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Forum: EMEA 03-25-2013, 10:44 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 614
Posted By mbravo
Hi Robas, I'll be back home just a bit north...

Hi Robas,

I'll be back home just a bit north of St.Petersburg on May 4th. If you arrive sometime after that, I'd be delighted to share a ride, show you the city or surroundings, etc. Feel free to...
Forum: Ride reports 03-15-2013, 02:34 AM
Replies: 4,650
Views: 2,507,557
Posted By mbravo
Walter did recommend some learning CDs (or was it...

Walter did recommend some learning CDs (or was it DVDs) in one of his Sibirsky RR threads.

There's also a growing number of native teachers doing pretty decent lessons over Skype. That way it is...
Forum: Ride reports 03-07-2013, 01:24 PM
Replies: 4,650
Views: 2,507,557
Posted By mbravo
some more questions for Mr.Colebatch

Walter,

I've been diligently reading through your RRs, even though in reverse chronological order (and I still have to do the Tuva and something else that is out there).

I won't say anything...
Forum: Ride reports 03-05-2013, 10:21 PM
Replies: 83
Views: 16,047
Posted By mbravo
As of last year, it worked like this: at Titovka,...

As of last year, it worked like this: at Titovka, there IS a checkpoint, but it is just that, a checkpoint. They do check your documents, so you should have *some*. That is, doesn't matter if you are...
Forum: Ride reports 03-03-2013, 12:18 AM
Replies: 297
Views: 115,801
Posted By mbravo
I hope this isn't considered a necroposting. ...

I hope this isn't considered a necroposting.

I was trying to find the DVD Walter mentioned, but couldn't find one, at least on Adventure Spec website. Was it ever released? (am particularly...
Forum: Ride reports 03-02-2013, 03:36 AM
Replies: 4,650
Views: 2,507,557
Posted By mbravo
Someone in another thread here on ADV reported...

Someone in another thread here on ADV reported that Photobucket has some trouble with a part of their server farm, and are working to fix it - might be related.
Forum: Ride reports 02-27-2013, 11:51 AM
Replies: 4,650
Views: 2,507,557
Posted By mbravo
It'd be an honor; if you or anyone from this...

It'd be an honor; if you or anyone from this thread's cast of characters heads toward St.Petersburg, PM me and I'd do my best to show you the city, at the very least, or help otherwise, provided I'm...
Forum: Ride reports 02-27-2013, 09:29 AM
Replies: 4,650
Views: 2,507,557
Posted By mbravo
Now, Rod, no international city contests here...

Now, Rod, no international city contests here surely (it's national for starters, and then there's no contest as far as I'm concerned :P ), but if you liked it in Russia and thought Moscow a...
Forum: Ride reports 02-26-2013, 04:03 AM
Replies: 4,650
Views: 2,507,557
Posted By mbravo
You've got a near correct guess - it says...

You've got a near correct guess - it says "Transportation of heavy loads prohibited from 08:00 to 22:00 when temps above 32 C"
Forum: Ride reports 02-25-2013, 08:21 AM
Replies: 4,650
Views: 2,507,557
Posted By mbravo
Gorsovet is a portmanteau word for City Council -...

Gorsovet is a portmanteau word for City Council - Gor(od) means city and Soviet... you get the picture

As to great respect for Lenin by contemporary Russians, I suggest you dial that down quite a...
Forum: Ride reports 02-22-2013, 10:49 AM
Replies: 4,650
Views: 2,507,557
Posted By mbravo
OK, let's see. There's at least three parts to...

OK, let's see. There's at least three parts to this problem - theoretical, technical and practical :)

Now, the theory tells us that belyash as such is a Tatar word, and is related to a certain...
Forum: Ride reports 02-22-2013, 03:57 AM
Replies: 4,650
Views: 2,507,557
Posted By mbravo
Just reminisce about belyashi - it was popular...

Just reminisce about belyashi - it was popular student food (when I was one, mid-80s, still Leningrad back then) - it had SOME meat inside and cost just 10 kopecks. There was a caveat though - you...
Forum: Ride reports 02-22-2013, 03:27 AM
Replies: 4,650
Views: 2,507,557
Posted By mbravo
Now, there's a whole world of possible...

Now, there's a whole world of possible differences here :)

There are Pyshki and Poncheekee - these are supposed to be the equivalents of doughnuts, however, say, in St.Petersburg the first is the...
Forum: Europe 02-18-2013, 01:24 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,130
Posted By mbravo
I'm still hoping to do a proper ride report out...

I'm still hoping to do a proper ride report out of that wild cocktail of pics and vids :) need just a bit more of free time.
Forum: Ride reports 02-16-2013, 02:58 PM
Replies: 4,650
Views: 2,507,557
Posted By mbravo
Walter, having read this far through the thread,...

Walter, having read this far through the thread, and also after browsing quite a bit through your bike build thread as well, I felt the need to ask your opinion - do you think a g650 Sertao is a...
Forum: Ride reports 02-11-2013, 12:54 PM
Replies: 4,650
Views: 2,507,557
Posted By mbravo
I wasn't sure it was exactly the Theatre of...

I wasn't sure it was exactly the Theatre of Shadows in the video, but if it is, fans of The Cure should be able to recognise the Kyoto Song ;)
Forum: Ride reports 02-11-2013, 11:26 AM
Replies: 4,650
Views: 2,507,557
Posted By mbravo
I've put an annotation on the Russian song in the...

I've put an annotation on the Russian song in the comments on Vimeo :-)

Awesome footage, guys!

I really need to get off my lazy ass and do the RR on the last summer trip to Rybachy peninsula -...
Forum: Ride reports 01-18-2013, 10:23 AM
Replies: 4,650
Views: 2,507,557
Posted By mbravo
wasn't it a pretty well-known British band that...

wasn't it a pretty well-known British band that sang "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way"? ;-)

let me tell you though, hearing a Brit is like a some kind of healIng ointment on...
Forum: Ride reports 11-11-2012, 05:49 AM
Replies: 4,650
Views: 2,507,557
Posted By mbravo
What kind of holder/cradle/hookup for the Montana...

What kind of holder/cradle/hookup for the Montana did you use?
Forum: Europe 10-24-2012, 10:38 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,325
Posted By mbravo
What's the typical weather there on those dates?...

What's the typical weather there on those dates? I'm kinda tempted to visit, but I'll probably be have to ride through snow for the first couple of days :-D
Forum: Thumpers 10-16-2012, 03:00 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 198
Posted By mbravo
Aftermarket handlebars for F650ST?

Dear inmates,

one of the projects I want to undertake this winter is to change out the stock handlebars on my '97 F650ST. They were already deformed/straightened under several previous owners, and...
Forum: Thumpers 10-16-2012, 02:23 AM
Replies: 1,633
Views: 445,509
Posted By mbravo
Cool2 Ok, here goes then. NB: some of these will...

Ok, here goes then. NB: some of these will probably be repeated in a ride report I've been wanting to do since July'12, but with free time being sparse as it is, probably not for another week or so...
Forum: Ride reports 10-14-2012, 05:43 PM
Replies: 2,547
Views: 1,598,034
Posted By mbravo
Wicked I've read through all the 170 pages of this...

I've read through all the 170 pages of this really, really nice ride report (thanks, Doug!), and am really surprised that between all the comments noone has put in the link to this clip:
...
Forum: Thumpers 10-14-2012, 12:45 PM
Replies: 1,633
Views: 445,509
Posted By mbravo
Wink a place for an older brother? :)

well, this is not exactly an F650GS, but something of an older stepbrother, or something... F650ST

if it's okay in here, I'll post a couple more pics, way out in the boondocks :)
...
Forum: Europe 04-12-2012, 11:33 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 943
Posted By mbravo
Not sure if this is still relevant, maybe you...

Not sure if this is still relevant, maybe you already bought your SIM, but in case you didn't, a pretty good and periodically updated compendium of PAYG info lives here -...
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