Sydney to London on a105cc Honda callled Dot - Page 106

seriousracer · 09-15-2009, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by strikingviking

Damn Nate, now that you are nearing the finish line I am starting to wonder what I am going to do for my adventure fix without these posts to wake up to.

I am sure we can send him off on some wild goose chase once he gets dot reworked,.

Flood · 09-15-2009, 09:28 AM

Poland sounds like you won't be passing by after all, with Germany being where it is

But if Dot's well, all is well.

Cheers, and ride on!

Daleah · 09-15-2009, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by strikingviking

Damn Nate, now that you are nearing the finish line I am starting to wonder what I am going to do for my adventure fix without these posts to wake up to.

+1 this is the first post I check every morning + a couple of times through the day (lame desk jockey).

I have to live vicariously through the feats of others.

Cheers Nate, can you smell the channel yet?

Motodisiac · 09-15-2009, 10:48 AM

I guess you would have to start your own adventure to keep yourself and us entertained. Is there a part of the world you haven't been to yet?

Quote:

Originally Posted by strikingviking

Damn Nate, now that you are nearing the finish line I am starting to wonder what I am going to do for my adventure fix without these posts to wake up to.

JMead11 · 09-15-2009, 11:00 AM

I hope you decide to continue the journey once you get to London and have nice rest, and come over to North America to make an all the way around trip.

gez0808 · 09-15-2009, 03:03 PM

You are a man of my own heart, i have just started my own group, we are called the RED RIDING HOODZ (postie bike luvers) enjoy the experience and stay upright
Gerry

squonker · 09-15-2009, 03:18 PM

Mileater · 09-15-2009, 08:12 PM

Yup... what everyone else said.

Go Dot

Go Nathan

Cheers

Allan

BlackRook · 09-15-2009, 09:26 PM

Nathan and Dot just keep going and going and going....

You are in the home stretch stay focused and Dot will pull you through mate.

DOT = Delivered on Time!

...

Klay · 09-15-2009, 10:01 PM

Poland!

nathanthepostman · 09-15-2009, 10:16 PM

What d'ya know, I had a 5am wake up call to get on the road early, flipped on the laptop for some music while I was packing and up flashes a weak wifi connection.

So I've delayed my departure a bit in order to say hit to my mum and tell her what clothes to bring down to London on the 26th. Already they're stressing about getting the bike from London to the north where I'm from and where we're going to stay. But who cares, we'll be home and that's all that matters.

Now about this service. For a start Poland is a completely different fish to Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan. It's modern and hip, heck it even has ppaintball. And if a place has paintball then it also has enough piece and serenity for me not to feel that I have to rush the whole way through. And I think that was the problem since Kyrgyszstan; I just didn't want to stop in any of the countires, I just wanted to dash through them as quick as I could until I touched ground on the safer soil of Europe. It wasn't that they were inrtimidating or unfriendly, more that I didn't want to break down there or feel I'd come to a stop. So I ignored the advice of everyone and just kept on riding Dot.

Until yesterday.

I tried a few places who were either closed or no good, until finally, in one city I saw it; the big red 'H'. There it was, a dealership for motorbikes just like mine. And so for the next three hours they checked valve clearances and carbuerettors, fed me all kinds of reasons why she'd be losing power; dirty fuel, valve clearance too tight, too much oil on the air filter. All that they put right, even pressure tested her and spannered everything tight.

And you know what.

She rode exactly the same. The same reluctance to go beyond 55, the same lack of refinement and vibration excess. Everything exactly the same. Fuck, what could it be? And then I remembered something that I've not told you until now. I think it could be the route of all Dorothy's problems. Okay, here it is; my confession...

In Kazakhstan I let her run low on oil. Later that day she started clunking. She's not been the same since.

There, I said it. And Dorothy I am so so so very sorry. What an idiot... low on oil, having come this far. Dickhead.

OldOzy · 09-15-2009, 10:25 PM

I just nursed a 62 year old norton 1000 miles doing exactly the same thing except she missed a bit at 55.
I've fitted a new exhaust guide, 20 bucks.
runs like brand new,

Keep going Nate she'll limp home.

nathanthepostman · 09-15-2009, 10:36 PM

You know Mr Ozy, I think she will.

Though damn it, I've just guided her out of the motel garage and ripped off her toothbrush sump plug protecter in the process. That's gonna take more tie wraps and just maybe a piece of string!

exes · 09-15-2009, 10:42 PM

Don't be too hard on yourself...we all make mistakes and overlook things sometimes. You have accomplished so much, it is amazing. I for one have complete faith that you and Dot will make it home and if she needs freshened up a bit before your next adventure, so be it.

I am so looking forward to you and Dot coming to the USA...I really hope that happens.

I wish that I could be in Dover in person to welcome you both home, but I will be there in spirit!

Be Safe.

nathanthepostman · 09-15-2009, 11:44 PM

Hey Monkey,

Can't respond to your message for some reason - shit connection I think - but I'm orginnaly from Mansfield in Nottingham but my folks now live in Yorkshire, near Scarborough, and that's where I'll be living when I get back, in the writer's shed my dad's hopefully building out back.

I spoke to him this morning. He's on red alert waiting for the call to bring the old engine from the C90. He's done his research and knows it should slot straight into Dot should she suffer the worst.

And if that were to happen I can think of no better way of riding this bird home. You see it was that bike I bought in London when I was looking for ways/excuses/ to get back to sydney for the girl I was missing. I thought heck, if I buy a moped and ride it all the way to Australia I can sweep her off her feet and ride a blazing sunset together.

Only I bottled it and took the plane instead. It was quicker, cheaper.

Since then she's been sat in the shed, dormant, waiting for her master to return and fire her back into life.

So you see, to have her soul power Dorothy the rest of the way back would be the most fitting end to this whole damn adventure that I can ever think. But Dorothy's going to make it. So none of this matters.

....

09-15-2009, 03:03 PM	#1581
gez0808 n00b Joined: Sep 2009 Oddometer: 1	wait for me You are a man of my own heart, i have just started my own group, we are called the RED RIDING HOODZ (postie bike luvers) enjoy the experience and stay upright Gerry

09-15-2009, 03:18 PM	#1582
squonker Eat my shorts Joined: Dec 2006 Location: Bee Cee Oddometer: 3,659	__________________ Ride Report: Canada North to South 2008 here Drive Report: Ice Road Trucking 2005-2011 here Ride Report: Northern Vancouver Island: here

09-15-2009, 08:12 PM	#1583
Mileater Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Nov 2007 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Oddometer: 379	Awesome! Yup... what everyone else said. Go Dot Go Nathan Cheers Allan __________________ "Enough Robert Pirsig-esque philosophizing. My bike didn’t need maintanenece and my Zen was around the next corner. Time to ride." Sly-on-2

09-15-2009, 09:26 PM	#1584
BlackRook n00b Joined: May 2009 Location: Miramar, FL Oddometer: 7	Go Dot Go! Nathan and Dot just keep going and going and going.... You are in the home stretch stay focused and Dot will pull you through mate. DOT = Delivered on Time! ...

09-15-2009, 10:01 PM	#1585
Klay plainsman Joined: Nov 2005 Location: out in the great wide open Oddometer: 88,985	Poland! __________________ _______

09-15-2009, 09:28 AM	#1577
Flood F5lood. Joined: Oct 2005 Location: Austria Oddometer: 9,338	Poland sounds like you won't be passing by after all, with Germany being where it is But if Dot's well, all is well. Cheers, and ride on!

09-15-2009, 11:00 AM	#1580
JMead11 Crazy Bastard Joined: Sep 2005 Location: Tucson, Arizona Oddometer: 2,266	I hope you decide to continue the journey once you get to London and have nice rest, and come over to North America to make an all the way around trip.

09-15-2009, 10:16 PM	#1586
nathanthepostman ^OP Studly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2009 Oddometer: 588	What d'ya know, I had a 5am wake up call to get on the road early, flipped on the laptop for some music while I was packing and up flashes a weak wifi connection. So I've delayed my departure a bit in order to say hit to my mum and tell her what clothes to bring down to London on the 26th. Already they're stressing about getting the bike from London to the north where I'm from and where we're going to stay. But who cares, we'll be home and that's all that matters. Now about this service. For a start Poland is a completely different fish to Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan. It's modern and hip, heck it even has ppaintball. And if a place has paintball then it also has enough piece and serenity for me not to feel that I have to rush the whole way through. And I think that was the problem since Kyrgyszstan; I just didn't want to stop in any of the countires, I just wanted to dash through them as quick as I could until I touched ground on the safer soil of Europe. It wasn't that they were inrtimidating or unfriendly, more that I didn't want to break down there or feel I'd come to a stop. So I ignored the advice of everyone and just kept on riding Dot. Until yesterday. I tried a few places who were either closed or no good, until finally, in one city I saw it; the big red 'H'. There it was, a dealership for motorbikes just like mine. And so for the next three hours they checked valve clearances and carbuerettors, fed me all kinds of reasons why she'd be losing power; dirty fuel, valve clearance too tight, too much oil on the air filter. All that they put right, even pressure tested her and spannered everything tight. And you know what. She rode exactly the same. The same reluctance to go beyond 55, the same lack of refinement and vibration excess. Everything exactly the same. Fuck, what could it be? And then I remembered something that I've not told you until now. I think it could be the route of all Dorothy's problems. Okay, here it is; my confession... In Kazakhstan I let her run low on oil. Later that day she started clunking. She's not been the same since. There, I said it. And Dorothy I am so so so very sorry. What an idiot... low on oil, having come this far. Dickhead.

09-15-2009, 10:25 PM	#1587
OldOzy Banned Joined: Nov 2008 Location: Childers S.E. Qld. Australia Oddometer: 4,055	I just nursed a 62 year old norton 1000 miles doing exactly the same thing except she missed a bit at 55. I've fitted a new exhaust guide, 20 bucks. runs like brand new, Keep going Nate she'll limp home.

09-15-2009, 10:36 PM	#1588
nathanthepostman ^OP Studly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2009 Oddometer: 588	You know Mr Ozy, I think she will. Though damn it, I've just guided her out of the motel garage and ripped off her toothbrush sump plug protecter in the process. That's gonna take more tie wraps and just maybe a piece of string!

09-15-2009, 10:42 PM	#1589
exes Adventurer Joined: May 2009 Location: Overland Park,KS & Toad Suck,MO Oddometer: 17	Don't be too hard on yourself...we all make mistakes and overlook things sometimes. You have accomplished so much, it is amazing. I for one have complete faith that you and Dot will make it home and if she needs freshened up a bit before your next adventure, so be it. I am so looking forward to you and Dot coming to the USA...I really hope that happens. I wish that I could be in Dover in person to welcome you both home, but I will be there in spirit! Be Safe.

09-15-2009, 11:44 PM	#1590
nathanthepostman ^OP Studly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2009 Oddometer: 588	Hey Monkey, Can't respond to your message for some reason - shit connection I think - but I'm orginnaly from Mansfield in Nottingham but my folks now live in Yorkshire, near Scarborough, and that's where I'll be living when I get back, in the writer's shed my dad's hopefully building out back. I spoke to him this morning. He's on red alert waiting for the call to bring the old engine from the C90. He's done his research and knows it should slot straight into Dot should she suffer the worst. And if that were to happen I can think of no better way of riding this bird home. You see it was that bike I bought in London when I was looking for ways/excuses/ to get back to sydney for the girl I was missing. I thought heck, if I buy a moped and ride it all the way to Australia I can sweep her off her feet and ride a blazing sunset together. Only I bottled it and took the plane instead. It was quicker, cheaper. Since then she's been sat in the shed, dormant, waiting for her master to return and fire her back into life. So you see, to have her soul power Dorothy the rest of the way back would be the most fitting end to this whole damn adventure that I can ever think. But Dorothy's going to make it. So none of this matters. ....

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