Australian Road Rider

CLASSIC SUPER TOURER

CUT PRICE SUPER TOURER OR DINOSAUR?

It all started in Panama. In our travels we met up with Steve, an expat American living in Panama City. A few months later we bumped into Steve in the Yukon as we were riding up to Prudhoe Bay in Alaska. Friendships forged in motorcycling cross many boundaries, so, of course the offer was there if ever he came to Australia to look us up.

Sure enough, Steve made his way down under to tick another ride off his bucket list. When he finally made it to our front door, Steve was the proud owner of a pristine 1999 Kawasaki GTR1000 with under 50K on the clock. In the shed we fitted up his GPS, made sure all his gear would be swallowed up in the big

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