Motorcycle!!
Bought a Yamaha Scorpio-Z 225cc road bike. Had a test ride on the Yamaha TTR-250 - but I've a shortage of height... Found stopping scary - not being able to touch the ground except on tippy toes. The Yamaha XT250 looked nice... but no kick start.. I decided that I didn't want to have to push start my bike if the battery was feeling slack. Used to do that in the past. It was hard work on bitumen, I reckon it would be a lot harder on dirt or sand.
So the Scorpio was it.
Have build a rack to go on it - version 2 is much nicer than version 1. Version 1 weighed 10kg and wasn't finished - that is when I thought it was way way over engineered, and scrapped it..
Going to head out of Sydney for a week to test how it all goes. Will have photos up from that.
Comments:
Date: 2009-12-29 06:22
Author: Nasher
Hi Megan,
Lana and I are following your adventurous journey. It seems scary sometimes, but glad to hear that you are safe. I think getting a motorcycle is a great idea. You'll have a lot more freedom to actually get to places and do things you want to do.
We have moved into our new house and have plenty of room for you to come visit when you're done travelling in Australia.
Take care,
Nash