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Howdy from Darwin
« on: February 16, 2021, 12:49:10 AM »
Greetings to all from the Top End. Long time Darwin resident and looking forward to getting back in the saddle after a few years on the road with only with 4 wheels underneath.
First bike was a green Deltek Grassgrub at age 10, which had me hooked from day one, and to date have owned about 15 two wheelers since then.
Just have a '68 BSA 350cc B40M Outrider in the stable at this time, so on the hunt for a ST1300 in the next month. Plan to buy one and take a relaxed ride back to Darwin.
Looking forward to meeting some like minded ST riding folk one day on the road or even at a rally.

Cheers Big Sid from the Top End.
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Re: Howdy from Darwin
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2021, 01:54:14 AM »
Hello and welcome from Adelaide.   :hatwave
 

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Re: Howdy from Darwin
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2021, 03:31:39 AM »
Welcome Sid Mitchell to OzSTOC from Toowoomba in Queensland  :hatwave
Hope you find a suitable ST1300  :thumbsup
Enjoy the Forum  :thumbs
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Re: Howdy from Darwin
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2021, 07:48:35 AM »
Welcome aboard Sid, plenty going on here.


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Re: Howdy from Darwin
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2021, 07:58:55 AM »
G'day Sid, welcome to the forum :hatwave
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Re: Howdy from Darwin
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2021, 08:08:46 AM »
Welcome On In Sid Mitchell  :clap
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Re: Howdy from Darwin
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2021, 09:19:09 AM »
A big welcome from South Gippsland, Victoria, Sid!  :beer


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Re: Howdy from Darwin
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2021, 10:27:18 AM »
Sid Welcome from near Toowoomba Qld
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Re: Howdy from Darwin
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2021, 11:50:47 AM »
Welcome from Central Oz
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Re: Howdy from Darwin
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2021, 11:53:04 AM »
Hi Sid & a Warm Welcome from the Wild West :hatwave :runyay
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Re: Howdy from Darwin
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2021, 03:24:28 PM »
Hi Sid and another welcome to OzSTOC from SA   :hatwave     It seems you've just increased the NT OzSTOC membership by a significant amount.
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Re: Howdy from Darwin
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2021, 04:43:19 PM »
Hi Sid, 
Trust the plan on the ST purchase works out well and you have a good return ride to Darwin.
I lived in the NT from 72 - 85 and haven’t been back very often since.  Welcome to Ozstoc.   :hatwave

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Re: Howdy from Darwin
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2021, 09:03:12 PM »
Welcome Sid from Brisvegas

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Re: Howdy from Darwin
« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2021, 10:50:51 PM »
Cheers to all for the warm welcome and sorry to hear those in Vic have had their travel restricted once again (won't get into why, but have a few mates down there who are a wits end with all the shite  :cuss)
Looks like I will be heading to Sydney area to hopefully pick up a 1300 in about 2-3 weeks. Will be buying up clobber/spares/tools/camping bits'n'bobs etc for the trip home.
Appreciate all the info/yarns in the various forums- what a wealth of knowledge you have all put together. Maybe I can add an NT perspective to it a some point. Cheers Sid
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Re: Howdy from Darwin
« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2021, 11:51:45 PM »
You arent alone in the NT Sid, Wendy will be lurking around some where, and Balipete..
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Re: Howdy from Darwin
« Reply #15 on: February 16, 2021, 11:58:28 PM »
Howdy from St Helena NE suburb of Melbourne, and welcome to the Forum Sid.

Cheers to all for the warm welcome and sorry to hear those in Vic have had their travel restricted once again (won't get into why, but have a few mates down there who are a wits end with all the shite.

Thanks for those words.  Whilst the past and current COVID situation down here in VIC have been difficult, tiresome, frustrating, etc .. we are still better off than family and friends in the UK, EUR, USA and many other locations, so we just seem to soldier-on.  Might be easy for me to say because family and friends here have not been too adversely impacted - we except for no. 1 son who was stood down from his five plus year airline job, but he picked-up a better one.   Wife and I are pee'd off though, no more o/s business class flights for us.

Looks like I will be heading to Sydney area to hopefully pick up a 1300 in about 2-3 weeks. Will be buying up clobber/spares/tools/camping bits'n'bobs etc for the trip home.

Good luck with the ST1300, enjoy the ride home, turn the ride into a holiday.  I'll presume you are an experienced rider with an ST1300, like most of us, and you don't need to be told too much, although there are a couple of ST1300 specific tips from me:

1.  Spare set of keys.
2.  Spare set of side pannier keys (I have, like some others on the Forum got some cut-off / half length keys), these stay in the locks throughout the day but removed when sight-seeing and overnight.
3.  The OEM saddle is good, many of the after market saddle - Sargant, Russell (like mine) are better for the long km you'll be doing.
4.  I like my " L" valve stems (some others aren't fans).
5.  I also like my TMPS (some others have not been as sucessful - Garry and Langers, we still need to sort this matter out).
6.  If you can get a RAM dash mount to mount some accessories, I think you'd prefer that over the individual mounts.

Others will be along with some suggestions re. highway pegs, cruise control, bar risers, driving lights - items which I don't yet - but as they have them, they will be more knowledgeable.

Appreciate all the info/yarns in the various forums- what a wealth of knowledge you have all put together. Maybe I can add an NT perspective to it a some point. Cheers Sid

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