The Longest Friday

An Tribute to Locky

Its been a pretty rough start for the Australia leg of my tour…but Locky turned things around for me and got me back on my feet…or wheels I should say.

Thanks to him I’ve got a motorcycle again.  He took me in, gave me room, full access to his shop, and ultimately helped me accomplish in 3 days,. what would have taken me weeks.  Locky dropped his current projects and spent his days with me tearing off the subframe, rewelding it, reinstalling it, fixing various components, fabricating parts, and attaching a new rear rack,…and installing a beautiful pair of tough-as-hell panniers.  (will give full report on these as I tour)

This guy is a super cool dude, brilliant with motorbikes… and I can not communicate in words the gratitude feel for the amount of time, effort and materials he freely invested in me.   Thank you Locky,…been real good knowing you!

Locky and his 1100gs (he’s not running his own panniers, because they are selling faster than he can keep a set long enough to mount to his own bike…thanks for putting another biker first…again)

Now that I’m a biker with bike again…its time to start turning the adventure touring back on.  The Kaurara river Rally is definitely on.  As long as I can keep at least one of Locky’s panniers between me and the grim reaper’s bulldozer,..I’ll make it there!  I hear its gonna rain loads.  I’m so thrilled to be back on a bike and camping after this whole recover ordeal,..that I couldn’t care less…rain,..sandstorms,..cyclones,, what ever. Hope to have the opportunity to meet some of you guys out that way.

After the rally I’m thinking about Sydney….since its there.  I’m not a big city guy,..but I figure I should see it.  (Brisbane was a pleasant surprise,..any place that has natural climbing walls in the middle of the city gets high marks in my book)

Following Sydney,,..I’m shoot’n for Alice.  Then….if its open..the gunbarrel.