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ST1100 to Cameron's Corner

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There are very good dirt roads and there are shockers. Like Pete I've taken a 4WD out on the Tibooburra to Camerons Corner road and the corrugations were so bad it shook the driving lights off my mates bull bar. There are two issues taking bikes out on dirt, the first is weight - any amount of sand and handling goes out the door and a fun day can go pear shaped very quickly and I think we'd all agree the ST's are not light bikes. My V-Strom is more than 100kg lighter and it would still be a handful on some sections of that road. The second issue is suspension. The ST has limited suspension travel and is ideally suited for fast touring on well formed sealed roads. You will shake the sh!t out of an ST on the Cameron Corner road.

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