G'day everyone, My name is Phil I live in Ipswich in Queensland Australia, I am 56 and came to Australia from Leeds when I was 12.
I bought a new 2016 1400GTR a few weeks ago, it's keeping my 08 Nomad company, I am loving the smoothness and power of the GTR and plan to ride many a long mile on it.
Cheers
Greeny
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Cheers
Greeny
Hi Phil,
My wife is obsessed with moving to Australia and I am not so keen. One of the reasons is my perceptions of the boring, straight roads. Can you clarify what the roads are like please? We are visiting Melbourne and Perth for a week each in July but probably won't get a chance to get out on a bike. Which city would be the best for riding?
Thanks.
Welcome!
G'day mate my parents live in Brisbane we've been out there a couple of times,fantastic weather,and I can say that there are plenty of twisties once you get out of the city.
Welcome to the group Greeny.
Quote from: Phill_York on May 17, 2016, 11:50:20 AM
Hi Phil,
My wife is obsessed with moving to Australia and I am not so keen. One of the reasons is my perceptions of the boring, straight roads. Can you clarify what the roads are like please? We are visiting Melbourne and Perth for a week each in July but probably won't get a chance to get out on a bike. Which city would be the best for riding?
Thanks.
G'day Phil
You are right, there are some long boring roads in Australia, because Australia is a huge place. The great riding roads far outweigh them though.
All the Cities have some great riding roads surrounding them and probably all would lay claim to being the best. Being from Brisbane I am biased and think that our surrounding roads in South east Queensland are terrific, particularly in the Gold Coast hinterland to the south and the Sunshine Coast ranges to the North, both with some great roads and scenery.
Hope you enjoy your stay in Perth and Melbourne hopefully you'll get to sample the riding roads and get rid of that perception of the long boring roads.
Cheers
Greeny
Quote from: Trevsgtr on May 17, 2016, 12:14:01 PM
G'day mate my parents live in Brisbane we've been out there a couple of times,fantastic weather,and I can say that there are plenty of twisties once you get out of the city.
Welcome to the group Greeny.
Cheers mate
Quote from: greeny on May 17, 2016, 12:29:12 PM
G'day Phil
You are right, there are some long boring roads in Australia, because Australia is a huge place. The great riding roads far outweigh them though.
All the Cities have some great riding roads surrounding them and probably all would lay claim to being the best. Being from Brisbane I am biased and think that our surrounding roads in South east Queensland are terrific, particularly in the Gold Coast hinterland to the south and the Sunshine Coast ranges to the North, both with some great roads and scenery.
Hope you enjoy your stay in Perth and Melbourne hopefully you'll get to sample the riding roads and get rid of that perception of the long boring roads.
Cheers
Greeny
Brilliant; thanks mate. She might get her own way after all.
P.S. who am I trying to kid; she always does!
Welcome.
G'day Greeny and welcome.
I am off to the welsh mountains on Thursday for a four days on the GTR with a few mates. Weather looks a bit like liquid sunshine on Saturday :cool: So we would rather be riding up the gold coast :biker3:
Congrats and very welcome here ! :punk:
a very warm welcome from the U.K Phil.
This is a great forum and the GTR is an outstanding bike,
You will find plenty of help and good advice here so don't be afraid to ask, ...oh BTW there is plenty p☆ss taking too so join in the fun :mfr_lol:
G'Day Bruce and welcome.
What's your favourite colour blue :whistling:
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From South Lincolnshire
Nice colour 🍻👍😃
Thanks for the welcome fella's.
Cheers
Greeny
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Don't ya get dizzy riding upside down? :banana:
Enjoy the bike mate :biker3:
Welcome old fruit .. .as you have gathered this is a fun place to be .. :yes: :yes:
:185: :185: Enjoy the bike cobber.....hope you got the Australian version, copes with the liquids draining the opposite way to ours in the good old UK :mfr_lol: