Postie Bike Adventure Part 5 - FINAL
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- čas přidán 16. 04. 2013
- This is the final part of the Postie Bike Adventure showing the last 150kms of crap roads to the Comeroo Camel Station and then a whole lot of fun when I get there and meet up with all the other Scrapheap Adventure Riders. Hope you enjoy :-) Cheers... Mark
Excellent series Mark, really enjoyed watching them. And that little bike is a bloody marvel !! Well done getting there. The camera on a stick shots were fantastic!
Thanks very much for posting these.
Cheers....Steve
Great work Mark. Great to see all the older bikes, many more tales to be told I bet. Can't wait to see more of your adventures.... Cheers,
1:57 *LOL* Ah man! Road turned to complete sh*t! Stayed sh*t. 15:00 The end is in sight! What a great video series. Thanx for sharing, Mark. I have really greatly enjoyed riding along with you, if only in thought and spirit.
Hello Mark. This is the second time I've watched this video. You guys in Australia aren't pretentious like here in the states. Everyone has to have a Harley or BMW or else you're nobody.I ride my DR 650 in the dirt and my Vstrom 650 on the road.I enjoyed your buddies at the camp. These bikers are truly dedicated. They all could have been in the Road Warrior/ Mad Max. You're one of a kind Mark. Great attitude! I'll definetely watch your DR 650 videos before I start modifying my bike. Thanks.
The best part until last... a true show man and a bit more whinging... Well done Mark and Charley..... Whats next???? ;)
Really enjoyed this mini series, it was so entertaining.... Wish we had the weather like yours here in the UK. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to more. Ride safe buddy..
Fantastic video enjoyed watching every minute in a force 8 gale in UK….Well done Mark and thanks for all the great videos.
Great video series. You Aussie dudes sure know how to have fun. That Dominator guy is a hoot. Nice job.
Great ending to a difficult ride. What a trip. Hated to see that sheep out run you though. It certainly was for a good cause. Cheers!
Mate great postie series!! Charley didn't complain once but that other bloke sure did. lol Hopefully there will be more adventures with charley on the horizon.
epic......wonderful travelogue.......looking forward to more
another fun one to watch great video and hope to see more
Well presented Mark, really enjoy the vids. Those posties are a lot of fun. Last year a mate and I went from Bourke to Poeppel Cnr in the Simpson Desert, love that red dirt. Can't wait to watch your next adventure, your living the dream.
David.
G'Day mate, all stock standard, just put a 16 tooth front sprocket on instead of the 15 tooth one! Yeah Rusty's a bloody good character all right :-) Cheers... Mark
Very cool! Cheers from America!
G'day mate, as long as the bike is in good condition I would only take a spare tire tube and tools for changing tube. Of course you need to take the normal little set of tools for undoing and doing up of things. On that whole trip that I did on the Postie, the only thing I did was put fuel in the tank and trickled a bit of engine oil on the chain. Cheers... Mark
Really ,, Very impressed with perry,,, very motivated,,, please interview perry
Hi mate. Only just found this series and really enjoyed it. Just out of interest thought I would relate a story about a guy I think might have been one of the first true adventurr riders. In 1987 I rode my Honda Xlv750r into Arkaroola
Thanks For Taking Me Along!
How Was The Trip Home?
Fantastic Video Mark! Thanks For Sharing!
Canadian here, and I found this great fun to watch. :) Nice work.
Thanks again mate, great to hear you enjoyed it. Cheers... Mark
Brilliant.. loved it!
G'Day mate, LOL yeah 250cc would have come in handy! :-) They are a fun bike and very cheap to muck around with. Cheers... Mark
Thank you so much for sharing your Postie Bike videos. If your desire is to inspire folks to ," take a chance at life " you've hit the bulls eye. Just a tip from an old timer. More than 3-5 lbs. on the front forks and more than 15 lbs. on the rear will cause that bike to weave side to side even on an asphalt road at moderate speeds. It becomes more pronounced as speeds increase. The weight and where it is in relation to the axles,centre of gravity will be an accident waiting to happen if taken lightly. All the best from Canada.
Just so you know posties regularly ride with 10kg mail in the front and 40kg in the rear. These little bikes can do more than anyone realises. They are stable even with weight. When heavy though you need to 'weave' up some steep hills. Lol, momentum conservation :)
@@SympleNLP its interesting to remember as a high school student having to ride my loaded pedal bike up 2 steep hills every afternoon, tired from the day's experiences. I usually had to _"weave my way uphill"_ just to get home.
As you mention, it's basic physics of momentum conservation. If I was lucky, my chain didn't "jump" the sprockets, causing me to crash down onto the crossbar which was really painful. I should've bought a new chain and sprockets every year, but just put up with it.
Superb stuff, now that's an adventure and the series has been great to watch. The effort you put in to it shines through, and it's better than most of the shit on TV. Fantastic that you did that trip, and it looks like you had a blast too. Considering the bike you were on you dealt with that dirt just great, I mean, it's easy on a trailie eh?
All the best mate.
Peter
Loved every bit of it .... Well done!!! :)
+Marshall Man great to hear and thanks mate! :-)
G'Day mate, thanks heaps and yeah that's exactly right... motorcycle adventure can be on any motorbike, anywhere in the world, it can be on dirt or tar... it's all about what you want it to be and not what others expect or what the media tells you it should be. Cheers... Mark
G'Day Viper, got a few things in the pipeline! Lawn mower... now that would be hilarious! :-) Cheers... Mark
Looked like a hell of a fun ride. But i would have wanted some fuel injected 250cc dual sport for that. Neat little bike you have there though too bad they never caught on here in the US.
hey mark great videos as usual, just wondering what program you use to edit your films
cheers steve
Big ol crazy birds down there, dang. You shouldn't worry about running into cows while your on the postie, just duck a bit and you'll pass under em. Last year my wife and I were on a road trip heading through Potholes Reservoir near Moses Lake WA. she happened to be driving when we nearly smacked a beaver.
used to race lawnmower powered by a bike engine :)
yeah, thats would be a blast....
Charlie is doing better than the Mars Rover, at a fraction of the cost lol good one Charlie
hey mark, what is your next great adventure mate? it would be funny if you modify a lawnmower and take it across Australia mate. that would be hilarious......
Awesome videos mate, subscribed! (now to find a postie on bikesales...)
G'day Mark, do you know where The Melville Caves are? I'm pretty sure they're inbetween Bendigo and St. Arnaud. You should go and do a video there with the posty bike and ride the trails there.
I really enjoyed watching these videos. My favourite parts were:
Your plans and how you adapted them
The singing
Australia and the Emus etc.
Pete and his Honda Dominator, especially the jump. It's why you bought Max, isn't it? ;)
Thanks for sharing
+Ron Kierstead Thanks mate and my pleasure! :-)
hay gday mate, love the we postie, have small bike will travel a, slower, but a f lot cheaper lol, dry roads to you.
Well done Mark on finishing the ride.I really enjoy watching your Vid's about your exploits.
Your humor ,witty banter and Aus language never fails to amuse me.Long may the video's keep coming.Cheers Mark .Mike.
I know this is 3 years late but this piece is timeless, excellent effort. Your trip also made me reflect on how tough the early explorers must have been. Charley looked in top nick at the end of the trip a real little trooper :-)
He certainly is a trooper! :-)
I just completed the the 5 part series. That's one hell of an adventure to remember for the rest of your life. Still bringing joy to the people that watch it on CZcams. I guess the trip home to Victoria was also amazing. These videos are brilliant. Thank you Mark.
Hi mate. Only just found this series and really enjoyed it. Just out of interest thought I would relate a story about a guy I think might have been one of the first true adventure riders. In 1987 I rode my Honda Xlv750r into Arkaroola on a trip north. As I filled up I saw a bloke pull up on a CT 90. No real protection other than an open face helmet. Two clear plastic cordial bottles full of petrol. Spare tyre over his shoulder and gear in plastic bags attached with ocky straps. Never got to speak with him he just took off down the road.
Really enjoyed that...great series! The camp at Comeroo looked like a real hoot! The Postie with its heavy load was awesome, and it just goes to show that you don't need to spend a fortune (or travel at warp speeds!) to enjoy a memorable motorcycle adventure. Good stuff :)
Please make more videos with postie bike.
This is why I love being an Aussie... loved every minute of it... My hats off to you all... Perry in particular, a double amputee and riding a bike... now that is awesome!...
...and.. if anyone ever bags out a postie bike to me... look out... how reliable can you get?
Stay safe and ride far... Cheers
Great vid ..do you use GoPro ???
G'Day BCR, thanks mate and yeah Pete is a real top bloke and a bloody funny bugger... it's great to be around him. Cheers... Mark
G'Day Geordie, yeah it was great checking all the bikes out and hearing all the tales about how they put them together and stuff... people are just amazing... love it! Cheers... Mark
What an awesome adventure! Thanks for sharing with us, Mark. Loved Perry's bike too. Looking forward to watching the rest of your videos. :-) Cheers, Randal
I know it's been 3 years since this series was posted, but I just discovered it and enjoyed watching it so much that I had to comment! What a great trip! I have never seen a CT110 set up for adventure rides, that's so cool!! Loved the videos, the ride looked long, tiring, and fun all at the same time. I know that feeling well! The landscape and views look almost exactly like riding across west Texas; something I've done many times on my DR650 and my Sportster. Also the scrapper bike meet was awesome! We don't have anything like that here, but it sure would be a blast!
+Trevor Jameson Thanks heaps Trevor! :-)
Coming back to watching this whole trip again, was great fun! Thanks again Mark!
Halle--fuckin--lujah.... Gold! Seems like a top bloke this Mark.
Bloody fantastic Mark. Well done, and thanks for the great videos!
What camera and sound gear you usin as it has good quality to it ..
An Irishman thought a kamocasi was a camouflaged toilet 👍😂
Mark seems like a bloke I could have a beer with. I can't think of that many people on youtube who fit that description.
Thanks mate! :-)
Hey Guy's, well here it is the last part of the Postie Bike Adventure! It's a long one but the road was long and the end was a whole lot of fun :-) hope you enjoy! Cheers... Mark
Nice job Mark! Looked like a lot of fun!
G'Day Justin, thanks mate and yeah it was a really great time at the camel station with everyone. Cheers... Mark
Skippy and his Sheila
G'Day Skeggy, LOL yeah I was certainly thinking it at times mate... even just a few more cc's! :-) Yeah all the guys where bloody fantastic... it's amazing what people can do! Pete's magnetic gloves are a bloody ripper... they are actualy builders gloves with a magnetic strip for putting the nails on! :-) Cheers... Mark
mate you are a legend I feel inspired
Bugger it looks like a hard ride at times, I bet at times you wish you'd had a big old dirt bike, would have made some parts of the journey easier, still at least you and charley made it buddy, looked like a nice bunch of guys, and when someone's riding a bike with a disability like that, what do I moan about,
And I got to say it Mark,! Love the magnetic gloves, best wishes from Sunny Skegness, here on the east coast of little old England,
Ride Safe Buddy
Thank you mark ab lived this series
Cheers from the USA and a Trail 90 Rider!
He may be faster but your bike has better mpg lol
Bitchin mirrors! Nice vid series.
I love the looks of your postie bike.
Hey fellow Scrapper :)
I was told to check ya channel out, couldnt go past the Postie challenge vid...(Scrapheap adv. #4)...the one i missed!! One day ill finish the Vid for #3 - Kosciusco.
Im building the Xt600 Dinosaur ATM, so i hope to see u at #5?? Nymboida, are u going?
>:)
G'day mate, yeah that was a great trip on Charlie the Postie Bike and a bloody ripper of an event. I'm not sure yet if I'm gunna make the Nymboida one, a bit far for the time I have available (Postie is slow). Cheers... Mark
Yeah kool, im iffy atm for Nymboida. Bike may not be ready in time. Plus it is a HUGE trip for a 'Mayden Voyage'?? lol
Might see u on a dusty road sometime...
Cheers >:)
Epic ride and a great bunch of guys. Not sure if there is anything like it here in the US, I suspect not.
Take care Dave
Wow, that was a great set of vids mate! I really enjoyed them, fair play to all those who took part in the scrapheap thing too
G'day Dave, thanks mate! Cheers... Mark
Are you fellas allowed to eat all those animals?Bet you got a case of monkey butt after that ride :) peace
G'Day mate, yeah I've been there a few times in the car. That would be a great place for the Postie! Thanks for the idea. Cheers... Mark
G'Day Tex, no worries mate was my pleasure :-) The trip home was good only had 1000kms to get there, weather was great, Charley just kept on going! Was glad to be home though after all that :-) Cheers... Mark
G'Day Charles, LOL :-) thanks mate and as usual a pleasure to have you along mate :-) Cheers... Mark
the faster you go on the sand the easier it is to keep the bike straight
G'Day Hadi, great stuff mate and have a great time doing it! Cheers... Mark
G'Day Steve, thanks mate always great to hear! :-) Cheers... Mark
G'Day Peter, thanks heaps mate! :-) It would be easier on a trail bike but an experienced rider would have done that stuff easy on the Postie I reckon... I'm still trying to master the sand :-) Cheers... Mark
G'day David, Thanks heaps mate! :-) That would have been a bloody great trip. Cheers... Mark
G'Day John, LOL thanks mate! Charley and I are heading to the High Country for some different type of terrain. A mate of mine Ken has invited me and Charley for a weekend of motorcross style riding... will be interesting if not a bloody good laugh :-) should be in May sometime. Cheers... Mark
Kamocasi emus
Good times.
G'Day mate, thanks! Cheers... Mark
14.56 is the most enthusiastic fuck yer I think I've ever heard. Made me laugh out loud for real. Your great to watch.
G'Day Johnathon, thanks mate! Cheers... Mark
G'Day Chevy, great to hear you enjoyed it mate! :-) Cheers... Mark
G'Day Steve, thanks mate! :-) I use Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10.0 Cheers... Mark
G'Day Mate, thanks mate! Cheers... Mark
G'Day mate, I'll try and get something done soon... got a bit on the go at the moment but I'll try and get something done. Cheers... Mark
Love the postie rides you do. Was wondering what tyres you’re running?
I’m after something similar, semi road semi dirt. I’ve currently got the Vee Rubber tyres that Aus Post used to use before they switched to Michelin. I could do with something a bit more aggressive in the dirt but need good road traction too.
Cheers from WA
G'day Kevin, great stuff and thanks mate! :-) Cheers...Mark
G'day Steve, thanks mate! :-) Cheers... Mark
G'Day Phillip, thanks mate! :-) No I don't have a GoPro. I use Drift cameras, one day I'll get round to trying out the GoPro. Cheers... Mark
G'Day Mike, thanks mate and LOL yeah it was a bit sad that the sheep was out running me :-) Cheers... Mark
G'Day Pez, thanks mate and it was my pleasure :-) Cheers... Mark
G'Day mate, on the bike I use the Drift cameras (Drift externanal mic) and off the bike I use a Sony Handycam (it's own built in mic). Cheers... Mark
Thanks mate! :-) Cheers... Mark
G'Day mate, LOL bloody hell... force 8 gale! Thanks mate :-) Cheers... Mark
G'Day mate, thanks heaps! :-) Cheers Mark
G'Day Phill, LOL I was bloody releaved to get there! :-) Cheers... Mark
G'day mate, thanks and yeah Perry's bike was Awesome! :-) Cheers... Mark
G'Day Gaz, LOL and his sitting out the back just wanting to get out again! :-) Cheers... Mark