coming to oz to travel on zx14

shadow · Post by **shadow** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:59 am

hi all

im coming to oz withen next couple of months to do a lap of oz on a zx14 and hope do some track days. any reccomendations would be great like best place to start,stay, tracks for hav a go days or people that just want to catch up for a ride/drink and show me ya playgrounds. i ride a ktm superduke at the mo but ill leave that in nz as prob not the best bike to do oz on as it upsetts the feds here enough without stirring yours up :lol:

and im sure the 14 wouldnt :roll:

ZX10R King · Post by **ZX10R King** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:40 am

hey bro!! Start anywhere on the east coast, work ur way around, we'll have plenty of beers with you, and will happily show u our playgrounds..

shadow · Post by **shadow** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:51 am

ZX9R King wrote:hey bro!! Start anywhere on the east coast, work ur way around, we'll have plenty of beers with you, and will happily show u our playgrounds..

cheers are there places where its a stretch for fuel?

ZX10R King · Post by **ZX10R King** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:54 am

shadow wrote:
ZX9R King wrote:hey bro!! Start anywhere on the east coast, work ur way around, we'll have plenty of beers with you, and will happily show u our playgrounds..

cheers are there places where its a stretch for fuel?

Not that I am aware of. Just get a good map, plan ur fyuel stops, and ya should be all good. I have only run out of fuel once, and that was when I was playing silly buggers, and that was not on a long trip either

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:04 pm

Hi Shadow, welcome to the Club mate.

Anything on the East coast from the Cape down to Melbourne, and across the South Coast across to Perth, you won't have any problems with hi-octane juice for your 14. Its the stretches across the NW corner of WA that *might* be a problem, its diesel only in most places, unleaded (91) is available most of the time.......but not Premium unleaded. The biggest *stretch* for juice in the old days used to be the Halls Creek / Fitzroy Crossing stretch - about 350km ?? approx ? I think there is juice a bit more freely avaiable out there now, but it will cost you upwards of $2 per litre in the boonies........

Good Luck with your trip, if you want to do some scratching around Canberra / SE Coast of NSW, let me know, there are some great roads in the mountains around here......and plenty of local KSRC punters :twisted:

cheers mate

Dave

Fat Steve · Post by **Fat Steve** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:23 pm

Have a good trip, if your up this way give us a shout and we'll go for a few beers.

photomike666 · Post by **photomike666** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:20 pm

Welcome aboard, enjoy your trip and give us a shout when you get to Victoria. The Black Spur is a must, the Great Ocean road is great and there are a number of good tracks in the area (Winton, Broadford and Phillip Island).

mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:23 pm

mate welcome.

i'd start somewhere in sydney and finish off in QLD.

Reason:

sydney is lame and u can only spend a couple of hours then head to sunny melb. when u get to melb organise a piss up. then ride around australia. believe me ur gonna need all that riding time to recover after u've drank with the victorians :twisted:

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 5:56 pm

mrmina wrote:mate welcome.

i'd start somewhere in sydney and finish off in QLD.

Reason:

sydney is lame and u can only spend a couple of hours then head to sunny melb. when u get to melb organise a piss up. then ride around australia. believe me ur gonna need all that riding time to recover after u've drank with the victorians

yeap..id agree.,..start qld..work down east coast to nsw, then vic, then across GOR to SA...then u might as weel fly home, cos the nullaboring will put u to sleep....

but when u get to SA..gimme a call....

Plaz · Post by **Plaz** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:33 pm

Greetings,
Plenty of playgrounds in each state....cept the NT that's pretty much flat as

shadow · Post by **shadow** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:23 am

Plasma Blue 636 wrote:Greetings,
Plenty of playgrounds in each state....cept the NT that's pretty much flat as

maybe a zx10 be better then if i didnt goto NT :?:

cheers for help hope i can keep up on both drinking and riding :oops:

ozx6r · Post by **ozx6r** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:18 am

welcome and wen visiting brisbane dont be shy as we are known to like a bit of a drink also

red_dave · Post by **red_dave** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:09 am

Look forward to seeing you in Sydney when you're here...

shadow · Post by **shadow** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:34 am

red_dave wrote:Look forward to seeing you in Sydney when you're here...

cheers dude i may need help with bike shops and testing(yeah) in sydney not sure where im going to start but likely SA im getting the australian motorcycle atlas to help with my trip. its all about some good riding so im not stuck to any plans i may need work at some point to stay longer, but im more keen on catching up with people to do some track time or like iv said hav a play in your playground.

got a buyer for my house so its looking good

swabio-ACT · Post by **swabio-ACT** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:44 am

so are you going to buy the bike? To do a holdiay on? Then what? Ship it to NZ? Or have i missed something and you are re-locating to Oz?

if on a holiday and you intend on buying, i have no idea how you'd meet the requirements to register a vehicle in any states, due to not being able to prove residency in the respective state.....anyone with some ideas?

either way, sounds great and hope to cya in canberra!