klr roads in china

[revmaaatin]

Base jumping? All I saw was some incredible roads. cough. revmaaatin. ps. I'll check the link; I suspect it is a road that I will never see. m.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jeffrey Parker wrote: > > Dear Revmaaatin, > > Greetings from lurkerdom in Shanghai, and thanks for posting that BASE jumping link. I thought others in the forum might want to know a bit more about the location, called Tianmenshan ( ), which translates as "Mountain of Heaven's Gate". It's in Hunan province in east-central China. > > Care for a look at that road in Google Maps? > > Or how about some Google images? > > Now for the bad news: It's a private road inside a protected park and purportedly is accessible only to official low-emission vehicles -- and most definitely NOT to motorcycles. There's also a 750 RMB admission fee; that's about US$120. That doesn't mean we've given up. Someone's always got ideas cooking for how we might get in there, even if it means greasing the gatekeepers. It's less than a day's ride from where I live, and ranks high on my list of "don't take 'no' for an answer" destinations. My Jialing JH600 (think of it as a KLR with Chinese characteristics) would love it! > > Fortunately, there are many, many other spectacular places to ride in China. A good place to start if you don't read Chinese is MyChinaMoto. > > That BASE jumping stuff is sheer insanity. According to Wikipedia, "BASE jumping is one of the world's most dangerous recreational activities, with overall fatalities in 2002 estimated at about one fatality per sixty participants." > > I'll take my odds on a motorcycle! > > cheers! > euphonius > > > > > > On Feb 12, 2012, at 5:58 AM, revmaaatin wrote: > > > List-- > > A friend sent me this link becuase he knows how much I love mountain roads and canyon carving. > > > > See if you can spot the KLR, dual sport roads in this Red Bull video. > > > > http://player.vimeo.com/video/31481531?autoplay=1 > > > > Pay special attention at 3.45 to the end. > > > > revmaaatin. > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >