boat both ways and just relax over a few beers on the way home.It'll cost somewhere around $600 return just for the boat with bike and accommodation. I've gotta buy my self some decent touring gear.Although I have a leather jacket for my local rides, I'll probably end up getting a full set of DryRiders or something like that. Anyway Roc, I'm still working on it, if you're interested let me know. cheers DJ
