re tassie travel

sunshine · Post by **sunshine** » Wed May 16, 2007 8:04 pm

question

does anybody know how they secure your bike on board the ship
to tassie

tie downs or similar method and has anyone got any advice about this
obiviously the bike will have a shit load of luggage hanging of it as well

cheers mick

scotty · Post by **scotty** » Wed May 16, 2007 9:29 pm

hi Mick,
went to tassie last year and yes they do use those handle bar tie downs(slip over the grip type) after the useless riders shed ornaments fell on top of each other and the spirit had a huge payout they brought the jiggers(tiedowns).

javaman · Post by **javaman** » Wed May 16, 2007 10:03 pm

Bring a rag so those dirty straps won't touch the bodywork, seats etc.

I didn't and had to 'sacrifice' my gloves. No biggie.

ducati_paul · Post by **ducati_paul** » Thu May 17, 2007 8:10 am

They also put rubber pads under the front wheel so it gets a bit of grip on the painted steel deck, and those decks can be like riding on ice

a mate on his R1 had a front wheel slide for about 10m, he was lucky he kept it straight, I saw what happened and was idling along at about 5km/h to avoid the same thing

z900/zx9 · Post by **z900/zx9** » Thu May 17, 2007 11:04 am

Yep take a couple of rags and place them between the straps and the fairing,pays to stay there while they are doing it

,have fun you lucky bugger,just remember not all corners are speed marked and there a few that might catch you out

ducati_paul · Post by **ducati_paul** » Thu May 17, 2007 11:58 am

And watch out for logging Trucks!!

the ride to Scottsdale is BRILLIANT! and you HAVE to stop for Pancakes at Elephant Pass!

mfzx6r · Post by **mfzx6r** » Thu May 17, 2007 1:36 pm

They use to just strap over the seat but as said now use handlebar tiedowns.

Best riding in Oz you'll have a ball !!

MickLC · Post by **MickLC** » Thu May 17, 2007 1:43 pm

Make sure you take a Map of Tassie with you in case you can't get one down there

the kid · Post by **the kid** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:30 pm

Mick C wrote:Make sure you take a Map of Tassie with you in case you can't get one down there

Been up the Derwent River have you Mate ??

MickLC · Post by **MickLC** » Thu May 17, 2007 3:58 pm

the kid wrote:
Mick C wrote:Make sure you take a Map of Tassie with you in case you can't get one down there
Been up the Derwent River have you Mate ??

I've spent a bit of time around Burnie too....[cue banjo music]...they're right friendly folk down there

ZX-10R_04 · Post by **ZX-10R_04** » Fri May 18, 2007 2:14 am

Good old Tassie roads

glad i live here with these winding roads