DR Ozzy Southern Australia dreaming

Met up with an unknown to me crew at Crafers about 11.00am thanks to DR Ozzy for inviting us for the first leg of his overnighter at the bottom of the Fleurieu Peninsula.

you will have to excuse me Iam terriable with names and I can't remember any of your names ..(very sorry about that)

Crafers

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we headed back up upper sturt rooad and turned inland, I don't know where we went but there was some cracker tracks
One was a particularly nasty slippery rocky downhill, but we all got through and stopped at Meadows for lunch.

The bakery was closed for christmas break so onward to Port Elliot.

Meadows









hows the serenity.....

How good is this .....

note to Trev.................smaller tank :huh

crossing the cockle train tracks













this gentelman has ridden all over Australia and this was just a ride to the shops for him......




Lunch




lunch over .time to hit the trail

yummy yummy











this Bolla Road should be renamed "KTM 950 SE Specail section"

what a road, doesn't show in the pic, but wide sweeping bends up hill and down dale ...........makes for some very very entertaining Erzbereg WOT action........................put a massive smile on my dial.........




we came in from the left.....................it was a buzz.



and went this way, heading further south




just a hint of what Erxberg road looked like




we took the no through road .(of course)




Dr Ozzy "lighting her up"




appetite whet yet ??







those southery winds must pick up at times




and again .hows the serenity............

Feel like going out for a ride yet ............











the boys at the lookout










Dr Ozzy




myself




I made quite a few changes to the bike the day before (will write about at end of report) and it all came together.
To be honest it was the first time I have truely enjoyed riding this bike




that means it was time to play .............................

















but I digress..........

That's no Gentleman.......that's Marty.........

Not having a thousand gallon fuel tank over the front end would help.

so we came across this "walkway"

I called out ."is this the start of the Heysen Trail" somebody called out yes ..........

well.....my friend Icebergstu has said in the past the he wants to ride the Heysen trail .........So I thought I would start the journey for him.









and here's the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj3x7NdEiwY




job done





upon reflection, I don't actually think it is the start and its just a barrier against 4WD's ..........but it made for some fun


this is exiting the lookout ..(full screen is best)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7BAD0gPdqM

Bullshit! It's not like it's ever been full.

can't get sick of this



onto and into the Conservation Park










and yes Marty and I paid our park fees ......I even logged up $1.20 credit with Marty (I was to need that later)















just gets better

what was this due's story .I missed the main of it, did he create shonky maps or some shonky maps app??













like sheep













then it happened :eek1






ran it dry agian .yep we only get 54K's from reserve on this smaller tank

So I waited ..........

the bike with the smallest tank (Dr Ozzy) pulls up...........take a litre from him and away we go again

So we head into Delamare searching for fuel............it was after 6.00pm so not open




no problem .......plenty of fuel left in those tankers around me......

I used up that credit I had with Marty........



that got the remaining 3 of us to Normanville......at 6.55pm
Servo shut at 7.00 .so no problem.....




we headed home from that and split up closer to Adelaide .I was back just after 8.00.

fantastic day out ....thanks..

Great pics NoGasman

The day before I took the 32 litre tank off and put the standard 17litre tank back on.......

it took me a while to understand that 30ltr is a 20 ltr jerry plus a 10ltr jerry ..duh...

after I ran out on Jizzas run, we put just under a liter in and I put just a splash in at Gawler.........(well thats what I thought, was definately going to top up before the next ride)

drained the tank and it was still holding 10 ltrs..:eek1







checked the aircleaner .and the pre was chockers.........







I aslo put the standard tripple clamp back on..........the other held the scotts damper but aslo changed the geometry somewhat




overall the bike ran a lot better, steering control as vastly improved .a little bit nervous , but a great improvement.
later whilst I was waiting for fuel I lowered the front tyre pressure a bit from 25/6 to about 20/22 (can't find a gauge that works at moment).bingo ............front end stable .......


I was pretty keen to run the bike low on fuel so I could get a feel for the suspension/steering etc.....and with the other supertankers around me I wasn't too worried. We discussed fuel at various times but didn't get to one it time.

great blokes, great day out .had a ball.

Don't worry Gasman, I blame myself, what sort of idiot doesn't arrange fuel drops for a trip to Victor

looks like a blast and good fun for all involved

Aus at it's best and great days off really make the difference

We really do live in the lucky country

Great report and pix ............ now, where are my keys?

thanks

appreciate the feedback...

Dr Ozzy ..............your a funny bugger

It's about -20 here right now...I've been looking longingly at the pictures.

Nice job there NoGasser.
I reckon you'll take the prize for most pics in a ride report.......Might even put that "shutter happy" Trev bloke to shame
Just got back from KI myself so will post up some pics of me own.
Cheers,
Con.