Forum: Europe
04-16-2013, 07:22 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
04-07-2013, 06:23 AM
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A quick jolly over Easter last week in the...
A quick jolly over Easter last week in the southern Balkans on the Parts Donor bike
See post # 10 at http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=871100
More Mongolian capers coming soon...
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Forum: Europe
04-07-2013, 06:17 AM
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Forum: Europe
04-07-2013, 06:13 AM
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Forum: Europe
03-24-2013, 02:21 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
03-18-2013, 04:26 PM
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A day of dead ends north of Lake Khyargas…
After the little river incident (the Wet Place…) from the previous episode I checked the engine oil the following morning at the hotel. Well above max and that lovely milky colour we all dread. We...
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Forum: Europe
03-18-2013, 02:30 PM
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Forum: Europe
03-18-2013, 02:26 PM
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Forum: Europe
03-18-2013, 02:16 PM
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Thanks for the reply. Just had a couple of...
Thanks for the reply. Just had a couple of minutes of interesting reading about the disputed nature of "Macedonia". I'll stand corrected and call the country to the west of Bulgaria "The former...
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Forum: Europe
03-16-2013, 01:35 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
03-15-2013, 04:19 PM
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Forum: Europe
03-11-2013, 05:14 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
03-11-2013, 04:37 PM
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Again, apologies for the late instalment of...
Again, apologies for the late instalment of Brighty’s capers out east. Welcome to Mongolia.
Here’s the forcast: The weather was mainly Shiite with some Sunni intervals. This was allegedly the...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-04-2013, 03:27 PM
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Ok, maybe the madness set in a little earlier...
Ok, maybe the madness set in a little earlier than me tasting human flesh.:evil It wasn't the depth of the water that was the problem, it was the speed it flowed at. I ended up on my ar$e in a...
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Forum: Ride reports
02-28-2013, 01:31 PM
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Forum: Europe
02-22-2013, 02:39 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
01-31-2013, 07:03 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
01-31-2013, 07:00 AM
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We met some Russian cyclists who had cycled the...
We met some Russian cyclists who had cycled the valley east to west. Our plan was to cut south (having traveled west>east) towards Lake IssyKul. The route we ended up on had seen very little traffic,...
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Forum: Ride reports
01-29-2013, 01:55 PM
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Thanks for the paneuropa.de shipping info.
...
Thanks for the paneuropa.de shipping info.
The bike value doesn't really justify shipping cost, but I also have to consider the "opportunity cost". And the bike does give me some good memories...
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Forum: Ride reports
01-29-2013, 01:35 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
01-26-2013, 01:40 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
01-26-2013, 01:17 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
01-24-2013, 02:33 AM
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Forum: Racing
01-21-2013, 03:18 AM
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Well done Lyndon! I'm very very impressed....
Well done Lyndon! I'm very very impressed. Looking forward to your talk at the West Yorks. TRF in March.
Thumbs up to your dad and Ivan too.
Thanks for lighting up the dark January days in the...
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Forum: Europe
01-21-2013, 12:13 AM
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Forum: Europe
01-18-2013, 03:50 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
01-18-2013, 02:03 PM
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Hi guys
Haven’t posted in a while. Been busy...
Hi guys
Haven’t posted in a while. Been busy moving house, sorting matrimonial issues and riding the "parts donor" Transalp (an 87 shed: You'll recall the trip bike is an 88 model with a 98 bodykit)...
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Forum: Ride reports
01-18-2013, 02:02 PM
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Forum: Beasts
12-23-2012, 11:59 AM
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As suggested by Mr Potski
A few TA pics from a summer 2012 trip to Central Asia and Mongolia.
http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp202/thebrightstuffdotcom/summer2012/DSCN4337erniemongolia_zpse33dc30e.jpg
Mongolian...
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Forum: Ride reports
12-21-2012, 03:55 AM
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I think it was just Moritz's bike that had this...
I think it was just Moritz's bike that had this issue, that than all 650s. Possibly it needed a tune-up. I think the 700 looks horrid and would never buy one. I got the AQ tank very cheap as part of...
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Forum: Ride reports
12-15-2012, 04:43 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
12-15-2012, 04:20 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
12-14-2012, 01:10 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
12-14-2012, 01:09 PM
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Somebody on a different forum recons that the...
Somebody on a different forum recons that the Lonchin company has, since 2008, made the engines that go into the BMW G 650 GS. Not my thing, either made in Germany or made in China. I do however...
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Forum: Ride reports
12-14-2012, 01:02 PM
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Hi KP
It's a shame our paths never crossed....
Hi KP
It's a shame our paths never crossed. Yeh, the cops in Central Asia were generally cool. The only real pricks coppers were in Kazakhstan, but the "trick" of pretending to write down his badge...
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Forum: Asia
12-14-2012, 07:24 AM
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Forum: Beasts
12-14-2012, 05:49 AM
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Forum: Europe
12-12-2012, 02:40 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
12-12-2012, 02:27 PM
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R and R in Barnaul, Russia
In Semey,...
R and R in Barnaul, Russia
In Semey, Kazakhstan I teamed up with Moritz a German chap also riding a Transalp. The border into Russia was easy, especially when the customs bloke, who was from...
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Forum: Ride reports
12-07-2012, 02:19 PM
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2500km Tajik/Kyrgyz border to Kazakh/Russia Border
Here’s just a random selection (in chronological order…) of pictures from the Tajik/Kyrgyz to the Kazakh/Russia border: About 2500km where nothing untoward happened. Just a lot of riding, nice views...
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