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Anyone coming along /meeting up? I'll be riding from Alice to Perth, from 20th-23rd June. No snorers, troglodytes or shandy drinkers. John

Not a perfect looking restored R100 GS is it ??? He took it off the market but may have put it back on

Nah, not the pristine bumble bee/ its too precious for a rough ride like that (until it's sold that is!)

John

So what are you collecting John and what route are you taking

Got back Saturday night. Just blasted straight through Great Central John

OK....and what did you pick up and where are the pics?

It'll all be in the July magazine. Did you know that the population of Giles is 4 and Warakurna is 180?

John

wightman wrote:It'll all be in the July magazine. Did you know that the population of Giles is 4 and Warakurna is 180?

John

is that including you or sans?

wightman wrote:It'll all be in the July magazine. Did you know that the population of Giles is 4 and Warakurna is 180?

John

is that including you or sans? And did you see the 4?

C'mon John

Giles isnt a town... its a weather station... staffed by 4!

Warakurna on the other hand...........

I'd be less picky with you if you put up some bloody pics of your new toy

BTW - my sig block has grown by one.

only those in the purple circle have seen the photo's

Hey, the A.T. is a beauty but doesn't it have a 19 inch F.W? Not sure why it was discontinued. The Transalp has the 21 inch. But it would be perfect for the Canning Stock route, bullet proof ! John

A wee spot of a story, for you history buffs;
Alfred Gibson (died 1874) was an Australian explorer who died in an 1874 expedition organised by Ernest Giles that sought to cross the deserts of Western Australia from east to west. The Gibson Desert, into which he disappeared, was named after him by his fellow explorer Giles.

Giles wrote:

"Here a short young man accosted me, and asked me if I did not remember him, saying at the same time that he was 'Alf'. I fancied I knew his face, but thought it was at the Peake that I had seen him, but he said "Oh no, don't you remember Alf with Bagot's sheep at the north-west bend of the Murray? My name's Alf Gibson, and I want to go out with you." I said, "Well, can you shoe? Can you ride? Can you starve? Can you go without water? And how would you like to be speared by the blacks outside?" He said he could do everything I had mentioned, and he wasn't afraid of the blacks. He was not a man I would have picked out of a mob, but men were scarce, and as he seemed so anxious to come, and as I wanted somebody, I agreed to take him."

wightman wrote:Hey, the A.T. is a beauty but doesn't it have a 19 inch F.W? Not sure why it was discontinued. The Transalp has the 21 inch. But it would be perfect for the Canning Stock route, bullet proof ! John

The AT def has got a 21" FW

wightman wrote:It'll all be in the July magazine.
John

What capacity is said chaser - couldn't see with all the bum end shots of the chaser in the mag. Did you procure it or merely convey it on behalf of its owner?