Thanks James. I enjoy the edit... not quite as much as the ride, but it's still a fun part of the process.

Thanks Kiwi Adventurer... I appreciate the feedback.

Yes, there is one skill that we have down to a T...... How to fall :-)

Yes when it comes to riding those big bikes, HD is fantastic at it. He flicks them around like they are 500's.... sliding the back wheel all the time while on the pegs.

Thanks Sherif, that is the goal... see if I can really capture what it is like and inspire other motorcycle riders to give it a crack.

Hey Luke & Jess... Glad you enjoyed the video.... I really tried to capture the feeling of riding Skytrek this time. Regarding BMW Stacks.... they were good ones! Yes, it was nice to have bumped into both of you in Arkaroola... one of the nice things about Adv riding. Hey, I might hit up your local knowledge over the coming months. We are thinking of doing a long weekend camping in Buladelah at the end of June, and I'm hoping you might have some local knowledge of trails in the area. BP

Absolutely, might be able to show you around as well

Hey China Greg... My video making is a labour of love. I'm glad you enjoyed it. And yes, if you are coming to Australia and you ride, then you would be doing yourself a disservice not to visit the Flinders.

Hey Nick.... It will be worth the wait.... If you stop in at Skytrek or Alpana, say hi to the owners from me. You will love it.

Yeah, HD can really throw that GS around like it is a 700cc bike.

Glad you enjoyed HD's stacks on the GS. I didn't show it in the video, but on some of the really steep hills he went back down them and rode them twice because he was having so much fun. He's pretty good at throwing that big bike around.... Skytrek is not really "GS terrain".

Was a tongue in cheek comment as i failed Skytrek on my GS, took the chicken track after two attempts at that first climb. My partner riders Nev n Mike succeeded on their GS and said “never again!” Heres my / our effort. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rdB3ZrSpsKy7YJ8.html Looking forward to Mount Gill which is a real highlight. HD will have found it a doddle I am sure.

@@feralbeemers Yeah, I definitely wouldn't want to be on a big bike doing Skytrek. I found it challenging enough on my 701 and that is 100kg lighter. Of course HD makes it look pretty easy, but he's a freak on the GS. We all loved Mt Gill, and while it was technical, I call it "fun technical" compared to Skytrek that is tough technical.

Hey Maurice, your story is not too dissimilar to mine. I rode bikes as a kid / young man, but then gave it away for about 30 years and only got into Adventure riding in the last couple of years. I went off and did an adventure riding skills training course which I found really useful.

@@brentbat Still life in the old dogs. 🤣

Thanks... Regarding the orange crash bars on the GS.... I refer you to my comment early in the video about my "Pelican co-riders". There is no accounting for taste :-)

@@brentbat HAHAHAHA! Well played!

April/MaY is perfect

@@brentbat thank you 🙏

Hi there... I use Epidemicsound.com for my music and effects.

I have no idea what you are referring to. Did you post this by mistake or am I missing the connection to the video.

Hi there. Welcome to the channel. I've used some fairly simple mapping applications in the past, buy now I'm using a pretty complicated one called Geolayers 3. It's super powerful, but has a very steel learning curve. I've invested in learning it because I believe maps are an important part of telling an adventure bike story.

@@brentbat thanks Brent, I’ll give it a go! Yeah absolutely, makes the story telling that much better! Keep up the great videos and safe travels!

I’ve got Aurora rally tanks. Doesn’t change handling much but I’ve got original air box and another 200km range.

@@brentbat Thanks for sharing. I'll look into it. Currently in the proces of buying one, well, actually two. Your video's helped making that decision.

Hey Andy Thanks for your comment.... It's hard not to enjoy the amazing Flinders Ranges... stunning landscapes. Regarding the mapping software, I used a program called Geolayers 3. It's incredibly powerful mapping software, but it's not for everyone. You really need to know Adobe After Effects (which I didn't) but I was prepared to go up the learning curve (because I do enjoy learning new things). The reason I invested the time to learn it was that I believe maps and terrain are a really important part of Adventure Riding and telling the story... and I also love maps.. so essentially I'm a map tragic :-)

@@brentbat Thanks for your reply Brent, I lived in WA for nearly 10 years and rode a trail bike in the Perth hills and hope to (one day) return and ride more of Aus. Flinders range is on my radar for sure. I thought it might have something to do with After Effects, one piece of software that I've kept at arms length as it looks so intimidating to use! I'm a map tragic too... except we call em map anoraks over here. I will watch the rest of this series, I'm enjoying it hugely... and look forward to one day riding more of the wide brown land.

@@MrAndyballard Yeah, After Effects is a learning curve in it's own right... Geolayers just adds more on top of that :-). It's great when you start exploring more of Aus on a bike again. I gave up motorcycling for about 20 years while my kids were small, but it is so nice to get back into it.

Hey Kane, yes, Skytrek would have been a blast on a 250. I agree with you about Mt Samuel.... I'll be featuring that nex video. We did the PAR through Nucaleena and Artimore ruins.... but Im not sure what PAR 5 is? Where does that go?

@@brentbat It's a offshoot off to one side & follows a creekbed a lot of the way

@@brentbat PAR5 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pb5gm9V81K_Xpn0.html

@@brentbat After the old car & before the Artimore ruins it's on the left, I had a map showing the PAR's but can't find it

Hey Davey, thanks for your feedback. I'm a bit surprised by it because for this series, my mate Cocc (in the video) is a sound engineer (me mixes audio for television as his profession), he did the mix of the audio and it sounds fine to me. I wonder if there is something particular to your listening set up that is making it sound strange?

Hi Brent, yes it looks like it might be my crappy television. I have just watched it on the iPad and it is fine. Keep up the great work! (And cheers for the Flinders .gpx files this time last year. The Flinders are truely magical) Dave