Bribie Island to Blue Mountains: 8-Day Tour on Ducati SuperSports

What's it like to tour on a Ducati SuperSport 939? Join my riding buddy Astrid and I for an 8-day road trip we took from Bribie Island in Queensland to the Blue Mountains in New South Wales (6 days riding, 2 days hiking). We share our experiences with heaps of the relevant questions about what it's like to tour on these almost-sportbikes, on curvy, potholed, rainy, roadworks-riddled Australian backroads and country highways. And we share where we rode, where we stopped and where we stayed overnight along the way, in case you want to try something similar.

CHAPTERS...

00:00:00 DAY 1 Depart Bribie Island & Introduction
00:01:29 Trip Overview
00:02:02 Why Roadtrip a SuperSport
00:04:02 Cruise Control
00:05:29 AstridCam on Lions Road
00:07:25 Grafton Rest Stop
00:08:45 Fuel Range & Fuel Stop Strategy
00:10:15 Rest Stop Strategy
00:11:36 Fuel Consumption Calculation
00:11:59 Nambucca Heads
00:12:34 Luggage (Kriega Tail Packs)
00:15:27 DAY 2 Nambucca to Gloucester & Rain Riding
00:16:37 Stuarts Point Rest Stop
00:17:05 Wauchope Fuel Stop & Start Oxley Highway
00:19:45 Gingers Creek Rest Stop
00:21:49 Apsley Falls Rest Stop
00:23:29 Route Planning & Navigation
00:26:44 Walcha Fuel Stop
00:26:13 Suspension
00:27:52 Pioneer Lookout & Thunderbolts Way
00:29:32 Gloucester
00:31:13 DAY 3 Gloucester to Katoomba
00:31:56 Torque
00:33:48 Heated Grips
00:33:45 Stability
00:35:56 Dungog Rest Stop
00:36:33 Putty Road
00:37:52 USB Charger
00:39:36 Grey Gum Cafe
00:40:20 Bells Line of Road & Katoomba
00:41:35 Glove Warmer ;-)
00:42:17 Arrive Katoomba
00:42:43 DAY 4 & 5 Blue Mountains & Grand Canyon Walk
00:44:11 Katoomba Oatley Cottage Tour
00:45:04 DAY 6 Katoomba to Quirindi
00:47:27 Bathurst & Motor Racing Museum
00:48:16 Mount Panorama Lap
00:51:31 Quirindi Silo Light Show
00:52:25 DAY 7 Quirindi to Tenterfield
00:53:23 Daily Distances & Comfort
00:57:10 Reliability
00:57:56 Quickshifter & Shifting
00:58:45 Odometer Hits 50000km
01:00:08 Temperature Sensor Fails
01:02:01 Astrid's Base Model SuperSport Review & Mods
01:03:37 Panniers
01:04:31 Thunderbolt's Lookout & Castlerag Rd Torrington
01:05:20 Torrington & Dirt Riding
01:08:38 New England Highway
01:09:29 Overtaking
01:10:23 Tenterfield Donnelly House Tour
01:11:09 DAY 8 Tenterfield to Woodford (Then Home)
01:12:45 Astrid's Fuel Gauge Issues
01:14:05 Perfect Travelling Companions
01:14:42 Our Overtaking Technique
01:15:30 Helmet Hair
01:15:55 Closing Thoughts

CREDITS…

Thanks to Evan Splash for the theme music Drive It Now, provided by Tunetank at: https://tunetank.com/track/429-drive-...