SEVEN DAYS IN WA a small adventure?

Thursday

Perth to Kalgoorlie 661kms

Good friend John Bristow (J.B.) (70) 2017 Triumph Tiger Sport 1050 and I , Paul Church (67) 2009 Suzuki Bandit GSF 1250 SA set off on a small adventure. Prior to this we had prepared the bikes, fitting top boxes and panniers to both. The top boxes just had essentials like first aid kit, water bottles, visor cleaning microfibre cloths, toilet rolls and hats. A small number of tools was under the seats, which most bikes have a little bit of room for there. Don’t forget the chain lube either; we did the chain oiling as a ritual each night.

I left home in Edgewater, a northern suburb of Perth and met up with J.B. at his home in Beechboro, an eastern suburb of Perth. We went via Great Eastern Highway as far as the Lakes Roadhouse, where we turned and headed towards York, before turning right onto Talbot West Road, a lesser road that goes to Beverley. This road is one of Western Australia’s best kept secrets, as it has a good surface with good visibility around corners. At Beverley we met up with three friends who were going to travel part way with us, but couldn’t spare the time to do the whole trip, Mike Jones (KTM), Phil Drew (BMW GS 1200) and Mike Bode (Triumph Tiger). We had