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[100%0\|a.k.a. GizmoGoose Webmaster of this site, and as of 2012 rider of a Honda ST''''''1300 Pan European. [http://wildgeese.org.au/StevePike#HondaST1300 imgs:ST1300Steve] I am the purveyor of DIYEarplugKits, so please contact me if you would like some. I can also, for a small fee, arrange a WildGeeseEmailAddress for you. You can email me [mailto:webmaster@wildgeese.org.au here]. On Facebook? Me too: [[StevesFaceBook]] imgs:LookNoHair imgs:GizmoGooseAndFriend imgs:AyersRockAug2006 ===Early Days=== imgs:MitrePub At the Mitre, my local in London around 1973. Not saying which one is me... ===Yamaha XJR 1300=== imgs:GizmoYammie imgs:Steve1WillowbankTrackDayJan2006 imgs:Steve2WillowbankTrackDayJan2006 imgs:Steve3WillowbankTrackDayJan2006<br>Round and round at the WillowbankTrackDayJanuary2006 ===BMW R1150GS=== imgs:GSWithWings (read about TheGizmoGSWithWindDeflectors) imgs:StevesGSAndTrailer The GS in long-distance travel mode imgs:SteveAtMoonanFlatFeb06 The GS in adventure mode at Moonan Flat, on the way to the KaruahRiverRallyFeb2006 ===KTM 950 Adventure=== img:GizmoKTMGoose Prior to the ST''''''1300, for a considerable few years, my only bike was the KTM 950 Adventure. The KTM replaced a previous pair of bikes, a Yamaha XJR 1300 and BMW R1150GS. The KTM was a more capable off-road bike than my old GS (at least for my level of riding skill), had similar power to the XJR, and would basically take me anywhere I wanted to go. It was particularly well suited to longer distance road/trail rides, which was probably my main reason for buying the bike. I kept up for some time a KTM950Info page to keep track of tyre choices, suppliers etc. imgs:MickBumbleBeeAndTheNewKatoom Mick poses next to my one-day-old Katoom in Kenilworth. imgs:SteveBaptisesTheKtm A week later, the KTM [GeeseGoBush gets baptised] - now fitted with crash bars, just in case. imgs:KtmInExpeditionMode Stage 1 - loaded up for my trip to Expedition National Park imgs:KtmHighScreen1 imgs:KtmHighScreen2 imgs:KtmHighScreen3 imgs:KtmHighScreen4<br>Stage 2 - fitted with a higher screen from AJPlastics ===Honda ST1300=== Jan 2012 So I thought to myself, the KTM is a big heavy bike, maybe it's time for something a bit nimbler. After a test ride or two on various machines, this is what I came up with: imgs:StevesST1300 imgs:StevesST1300Also imgs:StevesNewSteed OK, so I may have gone a bit astray. I ended up with a 286kg behemoth of an old fart's touring machine. But after a short test ride she who must sometimes be obeyed gave it the pillion seal of approval and I was actually quite taken with the beaST myself. Sunstate were reasonably negotiable on the price and the bike seemed to be in great condition for a 2002, 88,000km bike, so the deal was done. Picked the bike up Tuesday, had the KTM sold and delivered Wednesday. No point in hanging around... I will keep track of my mods to, and views on, this bike on a separate page - StevesBeast. ---- CategoryMembers
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