Twisties, Dirt Roads, Highway, Repeat!

Allen and I leave The Old Grafton Road and find some awesome dirt roads on top of The Range and I introduce him the the Tenterfield/Drake Twisties.
And awesome day on 2 wheels!!
Bike: 2013 Honda CB500Xa now over 128000Km of Adventures!
Stock wheels and suspension - a few, off-road suitable & protective mods:
Evotech Performance Radiator Guard
Honda Centre Stand
Honda Hand Guards
Palmer Products Adjustable Screen Mount
Hepco & Becker Engine Guard
MOTEA Bash-plate (modified to keep Honda Centre Stand and to Mount off Crash Bars instead of sump lugs)
RHK 20mm Bar Risers
SW Motech On Road/Off Road Footpegs
Rally Raid ABS Kill Switch
Staintune Pipe
Helmet Hook
Omni-Cruise Cruise Control
Dri Rider ZXS2 Soft Panniers
Shinko 705 tyres 170 60 R17* 120 70 R17
****October 2019 changed rear to 150 70 R17****
Gear:
Airoh Commander Helmet
EVS Epic Knee Guards
DriRider Adventure Series Jacket
Shark Kevlar Jeans
Shark Xplorer Adventure Boots (Mid)
5 Sport City Gloves
Dri Rider Superfabric Wet/Cold Weather Gloves
Cameras:
Sony FDR-X3000
Drift HDGhost
Drift Ghost S
Drift 4K (2 of)
CanonSX740HS
Drone: DJI Mavic Pro
Recording set up explained here:
kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZu2fnmXoc54gas
Music by Captain Cranky ©urgentmusic productions - all rights reserved

[@toby7504]

Two small bikes that take you off to any where. Love it buddy 😊🍺🇧🇻

[@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger]

Absolutely mate!! 👍

[@quentinjackson6015]

That looked to be a great start to your day and then followed by a series of varied and scenic roads.......what more could you ask for! 👍

[@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger]

That's exactly how it felt to me, Quentin! A great day, cheers mate.

[@in2ADV]

Awesome stuff Captain! Lovely scenery mate. Enjoyed the video, as always 🙂

[@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger]

Cheers buddy! Yeah it's lovely country up there!

[@SeanC1959]

Thumb's up Captain. Your real deal riding and camping tours bring back memories of my cousin and I several years ago doing much the same. More to be done though. Thanks for the inspiring video. Cheers, Sean.

[@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger]

Cheers Sean, very kind comments, those memories are precious, as is the need to make more - happy riding mate 👍

[@allengraydon7822]

Thanks for the company the local knowledge and the time you put into the videos . It really was a great weekend. Here's to the next one 🥃🥃 sláinte

[@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger]

Thanks for the invite and the great adventure Allen. Cheers lad!! 🍻

[@seanb1081]

Thanks, Cap'n. Another great inspiring video! Nicley filmed and edited. (Soundtrack was your own music...right?). I'm also looking at camping at the Mann River Campground during my mid-October holidays with "Hogan" my CB500X. Curious, as to where you got your firewood from? Do you carry some sort of small axe or hatchet to split the wood? When you set up the drone shot, where you at the "Mallanganee lookout" off Bulmers road? Owen your ridding mate also seems like a good "Chappy" 😀

[@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger]

Many thanks Sean for the great comments and for following my adventures mate! Yeah I only ever use my own music :) The firewood is supplied by Nat Parks for the people who pay to camp there, but saying that, people who were wild camping further back along the road came and stole a lot of it (even though there is ample firewood lying around if they just collected it where they were! Bloody freeloaders!) I do carry a hatchet, which doubles as a peg-hammer though. Doing the old road from Grafton through to there would be a great way to start your trip mate! Allen is a great, fellow CB500x riding, mate! Yes, Malanganee Lookout.

[@seanb1081]

@@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger Yep bloody free loading slackers piss me off also. Will definitely be taking a small camping hatchet with me in October. So many great dirt/gravel roads in the area you filmed. Totally looking forward to riding some of them come October! In the meantime, hopefully we get to see more of your and Falkor’s adventures! (And "Allen's") 😄

[@GregBostock-f8f]

Great ride. Old Grafton/Glen Innes Road is on my list. Did you have to take your own fire wood?

[@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger]

It's one of the real bucket list rides! This is a National Parks Campground, they supply firewood for those who pay the small amount to camp there, if you camp elsewhere along the river there is a lot of firewood lying around.

[@1964mjc]

How many k’s do you have on falco now David ?

[@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger]

@@1964mjc 128000 roughly mate

[@1964mjc]

@@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger wow … 🤩 still holding good fuel economy ? - ever had valve clearance done? Mine is coming up and wondered whether to do it - regular oils changes and zero change in fuel economy over last 20,000k (I log every fuel fill up - always around 3.5L/100) so wondering whether to leave it another 10k or so … it’s quite expensive and right now the bike is running just like it always has no audible ch age or change in fuel economy.. so thinking is probably ok ..

[@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger]

@@1964mjc I don't really check the fuel economy much. I did notice it once, about 4.5L/100 but that was during a trip in Central Qld with 50Kg luggage and constant speeds around 120K/hr. I have the valves checked during every 24000Km major service (when the mechanic already has the bike apart, so to speak) it's never been out of speck but it's not much more $ for peace of mind.