Thanks for the words of wisdom guys !
A Burgman, Farquar that is awesome ! How did you go with ground clearance ?
obviously not to bad ... you made it back to tell the tale ! I am hoping to do the trip with a couple of my brothers ( also on DR650's ), I have the easy part as I don't have to ride from Toowoomba first.
Thanks Gixxer for the tips, I always tend to pack crap that I don't need and forget something that I really should have !
How slow is the pace up there, I really have no idea how many days to allow for the 3000k round trip from Charters Towers. All I know so far is that I'd head for Cairns on the first day, not sure about the rest !
I did a short loop out to a place called Spring lake on Saturday 50/50 bitumen and dirt. Must admit I scared myself a couple of times in soft sand with the tyres that come with the bike, they are a good allrounder but If I was doing more offroad work would definately have to put some knobbies on.
I'll be doing plenty of short trips over the coming months and will work on some creek crossings just out of town.
Cheers fellas
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