Motorbiking around Australia | Season1 Episode 1 | The Beginning

[@kensbikestuff]

Nice set up. Looking forward to watching your adventures. Ken

[@michaelwaddell3209]

Thanks Ken, and i will be following yours. Cheers

[@graemesaxon2067]

Great video looking forward to next one Both the bike set-ups looks like mine carrying to much😂

[@michaelwaddell3209]

@@graemesaxon2067 thanks. I did take a few luxuries along this trip.

[@alexjohnson3696]

Thanks for sharing, this is awesome and I’ll be watching along. Liked and subscribed 👍

[@michaelwaddell3209]

@@alexjohnson3696 many thanks. Cheers

[@ridingdownunder2825]

Great Ep 1. Looking forward to the rest. May I ask what you used for the intro with the map jumping from waypoint to waypoint?

[@michaelwaddell3209]

Thanks. I used google earth pro. I am very new to it and want to improve, that was the most basic function i could figure out in a short space of time.

[@onlinegames4019]

Looking good! Dont forget to turn off the main roads from time to time. :)

[@michaelwaddell3209]

@@onlinegames4019 thanks, certainly will. 😁

[@steventhomson9869]

All the best for your adventures. Just subscribed. I live in Wauchope and know that area quite well.

[@michaelwaddell3209]

@@steventhomson9869 many thanks. Much appreciated. Cheers

[@prebenkelgren4206]

Hi Mike I don’t even know what bike you’re driving. Could you maybe talk a bit about that?

[@prebenkelgren4206]

Just saw your comment about the bike 😅

[@thereelbrownlow]

Enjoying your videos. Great stuff about breaking down your travels into manageable segments. If you're looking for a travel buddy for the WA bit, I would like to talk. Cheers.

[@michaelwaddell3209]

Thanks and thanks for the offer of company. I’m not sure when it will be but for sure we can talk. Cheers

[@florme6494]

Fantastic trip and I enjoy that you’re doing it on a mighty versys x300. I truly think the smaller cc bikes that are very capable really adds to the adventure. I also own one of these in my small fleet. I use it as my do it everything, fun bike. It’s the one that picks up the most KMs. May I ask what windscreen you are using?

[@michaelwaddell3209]

Thanks and I agree, a smaller bike is much more manageable. The screen is a cheapie off aliexpress, no doubt its a copy of something. Interestingly I wasn't totally happy with it as it gave a reasonable amount of turbulence and I kept swapping it back. I then purchased a mounting bracket which makes the screen height adjustable. Given the design of the screen I wasn't able to raise the screen as the bark busters hit it so I have to use it in the lowest position. But..... the bracket moves the screen out (as in forward) about 20mm and that is the secret. I can now use that screen at any speed with my visor up!! No more head buffeting. That really was a game changer. It is below eye level and no turbulence.