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Two weeks and 2789 miles (4462 kilometres) from Brisbane to Phillip Island for the Australian GP. Straight there down the M1 to Sydney then to Melbourne via the Hume highway (Dume highway) then to Cowes at Phillip Island. 2 bikes, my wife Toni's 2006 S2R 1000 Monster and my '77 Mk3 Interstate. Both bikes didn't miss a beat, except for the Norton spitting the left exhaust thread just as we started to return north.
The trip back was extended by doing as many twisty bits as the weather permitted, and the Nortons exhaust issue.
We left in the rain and travelled most of the way down in the wet. At Grafton for fuel and some plastic bags over dry socks, inside our wet boots. This works well to keep the cold out.
Goulbourne NSW, still raining.
Near Yass in Victoria, drying out wet tools and lunch
Next stop was Phillip Island where we shared a house with friends with 2 Ducatis (ST4S and ST2)
Then the GP, which was wet Friday and some of Saturday but Dry and cold for Sunday's race.
Did I mention it was bloody cold? And muddy?
The start of the GP
There was also some interesting things there for the classic races, like the Irving Vincent.
The trip back was extended by doing as many twisty bits as the weather permitted, and the Nortons exhaust issue.
We left in the rain and travelled most of the way down in the wet. At Grafton for fuel and some plastic bags over dry socks, inside our wet boots. This works well to keep the cold out.
Goulbourne NSW, still raining.
Near Yass in Victoria, drying out wet tools and lunch
Next stop was Phillip Island where we shared a house with friends with 2 Ducatis (ST4S and ST2)
Then the GP, which was wet Friday and some of Saturday but Dry and cold for Sunday's race.
Did I mention it was bloody cold? And muddy?
The start of the GP
There was also some interesting things there for the classic races, like the Irving Vincent.