A lap of Australia

A 12,500-mile lap of Australia by Kawasaki H2 and Ducati Panigale, plus drone. Sounds like a plan…

WE CALL IT The Powertrip360 – a 46 day, 12,500 mile long roadtrip around Australia on two of the world’s fastest production motorcycles – a supercharged 280bhp Kawasaki Ninja H2 and a 200bhp Ducati 1299 Panigale. We got the idea when we were sitting in a café in Delhi, India, sipping coffee and thinking about doing something that had never been done before on bikes that would be totally unexpected. Our lap of Australia was a test of both physical and mental endurance which we should really have done on tourers. But we didn’t. Infact, the Ninja H2 was re-flashed to give 280bhp. The trip started on 1 September, 2017 in Sydney and ended on 16 October, 2017, after circumnavigating the country counterclockwise. There were a total of 32 riding days and the longest day of riding was 1025 miles and 17 hours from Alice Springs to Darwin, completing the Iron Butt Association Saddlesore 1000 in the process.