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Markvan · Guru

Speed limit on beach

Markvan · Guru

Yum yum food truck on the beach. Cold coke must sell well over the xmas break as hes parks where alot of folks get bogged in there 4+4 trying to get over a sand dune from one beach to the other.

Markvan · Guru

This is Double island point. I think captain Cook saw it as two islands from the ocean but it is part of mainland Australia. A track crosses from 40 mile beach on the left then Rainbow beach on the right. Plenty of 4+4 clutches have been destroyed over the dune.

Maniot · Veteran Member

Beautiful place Mark!

Markvan · Guru

This is a camp site amongst the trees a few meters above sea level. Blossom always seems to be on the back of the bike. Hard going in boggy sand doubling.

ttr steve · Super Guru

40 mile beach, that you can ride and camp on, now I really am jealous! Nothing like that here. Thanks for posting up. Will go and find a muddy puddle biggrin biggrin biggrin

petenz · Super Guru

We have to make do with 90 mile beach... prob not quite as nice as your beaches over there...
it has a 50kph speed limit the whole length...

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-- Edited by petenz on Thursday 31st of July 2014 09:44:56 AM

TTRfan · Super Guru

Best we got in the UK Westcountry is Chesil Beach in Dorset but its shingle and pebbles and a tad difficult to ride unless you keep your speed up!

Chesil Beach is located on the South coast of England in the county of Dorset. It is a pebble beach 18 miles long and stretches north-west from Portland to West Bay.

It's a long time ago that I rode it and my guess is that it's closed to vehicles these days cry

petenz · Super Guru

says 18 miles & 180 billon pebbles.... feel sorry for the poor bugger that had to count them...

ttr steve · Super Guru

petenz wrote:
says 18 miles & 180 billon pebbles.... feel sorry for the poor bugger that had to count them...

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Markvan · Guru

Blossoms on one of those horses in the background. It was

just me and the ttr on the beach. Bummer was that its high tide. Went through the boggy sand alone in 3rd gear with power on standby. Last time i was here i had a brand new TT500. Which had more than enough power in the sand. Im still happy with what a standard ttr250 can do. Had 13 --44 gearing. next time will run 13---52 so gear changing in boggy sound will have abit more pull.

Chimpy · Veteran Member

TTRfan wrote:
Best we got in the UK Westcountry is Chesil Beach in Dorset but its shingle and pebbles and a tad difficult to ride unless you keep your speed up!
Chesil Beach is located on the South coast of England in the county of Dorset. It is a pebble beach 18 miles long and stretches north-west from Portland to West Bay.

It's a long time ago that I rode it and my guess is that it's closed to vehicles these days

As far as I know the only bit that's legal these days is from Abbotsbury to West Bexington. Most of it is rocky track but there is some deep shingle at the West Bexington end. A fun little ride though biggrin

Markvan · Guru

They call these rocks Coffee rock. As water lays in any rock pools it turn the color of coffee in water. EVANS HEAD. NSW. Australia. Had a two hour ride on the beach and as i was leaving i read the beach rule and regulations. NO BIKES ALLOWED. only 4wheel drives. So i rang the local police and he said no bikes. At the Rangers or local goverments request as bikes can go higher on the dunes and do damage.Not fair i reckon No bikes allowed. Lucky Ranger didnt see me on the day as may have copped a fine.

j180 · Senior Member

Used to ride my KDX on the beach in Stevenston in Ayrshire in the early 80s. Managed to hit 75mph near the waters edge. Probably get arrested nowadays, one thing I do remember is that sand and drum brakes don't mix well.