My First Long Ride - November 15th-25th Roughly

[spanner]

Well done mate.

I have done the Brisbane to Townsville trip many many times .... 1300 KM but I am very keen to do a multiday 3-4000 km trip through our country. I am very keen to do the snowey mountains as well .

i have followed with envy.

Bugger about your seat though.

[Old Steve]

Ah grasshopper, you have shown wisdom and fortitude beyond your years.

Congrats Jason, well done.

[jf3000]

Thank you. Now to find other forum members in my area for rides. I need to go to some meets and learn how to mod the bike as I want more lighting. Plus need to add a charger so I can charge mobile. Need my battery checked too.

I'd like to do a ride from the bottom of where I am to the west and see if I can get to Western Australia. I'd love to do that run and also camp on the side of the road.

[StinkyPete]

To  get you started, come along to the Nelson RTE next weekend, and have a chat with the gathered wisdom.   You can inspect the ways that we've farkled our bikes to suit our particular styles and needs.    OzSTOC member locations can be seen on the Member Map  http://ozstoc.com/index.php?action=googlemap

[Kev Murphy]

Just a 'by the way'...I was in Nelson this morning. Those coming from Mt Gambier side, the Caravan Park is the first left immediately  after you cross the bridge, and last turn right before the bridge if coming from the East.





Caravan Park entrance is on your right, 950 metres from the intersection.




Counted 9 fresh roadkill skippys between Portland and Nelson this morning. (70 km)

Will have a chance to try out my new 'Martyr' sleeping mat next weekend.... (the ones that blow themselves up!)

[Shiney]

Awesome work Jason, congrats on making your first multi day long distance ride


As for adding a charger / power outlet to your bike, this link may be of help

Power outlet install on ST1300
http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=1444.0

Cheers
Shiney

[jf3000]

You could always come for a ride Shiney :)

[StinkyPete]

I'd love to do that run and also camp on the side of the road.

At Nelson you'll also be able to see a number of OzSTOC member's camping setups.

[Shiney]

You could always come for a ride Shiney :)

It would be great to get back down to SA for a visit, I had a great time last time I was there for the National Rally

[Gatey]

I'm a little tempted to ride down Friday. Leave 04:00, pull a finish docket at Robe or Kingston and trundle across.

[Diesel]

I'm a little tempted to ride down Friday. Leave 04:00, pull a finish docket at Robe or Kingston and trundle across.

As long as you get to the SA servo a little earlier for your dinner this time mate, or TonyK will be    !


Cheers, Diesel

[Gatey]

G'day Diesel ya cheeky bugger.

Funny that! I expect you refer to Overland Corner RTE?

Buggers that was. First bloke there by hours and last one to feed...I should have done a Kev


But I went for another ride in the a/noon instead but boy I was a bit hungry.

Nelson was my back yard for a lot of years...just a regular fishing patch in Pritchard's days...  real old river rats will recognise that name.

Dave I'm not too sure dinner is high on Tony's radar these days

[jf3000]

Oh man my bike is making a friggen noise. I'm not sure if after using both brakes together that the brakes that were new have completely gone to shite or the disc is rubbing. Cos when I engage the brakes it sounds like metal on metal. Did sound like this when I left Brisbane.

[Gatey]

The disc is always in light contact with the pads on all and every disc brake regardless of make.
No matter if you use both front and rear at the same time.

You probably have road grime and shit on the disc.

Is it front or rear. Put the bike on the center stand , click neutral and swing the rear wheel over. No noise then its the front end needs looking at

BUT

Rears can grumble a bit once they start getting down a bit and have lots of road dross half baked on.

Go look in the mechanical section of this site in the 1300 specific area and read about best pads and why.

Are you trailing the rears with your toe without knowing?

And you can see pads on both ends of these crates . Get your touch and have a look...its your bike, work it out. Mt Gambier has a bike shot as does Millicent

[jf3000]

Hmmm work it out. Hmmm Gatey You scare me

I now have a real garage. I'll prop it up and see what I can see. Both front and rear make the grind noise. When brakes are applied sounds worse. I'll look.

[Gatey]

Hmmm work it out. Hmmm Gatey You scare me






Why?



Have a chat with Kev...he just discovered the need for new pads.
Brakes are logical things and probably the easiest things on a bike to selfservice for general maintenance.

[Kev Murphy]

All organised.... I will pop in and visit Jason on Sunday morning and suss out the problem with him.