82 :OLD BIKE AUSTRALASIA
OUT’N’ABOUT
The ideacrossed my mind for about two seconds
and much to his disappointment I said ‘Stuff it, I’m
going to build the B50 I planned to build back in the
early ‘80s when I collected most of the parts. Nine
months later it was finished and had completed its
first Red Plate Enduro.
We decided to leave after the All British Rally
before it became too cold, however, our intended
destination, central Queensland, was still flooded so a
slight change was required. Cameron Corner sounded
like a good idea, so one not-so-wet Melbourne
morning we departed and headed to the North-East
of Victoria via every twisty road we could find. This
included Reefton Spur, Eildon-Jamieson, Mansfield-
Tolmie then bush to Cheshunt for the first night and
then bush to the Murray and along the river to5,700kms on a B50 BSA
in two weeks! Story & photosDoug Fraser
I started riding motorcycles with a mate Sav just over 50 years ago.
A few years back he purchased a Suzuki DR650, popped in to see me and
suggested I do the same so we could do a bit of outback adventure riding
as well as the usual road and trail riding we were currently enjoying.
LEFT A cool start
above Dandongadale,
north-east Vitoria.
ABOVE RIGHT A quick stop
to top up the oil.Doug^ trying^ to^ find
his billy^ for^ smoko.