I wrote the whole tour to Skyros Island with the DR 250S at the riding section of Advrider, have a look here: http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=754924
There's an Irish guy posting vlogs on You Tube as he rides around the world on Chinese dual sport, Sinnis Apache. He is in Mongolia at present. It will be fascinating to see how the Sinnis Apache holds up. He seems to have began vlogging October 2011 and I cannot find any other website, or blog with details of the start of the trip. Quite a radical adventure on one of those untested Chinese thumpers. They are available on the road, brand new for £1800 in the UK. 100mpg, weigh only 107kg, Do 231 miles to a tank of petrol and look as pretty as the Honda XR125, but in orange. I am in no way connected with Sinnis, I do not own a m/c, but in my research I couldn't help noticing this remarkable adventurer. The You Tube link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hywx...xt=C3440708UAOEgsToPDskIMmildbJc2H1VAbmuVku2Q
Thanks for providing the link to the video. I believe the Sinnis Apache is manufactured in China by Qingqi. Qingqi makes excellent motorcycles which employ copies of Suzuki engines. The Siniis Apache has an engine which is copied from the Suzuki GS125 motorcycle. I have 42,000 miles on the odometer of my Zongshen 200GY-2 motorcycle, which employs a virtual copy of the engine in the currently produced Yamaha, TW200 motorcycle. If one wishes to learn more about the Sinnis Apache and other Chinese motorcycles, I welcome you to join us at the chinariders.com motorcycle forums. http://chinariders.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=10077 http://chinariders.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=10075 Spud
Since there has been a few pictures of KLR250's over the last page or two I'll keep that going with the RR I'm currently writing over in ride reports. Link to it: http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=754065 A glimpse of the trip.
Rivets will still be a bit "catchy" and could cut/rip/tear what you put in there. If it were me, I'd cut down the bolts and use crown nuts. You'll get the strength you were looking for in a nut/bolt combination and retain the ability to remove whatever whenever that existed in your original plan. But now you'll have these smooth topped intrusions into your toolbox rather than something dangerous to your hands and your cargo. Just a thought. Edit: Nice work. Edit #2: If it in any way gets in the way of your left leg, I've seen these mounted from the rear underside of luggage racks with a pair of large hose clamps. Not much weight in them so it typically doesn't cause a problem with weight distribution.
We had one for my wife. Sold it because it was kick start only - which was a problem for her on the trails (hard to kick when the trail slopes away to the left ). Replaced it with a Sherpa. The thing I miss is that it was, bar none, the smoothest, least vibey bike I've ever ridden. Simply nothing came through the bars, the seat or the pegs. Toss in the water cooled engine and it would just go and go and go. If it had come with e-start it would have never left.
Could also try universal CV boot bands... Just make sure you get the good heavy duty crimper and not the POS sheetmetal one. Or clamps designed for Turbo intake lines. They have a fine titch thread you can run another nut or lock nut up the back so it will not ever back off. Those garden hose clamps are nice, but the wide pitch lets them eventually back off and you can't use a lock nut on them.
January 22nd, 2012, leaving for Mediterenian Coast of Turkey.. Bike is Chinese QM200GY, Will get lots of rain, cold long nights in the tent, short daylight, but for sure i will enjoy it.. Will add some photos here on the way back home..
Just finished a 2 day, 400km ride on my Suzuki TS50XK. As the name suggests, its only 50cc. How's that for minimalist touring?
Yep, its a wee two smoker. Apparently there's a quite a few in the UK and some European countries, I'm in NZ and they're definitely rare here. Rides like a smaller, louder, and slower version of the DR200
I believe the QM200GY is manufactured in China by Qingqi. If so, this bike does indeed employ a copy of the Suzuki engine. I believe the Chinese manufacture an oversized version of the Suzuki DR125 engine for this motorcycle. Spud