2018-07-18 ST1300A First Ride

[alans1100]

I copied this over from the FarRider site

After buying an ST1300A which was located in Mandurah WA I needed to get it back home again. Flew over to Perth on Tuesday and picked the bike up Wednesday morning. It was also a chance to attempt a list ride even though I wasn't sure of  completing a successful three day ride I knew I could get at least a one day 1000km plus ride on at least one of those days. The end result is that I succeeded in doing a multi-day ride. I've used WA times taken from the bike's clock for the complete ride.

Day 1

Wednesday18/07/2018
Start time 10:12 am
Mandurah Forum
Odometer 71214 Km

Mandurah Start by Alan, on Flickr

The plan was to ride from Mandurah to Balladonia Roadhouse via Pingelly and hook up with The Great Eastern Hwy at Kellerberrin with an overnight stop at Norseman and hopefully arrive at Balladonia before 10:12 am Thursday.

All was well until the phone battery started to die a little early than expected and I was without GPS for the rest of the way to highway.

This where the route changed a little as I made a right turn and had to back track about 10km and I made it into the first waypoint of Pingelly.

DSC_1741 by Alan, on Flickr

I saw the road to Corrigan sign posted which was heading in the right direction to wards home.

DSC_1742 by Alan, on Flickr

Then on to Bruce Rock

DSC_1743 by Alan, on Flickr

an onto Merredin to fuel up the bike and pick up the Hwy East towards home. Another fuel stop at Coolgardie and onto Norseman for an overnight at the BP Eyre motel.

In the morning I fuelled up at the Caltex and made tracks for Balladonia about 190km East.

Balladonia by Alan, on Flickr

Thursday 19/07/2018
Arrival time  9:57am
Balladonia Roadhouse
Odometer 72287
Distance 1073 km Odometer/Google 1051 km

Day 2

Thursday 19/07/2018
Start time 10:12 am
Balladonia Roadhouse
Odometer 72287

A simple plan to ride from Balladonia to Border Village for an overnight stop and then onto the old Yalata Roadhouse. The roadhouse might be dead but it's still a small community with an active police presence for the highway and the aboriginal community a few km north. Nothing could go wrong but it did but the bonus was that I had a few hours to play with.
Next fuel stop was Caiguna and then Eucla and upon arriving at Border Village all the accommodation was booked so it was onto Nullarbor Roadhouse for the night and I had a 190km head start for the morning finish.

An easy morning ride with photo stop

DSC_1759 by Alan, on Flickr

along the way from Nullarbor to Yalata

Yalata by Alan, on Flickr

Friday 20/07/2018
Arrival time  7:27 am
Yalata
Odometer 73109
Distance 822 km Odometer/Google 808 km

Day 3

Friday 20/07/2018
Start time 10:12 am
Yalata
Odometer 73109

Originally planned as ride from Border Village to home in Peterborough but now from Nullarbor.

A quick stop at Nundroo and then Penong for Fuel. I made Ceduna at around lunch time local time and had an hour's break here. Took a few photos and walked about half the length of the jetty.

DSC_1770 by Alan Williams, on Flickr

On the move again with a stop for photos at Wudinna,

DSC_1782 by Alan, on Flickr

fuel and photos at Kimba

DSC_1793 by Alan, on Flickr

and onto Port Augusta to fuel me up. Hungry Jacks at the new On The Run and then on towards home which for us is often the worst for meeting skippy and friends.

A little different this night as I only saw two living roos about 15km before Orroroo. These were the only two I saw since the start of the trip. It was also the coldest part of the trip with temps down 2C.

Eventually arrived back in Peterborough as I kept the speed down to about 75 kph for the last 25km.

Peterborough by Alan, on Flickr

Friday 20/07/2018
Arrival time  8:06 pm
BankSA Peterborough
Odometer 73930
Distance 821 km Odometer/Google 802 km

List Ride Map by Alan, on Flickr

List Ride Dockets by Alan, on Flickr

Ride Date: 18-20 July 2018
Bike: 2004 Honda ST1300A
Distance: 2716 km Odometer/ 2661 km  Google
Departure Town: Mandurah
State: WA
Ride Name: ST1300A First Ride

[richo]

 . Well done.  What a way to get used to a new bike

[Shiney]

Great RR, thanks for sharing mate 

[Biggles]

Looks like you had the best of weather, discounting the cool bits.  Well done- even without a GPS!!

I see you found it this time

edit:
Just checked, it was the other one you missed

I was looking for the western end of the plain sign on the way back from the border but missed it. I've seen it before.

[Bodø]

. Well done.  What a way to get used to a new bike

Indeed it is.

[Knave]

You scored the trifecta Alan. Great bike, great report and great photos. Well done! 

[alans1100]

Must have picked up a nail or something close to home on the way back. Rear tyre goes flat within two days. Nothing in the tyre that I can see and the vlave doesn't appear to be leaking nor can I hear any air escaping. Mystery.

[Brock]

Try rortting the tyre while dribling water from the hose, the leak should soon show.

[Gadget]

Try rortting the tyre while dribling water from the hose, the leak should soon show.

Or rotating and dribbling even.

OK I'm off to the Norty Corner now

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[Bodø]

I queried the meaning of (sic) in another thread, but could it be used in the above quote?

[Bodø]

OK I'm off to the Norty Corner now

See you there.  I'll bring the beer.

[Brock]

SIC

 

[alans1100]

Try rortting the tyre while dribling water from the hose, the leak should soon show.

Bit hard to do that as the bike is over at Tammies place in the garage.

We just dropped her off at home and while there I inspected the tyre again. Nothing evident anywhere. No sidewall damage either so I decided to get some of that Ride On Sealant and see if that fixes it. There's still enough tread left to warrant the cost and just hope it gets here before the 11th of August.

[Shillas]

Try rortting the tyre while dribling water from the hose, the leak should soon show.

Need to get to Canberra for a proper rortting.

Bodø, you got Coopers?

[Bodø]

Coopers?  The only coopers I know is that poor choice of beer.

[alans1100]

Try rortting the tyre while dribling water from the hose, the leak should soon show.

Bit hard to do that as the bike is over at Tammies place in the garage.

We just dropped her off at home and while there I inspected the tyre again. Nothing evident anywhere. No sidewall damage either so I decided to get some of that Ride On Sealant and see if that fixes it. There's still enough tread left to warrant the cost and just hope it gets here before the 11th of August.

Ride on sealant arrived today - will sort it out tomorrow.