Rosann (Betty), is riding a motorbike …. around the world ...... a little bit at at time, mostly in 3 month bites, whenever she can slink out from looking after her company. The story is loosely about Betty…travelling through countries and little towns, bypassing big citys and big highways .... as much as possible.
Betty and California Highway Patrol ...."where the %$&# is Tasmania ?"
Encouraged by friends, work mates, complete strangers and family…we write a little bit of story each day, take a few photys, add a few maps and other stuff, added on as well.
Mostly, the story is easy to understand…except for the little bits of Tasmanian peculiar language and spelling……….just ignore these bits.
Betty.... famous NZ yachts woman, fly fisher and professional golfer.
We have been riding motabikes together for 29 years ....
We are riding a BWM …our third, and it is typically as unreliable as the previous two. It is on it’s 9th recall notice…has rubbish rear brakes…leaks oil into the clutch…Canada…sounds like rocks in a tumble drier…and will bust it’s final drive someplace ridiculously remote .. Arctic Sea ..... Alaska.
Betty and whale...
The only good bit about it, is the BIG fuel tank, huge panniers and squishy suspension…
Why do we call it … the “Whale”.. ? …..after falling off in deep sand, and trying to lift it up and push it….we are laughing our bums off, and figure this must be how the whale rescue people feel, when pushing beached whales back to sea.
Why “Alternative Route “…??? well..sort of because we look for back roads and little country towns……..but mostly because it is a favourite joke……….
“A university study found, that while stuck in a traffic jam….eight out ten married men had thoughts about adultery…….the other two men………sought an alternative route.”
The funniest bit is ….Americans just don’t get it.
Dan... and Whale …oh…it is broken again.
Our motabike is shipped across the world by Dave and Maggie’s company “Get Routed International Motorcycle Shipping” …. and held captive regularly by various departments of “letsf**kthemotabikesabout”……Customs……Quarantine….Motor Registry….Forklift Unions….ect.
Dave Milligan and a 40 foot shipping container.
We post most of our photies and short films, to Smugmug. If you have way too much time on your hands.....
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Any time we ride any where…we always read about it here……from people that have been there…fallen off…broken down…tried the food….been robbed…..caught bed bugs and std's…..and still recommend going there.
he goes every where with Betty.
