Which begs the question, which bike for a lap around oz?

As said, virtually anything can be ridden anywhere, as Nick Sanders has proved taking sportbikes around the world etc. A CBX in Nepal, cruelty. In jeeps we were often hours in first and second gear, mud, rocks, river crossings etc.
It all depends what you want to experience. The faster you go the less you see.
Any of our Laverdas would be great, as many of us have proven many times.
 
An elderly lady I met while walking the dog told me she has MND and when it started to effect her mobility she bought a Can Am Spyder and did a solo lap of OZ. She would have been in her late sixties when she did the trip.
 
Don't use Leather - They Weep - Design your own metal carrier using Plastic or Fiber Glass luggage suit case casings.

Anybody interested in my carrier rack - Look at the Avatar. Breganzie Bolt on and weighs less then 2 lbs. Yet capable of carrying 200 lbs ;o)

I can't guarantee what the consequences is carrying 200 lbs on the back of your Breganzie is  - Personally I restricted to 100 lbs !

If your not Cruising and Sport riding - Take it off that 2 lbs - Really don't make any difference whether it's on or off for Sport Riding.

I'm all for Laveda forum members enhancing my Breganzie carrier design ;o)

It's FREE - Just gotta to build it yourself and put in your inputs.

After all Breganzies like any motorcycle get wobbly if you put too much weight on the back end.
 
For Sport Riding you want no weight back there - Leave the carrier on  - But if your on a mission to carry 2 or 3 24 of beer strapped on - That's another matter ;o)

That's the purpose of my Breganzie carrier.

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If you want to BBQ on that rack - By all means. The ribs are too far apart; however,  I'm sure it will survive - Just don't burn down your Berganzie - Suggest you take the rack off the bike before you BBQ with it and only after you have delivered 3 24 cases to your BBQ pit on that rack ;o)
 
I would never use hard luggage especially the tourtek design ally panniers with sharp corners. When falling off and if you get your leg/foot stuck under it, it's gunner hurt and possibly break bones or leave gaping wounds or both. On one of my deep sandy trips I got spat off, slow speed, and found myself face down in the sand with the pannier on top of my ankle. I was fairly stuck and my ankle was hurting like fuck.
Managed to drag myself out from under the pannier but the end result was probably a torn ligament. By the time I got to the camp site that evening I could hardly get my boot off. Nothing like getting my boot back on in the morning :o :o that was seriously painful!! If I had of had hard boxes instead of soft bags I doubt I would have gone any further and a major problem getting me and the bike back to civilization. My high millage adventure riding mate is also of the same opinion and he uses leather bags with waterproof liners. He has seen first hand experience of helping  guys with broken legs among other injuries that on one occasion required the Royal Flying Doctor to get the guy to hospital in this case Alice Springs. He was riding a GS1150 BM with the full tourtek catalog fitted. If your doing a lap on the tarmac probably not a problem but going remote you really do need to arrive at the other end and crashing can be a part of going remote.
 
TC said:
I think you should be asking Nick Marty, having ridden across Africa on an XR 600 he might have some thoughts?
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This is what I learnt:
- A big tank to avoid stuffing around with fuel cans
- Get good at fixing punctures
- Beware the consequence of all that rattling over washboard dirt roads on frame, and on weak racks with luggage suspended on them
- Make sure the bits that hit the ground when you fall off, or drop the thing, are protected
- Your chain will be stuffed (but maybe modern ones can cope better)
- Good lights help; even if you don't intend riding at night, you just may have to
- Once you've loaded it up - unpack everything and throw half of it away

Of course you know the bike I did it on, this is what it looked like half way down...you too can look as stylish as this, just don't bathe for a couple of weeks
 

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Sensational, you still have the same look of disdain that you had back then but you have grown a bit....
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Great advice, specially the last line.
Cheers
Tom
 
Looked at Brian?s kit last night at the club meeting, he uses stop and go mushroom plugs for his punctures never had a problem with them. Going to try the 3m sealing tape and tubeless on the sf2 rims
 
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