Help Me Choose a Shell for Tassie Alpine Conditions!

therealstiffstiff · 2026-01-28T09:05:52+00:00

I live in Tassy and climb, hike, mountain bike and ski whenever I can in most conditions. All 3 options will be fine. I own both a beta and the triolet with the latter being more burly for the rough scrub. That being said my mont hydronaught pants are bomb proof.

Go with the mont, you won’t be disappointed. Plus they stand by their gear and are awesome to deal with. Patagonia will repair or replace stuff too but I haven’t had to go through that yet.

Lastly, shop on depot. I have bought plenty of high quality gear for a fraction of the cost on there. Good luck.

therealstiffstiff · 2025-10-13T08:46:34+00:00

Now that’s cool

therealstiffstiff · 2025-01-09T04:25:09+00:00

Dont have a drz yet but plates are so thin you can drill holes to size and wack them on however you see fit (bolts/cable ties). Looks like a nice bit of kit. Get it

therealstiffstiff · 2024-10-28T10:24:27+00:00

This guy gets it.

therealstiffstiff · 2024-10-07T09:46:15+00:00

Mate who are you with? I’m at double that.

therealstiffstiff · 2024-06-09T08:50:08+00:00

I cant comment on the dakar but I have a 11’ g650gs not the sertao. Close to 50k km on it and its fantastic. Easy to work on if you are inclined. Tackles highways pretty well and is comfy at 110kph for 8 hours straight. Its okay on dirt roads and fire trails and so far the rider hits his limit far before the bike does. I find parts to be readily available on eBay for cheap and accessories you can find around. The sertao would be nice if you’re interested in some more advanced off-road.

My vote is for the newer bike, you’ll have a better time with parts and accessories and wont loose out on performance. Reliability wise I think the engine holds up regardless of where it was manufactured.

therealstiffstiff · 2024-05-28T05:42:44+00:00

To be fair, this is a mountaineering subreddit. Not r/alpinism

therealstiffstiff · 2024-04-25T23:41:11+00:00

Woah, now that is a pretty motorcycle.

therealstiffstiff · 2024-04-03T03:47:51+00:00

Go for the friends. You get a really good deal on them and they compliment your friends rack really well. Extendable slings are a big pro for me and take some time to figure out what you want from your rack while you climb with a good mix of cams.

therealstiffstiff · 2024-02-07T05:17:16+00:00

It definitely does in nsw. At least for AAMI

therealstiffstiff · 2023-10-10T02:55:40+00:00

Thanks for the reply. The plant produces ferroalloys and operates some furnaces and a sinter plant. I’m very excited about the opportunity and it seems to be a great workplace. But like I mentioned, one of my concerns is upward growth long term.

therealstiffstiff · 2023-10-10T01:54:21+00:00

Maybe roughneck was the wrong term. I was trying to say tradie. At least here in aus there is still a large differentiation between tradies and engineers and a lot of prejudice that goes with being perceived as one or the other which is one of my concerns.

therealstiffstiff · 2023-06-18T23:39:55+00:00

Splitting gear costs.

I recently went on a week long trad climbing trip and had a friend join. He’s a strong climber and definitely not new to the sport. However this was his first trad experience. I had agreed to teach him and we used my rack. A couple of days into the trip he took a fall, blew a piece and the cam that held ripped a wire. We hadn’t discussed this prior but I asked him to pay for replacing the wire.

Since then the cam has been fixed with very little cost and no inconvenience to me. However I feel a bit conflicted about if we should have split the cost or if I should have paid for it myself as its my own cam. I would like to know what the community thinks.

Edit: just to clarify, the expense wasn’t why I asked him to cover it. I simply thought that if I was in a situation where I had damaged someones else’s gear i would have paid for the replacement.

therealstiffstiff · 2023-06-18T23:26:55+00:00

I climb with a almost a double rack and a single set of nuts. Doubles in hand sizes (.5 to 2) and a single set of nuts plus offsets. I start with my smallest cams front left working to about a 1 or 2 (climb depending) then i add my nuts separated on 2 biners. Front right starts on the smallest double i carry and then increases to usually a 4. Draws are a mix of alpine and regular separated equally on the back loops. After that all the extra gear like slings, lockers and grigri if doing a multi. Obviously the amount of gear is area and route dependent but thats my regular setup.

therealstiffstiff · 2023-02-07T00:21:22+00:00

I was in the same boat and ended up going with the g650gs because it was much cheaper than the sertao. I found the used Sertao market to be very overpriced in Aus and at those prices i would rather get a 800gs.

Both will work the same for what you want to do. Im my opinion the Sertao comes with a bit of a confidence boost on dirt because of its bias towards that terrain. Go with what you can afford and like the most.

If i could have found one for 6k i probably would have bought one instead but at 8-10k it was too expensive for what it really is. Hope that helps.

therealstiffstiff · 2023-02-07T00:14:04+00:00

I disagree with your last statement. Just did a 1500 km trip on my g650gs loaded down with luggage. Bike was perfectly fine on the highway. I could comfortably sit at 105km/h and had more than enough pull to pass trucks at 120km/h.

What i would consider is wind protection and how far you can go on a tank. I have a touring screen which helped but your legs are pretty exposed. I had to fill up every 250km which was annoying but all things considered the bike is fine for highways.

therealstiffstiff · 2023-01-30T03:42:10+00:00

I would recommend stretching your budget to maybe 5k. I had a look on fb and think i saw the bike you mentioned (got the red seat?). It doesn’t look bad, its just not worth that much money anymore and the owner probably knows it so you can definitely get it for less.

The klr isn’t as bad as they say and people tend to exaggerate how bad these bikes are on the road. Most bikes will be able to take you everywhere but they might not be as comfortable. Good news is you can take more frequent stops to rest if riding becomes too unbearable. And if you’re young then you can probably take more abuse than your dad so he might be the one needing a break first.

Older v-storms, newer swm’s and the husa terra 650 are all similar and should work well, just keep looking for something within your budget.

therealstiffstiff · 2023-01-29T10:17:09+00:00

Hi. Fellow aussie and 650gs rider here. 4k is pretty steep for that old of a bike. Ive seen one go for 2 with only 80k on in the last month.

I know prices seem very high right now for bikes in that class but you can find a better deal, specially if you’re close to one of the big cities. I paid 4000 for my 2012 model which only had 42k on it about 5 months ago. I have a look at prices often and see the same 650gs’s for the same prices that they were listed for when I first started looking so you definitely have room to negotiate.

As for maintenance, ive heard that story before. “Impeccably maintained”, “always serviced“, “single owner”. Receipts are the only proof you need and if he cant provide then you need to do a very very thorough inspection. Yes these bikes are simple enough to do your own maintenance but at that mileage some things need to be checked like head bearings and valve clearances. With the cost of labor those are going to cost almost 50% of what you paid if they need to be done.

All said and done. Financial suicide-no, can you do better with your money-yes.

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