G'day from Aussie

G'day all

Been lurking for a little while and finally joined up today. I have a '98 GL1500 Motortrike which I purchased last November. Traded in my BMW K1200LT on her and haven't looked back. I needed to go for a trike due to nearly ending up in a wheel chair permanently a couple of years ago and the legs are still a little bit dodgy. My beautiful wife Mrs Dog has rheumatoid arthritis so bailing out on a 2 wheeler was no longer an option for both of us. The trike is a nice stable platform and we both enjoy riding it.

We just returned from a 10000km journey across Australia, travelling to Western Australia from NSW on the east coast. Took 30 days to complete and had a ball. The Wing did not miss a beat, what a great machine! Just need to get comfortable with the different riding style.

Here's some piccies of the beast (bike not wife :D)

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Just before we left to go to WA
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90 miles without a corner, fun.
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The mighty Nullarbor

I look forward to being a reasonably active member of this forum.

Welcome to the TrikeTalk family! What a great trip you two just had!!!! Wow! That's my favorite kind of riding <img src="images/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Smile" class="inlineimg" />. Happy to hear you gave up lurking and joined the fun!

Yo Big Dog. What a great ride. I've wanted to go to your country for as long as I can recall. Not sure Ill ever make it so if you have more pics, terrific. Welcome aboard.

welcome aboard BigDog62. Glad to have you on the forum.

Thanks everyone for the welcome. The trike is a definite keeper for Mrs Dog and myself. Comfort, looks and power, what more could I want? Better range out of the fuel tank for starters, lucky to get over 200kms out of a 23 litre tank when towing the trailer and travelling +100kmh on normal UL fuel. Must get auxiliary fuel tank made (handy being a boilermaker / welder sometimes hey).

Still, the trike is growing on me and I look forward to a long and happy ownership of it. Mrs Dog and I are starting to plan some looonnnngggg trips around this great brown land of ours.

Hey Big Dog if you ever in my neck of the woods the Barby and the coffee is on me, welcome there a great bunch in here.

Yo, Big Dog62, with a handle like that you have to be a fantastic person. Welcome aboard.