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10-18-2012, 02:19 AM
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"Moto Porn"ographer
Joined: Jul 2006
Location: Sunny London
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The Sibirsky Extreme Trail - The Toughest Ride of Them All
I didnt go to Siberia in 2011. I just watched and egged on a number of friends who did: Helping with planning, helping with bike preparation and following them live on spot trackers as they crossed my favourite part of the world.
But I wasnt sitting idly by. I was deep in the middle of my own plan to put together the boldest ride I had ever done. Back in 2010, I had been listening to Dave Lomax of Adventure-Spec fame talking about the Trans America Trail ride he did a few years back. Also, earlier in 2010 I had been on the 2 week Russian Off Road Challenge with a route that had been stitched together by zooming in on google earth. The trail was 85-90% perfect. Via that experience, I learned off-road route drawing by google earth actually could work, if you knew how to interpret google earth. It suddenly dawned on me that a trail could be mapped, from the edge of the European Union (Poland in this case) to the Pacific ocean. Just like the TAT, but 5 times longer, 5 times harder, and 5 times more brutal. 18,000 km (12,000 miles) of dirt tracks - but it would be a mammoth project just to map it. Drawing a turn by turn line across the largest landmass in the world. I began in the spring of 2011. By September 2011 I had the route. It had taken me about 4 months of staring at google earth daily, panning a few hundred metres at a time. It was a combination of cool tracks I had ridden previously, linked up by vast google earthed stretches sometimes several thousand miles long. I had linked together all sorts of terrain, from sandy dunes, to lush forests, fast steppe tracks, rocky brutal sections, Ural Mountains, river crossings, mongolian grasslands, the Western BAM and the Road of Bones .... Old Summer Road. There was a strong focus on terrain and routes that offered interesting off road riding. Through Ukraine, European Russia, Kazakhstan, the Altai, Mongolia, and Siberia. I took in a few key cities, like Kiev, Volgograd, Astana, Ulaan Baatar, and would finish up, of course, in Magadan .... It would take an entire summer season just to ride it. That was the mission for Summer 2012: To ride the Sibirsky Extreme Trail. Was this going to be the greatest trail on the planet? I certainly hoped so. It would certainly be be toughest of all my rides. - - - Here's a selection of smaller taster pics from the Sibirsky Extreme Trail ride this year; the full story and high res pics will unfold in more detail right here in the coming weeks and months:                                                         
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Sibirsky Extreme 2009 BOOK and DVD available HERE Moroccan Extreme 2011 DVD available HERE www.sibirskyextreme.com Colebatch screwed with this post 05-16-2013 at 01:16 AM |
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10-18-2012, 02:23 AM
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stop acting
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10-18-2012, 02:38 AM
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Adventurer
Joined: Jan 2012
Location: South Oztralia
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Absolutely in! Got the Sibirsky Extreme DVD. watching with anticipation from South Australia
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10-18-2012, 02:51 AM
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Marveling at the design!
Joined: May 2002
Location: Ramat Golan
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A good read!
Wow, this will be a good read over the cold winter! Thanks for allowing us in on the fun!
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10-18-2012, 02:53 AM
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V-Stromer
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Location: Romania - for now
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Totally IN!
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10-18-2012, 03:07 AM
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Polarbear
Joined: Oct 2011
Location: SCANIA
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SO TOTALLY IN!!!
 I love this! I see that Tony is still riding the XT 660 which is understandable! I have one myself you see. Although I´ve never found what setup he had the last time and now that the bikes updated I´d really really love to hear what you have done to the bike Tony! Marzocci frontfork? Price? Installation? Lights? Fuelcapacity? How do you transfer the fuel from the extratank? How much did the extra fueltank carry, 12 liters? why not the 22,5 liter Gillimototank? (Have it myself, range +400 km´s) Engine mods?
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10-18-2012, 03:18 AM
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Far from sanity
Joined: Aug 2011
Location: New Harbor, ME
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Woo hoo!!! Another one of your epic rides!! Can't wait - I am in for this one!!!
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10-18-2012, 03:24 AM
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Web Footed Adventurer
Joined: Jan 2006
Location: West end I-90 Pacific NorthWet
Oddometer: 1,272
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Oh yeah . . . . . .
Oh yeah . . . . . .
Looking forward to another excellent adventure RR ! 
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10-18-2012, 03:25 AM
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Mad Poser
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needs more lady shots
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10-18-2012, 03:54 AM
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n00b
Joined: Oct 2011
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I've loved reading the previous expedition reports & now, am very much looking forward to this one
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10-18-2012, 04:01 AM
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Fast and Far
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Location: Merrickville, Canada
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10-18-2012, 04:08 AM
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"Moto Porn"ographer
Joined: Jul 2006
Location: Sunny London
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Its Terry ... and its not an XT660 ... just XT660 plastic on it.
All will be revealed on the riders and the bikes in due course. Quote:
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10-18-2012, 04:11 AM
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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Aug 2011
Location: Ex-pat Poles in Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Oddometer: 225
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Im in
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10-18-2012, 04:49 AM
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Studly Adventurer
Joined: Nov 2004
Location: Duesseldorf, Germany
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Yep!
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10-18-2012, 05:01 AM
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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Jan 2006
Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Oddometer: 277
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I'm sure it will be another great report!
Would you also share your track for downloading? So others can follow your route in future, partially or in full length. |
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