New member

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Hi all, Simon from Leongatha here, have been lurking around the IBA site for a while and finally decided to introduce myself, have been riding and touring on road bikes for about 35 years.
Have recently purchased a ST1300 and am looking to have a go at some of the IBA rides so will have plenty of questions about documenting, tracking, bike set up etc. any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers Simon.
 

Biggles

Premier Member
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Welcome indeed, Simon, from another ST1300 owner who has accumulated quite a lot of IBA rides on the marque. Great bike for the task with its 29 litre tank and comfortable touring seating position.
Be sure to join OZSTOC forum at that name plus dot com. Hundreds of Australian owners on there. Tons of advice there! Quite a few keen members in VIC. We had our annual rally in Mannum at the end of August.
 

tj189

Premier Member
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Welcome Simon, enjoy your time here on the forum. There are numerous ride reports on here that will assist you in your IBA endeavors.
You have a great machine in the St1300 for this type of riding and as mentioned by Jeff above, it can become very addictive.
 

Philmor

Premier Member
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Welcome aboard Simon, enjoy the ride on that ST.
Simon from Leongatha sounds a bit shady, said by a fellow South Gippslander.
We will have to catch up at some stage.

You should also have a look at the Far Road forum which started up recently to replace the now defunct FarRiders.
At the moment the Far Road rides range from 805 km to 1250 km and should be good feeder rides to the IBA distance rides.
A number of the Far Road members are also active IBA riders.
There is an informal “Far Road” ride to meet planned for Tidal River for November 12th which may give you the opportunity to meet some of the IBA riders.
Ride safe.
 
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