Hi from Kerry down under in Tasmania,an avid biker all my life , currently customising a k100. Have found the forum invaluable in solving problems. Looking forward to some chatting. Ride safe all@

At least you've got the Tassie straits protecting you from some of this lot in Oz....

Hi Tasie Kerry, enjoy. I took a break from bikes for a couple of decades, but I'm just rapt that I've got back to it now. Tasie is tailor made for bike touring, it's on my to do list. There's plenty of tailored help here too,  just ask.

Yes, we are lucky down here, quiet roads mostly corners and hazards we are aware of living here. Not policed very much. Heading into winter so most of the good roads stay damp , extreme care required ! Still great to get out in the wind !!

Hi Kerry,
Welcome and enjoy.
Cheers
Mike

Welcome Kerry

@Dai wrote: At least you've got the Tassie straits protecting you from some of this lot in Oz....

Welkome, Kerry. I lived in Trevallyn and in Dilston as a lad. A good place to have grown up, wild and free.

Yo, Dai, it's known as the Bass Strait.

Why? Because it's the Bass end of nowhere?

@Dai wrote:Why? Because it's the Bass end of nowhere?

Legend has it... You know it's gunna be dodgy when it begins like that. But the story goes, some lonely old Englishman - let's call him William - looked at the water and proclaimed it was as dark and foamy as a Bass Ale, but, he acknowledged to the Irishman - we'll call him Arthur - beside him, not quite as black as Guinness. Then they went to the pub.

Welcome to the asylum from the northern realms. Did Tas at the end of last year the best bike road state and realistic speed limits and very few cops. Unfortunately I did it in the car.  
Regards Martin.

Just watched a BBC wildlife documentary on Tas. Very, very impressed - if I was a few years younger I'd put the island on my bucket list.