| Around Australia on a Yamaha Road Star

Working on the Road Star

By Toasty, on July 18th, 2010

A complete Yamaha Road Star

With just about two and a half months to go, I started work on the bike today. This means I have a month and a half to get all the things finished before my self imposed moratorium on bike in September. I need to get everything finished so I can have time to fix any major screw-ups which is why I don’t want to be touching the bike in that last month.

Half a Yamaha Road Star

So things I got up to today include removing the Bub Jug Huggers exhaust in perpetration

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Canon IXUS 130 IS

By Toasty, on July 6th, 2010

IXUS 130 IS fits in the palm of my hand

So birthdays are a good thing to have. Woke up this morning to find my beautiful wife had bought me a Canon IXUS 130 IS digital camera. What’s awesome about this little number is that it is, well, little.

After my recent long weekend ride to Kevington I was keen to get a dedicated digital camera as the iPhone just wasn’t producing the pictures I would want while riding around Australia. But it needs to be small for easy access while at the same time have the ability to

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Short Update

By Toasty, on July 5th, 2010

Oops, didn’t realise I haven’t put up any updates for a while, so to hit on some quick highlights:

I created a Facebook Group for the Around Australia ride. You can access it via this link and you don’t have to be a member of Facebook to see it. You’ll be able to see/talk to other riders and read about what we are up to. The Everyday Hero Ride Around Australia Team has now raised over $47,000! On the weekend I completed the master cylinder rebuild for both front and rear brakes on my Road Star. Finally I have front

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