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Ted, BE CAREFUL!!

We have quite a few US tourists come to grief here, when things go bad here we pull left, you guys pull right and it doesn't end well.

Ted, I've sent an email to the yahoo address you had a few years ago.
Given your whirlwind tour all over the continent, it's unlikely we'll catch up - I'll be on the road for most of September.
Have fun. Keep Left. I reckon you will get the hang of left hand driving pretty quickly. Apparently the hard part is when you pull out of a driveway onto a road where there are few cars to remind you.

I am disappointed that i don't get a chance to ride with you Charlie.

I am going to take it easy with my first visit in Australia. I plan on taking a bicycle and getting into the flow of traffic and wrapping my head around it. A scooter on quiet lanes might be a perfect start to this start. This will get me a chance to see a few things I would miss in a car or bus.

I know I want to get to ride from Sydney to Aleliade via the coastal road looks quite fun...quite similar to riding my own Pacific coast highway.
next time...next year.

Ridercam wrote: I know I want to get to ride from Sydney to Aleliade via the coastal road looks quite fun...quite similar to riding my own Pacific coast highway.
next time...next year.

We can put a route together for you Ted, when the time comes. You'll need to let us know where your interests lie. A large percentage of us live between Sydney and Melbourne so we'll need to do our best to make your ride a ride to remember.

The coast road has mountains to the right, and a few airheads just the other side.
If you give us enough notice, I'm predicting a boxerworks downunder get together.

Avoid our winter though. It can get nippy, but worse, it can be wet.

I'm gonna' get over there one of these years and see if you guys can hold yer' brown water. If I did come over, and gave a lot of notice, could we do a Boxerworks Tasmania run? I just know in me heart, there is a tiger left.

SteveD wrote:

Ridercam wrote: I know I want to get to ride from Sydney to Aleliade via the coastal road looks quite fun...quite similar to riding my own Pacific coast highway.
next time...next year.

We can put a route together for you Ted, when the time comes. You'll need to let us know where your interests lie. A large percentage of us live between Sydney and Melbourne so we'll need to do our best to make your ride a ride to remember.

The coast road has mountains to the right, and a few airheads just the other side.
If you give us enough notice, I'm predicting a boxerworks downunder get together.

Avoid our winter though. It can get nippy, but worse, it can be wet.

Thats an offer and kind of riding and friendship that I like. We would all enjoy the best parts of our group - riding, camping, camaraderie and knowledge. Still after all these years - quite amazing to me. Perhaps a few folks in the these states would throw thier bikes into the crate and ship them too - making this most affordable.

i figure it is still cheaper to send a well together frank-n-beemer bike there than it is to buy or rent if i spend the month on it - ideally being sold or parted out once done - or could head north to explore the other reaches on your great country. If you post a week and route - i will do my most to promote a puddle jump rendezvous on this side. It could be something quite special. This needs its own thread.

Zombie Master wrote:I'm gonna' get over there one of these years and see if you guys can hold yer' brown water. If I did come over, and gave a lot of notice, could we do a Boxerworks Tasmania run? I just know in me heart, there is a tiger left.

I've been wanting to get the bike over to Tasmania, so I'd be in that as a pissabolity.
Not sure about the tigers - it's the human 'tawny haired tigresses' you'll need to be wary of, Neil.

Ridercam wrote: Thats an offer and kind of riding and friendship that I like. We would all enjoy the best parts of our group - riding, camping, camaraderie and knowledge. Still after all these years - quite amazing to me. Perhaps a few folks in the these states would throw thier bikes into the crate and ship them too - making this most affordable.

i figure it is still cheaper to send a well together frank-n-beemer bike there than it is to buy or rent if i spend the month on it - ideally being sold or parted out once done - or could head north to explore the other reaches on your great country. If you post a week and route - i will do my most to promote a puddle jump rendezvous on this side. It could be something quite special. This needs its own thread.

It will be good if you can get this happening, Ted. I have no idea what shipping would cost, but having a known good bike serviced and ready to go, at US prices, would seem like the right way to go. I wish I had the funds to have a second bike for just this sort of use. I do have spare camping gear - tents, sleeping mats, cooking gear and the like, that I'll be happy to provide for travellers down in this corner of the continent. The Oz dollar is currently below 90 US cents, so a decent incentive for US travellers.

Airbear wrote:

Ridercam wrote: Thats an offer and kind of riding and friendship that I like. We would all enjoy the best parts of our group - riding, camping, camaraderie and knowledge. Still after all these years - quite amazing to me. Perhaps a few folks in the these states would throw thier bikes into the crate and ship them too - making this most affordable.

i figure it is still cheaper to send a well together frank-n-beemer bike there than it is to buy or rent if i spend the month on it - ideally being sold or parted out once done - or could head north to explore the other reaches on your great country. If you post a week and route - i will do my most to promote a puddle jump rendezvous on this side. It could be something quite special. This needs its own thread.

It will be good if you can get this happening, Ted. I have no idea what shipping would cost, but having a known good bike serviced and ready to go, at US prices, would seem like the right way to go. I wish I had the funds to have a second bike for just this sort of use. I do have spare camping gear - tents, sleeping mats, cooking gear and the like, that I'll be happy to provide for travellers down in this corner of the continent. The Oz dollar is currently below 90 US cents, so a decent incentive for US travellers.

Ideally, both you and I would bring our bikes, ride them and then send it home. It takes the worry and cost for a newish untried bike. i got a quote for 1800 for a 20 foot container cost. 5 bikes shipped would cost about 500 including fees and take 4/5 weeks to Melbourne. If we had someone local who could assit us in staging and prep - It would make it doable for most folks. Moreover sending them home would be less. I know I can get at least three to commit for next year. If we had more we could do a 40 ft container and make it even cheaper per person.

I would want to do a combo of camping, motels and hostels. I will be able to figure a budget for a trip once I explore there. As an estimate 1000 for shipping, cost of a round trip ticket and then expenses there. It would be +/- 3.5k but would be a super 2 week vacation.

I've said it before and will propose it again - I want to have a few places in the world where like minded folks can ride bike that are to be shared by visitors. We as riders would insure they were good or better after we use them... In a way playing it forward, enabling our community to ride with like minded friends and explore the planet on bikes we love to ride. I already have a few bikes locally that the owners have graciously extended their use to visiting airheads - it is an idea that would work in Australia too.

Ridercam wrote:

Airbear wrote:

Ridercam wrote:

I've said it before and will propose it again - I want to have a few places in the world where like minded folks can ride bike that are to be shared by visitors. We as riders would insure they were good or better after we use them... In a way playing it forward, enabling our community to ride with like minded friends and explore the planet on bikes we love to ride. I already have a few bikes locally that the owners have graciously extended their use to visiting airheads - it is an idea that would work in Australia too.

I have serious doubts that shared bikes would work. Everybody has a different standard as far as maintenance is concerned. When is a tire too worn out for the next trip? How much life is left in these brake pads? What if you showed up and the steering head bearings were slightly notched? Some would hardly notice, for me it would ruin my trip. Who decides the standard? I have friends, great riders who ride what I consider to be worn out crap. Tires that are 7 years since manufacture, brake fluid and fork oil never gets changed. I personally won't ride machines like that, I'd much rather be safe, and be able to use the full performance potential of a machine. YRMV