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Short Trips

The Honda CRF250 Rally at the entrance to Mt Kosciuszko National Park on the Barry Way Ride from Melbourne to Kosciuszko 2023

Modifications

A close up of the mount plate screwed into the back of Andy Strapz pannier How to mount Andy Strapz soft panniers to the Tusk quick release
The Motopower twin USB charger on the right front fairing ⚡ 3x USB Chargers
Adjust the rear spring pre-load with a hole punch ✊ Increased Rear Spring Pre-load
I won't lose another 7 pairs of glasses on my next adventure! Handlebar Glasses Case
The small Wolfman tank bag on the Honda CRF250 Rally Front Tank Panniers
The pannier pockets are above the Wolfman tank panniers Front Pannier Pockets
The SSB LH71-BS lithium ion battery installed on the Honda CRF250 Rally Lithium Ion Battery
The air filter is accessible by removing the right-hand side middle fairing Foam Air Filter
The finished lowered seat with faux sheepskin cover 🐑 Lowered Seat
Take care to install the delicate elements! Heated Handgrips
The Pro Taper Pillow Top grip installed on the Honda CRF250 Rally Pro Taper Pillow Top Grips
The Quad Lock with an iPhone 6S doesn't hide the CRF250 Rally instrument panel 👌 Quad Lock Phone Mount
The B&B Bashplate mounted to the bottom of the Honda CRF 250 Rally B&B Offroad Engineering Bashplate
Me with a fresh delivery of Andy Strapz Avduro panniers and some inner liners he threw in 👍 Andy Strapz Avduro II Soft Panniers
The Tusk pannier rack has one nice flat top plate 👌 Tusk Pannier Rack
It looks like an angry set of teeth 😬 Lightforce 6" LED Lightbar
The Camel Tank needs custom brackets for a Tusk pannier rack and is safely tucked behind the pannier Camel Tank External 6 Litre Fuel Tank
The Barkbusters VPS with wind deflectors attached Barkbusters Handguards VPS

Gear

The Osprey Transporter 40l with Rok straps, bike lock and padlocked zipper Osprey Transporter 40L Top Bag
Putting on Andy Strapz Avduro panniers using the Tusk quick release Do I need quick release panniers?

Feature

Planning a route from Melbourne to Finke on a Hema roadmap Ride from Melbourne to Finke 2022
The Honda CRF 250 Rally that was to take me 50,000km from Melbourne to London The 2017 Honda CRF 250 Rally - 'Sheepskin'
A map with red string from melbourne to london covers Dylan George Field's bedroom wall Riding Melbourne > London in 2020

Epic Rides

Dylan George Field's fully loaded Suzuki DR650 adventure bike parked in front of the San Gabriel mountains near Los Angeles, California, USA USA Tour Complete!

Bikes

Callum and I who I bought the CRF 250 Rally off Why I chose the Honda CRF250 Rally
Me riding the mighty DR on the Tail of the Dragon, North Carolina, USA The 2007 Suzuki DR650SE - 'The DR'

USA

The plane waiting at the terminal to return to Australia at Los Angeles Internation Airport (LAX), California, USA
  • Adios Amigos - I Sell the Bike and Return to Australia 🇦🇺
  • 12,766km
 Day 90
The front of Paradise Inn & Suites, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Gift Shopping
  • 32km
 Day 89
An old Toyota Tecoma used by gardeners off Linblade Drive, Los Angeles, USA
  • Hanging out with a Trans woman in Hollywood on Halloween
  • 40km
 Day 88
The beach at Santa Monica Mountains near Malibu, California, USA
  • The Old Ridge Route to Malibu
  • 370km
 Day 87
Overlooking the winding roads of Sherman Pass down towards Kernville, California, USA
  • The Incredible Sherman Pass
  • 360km
 Day 86
Death Valley, California, USA
  • Death Valley at Dusk
  • 390km
 Day 85
Looking back towards Lake Mead at the Hoover Dam, Nevada, USA
  • Don't Gamble in Las Vegas
  • 360km
 Day 84
A mural of a native american grandma and grandson on a trading post wall off Highway 89 near Bitter Springs, Arizona, USA
  • Navajo Taco
  • 320km
 Day 83
Walking the Kaibab trail down to the Colorado river at the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA
  • Don't Walk to the Colorado River and Back
  • 22km
 Day 82
Saguaro cactus in a field off North Beeline Highway, Tonto National Forest, Arizona, USA
  • I Find the Cactus 🌵
  • 360km
 Day 81
A wheel from a haul truck off Highway 191 near Morenci Mine, Arizona, USA
  • Racing the Rain
  • 520km
 Day 80
Camping at the City of Rocks State park, New Mexico, USA
  • Stuck in Mud 70 miles from Nowhere
  • 480km
 Day 79
Pancho's Car Title Loans building in Sambrano, El Paso, Texas, USA
  • El Paso
  • 600km
 Day 78
The Suzuki DR650 infront of the Chisos Mountains at Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA
  • Three Days in the Desert Fun
  • 390km
 Day 77
A blue van parked outside starbucks, Del Rio, Texas, USA
  • Holy Shit the Spiders are Huge!
  • 400km
 Day 76
A warning from the sheriff for parking on a footpath in Austin, Texas, USA
  • The Alamo and the Guy who looked at me funny
  • 480km
 Day 75
Traffic and overpasses on the Katy Highway, interstate 10, through Houston, Texas, USA
  • Bucky's and Biscoe Bensons Save the Day
  • 330km
 Day 74
A 4-way stop sign somewhere outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • The Eerie Trees from True Blood
  • 550km
 Day 73
A lamppost and buildings during Halloween in the French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
  • There's Levels to this Shit - NOLA
  • 350km
 Day 72
The Suzuki DR650 outside the old Murray Gins building in Bassfield, Mississippi, USA
  • I go to the Wrong Gas Station
  • 380km
 Day 71
The flag flies over the entrance of Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama, USA
  • Sitting under Southern Stars
  • 310km
 Day 70
The guy who makes the Wild Mountain Rides brochure in the McDonalds at Robinsville, North Carolina, USA
  • The Tail of the Dragon - 318 curves in 11 miles
  • 430km
 Day 69
The helmet of 'Jacob' at the Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum, Maggie Valley, North Carolina, USA
  • Maggie Valley and Wheels through Time
  • 290km
 Day 68
The 'Back of the Dragon' sign on Highway 16 outside Tazewell, Virginia, USA
  • The Hurricane
  • 470km
 Day 67
A row of workers houses in Cass, West Virginia, USA
  • A Steam Train, Assless Chaps and man called Plumpton
  • 340km
 Day 66
The Washington monument from the steps of Lincoln memorial, Washington D.C, Maryland, USA
  • Roses Tinted Glasses of Washington D.C
  • 430km
 Day 65
A private bridge off the Lee Highway, Virginia, USA
  • Heyfever - Sick Again
  • 0km
 Day 64
A row of houses on Pleasent St, Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Heyfever - Sick
  • 70km
 Day 63
A 'Lebanon Valley Cycles' sticker on the swingarm of the Suzuki DR650, Jonestown, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Lebanon Valley Cycles, Jonestown, PA
  • 150km
 Day 62
The DR650 being put on a flatbed tow truck when the chain broke at Stoever's dam, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Catastrophe in Lebanon
  • 12km
 Day 61
A view of Philadelphia from South 22nd and Christian St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Lady Liberty and the Cursed Train Town
  • 200km
 Day 60
A philly cheese steak from Pat's King of Steaks, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • The Philly Cheesesteak
  • 300km
 Day 59
The New York Times with a coffee at Duzer's Local Café, Staten Island, New York, USA
  • To the 5 Boroughs
  • 320km
 Day 58
Dylan George Field standing in Times Square, New York, USA
  • Doyle in New York
  • 10km
 Day 57
Stoops (or steps) leading to apartments in Albany, New York, USA
  • Beggars Can't be Choosers, an Ignorant Driver and Janine Braider
  • 360km
 Day 56
The most confusing highway sign I ever saw in Ithaca, New York, USA
  • Watkins Glen with no Picnic Table
  • 300km
 Day 55
A woman pushes a pram in with her child in a poncho at Niagra Falls, Ontario, Canada
  • Niagra Falls Hard
  • 300km
 Day 54
Umbrellas on the beach of HTO Park Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Blisters on my Feet
  • 16km
 Day 53
Looking west towards Etobicoke from Ontario Place West Channel at dusk, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Dale Bennie
  • 230km
 Day 52
The abandonded Pakard factory overpass of East Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan, USA
  • I went to Detroit and got arrested
  • 360km
 Day 51
Brick townhouses on North Cleaver St, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Chi-town, Willie Parker and the National Geographic Girl
  • 430km
 Day 50
A picnic chair overlooking the Julien Dubuque Bridge over the Mississippi river at East Dubuque, Illinois, USA
  • Across the Mighty Mississippi
  • 340km
 Day 49
The Lyle Retz Memorial County Park flooded from the Maquoketa River, Iowa, USA
  • Flooded Parks and Sausages
  • 580km
 Day 48
Welcome to Nebraska sign at the border with South Dakota on Highway 11 near Fairfax, South Dakota, USA
  • A Homeless woman called Eaglefeather
  • 450km
 Day 47
The DR650 soaked wet an entire day of rain in Gregory, South Dekota, USA
  • The Rains of Rushmore
  • 500km
 Day 46
The fireplace inside Spearfish Canyon Lodge at Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota, USA
  • I Hate Motorbikes
  • 270km
 Day 45
Cooking steaks on a firepit grill camping in the USA
  • Medicine for a Rattlesnake
  • 600km
 Day 44
The Yellowstone National Park sign outside Gardiner, Montana, USA
  • Yellowstone
  • 350km
 Day 43
Indian Lake with lilypads near Yellowstone National Park, Idaho, USA
  • Sneak through the back of Yellowstone
  • 320km
 Day 42
The Grand Tetons with Snake river in the foreground near Moran, Wyoming, USA
  • The Grand Tetons
  • 420km
 Day 41
Lake Marie in the Medicine Bow Routt National Forest, Wyoming, USA
  • High Altitude and Strong Winds
  • 600km
 Day 40
Smoke from a wildfire on a dirt road to Williams Fork Resovior, Colorado, USA
  • Tourists and Mosquitos
  • 320km
 Day 39
Overlooking the Grizzly Reservoir at Portal Campground near Aspen, Colorado, USA
  • I don't want to Leave the Mountains
  • 400km
 Day 38
Richard Neumann aka 'slick rick' fishing on the Rio Grande river near Creede, Colorado, USA
  • The Unbelievable Portal Campground
  • 450km
 Day 37
Primative camping on BLM land at Crystal Creek in the Gunnison National Forest near Crawford, Colorado, USA
  • The Red Mountain Pass
  • 500km
 Day 36
The DR650 at Coke Oven's Overlook at the Colorado National Monument, Colorado, USA
  • The Great Canyon Road and the Briscoe Bensons
  • 240km
 Day 35
Camping at Miracle Rock, Glade Park, Colorado,
  • A Clint Eastwood Sunset
  • 70km
 Day 34
The Archview Chevron gas station near Arches National Park, Utah, USA
  • Arches, Canyons and Colorado
  • 360km
 Day 33
The DR650 under a giant plateau in the Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, Colorado, USA
  • I almost die
  • 350km
 Day 32
Road closed signs due to wildfire at the Skyline Drive, Tucker, Utah, USA
  • I go a Bridge too Far
  • 370km
 Day 31
Rushing water of the Big Cottonwood Creek, Utah, USA
  • What people do in Salt Lake City
  • 260km
 Day 30
Camping on a primative site of rocks near Bonneville salt flats north of West Wendover, Nevada, USA
  • The Salt Flats
  • 400km
 Day 29
A 'next gas 124 miles' sign on highway 93, the loneliest road in America, Nevada, USA
  • Where the Moths live
  • 411km
 Day 28
Overlooking Hwy 93, the loneliest road in America, Nevada, USA
  • Crossing the Nevada
  • 360km
 Day 27
Overlooking Lake Tahoe with boats on the water from the motorbike, California, USA
  • The Reno Rib Festival
  • 360km
 Day 26
The DR650 overlooking a slightly smokey Yosamite Valley outside the 'Tunnel View', California, USA
  • Hello Yosemite Valley
  • 600km
 Day 25
An address sign for Huckleberry at Cedar Crest, California, USA
  • Solid Rock
  • 225km
 Day 24
The Cal Fire helicopter in the morning sunlight, near Pinnacles, California, USA
  • The Sierra Mountains
  • 350km
 Day 23
Dylan George Field infront of 'Lola', Paul Zazryn's Lola T332 Formula 5000 racecar at Leguna Seca raceway, California, USA
  • The Monterey Motorsports Reunion
  • 150km
 Day 22
Wildfire smoke obscures the highway at Riverview, California, USA
  • The Leguna Seca Sprint
  • 700km
 Day 21
The Porch, Buy, Sell, Trade shop in Malice, Oregon, USA
  • Marijuana and Mountains
  • 400km
 Day 20
A green Plymouth Duster in Aloha, Oregon, United States
  • The Lady with the Big Eyes
  • 350km
 Day 19
A smokey mountain view of the motorbike from the Capitol State Forest, Oregon, USA
  • Escape from Aberdeen
  • 340km
 Day 18
A view of Seattle from Kerry Part, Seattle, USA
  • Seattle and Ms. Olympia
  • 350km
 Day 17
Tommy from Chile next to his BMW sidecar he bought in Switzerland to the USA in Princeton, British Columbia, Canada
  • A Shortcut Tommy!
  • 500km
 Day 16
Traffic lights of downtown kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
  • The Trans-Canadian Hwy
  • 523km
 Day 15
Rocky mountain sheep next 2km road sign, British Columbia, Canada
  • Old Flame of Banff
  • 235km
 Day 14
The motorbike outside a big old blue-green building at Coleman, Alberta, Canada
  • Into Canada 🍁
  • 500km
 Day 13
Camping by Kootenay River at the Dunn Creek Campground, Jennings, Montana, USA
  • Fire at Glacier National Park
  • 400km
 Day 12
A close up of a yellow daisy
  • The Wheat Fields
  • 680km
 Day 11
The DR650 infront of the Detroit Lake Marina general store, Detroit, Oregon, USA
  • The Girl from Richland
  • 611km
 Day 10
55 mph sign and motorbike on Lake of the Woods Highway, Oregon, USA
  • A Town Called Sisters
  • 565km
 Day 9
Camping on the side of the road off Hwy 1, Newport, California, USA
  • Redwood Morning Smoke
  • 530km
 Day 8
The Golden Gate bridge and the DR at Marine Drive, San Fransisco, California, USA
  • San Fran
  • 400km
 Day 7
A 76'ers football game at Levi Stadium, San Jose, California, USA
  • Rest Day
  • 20km
 Day 6
The DR650 parked on the side of Morrissey Boulvard, Santa Cruz, California, USA
  • Tim Murphy's House
  • 280km
 Day 5
The DR650 parked in front of a blue Chevrolet Belair at Buena Vista Road House, California, USA
  • Californian Coast
  • 552km
 Day 4
Overlooking a valley of the Angeles National Forest from Chilao Campground, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Chilao Campground
  • 175km
 Day 3
Dylan George Field leaving the Famous James Tucker's house in Claremont, California, USA
  • The Famous James Tucker
  • 85km
 Day 2
Dylan George Field's Airline ticket of Melbourne to Los Angeles
  • Melbourne to Los Angeles
  • 12,766 km
 Day 1