Around two years ago I bought a Royal Enfield. No not the English made one. This one is made in India and exported to few countries including the UK. It has been in production in India for about 50 years and I believe it’s the only motorbike that is under continues production for more than 100 years. Mine is a 500cc four stroke with 5 speed gear box.
Since I live in Australia, there is not many mechanics who wish to work on it. I have to do everything on my own and my mechanical skills are close to non existent. Every time I try and fix something I break something else 
The bike now is off the road for over a month and I have been procrastinating on fixing it. My excuse is that it is too cold to ride anyway.
Last march I went for a ride from Corowa to Canberra on the bike with two other friends who rode from Alice Springs to Canberra. That was probably my first long ride and I was not sure how I was going to handle. Last thing I wanted to do was spoil someone else’s ride. Although things did not go as smooth as I would have wanted it to be, I enjoyed the trip. Thanks to the other two who rode along with me. We camped overnight at this national park called Geehi. This place had a hut next to the river for visitors. It’s a nice quit place with the river flowing behind the hut surrounded by mountains and lots of Kangaroos.
The next day was a ride from Geehi to Canberra which could have been better. My bike started to miss beats. It would be running fine and suddenly die and start after while. The other two guys thought, may be there was water in the petrol tank and hence no solution to it than to keep riding as far as I could. I am a slow rider and enjoy riding more than take risks. Most of the road after my bike started giving me grief was dirt road. I truly enjoyed this bit of the ride. I would love to do it again someday when the bike is in better shape.
When I returned back home after the trip (Megan and I drove back with the bike on the trailer) I found out that one of the wires to the battery had fallen lose and every time it would disconnect the bike would turn off wish I had found that earlier.
