What bike(s) are you actually riding?

[DavidFL]

The "new" Nmax, a temporary ride, until I can get back on & ride the Vstrom

The story on GTR here:

Want to buy Yamaha Nmax 155

The old GTR fellah is looking to buy a small automatic scooter for 6 months. The bike I'm after is a Yamaha Nmax 155. Ideally the price should be 40-50,000 baht, with the bike having less than 50,000 kms on the clock. I'm still recovering with a broken leg from my crash 6 months ago & how the...

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The Vstrom in rebuild mode

Ooops done it again. A David Unk crash.

You are looking a whole lot better than last time I saw you! Steadily progressing each day. Thanks. We're making progress but it is bloody slow.

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[Eoin Christie]

Now that I’m ensconced in Angola, I’ve gotten myself a KTM EXC-F 250. It’s a 2014 in near-new condition. Unfortunately, I can’t get out and about on it until I get my new visa in place, and a helmet might help, too.

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[DavidFL]

Now that I’m ensconced in Angola, I’ve gotten myself a KTM EXC-F 250. It’s a 2014 in near-new condition. Unfortunately, I can’t get out and about on it until I get my new visa in place, and a helmet might help, too.

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Wow, there should be some interesting riding over there too.
Thanks for the update.

 

[Eoin Christie]

Now that I’m ensconced in Angola, I’ve gotten myself a KTM EXC-F 250. It’s a 2014 in near-new condition. Unfortunately, I can’t get out and about on it until I get my new visa in place, and a helmet might help, too.

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I took it for a ride down South in Angola, with some learnings along the way:
1) 3,000km (a large part of it blacktop) on a vibrating KTM with knobbies can destroy one's iPhone. Now my iPhone camera replicates the journey by just showing wobbles whenever I turn it on.
2) Riding the above with a back-pack (with a fuel bladder strapped to it) totaling up to 20kg can destroy an old bloke's back, shoulder, arse, and will to live.
3) Petrol, in the South, shares availability properties with Unobtanium. I had to creep my way South by ensuring I could back track to the last available fuel (except for the time that I didn't, and had to lay the bike down on its side to trickle the last mouthful across to the fuel pump pickup). At one village stop, a policeman ordered the uncooperative pump attendant to fire up the bowser, after I'd told him that I was about to become a resident, due to not having enough petrol to go forwards, or go back.
4) The years since I rode offroad, along with my couch-potato training regime, have not done much for improving my skillset. I only fell off a couple of times, but I did get myself into 'situations' in the middle of nowhere, out of water, out of steam, and out of any human proximity - It was fun, though...
5) Riding a KTM EXC-F in a congested Angolan town, loaded up with back-pack and fuel bladder, on a hot day, can lead to overheating bike and body, with steam coming from both of them.

It was very good, though. I was onto my 3rd numberplate by the time I crept back to Luanda, My only pair of jeans had lost the whole crotch, I couldn't lift my left arm above horizontal, and I'm sure that I smelled like Sun-dried road-kill, but it was very satisfying, and I know what to change for the next adventure. I met some great people along the way, and learnt a lot about Angola, and about myself (mainly that I'm no longer 20 years old...). I took some video, but haven't had any time to look through and piece it together.
It's very difficult to get anything imported into Angola, but I have a bunch of kit headed this way in May, to make the next venture a bit more comfortable, and better able to cope with the fuel constraints.

 

[DavidFL]

I took it for a ride down South in Angola, with some learnings along the way:
1) 3,000km (a large part of it blacktop) on a vibrating KTM with knobbies can destroy one's iPhone. Now my iPhone camera replicates the journey by just showing wobbles whenever I turn it on.
2) Riding the above with a back-pack (with a fuel bladder strapped to it) totaling up to 20kg can destroy an old bloke's back, shoulder, arse, and will to live.
3) Petrol, in the South, shares availability properties with Unobtanium. I had to creep my way South by ensuring I could back track to the last available fuel (except for the time that I didn't, and had to lay the bike down on its side to trickle the last mouthful across to the fuel pump pickup). At one village stop, a policeman ordered the uncooperative pump attendant to fire up the bowser, after I'd told him that I was about to become a resident, due to not having enough petrol to go forwards, or go back.
4) The years since I rode offroad, along with my couch-potato training regime, have not done much for improving my skillset. I only fell off a couple of times, but I did get myself into 'situations' in the middle of nowhere, out of water, out of steam, and out of any human proximity - It was fun, though...
5) Riding a KTM EXC-F in a congested Angolan town, loaded up with back-pack and fuel bladder, on a hot day, can lead to overheating bike and body, with steam coming from both of them.

It was very good, though. I was onto my 3rd numberplate by the time I crept back to Luanda, My only pair of jeans had lost the whole crotch, I couldn't lift my left arm above horizontal, and I'm sure that I smelled like Sun-dried road-kill, but it was very satisfying, and I know what to change for the next adventure. I met some great people along the way, and learnt a lot about Angola, and about myself (mainly that I'm no longer 20 years old...). I took some video, but haven't had any time to look through and piece it together.
It's very difficult to get anything imported into Angola, but I have a bunch of kit headed this way in May, to make the next venture a bit more comfortable, and better able to cope with the fuel constraints.

Excellent.

 

[James Alexander]

My other half is a Suzuki Hayabusa 1,340 Gen II 2010. My brother is a hard-core Thailand long-distance rider, however, I have only joined him on short trips from our home in Phuket to either Ao Nang, or Koh Samui. I did join him to Hua Hin once and that nearly killed me . I bought this Suzuki in Bangkok as she has always been a dream of mine to own. She was silver when I bought her and I had her resprayed Toyota Lexus Obsidian Black.

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Having fantasized over pictures of the Gen I and Gen II for many years during my youth, I have to say that she is more than I dreamed she would be. Such a comfortable easy machine to ride with all the power I could possibly require on the motorways. Riding this machine in Thailand alongside my brother was ticking a box off the bucket list.

Love to all fellow bikers and happy safe riding all xxx

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[ADV]

Mae Sai mud plugging on my ADV350.

Came up good after a deep rinse.

 

[Wayne66]

@ADV thats looks bloody deep

 

[ADV]

@Wayne66 Unfortunately the storm surge rose by a further 1 metre above the mirrors and remained for 48 hours.

Tokio Marine have accepted the damage report - total loss - and the insured amount should arrive in my account today or early next week. That's 16 days since claim reported.

Now looking for a new ride.

 

[Wayne66]

Well done the insurance company, I am with Tokio Marine

Wayne

 

[ADV]

Pimping my new ride with Ohlins at Ban Chang workshop in Chiang Rai.

Tokio Marine Insurance money arrive on time. I'm riding again

 

[alexsailaway]

Hello friends, I end up with my 2007/GS 1200, to keep forever, soon I´ll be 60, several trips all over the world with newer GS´s, enough hi tech for me.
For my Andes adventure, next year, through Perú Great Divide a 1600 kms off road trip average altitude of 4000 mts. I´ll be riding my 2024 Voge 300 Rally.