The day after we arrived we took of down the harbour with Peter and Bernie on their new Fleming 55 pulling up in Sugarloaf Bay for a couple nights…pure luxury after two weeks on the road. We had a few weeks in Sydney now which was a great opportunity to catch up with some friends who had moved here from back home. A weekend visit from Liv was a highlight for Dave, as was the arrival of Kate for Matteo. Kate would now join us on our journey on the back of Matteo’s bike.
Along with relaxing, Sydney was our last chance to get the final bits and pieces organised before we took off at the end of the month. The biggest thing of course was getting our KLR’s fit and ready to fight. And this was going to take a bit more effort with one of the bikes! Over the 4700km from Perth Matteo’s bike worked through 1L of oil which raised some concern. We soon found out that new a piston head and rings were required, but due to the lack of parts and time our options were running short. The only parts we could get our hands on in time were a larger piston head (first oversize +0.5mm), which meant reboring the engine! Not the most ideal scenario one week before we jump on the plane to Chile. But thankfully the chaps at Sydney City Motorcycles managed to sort out the bike with minimal fuss. Luckily the warranty sorted this cost out for Matteo. Now we just have to see if the bike holds up!
There rest of the work and preparation for the flight was done by a mob called Northside Motorcycles who were very helpful. They sorted us out with a lot of our spare parts and a thorough final service before the bikes get on the plane. They also hooked us up with two old aluminium Triumph crates to put our bikes in for the flight over. Our next major service will be in Buenos Aires…so hopefully nothing goes wrong in between. Our next report will be from somewhere in South America! We can’t wait!
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