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Coming back to my own SaddleSore attempt. I was looking for the right conditions and nothing better than to have 130KMPH legal speed limit (+10% prolly), wide open straight roads, scant traffic, zero traffic signals and a motorcycle like the MultiStrada 1200. To top it off I had been unknowingly practicing this attempt in my pan Australia ride, riding 400 kms on an average every day for the past 2 weeks or so. That surely helped. SaddleSore is one the things as a biker I had to do it, and this was it.
The RouteHere is the Gmap of the route.
The DangersThe Catch
1600 kms in less than 24 hours with receipts with timestamps and odo readings.
the star in the middle.
By the time the clock hit 6AM, I had done 160 Km and took my first fuel break.
The dawn is coming.
And I halt again at sun break. It was one of the most beautiful experiences ever on a roadtrip. Alone, soaking in the first rays of sun. And to top it off I had done 375 kms by then (8.10 AM). I was glad to be alive and witnessing this.
It looks a like an almost invisible circle of light which is about to hit me and infuse me with energy right from the heart of the sun.
By 9.40 AM i had done 530 KMS.
By 11 AM it was 666, I dont know why I missed the last 400 meters to bring it to 666.6. Being the number freak that I am, that shouldnt have happened!
I hit 1000 kms by 1.45 PM.
Unending straights, the foliage started to appear as I headed towards the equator.
I bested my previous one day max distance at 4 PM : 1234.5. I had done this on my first Australia trip in 2007 from Norseman to Ceduna.
I entered Kakadu national park a little before 5. With still around 400 kms to go I had ride a lot in the forest at night which was not advisable at all by anyone.
The giant termite mounds inside the park. I have heard there are much bigger ones than these.
It starts getting dark and I get little worried of what kind of critters might hit me.
[IMG]And the sunset. Compare this photo with the sunrise that I took on this very day above. And I am still riding.[/IMG]
Bye bye sun, but I must still ride on.
At sunset I still have almost 300 kms to go.
Inside the park the biggest danger were the birds sleeping ON the road.
Then I come across this forest fire at night in Kakadu National Park. I take off my helmet and my ear plugs. The sound of the burning dry grass and plants massaged by brain. It was so peaceful and quite and I sat down on the road alone for 5 minutes soaking in the fire and the stars. I s till had around 150 kms to go, but I was at ease.
The magic figure surpassed by 100 kms:
Post Ride ThoughtsOther Stats from my Australian Roadtrip
Fuel Breaks
Coming back to my own SaddleSore attempt. I was looking for the right conditions and nothing better than to have 130KMPH legal speed limit (+10% prolly), wide open straight roads, scant traffic, zero traffic signals and a motorcycle like the MultiStrada 1200. To top it off I had been unknowingly practicing this attempt in my pan Australia ride, riding 400 kms on an average every day for the past 2 weeks or so. That surely helped. SaddleSore is one the things as a biker I had to do it, and this was it.
The RouteHere is the Gmap of the route.
The DangersThe Catch
1600 kms in less than 24 hours with receipts with timestamps and odo readings.
the star in the middle.
By the time the clock hit 6AM, I had done 160 Km and took my first fuel break.
The dawn is coming.
And I halt again at sun break. It was one of the most beautiful experiences ever on a roadtrip. Alone, soaking in the first rays of sun. And to top it off I had done 375 kms by then (8.10 AM). I was glad to be alive and witnessing this.
It looks a like an almost invisible circle of light which is about to hit me and infuse me with energy right from the heart of the sun.
By 9.40 AM i had done 530 KMS.
By 11 AM it was 666, I dont know why I missed the last 400 meters to bring it to 666.6. Being the number freak that I am, that shouldnt have happened!
I hit 1000 kms by 1.45 PM.
Unending straights, the foliage started to appear as I headed towards the equator.
I bested my previous one day max distance at 4 PM : 1234.5. I had done this on my first Australia trip in 2007 from Norseman to Ceduna.
I entered Kakadu national park a little before 5. With still around 400 kms to go I had ride a lot in the forest at night which was not advisable at all by anyone.
The giant termite mounds inside the park. I have heard there are much bigger ones than these.
It starts getting dark and I get little worried of what kind of critters might hit me.
[IMG]And the sunset. Compare this photo with the sunrise that I took on this very day above. And I am still riding.[/IMG]
Bye bye sun, but I must still ride on.
At sunset I still have almost 300 kms to go.
Inside the park the biggest danger were the birds sleeping ON the road.
Then I come across this forest fire at night in Kakadu National Park. I take off my helmet and my ear plugs. The sound of the burning dry grass and plants massaged by brain. It was so peaceful and quite and I sat down on the road alone for 5 minutes soaking in the fire and the stars. I s till had around 150 kms to go, but I was at ease.
The magic figure surpassed by 100 kms:
Post Ride ThoughtsOther Stats from my Australian Roadtrip
- Longest Day: 1750 kms
- Second Longest: 1234.5 kms
- Longest ride without keeping the foot down: 343 KMS non stop till the tank went almost dry
- Overall Final Odo (speculated): 23456 Kms
Fuel Breaks
- Alice Springs : 0.0 kms
- Ti Tree roadhouse : 193 kms
- Wycliffe Well : 375 kms
- Three Ways Roadhouse : 532 kms
- Renner Springs : 669 kms
- The Elliot store : 759 kms
- Daly Waters : 913 kms
- Mataranka : 1079 kms
- Pine Creek : 1276 kms
- Jabiru: : 1489 kms
- Darwin : 1740 kms
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