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(Msg. 31) Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:27 pm
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Fraser Johnston wrote:
> But on the Blackbird you get a sore neck from wind buffeting on your helmet.
That's only on pre-FI XXs I think. The later models have a stock screen
which was sufficiently high to not warrant an aftermarket replacement.
> This week I'm going to invest in a double bubble screen.
I can recommend Eagle screens (who are over in Perth) and do a great
DubBub for the Blackbird... other people I know who've enquired about
his XX screens and have been sent pics of my bike as an example... but
I recommend you go into Clark Rubber and buy some rubber moulding for
the leading edge... costs about $5 for the required metre or so.
Unfortunately most after market screen makers leave the unsafe sharp
edge on their screens. I found out the hard way years ago.
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(Msg. 32) Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:27 pm
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"Nev.." <idiot.RemoveThis@mindless.com> wrote in message
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> Fraser Johnston wrote:
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>> But on the Blackbird you get a sore neck from wind buffeting on your helmet.
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> That's only on pre-FI XXs I think. The later models have a stock screen
> which was sufficiently high to not warrant an aftermarket replacement.
Yeah mine is a 1997 Carby model.
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> > This week I'm going to invest in a double bubble screen.
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> I can recommend Eagle screens (who are over in Perth) and do a great DubBub
> for the Blackbird... other people I know who've enquired about his XX screens
> and have been sent pics of my bike as an example... but I recommend you go
> into Clark Rubber and buy some rubber moulding for the leading edge... costs
> about $5 for the required metre or so. Unfortunately most after market screen
> makers leave the unsafe sharp edge on their screens. I found out the hard
> way years ago.
Thanks for the advice. Off to Eagle I go.
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(Msg. 33) Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:33 pm
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Theo Bekkers wrote:
>> A bloody great wedgie that took off as I approached and flew along
>> side me for several seconds, both of us watching the other, only a
>> couple of metres between us, before he wheeled up and turned left. An
>> incredible experience.
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> They are truly awesome.
Biggest bloody birds in the world out there aren't they. I saw one
which was feasting on some kill on the centre line. I was approaching
in my car and there was another car approaching from the other
direction. He just walked off my side of the kill onto the other side
of the line, then when I had passed walked back around the roadkill onto
my side of the road to let the other car go past.
Had a few close-eagle-encounters on our trip up to Bundy last year, had
to duck my head and close my eyes a few times after big birds took off
just as I approached... including one which apparenlty cruised along in
my slipstream for a while. Remember another one years ago on the narrow
road between Orbost and Buchan which brushed my helmet with his wing
feathers as he tried to gain altitude and get out of my way.
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(Msg. 34) Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:41 pm
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Yeebok wrote:
> From what I've seen +1 is enough for a fine in Vic.. or maybe it's just
> what they do when they spot NSW plates ..
Probably. In 20 years riding/driving in Victoria I've never had any
ticket issued for any detected speed less than 10kph over the limit...
or any other state for that matter.. but I can say that the police in
NSW (or at least the one who clocked me at +46kph) was very polite and
chatty. The cops on the Nullabor don't mind a chat either.
Nev..
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(Msg. 35) Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:41 pm
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Nev.. wrote:
> Yeebok wrote:
>> From what I've seen +1 is enough for a fine in Vic.. or maybe it's
>> just what they do when they spot NSW plates ..
> Probably. In 20 years riding/driving in Victoria I've never had any
> ticket issued for any detected speed less than 10kph over the limit...
> or any other state for that matter.. but I can say that the police in
> NSW (or at least the one who clocked me at +46kph) was very polite and
> chatty. The cops on the Nullabor don't mind a chat either.
Two years ago, 104 in a 100 zone. $128. In Gippsland. Didn't even know till
I got the ticket in the mail a month later.
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(Msg. 36) Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:41 pm
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"Nev.." <idiot DeleteThis @mindless.com> wrote in message
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> Yeebok wrote:
>> From what I've seen +1 is enough for a fine in Vic.. or maybe it's just
>> what they do when they spot NSW plates ..
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> Probably. In 20 years riding/driving in Victoria I've never had any ticket
> issued for any detected speed less than 10kph over the limit... or any other
> state for that matter.. but I can say that the police in NSW (or at least the
> one who clocked me at +46kph) was very polite and chatty. The cops on the
> Nullabor don't mind a chat either.
Nullabor cops must really be bored shitless. I'm not surprised.
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(Msg. 37) Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:42 pm
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Fraser Johnston wrote:
> Rode to Kalgoorlie Saturday afternoon from Perth. Got there Saturday night and
> had a pizza and a beer with a friend and crashed. Woke up Sunday morning had
> some breakfast and got on the bike and rode back. Did 1300ks in 28 hours. By
> the time we hit Perth at 4.30pm we got caught in a torrential downpour and
> heavy traffic. My new Dryrider Hurricane suit kept the water out but riding an
> 1100cc bike on semi track rubber in the rain is no fun at all. Managed to make
> it back in one piece but will probably give the bike a rest for a couple of
> days. Highlights included riding my mates SV1000. The V-Twin vibration made
> me lose feeling in my right hand after about 1/2 and hour. I don't know how he
> tours on it. He left Brisbane on Sunday and came across to Perth via
> Melbourne. 5500ks in 7 days. Madness. He said the Blackbird was just what he
> needed for the Nullabor. Pick a speed up to 200 and just sit on it as long as
> you like.
How does all this relate to the topic? Which bit wasn't fun?
My longest day on a Blackbird was 1200km in 14 hrs from Singleton to
Melbourne, via the Putty Road, Bells Line of Road, a few laps of Mt
Panorama circuit, and 550km of the Hume Hwy, including 100km of belting
down rain north of Albury, and about 50km of peasoup fog around
Broadford. And all that on the last day of a 10-day 5000km ride.
Nev..
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(Msg. 38) Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:42 pm
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"Nev.." <idiot RemoveThis @mindless.com> wrote:
> My longest day on a Blackbird was 1200km in 14 hrs from Singleton to
> Melbourne, via the Putty Road, Bells Line of Road, a few laps of Mt
> Panorama circuit, and 550km of the Hume Hwy, including 100km of belting
> down rain north of Albury, and about 50km of peasoup fog around Broadford.
> And all that on the last day of a 10-day 5000km ride.
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Jeeze you must've done a lot of Bathurst laps to bring that up to1200!!
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(Msg. 39) Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:42 pm
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"Nev.." <idiot DeleteThis @mindless.com> wrote in message
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> Fraser Johnston wrote:
>> Rode to Kalgoorlie Saturday afternoon from Perth. Got there Saturday night
>> and had a pizza and a beer with a friend and crashed. Woke up Sunday
>> morning had some breakfast and got on the bike and rode back. Did 1300ks in
>> 28 hours. By the time we hit Perth at 4.30pm we got caught in a torrential
>> downpour and heavy traffic. My new Dryrider Hurricane suit kept the water
>> out but riding an 1100cc bike on semi track rubber in the rain is no fun at
>> all. Managed to make it back in one piece but will probably give the bike a
>> rest for a couple of days. Highlights included riding my mates SV1000. The
>> V-Twin vibration made me lose feeling in my right hand after about 1/2 and
>> hour. I don't know how he tours on it. He left Brisbane on Sunday and came
>> across to Perth via Melbourne. 5500ks in 7 days. Madness. He said the
>> Blackbird was just what he needed for the Nullabor. Pick a speed up to 200
>> and just sit on it as long as you like.
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> How does all this relate to the topic? Which bit wasn't fun?
> My longest day on a Blackbird was 1200km in 14 hrs from Singleton to
> Melbourne, via the Putty Road, Bells Line of Road, a few laps of Mt Panorama
> circuit, and 550km of the Hume Hwy, including 100km of belting down rain
> north of Albury, and about 50km of peasoup fog around Broadford. And all
> that on the last day of a 10-day 5000km ride.
The rain wasn't fun. Neither was the sore arse. Everything else was
brilliant. : ) To tell the truth after a couple of days I forgotten the
unpleasant bits and I'm looking forward to doing it again. The worst bit of
the ride was 200ks out of Kal it was getting dark and like a dickhead I forgot
my clear visor. So I had the choice of limiting my visibility with the visor
down or riding with it up and letting my glasses block the wind. Which is ok
up to about 80km/h. I ended up finding a truck to tail behind and hit the roos
while I followed his tail lights about 30 metres back. But the air was really
broken up and I copped a major buffeting. That really sucked. I stopped in
Coolgardie and found a Landcruiser trayback to follow for the last 40ks to Kal.
That was ok. I'll never forget my visor again, that's for sure.
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(Msg. 40) Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:12 pm
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On Aug 21, 8:36 pm, "Knobdoodle" <knobdoo....RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> "Nev.." <id....RemoveThis@mindless.com> wrote:
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> > My longest day on a Blackbird was 1200km in 14 hrs from Singleton to
> > Melbourne, via the Putty Road, Bells Line of Road, a few laps of Mt
> > Panorama circuit, and 550km of the Hume Hwy, including 100km of belting
> > down rain north of Albury, and about 50km of peasoup fog around Broadford.
> > And all that on the last day of a 10-day 5000km ride.
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> Jeeze you must've done a lot of Bathurst laps to bring that up to1200!!
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> Clem
Well, Singleton to wherever it is you turn off the Putty to pick up
Bells near Bilpin(?) is about 140km. Then it's about 150 to Bathurst,
and probably close to 200 from Bathurst to the Hume somewhere between
Yass and Gundagai. But, yes, that still means a lot of laps of Mt
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(Msg. 41) Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:09 pm
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> > *get a dead sheep under your bum
> > * stop and stretch PROPERLY every couple of hundred kms
> > *get a Goldwing <snigger>
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> > betty, appreciative of any other
> > tips from experienced tourers
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(Msg. 42) Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:19 pm
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(Msg. 43) Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:10 pm
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Tim Moran wrote:
> In article <slrnfcj0ds.pnd.zebeej RemoveThis @gmail.com>, zebeej RemoveThis @gmail.com says...
>> If you can't get fun from riding any bike at any speed, then I admit I
>> feel sorry for you.
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>> Zebee
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> Some bikes just aren't any fun at some speeds, the right bike is fine
> when riding slow, but the wrong bike is pretty horrid at slow speed.
Yah... and an XL500S is pretty horrid at 120kph through the bush too...
not what I'd call fun when the ground is rough.
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(Msg. 44) Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:30 pm
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"Nev.." <idiot.TakeThisOut@mindless.com> wrote in message
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> Yeebok wrote:
>> From what I've seen +1 is enough for a fine in Vic.. or maybe it's just
>> what they do when they spot NSW plates ..
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> Probably. In 20 years riding/driving in Victoria I've never had any
> ticket issued for any detected speed less than 10kph over the limit...
Just got a ticket through the mail for 63 in a 60 zone the other day in Vic.
The radar clocked me at 67 and vic take off 3kph on photo tickets.
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> "steve" <stevedav.TakeThisOut@austarnet.com.au> wrote:
>> Riding the Oxley at 120kph on a 250 I find enjoyable. The Hay Plains at
>> that same speed on the 'Bird I would find boring.
>> S.
> I think nothing short of a full-on mobile-loungeroom Gold Wing would make
> the Hay Plains trip enjoyable!
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Nah, it's a cerebral thing...... if you play enough mindgames with yourself
it's amazing just how, um, enjoyable (ok, tolerable!) it can be 
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