Forum: Day Trippin'
02-24-2013, 12:08 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,955
The next sunny Friday...
Nearly a month later, behold a sunny day! It had been nothing but gray skies, spitting clouds and cold humidity for all of January and the better part of February. But, when the sun did shine, she...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
02-13-2013, 02:25 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,955
Nope, not FLA!
Hi everyone,
Yeah, a couple of you from Florida might have thought I was referring to your state, but alas... I'm in the north of Spain. It is the single cleanest, safest, quaintest city I've...
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Forum: Battle scooters
02-13-2013, 02:11 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,603
She's just fine... for now
Hey 568V8, I like your tale of scraping corners late night to piss off the GF's parents. Hilarious that an old Vespa can cause anybody a sleepless night! And you're right, after you get the thing...
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Forum: Battle scooters
01-31-2013, 12:52 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,603
Yes, a modification...
Hey everybody,
Yes indeed, Moped Medic, my friends here have already clued me in to the possibility of swapping out the 125cc motor for the 200 cc motor. Grin factor increase is off the charts...
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Forum: Battle scooters
01-28-2013, 02:02 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,603
Very true
Solid words of advice. For what it's worth, I treat riding this bike with as much caution as any bike I've ever owned. I'm very, very aware that it could kill me.
Cheers
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Forum: Battle scooters
01-28-2013, 01:33 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,603
Finally Bought a Vespa!
Hey everybody,
After a year away, I'm back in Oviedo for a month with my family and I'm rolling around on this beauty:
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Forum: Day Trippin'
01-28-2013, 01:25 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,955
2013: My Red Vespa Debut!
New year, new adventures. Early December, 2012 and I’m back in Spain awaiting the birth of my second child, and as most expectant fathers of second children are, I was bored out of my skull. ...
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Forum: Ride reports
12-13-2012, 04:07 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 6,337
Nice one
Did a long ride in Africa some years ago with a friend. Each of our bikes were packed about like yours... which is to say heavily. We met a guy with his girl 2 up on an Africa Twin somewhere in...
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Forum: Ride reports
11-05-2012, 09:26 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 7,172
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Forum: Day Trippin'
10-15-2012, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 3,108
PCV with moto...
Jealous RedRockRider,
I was a PCV in Zambia 2000 - 2002 waay after the motorcycle was banned in order to save PCV lives. Knowing how I was, that was a very wise move on their part, but I was very...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
10-14-2012, 08:20 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 3,108
Cheeky question... my last-last word.
Bluebull, for whatever reason, I value my life.
On the little tracks there's no end to rear wheel drifting and sliding (intentional and otherwise) and near misses like that sleeper and whatnot,...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
10-12-2012, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 3,108
My last word
Dirtnadvil, Finnito, Watercat, KASUYAHO, and even Faceplant, thanks for following along.
Finnito, it pains me that a Honda let you down, but I assume it was a fluke... on the other hand,...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
10-09-2012, 10:26 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 3,108
Bringing it all together
We rode south from the snack spot on a pristine, rolling dirt road with views to kill for. It’s not the type of road we seek out, but when you’re stuck on it, it’s best to enjoy it. Big trail...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
10-09-2012, 10:11 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 3,108
Lights 'n' stuff
Cheers everyone,
jmcg - Thanks for the encouragement, more coming right now.
Man Whynow, those are some serious lights. It would be amazing to go for rides with that kind of illumination. Put...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
10-07-2012, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 3,108
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Forum: Day Trippin'
10-07-2012, 10:37 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 3,108
Cheers all! Next segment is coming soon.
TCSVN: Dar would surprise you now... it's one of the world's 10 fastest growing cities and has become a traffic nightmare. The number of high rise buildings in the city centre has grown even since...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
10-05-2012, 02:57 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 3,108
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Forum: Day Trippin'
09-26-2012, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 506
More-occo
That looks like wonderful riding...
Get some bucks, buy some MX boots first, then upgrade your BROS to an XR 400 (I'm biased) or something and go attack the goat paths!
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Forum: Day Trippin'
09-26-2012, 05:40 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 459
Big Horn Beauty
Hey Melby,
The Big Horns are the Hills 'O-Me-Youth. I grew up in Worland, bought big jawbreakers at Dirty Sally's in Ten Sleep as a kid, skied and snowmobiled there by Meadowlark Lake, hiked and...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-06-2012, 05:18 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,972
Namibinsectia
Rode through on a BMW 650 Dakar in 2003. Namibia blew our minds (and almost took our sanity... the Caprivi Strip is sooooo long and straight!). We came from Zambia, rode straight across the top to...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
08-20-2012, 09:31 PM
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Replies: 216
Views: 25,241
Lookin' lucky
Looks like a damn fine setup you got out there man! KTMs, a more than understanding partner and a developing country on your doorstep to ride where there are no signs! Keep on!
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Forum: Ride reports
08-20-2012, 02:47 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 6,343
Yeah... DRC
...yeah DRC would not be on my list of places to ride either, but the L. Vic loop wouldn't touch it anyway, just Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Anyway, it's just a dream... but as long as we're...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
08-20-2012, 02:29 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,784
650?
Hi KASUYAHO,
Just realized (more than a year after the ride) that I didn't see your post. What 650 R were you referring to? Faceplant used to ride a Honda XR650R, but sold it and began using...
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Forum: Ride reports
08-14-2012, 10:09 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 6,343
Lake Vic Loop...
Thanks for the comments everybody!
Bluebull, Mwanza would be great! Some of us have been kicking around the idea of circumnavigating L. Victoria... I don't know when we'd find the time, but it...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
08-13-2012, 05:12 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 949
Second Day: Chasing Trail
Up early and on the bikes, we left Mkuranga in search of new trails that would hopefully unlock a whole area of unexplored riding. We followed a brilliant, fast, arrow straight unused road in order...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
08-12-2012, 07:21 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,118
+1
I agree. Give us more than a link and a pic!
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Forum: Day Trippin'
08-11-2012, 10:18 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 949
The pineapple hill loop
After lunch, I could have honestly just kicked off my boots and killed the rest of the day watching the Olympics on the flatscreen at the guesthouse. That Kilimanjaro and chips mayayi had hit the...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
08-11-2012, 01:12 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 949
No, but worth a look
Hi Watercat,
In Dar there are no bike rental places. There is a guy in Arusha who rents out Honda 250s though, check out his link at Dust Busters (http://www.dustbusters-tz.com/about.htm). ...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
08-11-2012, 09:55 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 949
Vid to come...
Hi Bluebull,
Thanks for the feedback. YouTube tells me about 10 people have looked at the video since I posted it, and at least one of them is me. I think where we ride and how we ride is fairly...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
08-10-2012, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 949
350 for me
Michnus
Yes, we've all been drooling over the new (or 2011) 350 (and 450 and 550) they have in stock at the shop in Dar. I'd love to try one of them out on these rides... though half the time it...
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Forum: Ride reports
08-10-2012, 10:09 AM
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Replies: 204
Views: 37,953
XR Next time
I'm growing old waiting for this report to end, but at least I'm having a nice time chuckling at your misfortune from my dry home in Dar.
We just went out for a two day ride and got lost in all...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
08-10-2012, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 949
Just as far as lunch
Finnito and I got a decent start, took the ferry across to South Beach and began hunting for tracks. I’d forgotten to load the Lighthouse Track we followed a few months ago (link to report...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
08-10-2012, 12:46 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 949
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Forum: Day Trippin'
08-02-2012, 12:24 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 678
Donde esta?
Pero, donde sacaste esas fotos? Parece mucho a Asturias... la niebla, el chaval que lleva madreñas. Muy bonito, y me encanta la bici de madera!
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Forum: Ride reports
07-25-2012, 08:55 AM
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Replies: 204
Views: 37,953
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Forum: Ride reports
07-19-2012, 04:51 AM
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Replies: 109
Views: 22,202
Better to fly to Zanzibar...
Actually, it looks like it was one of the boats tourists and locals alike routinely use. According to this article...
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Forum: Ride reports
07-16-2012, 09:28 PM
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Replies: 204
Views: 37,953
NBO or Gorillas?
Either you...
a) were eaten by gorillas
b) shot by guerrillas, or
c) made it back to Nairobi already and the trip's over.
I'm pulling for (a), but either way you need to fill us in already!
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Forum: Thumpers
07-05-2012, 11:24 PM
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Replies: 256
Views: 64,569
XLent
Magnetic,
Love the whole thing. Fixing up a bike on the sly in the parking lot, flying all over the world to get a ride done (and the upgrade to Business Class... kinda jealously pissed off about...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
07-02-2012, 12:03 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,270
Sunday Morning Fail Ride...
Very happy to hear my friend Six-Twenty would be back in town, I rushed over to Ajax's house to see if we could borrow his XR 400, and to see if it was working. Yes to the first, no to the second. ...
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Forum: Africa & Mid East
06-17-2012, 10:04 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,906
KTM Nairobi
There is a KTM dealer in Nairobi run by Ian Duncan.
Sport Motorcycles Ltd.
P.O. Box 15000
00509 Nairobi
Tel: +254 20 891242
Fax: +254 20 891018
E-Mail: ianduncan@africaonline.co.ke
Have a...
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