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  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    2 years ago
    Well after 1000 beers and much debate looks like we are headed to Steep point WA. The intention is to also do the most Eastern point, Southern Point then Western point and then returning via the Lambert centre. The intention is to try to do as much on the dirt as possible...the planning starts...
  • bloodog
    bloodog
    2 years ago
    lucky lucky bastard 
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    2 years ago
    Quoting bloodog on 02 Sep 2022 10:13 AM

    lucky lucky bastard 

    Sadly it took the loss of my best mate to make me realize that all the things we would talk about on a bucket list arent going to happen if we simply keep talking about it. I carry something of his with me everytime i ride. Sadly it his anniversary on the 8th of this month......a fair few long and slow Gentleman Jacks that day. 
  • STROPP
    STROPP
    2 years ago
    Quoting paulybronco on 02 Sep 2022 09:17 AM

    Well after 1000 beers and much debate looks like we are headed to Steep point WA. The intention is to also do the most Eastern point, Southern Point then Western point and then returning via the Lambert centre. The intention is to try to do as much on the dirt as possible...the planning starts...

    If you are heading through Perth and need a floor to sleep on yell out, I do have one spare bed if ya don’t mind spooning lol
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    2 years ago
    Quoting paulybronco on 02 Sep 2022 09:17 AM

    Well after 1000 beers and much debate looks like we are headed to Steep point WA. The intention is to also do the most Eastern point, Southern Point then Western point and then returning via the Lambert centre. The intention is to try to do as much on the dirt as possible...the planning starts...

    Quoting STROPP on 03 Sep 2022 06:09 AM

    If you are heading through Perth and need a floor to sleep on yell out, I do have one spare bed if ya don’t mind spooning lol

    LOL thanks Stropp. At this very early stage we aren't planning on going thru Perth. We want to do as much dirt as we can without killing ourselves stuck in the desert. Depending how we plan things then we will do the great central rd from Alice and come out just north of Geraldton...just early stages still.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    1 year ago
    Well we are very close to doing the steep point leg. At this stage 16th July is the start from Sunny coast. 
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    https://youtu.be/DIjJB9qVORc

    So got the Street Glide all set up? Knobbies, sump guard, extended lower belt guard?  :-)
    A good setting out clip:
  • Baloffski
    Baloffski
    1 year ago
    Quoting obisteve on 02 Jun 2023 10:47 AMedited: 02 Jun 2023 10:57 AM

    https://youtu.be/DIjJB9qVORc


    So got the Street Glide all set up? Knobbies, sump guard, extended lower belt guard?  :-)
    A good setting out clip:

    Then came Bronson. Remember it very well. 
    Good on ya PB, get out there, and back.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    1 year ago
    Well no Steep Point this year....my riding buddy did a excellent job of smashing his ankle last night. Surgery in the next few days after the swelling goes down then around 3 or 4 mths recovery and rehab. Not a motorcycle in sight or even alcohol involved , just misjudged some stairs and that's all she wrote. Bugger!
  • WideglidingNZ
    WideglidingNZ
    1 year ago
    that's a shame bro, I'm not riding much at the moment as it seems to rain every day here cold too
  • keith
    keith
    1 year ago
    Quoting paulybronco on 30 Jun 2023 03:35 AM

    Well no Steep Point this year....my riding buddy did a excellent job of smashing his ankle last night. Surgery in the next few days after the swelling goes down then around 3 or 4 mths recovery and rehab. Not a motorcycle in sight or even alcohol involved , just misjudged some stairs and that's all she wrote. Bugger!

    Not good news, I know what I'd be doing. Give the old mate some Bex Powders and a get-well cards with picks of the trip.
  • Soapbox2627
    Soapbox2627
    1 year ago
    could always be a mate and go ball-backing
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    1 year ago
    Quoting paulybronco on 30 Jun 2023 03:35 AM

    Well no Steep Point this year....my riding buddy did a excellent job of smashing his ankle last night. Surgery in the next few days after the swelling goes down then around 3 or 4 mths recovery and rehab. Not a motorcycle in sight or even alcohol involved , just misjudged some stairs and that's all she wrote. Bugger!

    Quoting keith on 30 Jun 2023 04:12 AM

    Not good news, I know what I'd be doing. Give the old mate some Bex Powders and a get-well cards with picks of the trip.

    Ha Ha sadly for both of us its a trip that is better attempted with two people as we were headed out quiet remotely in some sections. We also needed the two bikes to carry the crap we need including the extra fuel etc. Never mind it will happen but not this year now. 
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    1 year ago
    So now i feel a bit more sympathy for my mate....second x ray shows a fracture to his lower leg as well as the ankle.
  • speedzter
    speedzter
    1 year ago
    That sucks for your mate.
    He crashed and broke, but hasn't even got a good story to tell !
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    1 year ago
    Life is funny isnt it, we have both parked adventure bikes in the bushes or in a muddy puddle with only a ego broken. A simple mis step and multiple fractures. Hes currently enjoying a painkiller drip waiting for surgery. 
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    Bad luck mate, they'll still be there next year. Just make sure you are.
    Stairs can be a killer, I'd much rather drop a bike on a muddy or gravelly track where unless you hit a tree or go over a steep bank while still on the bike you're generally OK. Mind you, I'm not going too quick on those sort of tracks because my 3 dirt bikes are the same 3 that are my road bikes, 250 kgs up to 367 kgs.
    Stairs though, got picked up and thrown down a flight of stairs about 40 years ago by this big Maori bloke I was having a blue with on the balcony of a block of flats. Not too much damage, broke ribs, hit head hard on concrete somewhere on the way down, had already broken fingers and dislocated a knuckle earlier in the discussion, but knew I was pretty lucky. The big bloke came rushing down to follow up but rolled several toes under on the first step and came rolling down. Luckily I got out of the way, he ended up lying next to me about as bashed around as me but with broken toes, best not have a blue in bare feet. We just looked at each other and started laughing, after a few minutes went back up and got stuck into the Bundy. I bloody hurt in the morning.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    1 year ago
    LoL...will get there next year.

  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    1 year ago
    Well my mate had his op today told a few pins and a rod in his lower leg and is currently snoozing it all off on a diet of propofol and now a endone drip.......bastard! Nothing like getting off your head without a headache.
  • keith
    keith
    1 year ago
    Quoting paulybronco on 05 Jul 2023 09:32 AM

    Well my mate had his op today told a few pins and a rod in his lower leg and is currently snoozing it all off on a diet of propofol and now a endone drip.......bastard! Nothing like getting off your head without a headache.

    Hope he has a speedy recovery, the older we get the slower we mend, sadly. Should be a few more Kms of black top done by next year.
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