Here is the diary
entry from the Oz2A adventure and some stuff from Australia. Cerebrum approved.
You can also check out all the accidents,
diseases and other intrustin' stuff section, or if you are
into bikes you can see all the crazy stuff I have had to fix
on my motorbike - lots. Click image to continue.
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Select a story to entertain your brain for a few moments...
click an image to take you to that continent or ocean. Soonish.
Now would be a good time. You have a choice. Get lost in a story,
or get lost. I'd go the first option if I was you. Click, before
its too late.
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AUSTRALIA
Ayres Rock - Kununurra - Great Dividing Range
currently being updated... |
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NORTH AMERICA
Mexico - United States of America (USA)
- Canada |
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CENTRAL
AMERICA
Panama - Costa Rica
- Nicuragua - Honduras - El Salvador - Guatemala - Belize
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SOUTH
AMERICA
Chile - Argentina -
Uruaguay - Paraguay - Brazil - Bolivia - Peru - Ecuador - The
Amazon - French Guiana - Suriname - Guyana - Venezuela - Colombia |
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OCEANIA
Australia - New Zealand - Tahiti
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| Low Speed |
7 |
| High Speed |
3 |
| Nearly Died |
1 one muddy dirt road in virgin Guyana forest
with 409kgs, no other vehicles for over 400kms, giant Puma came
out in front of us. Five km's later we (Hayley on the back)
crashed into a dirt embankment and severely bent the handle
bar...click
to read more |
| Stupid Stacks |
4 (last in petrol station. Moving from the
pump to the shop. Everyone at the store laughed until they cried) |
| Injuries sustained |
Dislocated finger (put in back
in myself - x-rayed, all good), haematoma (right knee), chipped
bone in neck. |
| PUNCTURES |
| Front |
7 |
| Rear |
14 |
| DISEASES |
| Strange rashes |
16 |
| Hemorrhoids |
0 |
| Head lice(Days) |
60 |
| The Runs (Days) |
200+ (lost count) |
| Fever |
2 |
| STD’s |
0 |
| Other diseases |
Dysentery, Amoebas (2), Guardia (2), Parasite
in my foot -I can still feel it moving. just can't seem to get
it out. I am sure I have more. Just waiting to be rectally penetrated
by a doctor to find out what else is up there. |
| TROUBLE WITH THE
LAW |
| Pulled over by Police |
50+ Pull me over to perve on the bike, then
let me go. Never searched, never bribed |
| Night in a cell |
Secret |
| Serious time |
0 |
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The Semi-Retired Crew
Click here
to see Mark and Geoff's accidents, diseases and other intrustin' facts
before they left for love...
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FRONT
(LEFT) |
REAR
(RIGHT) |
| FULL
ENGINE REBUILD |
4
(Bolivia, Venezuela, Mexico, Canada) |
| WHEELS |
Realignment |
3 |
3 |
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New spokes
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1 French Guiana |
| SHOCKS |
Repair |
1 |
5 Cusco, Lima (Peru), Quito (Ecuador), Manaus,
Macapa (Brazil) |
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Replace |
0 |
1 2nd hand -89 Honda Transalp - same shock
- now busted too |
| CHAIN |
Chain
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5 |
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Link
clips |
7 |
| SPROCKETS |
Sprockets |
3 |
3 Rewelded new teeth onto original |
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front
housing |
1
Snapped chain in slum area of Panama City |
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rear
protector |
1 |
| CLUTCH |
Clutch
housing |
1
Bought new housing on Isla De Margharita, Venezuela |
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Clutch
cable |
9 |
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Clutch
plates |
1
Changed in carpark in Las Vegas |
| BEARINGS |
Steering
head |
1 |
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Wheel |
2 |
2 |
| WELDING |
Front
panel |
9
Whole front end fell of three times - headlight and all |
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Dashboard |
5 |
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Side
panels |
7 |
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Box frame |
9 |
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Alum.
boxes |
11 |
5 |
| OIL |
Change
oil |
34 |
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change
filter |
12 |
| TYRES |
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6 |
11 |
| INDICATORS |
3 |
2 |
| SIDE
VISION MIRRORS |
3 Currently have
none |
5 Currently have
none |
| HANDLEBARS |
2
I rewelded the fella back to shape. Next hard one it will snap. |
| WIRING |
Erupted
into flames on its own accord in Macapa, Brasil - 44degrees |
| RESTITCHED
BIKE CLOTHES |
9
Couldn't be arsed any more. Let it flap I say |
I replaced and fixed many more things, but
I can't remember all of them.
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