Out of bed late, and off to the supermarket to get some WheatBix and milk. Then it was give the bikes a tub and a good cleanup.
That took up a goodly part of the morning.
Nothing much on TV so we lay down for a snooze. Got a good few hours sleep.
In the afternoon Ian went down to the servo to fuel up. When he braked to a stop, the rear stayed on. Uhoh.
He released the bleed nipple so the wheel would turn and came back to the room. It then took an hour or so to pull off the master cylinder and clean it out, find the blockage and put it all back together.
All working fine now and we were glad it happened then and not next time he used the brakes as that would be either just as he started off or at the Stuart Highway 400+ kays up the road.
In to the pub for a meal and make sure Chris, the publican, was alright with everything and back to bed for a few more hours kip.
The alarm went off at midnight and Ian sprung out of bed and in to the shower. All dressed and ready to go by 20 past. Then around to the pub where Chris was waiting. We did up the paperwork and checked the EFTPOS machine was in time with the bike's clock. All sorted we had only 10 minutes to wait.
12:59am he began the transaction and produced the start receipt of 01:00. Perfect.
Ian was out the door, on the Rocket and gone. It is only about 100 metres to the edge of town so he had very little in the way of suburbia to negotiate. Just 12 kays later he would be on the 130kph highway and motoring west.
For me, it was back to bed. But I was still wide awake and so watched for his SPOT messages to appear on my iPhone screen. A little wait and they began to appear, nicely spaced showing he was at speed. I also dialled up FarRiders forum and saw Jeffer finish his 50CC attempt from Fremantle to Bondi. Good to know he got in safely.
OK, now a few hours sleep for me.
Two nice clean bikes.
Sorting out the start docket
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