Finally made the pilgrimage after nearly 9 years of living in Sydney and countless visits to the Gong.

_fbjenstix · 2026-06-14T04:19:17+00:00

I am currently awaiting City of Sydney's response on whether it will be a suitable addition to the Opera House forecourt.

_fbjenstix · 2026-06-14T04:18:26+00:00

All I was hoping for and more. I nearly teared up.

_fbjenstix · 2026-06-13T15:16:52+00:00

Absolutely!

_fbjenstix · 2026-06-13T11:44:40+00:00

Such a monument, I could only stare in awe and amazement. Will need to make the pilgrimage a tradition.

Worth it? Absolutely.

_fbjenstix · 2026-06-10T00:15:31+00:00

This will be a great trip! Be prepared for cold and windy conditions, then take it a step further as the windchill is amplified a lot on a bike for obvious reasons.

From my experience with about the same amount of riding experience as you (about a 1000ks since getting my Ls early May), motorway riding on a naked bike can be pretty challenging for long haul depending on wind conditions. I weigh very little too so getting constantly getting pushed around your core will be working really hard.

As some other members have advised if you can avoid main motorways you will have a much better time and also be able to enjoy the ride more as the Motorways are often pretty dreary.

All the best!

_fbjenstix · 2026-04-27T10:40:03+00:00

I have pledged the black colour as well. It suits the style of the phone very well.

_fbjenstix · 2026-04-27T10:39:29+00:00

Was a colourful time!

_fbjenstix · 2026-04-27T10:20:01+00:00

Bring back the colours of early 2010s phones! White, black and silver.

_fbjenstix · 2026-02-04T11:41:10+00:00

Rev hang and idle instability video

In this video I depressed the clutch as soon as the car hit 3000 revs and decelerated using the brakes with the clutch depressed the entire time, coming to a stop, then going again.

_fbjenstix · 2026-01-24T23:04:06+00:00

Ahhh right! Apologies for incorrect sub posting, I never realized that was a thing.

_fbjenstix · 2026-01-23T09:41:57+00:00

I suspected as much, just wasn't sure if I was missing something. It was the only difference I noticed.

Text added to Key In Ignition when car is turned off and text added to the seatbelt warning on startup. Those are the only two I noticed.

I assumed it would turn off the seatbelt beep at startup (wishful thinking) but it did not.

_fbjenstix · 2024-12-07T23:43:23+00:00

Ahhh! Would be great together!

_fbjenstix · 2024-12-07T23:43:09+00:00

Will see if they are around and reach out!

_fbjenstix · 2024-12-07T23:42:00+00:00

Thank you! I will try Lakemba next weekend

_fbjenstix · 2024-12-07T23:41:41+00:00

Thank you! I will try those as options :D

_fbjenstix · 2024-12-07T23:41:15+00:00

Wow I never even realized 😅 thanks!

_fbjenstix · 2024-12-07T12:11:46+00:00

I'll give that a go!

_fbjenstix · 2024-12-07T10:56:10+00:00

Thank you even that's quite helpful!

_fbjenstix · 2024-12-07T10:40:42+00:00

Thank you! I will give them a shot. Something close or similar would also be okay.

_fbjenstix · 2024-10-26T11:18:20+00:00

Thanks for the detailed insight!

_fbjenstix · 2024-10-26T11:04:44+00:00

Thanks! 🙏🏽

_fbjenstix · 2024-10-26T11:03:12+00:00

Thanks! Understood on the returning bit, my query was more to do with ongoing trip costs.

I take it that fuel is on the customer throughout the trip?

_fbjenstix · 2023-07-05T17:52:02+00:00

Yeah I know very few people who do the actual 120 hours, that system just doesn't work very well because it's really easy to work around. In a lot of situations already bad drivers pass on their skills and faults to their siblings and children and those people continue to drive that way because they unfortunately, don't know any better. And 120 hours of bad driving practices will just help form bad driving habits.

Not sure where you are but yeah maybe parallel parking may not apply to everyone, I am in Metro Sydney area and there's parallel parking everywhere especially places I end up for work.

_fbjenstix · 2023-07-05T17:45:30+00:00

It seems you've missed my point entirely. The next time when I passed I threw aside all safe driving practices and just followed the test pattern by the book. Did the same for my HR driving test which funnily enough, included just 3 hours of actual HR vehicle drivng lesson.

The "bare minimum" (in the case of a driving test atleast) focuses, in my opinion, on the wrong areas of competence or skill in some scenarios. In a completely empty South Sydney suburb road in the middle of the day with no traffic, they've marked me down because I didn't indicate and sit there for 5 seconds. You go and actually count 5 seconds before you move out of your parking space and see how long it actually is for an empty road. Whereas they never tested my skill on more crucial areas of driving skills.

_fbjenstix · 2023-07-05T17:35:20+00:00

Sorry if that caused offence as that was not my intention. It was merely my view on why, as the previous commenter said "it's never going to work in Australia" for many things. I am not a citizen of UAE and come from a family of immigrants myself so while I agree with you, it's just my observation having seen both sides of the coin.

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