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Mailbox LETTER OF THE ISSUE
YOUR GET ROUTED INDEED decided that shipping my
bike over was the cheapest
My first experience in
and most reliable option.
the UK and Europe was
six years ago, and it
condition, this seemed a
blew me away. The sheer
smarter choice than taking
beauty, the history, it was As I already knew its
Write to MT’s Mailbox at mct@trademotorcycles.com.au amazing! Our method of the punt and ending up
LETTERS was the only letdown, in March, I set out for
or Motorcycle Trader, PO Box 2094, Oakleigh, Vic 3166
with a lemon over there.
transportation, a coach,
One foggy morning
however.
Melbourne to drop my
While travelling, I
bike off for its voyage
noticed quite a lot of
across the high seas,
people strapping their
gear on the back of a bike
in Felixstowe, England,
and exploring in freedom,
almost two months’ later.
without a tour group or a where I would meet it
set itinerary, avoiding the I went to Dave Milligan
OLDER ADV BIKES great rides to suit these over-touristy places and from Get Routed to ship
my bike over. Dave was
machines around the enjoying the back roads. I
Charris’ edline in the instantly knew that’s what great to deal with, leading
last edition about taking Grampians. I wanted to do next time. up to and during my trip,
part in some kind of ride Google: Cooinda Burrong Five years later, and and he takes all the stress
or rally for early model Scout Camp. countless hours of out of shipping your
Dakar-inspired adventure Mick Payne research how to do it, I bike halfway around the
bikes got me thinking – I’d Natimuk, Victoria
be keen too. Michael.Payne@wurth.com.au
My mate runs the Scout there, what appears to Not sure
camp at Zumstiens, in In a life BC (Before have once been a tiny I’d wanna
Victoria’s Grampians Children), the missus country church now café
National Park. and I finished a 20km pops out from nowhere share a dorm
We’ve discussed this trek by stumbling across with its ply-framed fly room with 29
before, and we all liked Mt Zero olive grove just door faintly banging in
the idea. It comes with up the road, and what the Wartook wind. You’d chainsaws,
fantastic facilities, flush a beautiful, surreal swear you’re in middle of and where’s
toilets, showers and a experience it was. As you New Mexico.
great kitchen. There are travel the white-sand road I like your thinking, the pub?
two dorm-style quarters into the property, you’re Mick. It’d be awesome to
that sleep up to 30 people surrounded by rows of drool over and ride with
each, plus camping. olive trees on a 45-degree all sorts of similar-vintage Personal Mobility Devices,
June would be a good lean and Mount Zero and machinery. Two thing, a two-wheeled Gopher.
month, but we’d would the rest of the magnificent though: Not sure I’d wanna Yeh, nah.
have to check bookings. Grampians dominating share a dorm room with I sniffed the future
We could organise some the background. From 29 chainsaws, and where’s of increasing speed
the pub? - Charris regulation in 2000. I was
SHOCK HORROR sick of handing over
beer tokens to the WA
Just finished reading government for enjoying
your view of the future my Moto Guzzi 1000S.
of motorcycle (MT #354) Granted, even when they
and, quite frankly, I’m were new, they were no
pessimistic. Electric hyper-sportsbike, but still,
motorcycles, pssshht! May anything under 160km/h
as well ride a treadly. So was no fun.
what if they go faster? No I traded her in on a
motor grumbling away ’72 V7 Special and have
under you and no exhaust been enjoying life at legal
noise means they’re only speeds ever since.
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