Looking for someone to ride Canning Stock Route with

Hey Gianluca,

That’s a serious trip you’re planning and its sounds like you've already got good skills and knowledge.

I suggest you also place your request on this site, its dedicated to the CSR.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/canningstockroute/

All the best in your quest paesano.

G'day Gianluca

I don't want to dampen your enthusiasm for this trip but for ten years I ran motorcycle tours in Central Australia with dozens of crossings of the Simpson Desert and without a support vehicle and support crew I think you are asking for trouble.

Not sure what bike you intend to use but lets say it's an adventure bike similar to a Honda Africa twin with a 25 litre fuel tank - on road range approx 500 kilometres - off road range about 400 kilometres.

So you are needing to carry a minimum of 75 litres of fuel - you will need to also carry water, let's say 15 litres - you have just added 90 kg's of weight to a 240 kg bike and you still have to carry food, some basic tools, some spares, some sort of communication, first aid kit etc etc !

It doesn't matter how good a rider you are, how fit you are or how much technical expertise you have - crashes can and do happen to the very best. A friend of mine had the number 1 plate at the time for racing enduros in NSW and could ride flat out all day for weeks on end but on one Simpson Desert crossing had a crash and hurt himself badly - we put him in one of the support vehicles, fixed his bike and one of the support crew rode it to Birdsville.

A few years later a rider on another Simpson Desert trip was 1 kilometre from where we were going to camp the night - stopped looking at the track to take in the beautiful scenery, hit a rut, got thrown over the bars hit the ground and cracked his neck - that required calling the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Gianluca - what plans will you have in place in the event of a breakdown, crash or serious injury ?

In my opinion this trip should not be done without a support vehicle but it's your decision and you can't just rely on the good Aussie samaritan to help you out should you require assistance of some sort.


Good Luck

Cheers

Gazz

Hey mate, jump onto YouTube and find all of the videos by Daring2venture. He has recently finished riding his motorcycle more or less non-stop through all of Australia's deserts inc. the CSR. He did this solo and unsupported.

Gianluca : it's been done before ; a mate of mine did it with another bloke back in mid 1980s long before the bucket list hype of the CSR unsupported. But I do recall him telling me how tough it was had a couple of touch and go experiences and ended up riding at night to keep out of the heat of the day and drinking from the wells .. biggest problem being water & heat.... from my experience when we did The Simpsons was the bike riders that we had met was water when they had parted from their support Crew .As has been mentioned have a look at YouTube and learn from others people's mistakes. Another person who organises these type of trips is former Ace Rider Daryl Beattie
I'm sure you will find others 2 travel with in time good luck and have fun do your research well

G'day Gianluca

There might be someone on here that would be interested in your trip


https://advrider.com/f/forums/australia.32/


Cheers

Gazz

Still looking for partner/s