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    Perth to Sydney - intention

    Hi,
    I am currently in Cambodia and intend or would like to get to Perth and ride a motorbike from west to east across Australia.
    This could be my only chance as an in the vicinity and have time.

    I was thinking I'd like to buy a GS550/750 and ride across.

    - Could it be that in a month or so someone in Perth just happens to want to sell a GS ?
    - Does anyone have experience of having done this ? I mean the ride , route , advice ?


    A crazy thought but it now could happen ! This is better than can't happen.
    UKJULES
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    Owner of following bikes:
    1980 Suzuki GS550ET
    1977 Yamaha RD 250D
    1982 Kawasaki GPZ 750 R1
    1980 Suzuki GSX 250E
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    Probably not the pleasant ride you might think it would be.
    Road King return from Broome
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    Rich
    1982 GS 750TZ
    2015 Triumph Tiger 1200
    BikeCliff's / Charging System Sorted / Posting Pics
    Destroy-Rebuild 750T/ Destroy-Rebuild part deux

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      #3
      Originally posted by ukjules View Post
      Hi,
      I am currently in Cambodia and intend or would like to get to Perth and ride a motorbike from west to east across Australia.
      Like I tell anyone asking for directions:

      You can't get there from here.
      1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

      2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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        #4
        Rob, you'd probably like the youtube series I linked above, being an HD guy. I can't explain why I watch most of his videos, we certainly don't have much in common. Then again, I watch a lot of stupid stuff.
        Rich
        1982 GS 750TZ
        2015 Triumph Tiger 1200
        BikeCliff's / Charging System Sorted / Posting Pics
        Destroy-Rebuild 750T/ Destroy-Rebuild part deux

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          #5
          Originally posted by Rich82GS750TZ View Post
          Probably not the pleasant ride you might think it would be.
          https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...fgOy2E-4hJIfYp
          Travelling between Perth and Sydney can be gruelling. It's a long way and the Nullabor Plain is vast and dry.

          That said, Danny did it on a Honda 125 Monkey bike - twice.

          Picking up the NEW HONDA MONKEY BIKE...my thoughts??
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          Last edited by Syd; 02-13-2025, 09:30 PM.
          Current Bikes
          1980 Suzuki GS 1000G
          1973 Suzuki GT 185 (The tiddler)
          "Live to die, die to live"

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            #6
            I’ll have to give that a watch. I wasn’t watching the MDB videos back then.
            Rich
            1982 GS 750TZ
            2015 Triumph Tiger 1200
            BikeCliff's / Charging System Sorted / Posting Pics
            Destroy-Rebuild 750T/ Destroy-Rebuild part deux

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              #7
              Back in the 80's I rode from QLD to perth on a WLA harley, it was fun, even saw a camel. I then rode to darwin, then back to QLD, picked up my dusting side-car & rode back to perth.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Rich82GS750TZ View Post
                Probably not the pleasant ride you might think it would be.
                https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...fgOy2E-4hJIfYp
                He's such an amazing dude. I love his stuff.
                "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
                ~Herman Melville

                2016 1200 Superlow
                1982 CB900f

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by ukjules View Post
                  Hi,
                  I am currently in Cambodia and intend or would like to get to Perth and ride a motorbike from west to east across Australia.
                  This could be my only chance as an in the vicinity and have time.

                  I was thinking I'd like to buy a GS550/750 and ride across.

                  - Could it be that in a month or so someone in Perth just happens to want to sell a GS ?
                  - Does anyone have experience of having done this ? I mean the ride , route , advice ?


                  A crazy thought but it now could happen ! This is better than can't happen.
                  See the movie Road Games.................its a aus trek movie of sorts.
                  I'm going to do Canada ad mare usque ad mare on a bike before I die.

                  Australia trip is also a distant dream. If I were you Id rent or steal a bike and then fly back home from your terminus.
                  Air Canada used to do a thing here to accommodate bikers but It was probably expensive.
                  1983 GS 550 LD
                  2009 BMW K1300s

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by GS1150Pilot View Post

                    He's such an amazing dude. I love his stuff.
                    He's entertaining, for sure. Production levels are top notch. A lovable a-hole most of the time. But that's his shtick. And the folks he brings along (David Parry, miscellaneous Sheilas), add to the adventures. And the work he does to promote men's mental health is admirable. I'll never do the stupid stuff on a bike that he regularly does on a HD (or a Monkey). He's ridden all over the world and produced great footage to take us along.
                    Rich
                    1982 GS 750TZ
                    2015 Triumph Tiger 1200
                    BikeCliff's / Charging System Sorted / Posting Pics
                    Destroy-Rebuild 750T/ Destroy-Rebuild part deux
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                      #11
                      Anyway, UKJULES, if you do this, we look forward to a full report with pictures. Most of us will never have this opportunity. Jealous, honestly.
                      Rich
                      1982 GS 750TZ
                      2015 Triumph Tiger 1200
                      BikeCliff's / Charging System Sorted / Posting Pics
                      Destroy-Rebuild 750T/ Destroy-Rebuild part deux

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by Rich82GS750TZ View Post

                        ...the work he does to promote men's mental health is admirable.
                        Here's the prescription: get a motorcycle. Or three. Ride twice a day, more as needed.
                        1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

                        2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Rob S. View Post

                          Here's the prescription: get a motorcycle. Or three. Ride twice a day, more as needed.
                          Are you insane?
                          "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
                          ~Herman Melville

                          2016 1200 Superlow
                          1982 CB900f

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by GS1150Pilot View Post

                            Are you insane?
                            No. Because a GS11E is 3 feet away from me right now.
                            1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

                            2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Rob S. View Post

                              No. Because a GS11E is 3 feet away from me right now.
                              When did you last ride it?
                              "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
                              ~Herman Melville

                              2016 1200 Superlow
                              1982 CB900f
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