Distance travelled: 410 kms
Cumulative distance: 9,800 kms.
Sponsored by: Vaughn DeVocht.
I left the motel in Esperance a bit earlier than everybody else. I was a bit nervous about the job I had done replacing the oil seal in the final drive so I thought I'd give it a good workout in case I needed the sweeper truck. I thought also I'd better check my tyre pressures at the service station as the tyre pressure sensors in the wheels were giving all sorts of weird readings. I think the batteries are on the way out after 177,000 kms. When I refuelled on the way out of Esperance I checked the tyre pressures and set them to what I thought were the correct pressures. When I rode out of the service station the pressures were reading 27 psi on the front and 50 psi on the rear! Way out of kilter with what I wanted ie 38 psi in the front and 42 psi in the rear tyre.
The good news for me is the oil seal in my final drive seems to holding up ... no leaks so far.
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| Sunset at the Balladonia roadhouse. |
The route today was fairly simple, ride due north for 199 kms to Norseman and the due west 200 kms to Balladonia. On the ride from Norseman to Balladonia I was getting a bit dozy so I pulled into a rest area and had a quick nap on one of the picnic tables. After that I was fine all the way to the Balladonia roadhouse. After I checked in at the motel I borrowed Dave's tyre pressure guage to check my pressures and found they were correct, 38 psi on the front and 42 psi on the rear.
The Balladonia roadhouse is suffering from drought and has to have water carted from Norseman. We are the first group to stay there since December 2020.
Tomorrow we head across the Nullarbor to Eucla.
