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The Fluid of Life : Castrol POWER1 :: Managing temper of a 280 BHP motorcycle over 20,000 KMS
Fluid of Life. Yes, as important as the blood to human body. There are a few things which are more important as the oil and the tyres on a motorcycle. However, they are terribly understated and ignored sometimes leading to damages to both the machine and the rider. One case in point was the death…
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Day 18 & 19 : Darwin
Our entry into the city of Darwin was as dramatic as it could’ve been as we rode some 1650 kms from Alice Springs to here. It was the longest day of the trip as we made it to Darwin in less than a day’s ride. And we’ll be staying here two nights. Darwin is the…
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Day 15 & 16 : Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and back to Alice Springs
The day 15 of the #powerTrip360 definitely was one of the most memorable ones as we reached Uluru, which is the most iconic landmark of Australia. Uluru is a huge sandstone formation rising up in the middle of nowhere in a relatively flat land in Northern Territory. It is also known as ‘Ayers Rock’ and…
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Day 13 & 14 : Tennant Creek to Alice Springs to Uluru
The day 13 of our ride, Tennant Creek to Alice Springs, was one of the most happening days as far our photography goes. The entire route, around 510 km long, was full of some of the most iconic places in the Northern Territory, including Devil’s Marbles & Wycliffe Well. We were riding on the Stuart…
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Day 11 & 12 : Charters Towers to Mt. Isa to Tennant Creek
The day #11 of #powerTrip360 was going to see us riding from Charters Towers to the industrial town of Mt. Isa in Queensland. Mt. Isa is also famous for its vast mineral deposits and has one of the most productive single mines in the world, producing lead, silver, copper & zinc. The total kilometres to…
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Day 9 & 10 : Around Airlie Beach & to Charters Towers
The day #9 of #powerTrip360 was a ‘rest’ day, a well-deserved one after the 900 kms run the previous day. And it was spent loitering around Airlie Beach area, trying to explore it on the Ducati Panigale 1299 and the Ninja H2. The Airlie Beach is one of the getaways for the Great Barrier Reef.…
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