With nearly 5,500 k's on the new Road King and 6000+ k's to add to it on the Perth ride taking it well past the normal service schedule of 8,000k's it was time to bite the bullet and take it to the Harley Guru to get it ready for the trip. 

On the agenda was putting in the best oil, transmission oil, iridium plugs, best air cleaner

I recently received a message the SeaSA's ferry to Lucky Bay that was going to shave off a few hundred k's of our trip between Adelaide and Port Lincoln won't be running because some Abu Dabian decided not to lend them their boat. 

Because of that we'll now need to ride right around Spencer Gulf through Port Augusta and Port Pirie adding

After a light breakfast at the Park Hotel, Bathurst it was time to line the bikes up outside to take a formal group photo, a copy of which was to be provided to our host.  I'm sure a few of the locals raised their brows at the site of one of our number squatting in the bushes on a nearby roundabout.  It wasn't immediately obvious that

An invitation was extended through the local HOG Chapter for people interested in joining a ride to Bathurst organised by Mark from Thomas & Coffey to raise funds for the Children's Medical Research Institute .  The ride