Thanks Sean - and will do mate!

Cheers Brett - yeah hopefully still a bit of both types of adventure. Gee just looked at my channel - been doing this 11 years and made 617 videos😯

@@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger That's huge fella!! Even if you only did a video a month or so it would still grow. How good is it to be able to look back on all those adventures!! I do that with mine, great way of reliving memories!!

@@ADVBrett Thanks mate, yeah it is - especially after some time has passed - so great to re-live the adventures :)

Cheers mate! I hope I will still be bringing the occasional end-of-weekend alarm for you!

@@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger 🥰 Everytime I see a water crossing I think of you🤣 I was watching another KZbinr pull on to a gravel car park a few days ago on a Triumph 1200 Adventure thingybob.... there was a 'puddle about 8" round on the entry to the parking place..... I'm talking to the screen... 'Do not ride over that puddle' He heads straight for it...🙁 It's a hole, probably at least (guessing) 6-8" deep 'It' washes out the front and spits him onto the gravel in an instant. He was a big guy and was able to get it back upright. Thankfully it just snapped the handguard...which was lucky as it was a 'demo' bike he was test riding while he was getting his bike looked at. He had to pay for the damage and later bought a similar bike, so, that really was an expensive test ride. 🙂

@@paullee6663 OMG that is an expensive mistake... he should have walked the puddle first 🤣 I even tense up at the sight of a water crossing in the Ute!!

@@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger I think I mentioned the satnav sent me down a road while I was 'on tour' on the Isle of Wight 🤣🤣🤣🤣 that ended in a Ford...Shall I ....?? The road was about as wide as the bike is long 🙁 I think I did a 16 point turn to get out of 'Dodge'.....🤣🤣🤣 Video's of your Camper trip with Wifey? I think that would be cool....

@@paullee6663 Ha ha - yes you did mention that! I already make videos of our camping trips in the Ute - but they are just for ourselves and some family, Wifey is internet/people/socialmedia averse :)

It does mate. Nah, that won't be happening - too many people are doing it already and it would involve even more work than what I put into the bike vids.

Thanks mate, hopefully will be a mixture of 4WD and 1WD 😉

It's gona be great mate, already did a one nighter on it and we're off for a fortnight in it soon - not converted, but will do for now. Yeah mate, really miss your company.

It's gona be great mate, already did a one nighter on it and we're off for a fortnight in it soon - not converted, but will do for now. Yeah mate, really miss your company.

She's a head turner for sure!!!

Yeah... the van is reeeal purdy!! Already got a 2" lift - the rest, maybe not, will be great to get into new places but not keen on destroying the bush and or van!! Hope we can meet, I'll keep you posted once I start planning for real mate.

I doubt it - everyone's doing that these days - will just enjoy it "off-line" so to speak 😁

Ahh those were the days, my friend!! Cheers mate - yeah me too...

Cheers Tony - yes definitely hope it's "additional" Was hoping you'd have free time - I'll let you know as soon as I get my head around the rough plan and timing - right now planning the first van trip and prepping the van to leave in 2 weeks :)

I must admit, I never expected that little bike would go half the places it took me!! Yes, I'll be back, occasionally... many thanks for following along mate.

Ha ha - yeah I had a period of 4 years, about 10 years ago, when I didn't need to work much at all. Made a to-do list, did the jobs all the time, 4 years later the list ended up bigger than it started!! 😆 I'll be posting my trip plans as they evolve, so let's see how it goes mate :)

And that is basically the only "Gospel" I believe in Phil ☺

Ha Ha! That has already come up in discussion with Wifey ;-)

Will do mate, thanks - and I'll be back, just not as often :)

Thanks Sean - yeah when I get plans going I'll post more specifics, closest to you I'll be is probably the Barrington Tops/Gloucester/Wauchope bit as I turn back homeward. Be great to catch up if it can happen. I wrote that bassline to a song for a band in Sydney about 35 years ago!! Remembered it recently and wrote my own version :)

@@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger I'll be looking out for your posts. All the areas that you mention are places that I travel and way beyond, so I'm open to long range tours. It will be great to catch up CC. That bassline is really interesting and sounds familiar. Maybe I heard it at one of your gigs? Cheers, Sean.

Exactly mate - none of us old friends on here are "addicted" to the Social media thing, we just share what we can, when we want. All the best mate!

Pffft... I'm always the Bridesmaid 😆🤣

Cheers Tommy - been great to have so many chats over the years - there will be more, just not as much :)

@@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger its been a lot of fun thats for shure.🙂 Take care🇧🇻☕

Exactly mate.

Oh bugger! Dirty-bike-fun blocked!! That's no good mate. Yeah this was one of my favourite ever explores, cheers Pete!

@@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger I'll be back in the dirt soon hopefully, just need Aprilia to sort the bloomin parts 😀 I could tell from your voice the enthusiasm for this one David 🙂

Exactly mate, and it worked on me, never lost the value of that lesson :)

Sure is mate, lovely country up there too!

Literally mate!

Thanks mate! Yeah, that Staintune is lovely - not obnoxious, but a nice note. Ride safe mate!

Cheers Sean - yeah slowly, slowly is the old-age learning curve 😆 Looking forward to seeing your upcoming adventure mate! Hope it all goes well 👍

Absolutely mate! and same down your way - so many great rides not that far away.

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Cheers buddy - hot eh? I know you get savage heat there - we actually had some days over 30C mid -WINTER - that is just insane!!

I know mate, spoiled for choice here!!

Hi mate, yeah great part of the world. All mods (there aren't that many really) are listed in my description, and are probably shown most in my 100000Km review video - and no I'll never replace the bike - I could afford one bike in my life, and this is it!!

Absolutely mate, un-ending!!

No - came in on Deep Creek Road from Malanganee, and joined Old Lawrence at about it's half-way point. Have done the section from Busbys Flat to there before.

@@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger ok thanks, glad to know it connects thru though.

Hi mate do you think an average off road rider on a Honda Transalp is ok on the route you described ? Any river crossings I am thinking of giving it a try but will be solo .

@orionswitness Shouldn't be a problem it's just a normal gravel road.

Yeah, the old Tenterfield Road is great, haven't been on it for a few years - you probably ended up on Busby's Flat Road, which also comes out onto Clarence way, and is a great ride. You'd probably remember getting to the Old Lawrence as you would have needed to do a fairly tricky trail at the Start of it, off Busby's Flat, over the Range at Cherry Tree and then down to where this ride started.

@@orionswitness Absolutely mate, my bike is just a road bike - 17" front and 80% road tyres - The ride I did here, and Busby's Flat Road, are easy gravel. The other end of Old Lawrence, where it meets Busby's Flat Rd - is trickier as it goes over the range.

@@orionswitness I recon the TransAlp would eat it for breakfast! I also ride a CB500X, and looking at this road, it wouldn't phase me at all

Yep - The Old Roads are so much better - even the tar ones (thinking of Wooton Way and the Old Pac). Ha ha - yeah I have ridden it the other way long ago - comes out onto Busbys Flat Rd.

Yeah - I just managed to get a ride in on the Clarence Way when it was still mostly dirt - very slowly as I'd just started riding. This is an awesome detour, and if combined with Llewellyn Road (between Coaldale Rd and Clarence Way) could make a much funner trip through there. I'm going OK with Google maps, having made a comprehensive Library of Off Line maps, and back it up with my Garmin In-Reach, which will put a very accurate map up on my phone.

Phones are like sheep, always finding a new way to die😅. Google maps is very good, but I've had 1 phone commite suicide, another time the charging cable stopped working. I also carry paper maps + compass.

Many thanks Sean - I should do a video about why I only use my own music - a tale of KZbin limitations. giant music corporations stealing my music and me finally shafting all of them 😆 Hope you also find some new places to ride - where abouts do you live?

@@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger I live in the Hawkesbury area Northwestern Sydney Captain (over 50 years). There are many roads of all sorts, intertwining and surrounding the river and mountains. I've covered a quite a few over the years, however since watching your videos I'm shifting from undertaking long range treks only, to more local ones - checking out more of those roads. I'd like to see a video about your experiences with YT and your music production. Would be an interesting one for sure. Cheers and all the best, Sean.

@@SeanC1959 Thanks Sean - yeah lovely area, been through a few times, the most adventurous route nI've taken anywhere near you would have been through Wheeny Creek, along Comleroy Rd from Blaxland Ridge to Colo Heights - awesome ride, and I did end up eventually at Wisemans.

@@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger Great roads to explore those ones are CC. You need to have decent dual purpose tyres for some of those roads.

@@SeanC1959 you're most likely right, but I did my usual ill-advised ride through on 80% road tyres and bugger-all skills 😆

Spot on mate! Cheers, hope all is well :)

Hahaha! Yes me too for just as long 😆

Yeah exactly Sean, in the end the plans don't matter compared to the feeling of a great day out on the bike :) Thanks mate!

Yeah absolute pains in the asses, mate, I think I'll keep to doing scenic stuff with it and the odd, easy follow-me on the bike. I'm the actual problem, turning off the camera without realising! And yeah, I have much more opportunities to fly in remote places here Pete.

@@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger you are very blessed mate 🙂

Yeah - damn things!! No, I believe the 10M is measured to the ground constantly.

@@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger That's a shame. Your drone must be too advanced! My Mavic Mini hasn't a clue. You can fly from the top of a cliff and it still thinks it's hovering just above the ground.

@@CalmBiker Hmmm... I think it may be more "user lack of knowledge" - maybe there's a setting we don't know about? I sent mine out over a cliff once and it scared the bejaysus out of me as it dove out of sight!!

Said like a fellow "oldie" 😆

Yeah it was operator failure really - somehow I turned the camera off 🙄 Best day on the bike for quite a while - they're getting rarer!!

Yeah - my Mavic Pro is pretty old - even the newer Mavic Mini will follow better, and lower.

The New Mavic mini is much better than mine, but I got this cheap from a good friend, so I just need to learn to use it more!

Nah not that mate - the newer Mavics fly lower - was just a limitation on my older one because it's obstacle avoid is pretty basic.

Cheers mate, yeah I feel it's not the drone - it's the operator 😆 - just need to use it more and get familiar.