CHASING THE HORIZON

Coming soon.... Outback Postie pub crawl

From Saturday, 8th may. 2000 klms of pub crawl on Postie bikes. They keep telling me its going to be fun..............but I'm not so sure.

This is Hurricane, the bike I will be riding. As you can see it is the V6 version.

Its not really a V6 that  just means it has very close to 6 hp.

I have fitted a long range fuel tank off a XR250 and YSS shocks to help carry my fat ass and luggage around. I have also fitted knobby tyres and heavy duty tubes.

It also has a high speed fairing fitted, which add 0.2 hp and 1.6 klm/h

Other than its bog stock standard and reaches a max speed of around 90klm/h.  0-60klm/h in about 4 hours and 60 -0 in about 5 klms

We will be doing a loop departing Charleivelle and taking in as many pubs as possible in 7 days.

Not quite sure how I got sucked into this....hope I come out unscathed.

Posties are Go

Well the hurricane is ready. Its been a hectic past few days of preparation. There is no truth in the rumour that Sam has been slapping my bum with a ruler to get it ready..............she used ping pong bats... Purely for medicinal purposes of course.
Spot tracking will be available at http://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=5215  from Saturday.
 
I will be posting from my phone, so will be dependant on network coverage and pics might be a bit dodgy.

Hope you enjoy the ride....in fact I hope I enjoy the ride :-)

Charleville

We have arrived at base camp one. Apparently we are now in the outback. Temp last night here 0 degrees. Drama has started with Rohan having a flat Tyre. Took 4 tubes to fix. Dinner at the RSL then off to the Cosmos centre.

Blackall

Posties suck at water crossings. Trust me I know. We left Charleville and headed for Adavale. Typically Glen neglected to get a road reports and at Lake Dartmouth the road was flooded. We pressed on but all of us had issues and we had to dewater Gil,s bike . All good though .

 

 

 

 
Made it to Adavale for a cold beer and a sausage roll. Then off we headed on the 220 klms ride to Blackall. Unfortunately 220 kays on a Postie takes about 5 hours. Was well after dark by the time we got into to town after both Glen and I ran out of fuel. Fortunately Ken and Oscar were not far behind.

Blackall to Jundah

Was a pretty early start. We packed up and headed for Yaraka. Along the way we checked out the impressive Mt Slowcomb in the Lang Lang ranges..

 
Was a struggle to get the bikes up the steep access road but the views were worth it. We then headed into Yaraka population 16. Unfortunately the pub was closed but Kenny came to the rescue with Kenny's famous hot dogs and cold beer. .

 
From there we headed for Jundah with a short stop at the Barcoo river. The pub at Jundah Was closed but a road crew who are staying at the pub felt sorry for us and plied us with beers until the bar opened. Huge barbee for dinner with some very pissed people. Have also thrown the yabbie pots in. Yahoo red claw for brekky

Jundah to Longreach

Woke to to the sound of Cookie the horse munching on grass right next to my head. Frightened crop out of me. We checked the traps and had a couple of  nice blue claw.

 

 
Then up the road to Stonehenge. Didn't find any huge stone structures but did find some stone balls. The pub dog was also looking like he had a big night. Had brekky at the pub and the lovely lady told us about an alternative route to Longreach which was great fun.

 
checked into the van park which is very flash. A spa and a few cold beers then off to dinner at the in house restaurant.

 

Longreach to Cornish Ck

Took the obligatory pic of the Qantas jets then headed up the track towards Muttaburra. Gil the Dil had a fall in the soft sand but no damage done.

 
Nice cold beer at The Exchange hotel. A local at the pub told us of a nice camp spot on the banks of Cornish creek so that's where we ended up but not before Dil went ass up in the creek crossing. Had a great night sitting round the listening to Dil's hilarious jokes ????

Cornish Ck to Jerico

Had a great day today despite getting a bit lost................well a lot lost actually. First taste of riding the Postie in deep soft sand.. Huge fun and I think everyone had a crash. Gil had several and it was decided that his bike should go on the trailer before he hurt himself. He also had a few broken spokes. Ended up having to ride the last 50 kays into town in the dark which wasn't fun but the rest of the day was brilliant.

 

Jericho to Charleville

Was an early night. Everyone was knackered. Dinner in the pub then into the swag out the back. The others were going to take a few days to get back to Charleville, so I decided to leave them and headed off for Tambo. Had a great ride through neverfail station on some deep sandy tracks. Beautiful scenery and heaps of wildlife including huge Eagles and Brolga . Very cool. Had a close call with a wild pig and some goats as well, but I think they shat themselves more than me.

 
Crossed the 6500 klms dingo fence then Had lunch and a beer in Tambo then headed off for Charleville via the brilliant Ward river road. Even saw where Thommo used to live. :-) and rode through a huge swarm of locusts not fun.

 
Then out to where we had left the cars and sadly loaded the Hurricane onto the trailer and began the long drive through the night home.

 
Had great week and thanks to Glen for organising it. Next ride will hopefully be the Transcontinental Safari .. Brisbane to Perth via Simpson Desert and Gunbarrell to chase the Australian Safari in September. Promises to be huge. Cop u later :-)