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[mark ward]

In the feb. 2012 Field & stream mag., theres a story of a father & son, bike & Flyfishing trip following the Reo-Grand. They road KLR650s. (NICE story) Nice story, BUT the son says, my father taught me, never take the easy path, there is never any gain by taking the path of least resistance. One retired & one laid off, they bought Brand new KLRs. In the story, you see....They had a camra man, in a van CARRYING ALLLLLLL THE GEAR. (I wonder if the wives came along also.) Tents food, clothing, EVERYTHING, ....... So much for NEVER taking the path of least resistance. LOL STILL I would have loved having an extra follow me on my trips, carry all my gear, cook my food, etc. There are vid on the web also. (I googled, 2012 field & stream & father & son motorcycle trip.) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Eddie]

Bingo! A back-up van with the gear? In the TV series "Long Way Round", in the opening credits, Ewan McGregor talks about how difficult their trip will be.......... in the next few moments they show the back up van, with the BMW Factory Mechanic, the film crew, the interpreter, the business manager, and the doctor who accompanied them! What a farce. Eddie

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, mark ward wrote: > > In the feb. 2012 Field & stream mag., theres a story of a father & son, bike & Flyfishing trip following the Reo-Grand. They road KLR650s. (NICE story) > > Nice story, BUT the son says, my father taught me, never take the easy path, there is never any gain by taking the path of least resistance. > > One retired & one laid off, they bought Brand new KLRs. > > In the story, you see....They had a camra man, in a van CARRYING ALLLLLLL THE GEAR. > (I wonder if the wives came along also.) > Tents food, clothing, EVERYTHING, ....... So much for NEVER taking the path of least resistance. LOL > > STILL I would have loved having an extra follow me on my trips, carry all my gear, cook my food, etc. > > There are vid on the web also. (I googled, 2012 field & stream & father & son motorcycle trip.) > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >

[ron criswell]

You have to hand to the real ones that do a difficult trip solo with no nada. I read a book last year about an Australian who rode a KLR from Vladivostok Russia to Istanbul Turkey and even rode the Road of Bones which I think Long Way Around bypassed. To top it off, he was a lousy mechanic and the engine cratered a couple of times. Once he fixed it but had to get a real mechanic in China after his work caused it to explode. He even traveled close to the Afghanistan border. Those guys never get much fan fair. I read another book, Investment Biker is the title (I think) where a guy who had made some money investing took he and his girlfriend all the way around the world on 2 airhead BMW's. He even rode through Peru in the days when a gringo should not have due to the Marxist rebels which gave him some scary moments. I met Dr. Gregory Frazier in Moab once. What a character. And then, their is always the immortal....Punky and Lew.....who I met in Moab at the start of their journey. That should be a movie. Criswell Sent from my iPad

On Mar 28, 2012, at 3:16 AM, "eddie" wrote: > Bingo! A back-up van with the gear? In the TV series "Long Way Round", in the opening credits, Ewan McGregor talks about how difficult their trip will be.......... in the next few moments they show the back up van, with the BMW Factory Mechanic, the film crew, the interpreter, the business manager, and the doctor who accompanied them! What a farce. > > Eddie > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, mark ward wrote: > > > > In the feb. 2012 Field & stream mag., theres a story of a father & son, bike & Flyfishing trip following the Reo-Grand. They road KLR650s. (NICE story) > > > > Nice story, BUT the son says, my father taught me, never take the easy path, there is never any gain by taking the path of least resistance. > > > > One retired & one laid off, they bought Brand new KLRs. > > > > In the story, you see....They had a camra man, in a van CARRYING ALLLLLLL THE GEAR. > > (I wonder if the wives came along also.) > > Tents food, clothing, EVERYTHING, ....... So much for NEVER taking the path of least resistance. LOL > > > > STILL I would have loved having an extra follow me on my trips, carry all my gear, cook my food, etc. > > > > There are vid on the web also. (I googled, 2012 field & stream & father & son motorcycle trip.) > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Eddie]

The LWR guys rode the Road of Bones. But, agreed - the support crew was enormous. Although in all fairness Charley and Ewan did tend to get a fair distance ahead and suffer their choice of motorcycles alone (weight/complexity) more than once.Still, it was more of a National Geographic expedition than two friends taking a trip. {I confess! I have an autographed photo of Charley Boorman on his Dakar race bike that my ex got me. LOL} If you ever get to the Barber Motorsports Museum in Leeds, Alabama near Birmingham, you can see the two bikes the investment banker and his girlfriend used on their journey. If I recall, she didn't know how to ride when the trip began and he had sent her to BMW mechanic's school to act as their support crew. I saw a VHS of their trip and remember her confidently rebuilding a set of forks in remote Russia. Adventure! eddie

> [Original Message] > From: Ron Criswell > > > You have to hand to the real ones that do a difficult trip solo with no

nada. I read a book last year about an Australian who rode a KLR from Vladivostok Russia to Istanbul Turkey and even rode the Road of Bones which I think Long Way Around bypassed. To top it off, he was a lousy mechanic and the engine cratered a couple of times. Once he fixed it but had to get a real mechanic in China after his work caused it to explode. He even traveled close to the Afghanistan border. Those guys never get much fan fair. I read another book, Investment Biker is the title (I think) where a guy who had made some money investing took he and his girlfriend all the way around the world on 2 airhead BMW's. He even rode through Peru in the days when a gringo should not have due to the Marxist rebels which gave him some scary moments. I met Dr. Gregory Frazier in Moab once. What a character. And then, their is always the immortal....Punky and Lew.....who I met in Moab at the start of their journey. That should be a movie.

> > Criswell

[ron criswell]

That Barber Motorsport Museum is on my list this year. Criswell Sent from my iPad

On Mar 28, 2012, at 6:30 AM, "eddie" wrote: > > The LWR guys rode the Road of Bones. But, agreed - the support crew was > enormous. Although in all fairness Charley and Ewan did tend to get a fair > distance ahead and suffer their choice of motorcycles alone > (weight/complexity) more than once.Still, it was more of a National > Geographic expedition than two friends taking a trip. {I confess! I have an > autographed photo of Charley Boorman on his Dakar race bike that my ex got > me. LOL} > > If you ever get to the Barber Motorsports Museum in Leeds, Alabama near > Birmingham, you can see the two bikes the investment banker and his > girlfriend used on their journey. If I recall, she didn't know how to ride > when the trip began and he had sent her to BMW mechanic's school to act as > their support crew. I saw a VHS of their trip and remember her confidently > rebuilding a set of forks in remote Russia. Adventure! > > eddie > > > [Original Message] > > From: Ron Criswell > > > > > > You have to hand to the real ones that do a difficult trip solo with no > nada. I read a book last year about an Australian who rode a KLR from > Vladivostok Russia to Istanbul Turkey and even rode the Road of Bones which > I think Long Way Around bypassed. To top it off, he was a lousy mechanic > and the engine cratered a couple of times. Once he fixed it but had to get > a real mechanic in China after his work caused it to explode. He even > traveled close to the Afghanistan border. Those guys never get much fan > fair. I read another book, Investment Biker is the title (I think) where a > guy who had made some money investing took he and his girlfriend all the > way around the world on 2 airhead BMW's. He even rode through Peru in the > days when a gringo should not have due to the Marxist rebels which gave him > some scary moments. I met Dr. Gregory Frazier in Moab once. What a > character. And then, their is always the immortal....Punky and Lew.....who > I met in Moab at the start of their journey. That should be a movie. > > > > Criswell > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[RobertWichert]

They should have brought a wine cellar and I masseuse. Robert Wichert P.Eng. LEED AP +1 916 966 9060 FAX +1 916 966 9068 ===============================================

On 3/28/2012 1:16 AM, eddie wrote: > > Bingo! A back-up van with the gear? In the TV series "Long Way Round", > in the opening credits, Ewan McGregor talks about how difficult their > trip will be.......... in the next few moments they show the back up > van, with the BMW Factory Mechanic, the film crew, the interpreter, > the business manager, and the doctor who accompanied them! What a farce. > > Eddie > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > , mark ward wrote: > > > > In the feb. 2012 Field & stream mag., theres a story of a father & > son, bike & Flyfishing trip following the Reo-Grand. They road > KLR650s. (NICE story) > > > > Nice story, BUT the son says, my father taught me, never take the > easy path, there is never any gain by taking the path of least > resistance. > > > > One retired & one laid off, they bought Brand new KLRs. > > > > In the story, you see....They had a camra man, in a van CARRYING > ALLLLLLL THE GEAR. > > (I wonder if the wives came along also.) > > Tents food, clothing, EVERYTHING, ....... So much for NEVER taking > the path of least resistance. LOL > > > > STILL I would have loved having an extra follow me on my trips, > carry all my gear, cook my food, etc. > > > > There are vid on the web also. (I googled, 2012 field & stream & > father & son motorcycle trip.) > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[RobertWichert]

Well, for roughing it, this takes the cake, pie and ice cream if you ask me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6ran_Kropp Of course he's dead now... Robert Wichert P.Eng. LEED AP +1 916 966 9060 FAX +1 916 966 9068 ===============================================

On 3/28/2012 4:10 AM, Ron Criswell wrote: > > You have to hand to the real ones that do a difficult trip solo with > no nada. I read a book last year about an Australian who rode a KLR > from Vladivostok Russia to Istanbul Turkey and even rode the Road of > Bones which I think Long Way Around bypassed. To top it off, he was a > lousy mechanic and the engine cratered a couple of times. Once he > fixed it but had to get a real mechanic in China after his work caused > it to explode. He even traveled close to the Afghanistan border. Those > guys never get much fan fair. I read another book, Investment Biker is > the title (I think) where a guy who had made some money investing took > he and his girlfriend all the way around the world on 2 airhead BMW's. > He even rode through Peru in the days when a gringo should not have > due to the Marxist rebels which gave him some scary moments. I met Dr. > Gregory Frazier in Moab once. What a character. And then, their is > always the immortal....Punky and Lew.....who I met in Moab at the > start of t heir journey. That should be a movie. > > Criswell > > Sent from my iPad > > On Mar 28, 2012, at 3:16 AM, "eddie" > wrote: > > > Bingo! A back-up van with the gear? In the TV series "Long Way > Round", in the opening credits, Ewan McGregor talks about how > difficult their trip will be.......... in the next few moments they > show the back up van, with the BMW Factory Mechanic, the film crew, > the interpreter, the business manager, and the doctor who accompanied > them! What a farce. > > > > Eddie > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > , mark ward wrote: > > > > > > In the feb. 2012 Field & stream mag., theres a story of a father & > son, bike & Flyfishing trip following the Reo-Grand. They road > KLR650s. (NICE story) > > > > > > Nice story, BUT the son says, my father taught me, never take the > easy path, there is never any gain by taking the path of least > resistance. > > > > > > One retired & one laid off, they bought Brand new KLRs. > > > > > > In the story, you see....They had a camra man, in a van CARRYING > ALLLLLLL THE GEAR. > > > (I wonder if the wives came along also.) > > > Tents food, clothing, EVERYTHING, ....... So much for NEVER taking > the path of least resistance. LOL > > > > > > STILL I would have loved having an extra follow me on my trips, > carry all my gear, cook my food, etc. > > > > > > There are vid on the web also. (I googled, 2012 field & stream & > father & son motorcycle trip.) > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[RobertWichert]

Well worth it. They have so many bikes they stack them in glass cages. They have so many bikes, they have many that are just locked away - no more room. They have so many bikes that if you can't find the bike you owned in 1972, they will say "Oh, it's around here somewhere". Or, even better, they have so many bikes that if you ask the people who clean the bikes where a particular model is (that you KNOW is there) they say "I have no idea". Seriously worth the trip. They have Reg Pridmore "Class" schools there too, I think. Robert Wichert P.Eng. LEED AP +1 916 966 9060 FAX +1 916 966 9068 ===============================================

On 3/28/2012 5:37 AM, Ron Criswell wrote: > > That Barber Motorsport Museum is on my list this year. > > Criswell > > Sent from my iPad > > On Mar 28, 2012, at 6:30 AM, "eddie" > wrote: > > > > > The LWR guys rode the Road of Bones. But, agreed - the support crew was > > enormous. Although in all fairness Charley and Ewan did tend to get > a fair > > distance ahead and suffer their choice of motorcycles alone > > (weight/complexity) more than once.Still, it was more of a National > > Geographic expedition than two friends taking a trip. {I confess! I > have an > > autographed photo of Charley Boorman on his Dakar race bike that my > ex got > > me. LOL} > > > > If you ever get to the Barber Motorsports Museum in Leeds, Alabama near > > Birmingham, you can see the two bikes the investment banker and his > > girlfriend used on their journey. If I recall, she didn't know how > to ride > > when the trip began and he had sent her to BMW mechanic's school to > act as > > their support crew. I saw a VHS of their trip and remember her > confidently > > rebuilding a set of forks in remote Russia. Adventure! > > > > eddie > > > > > [Original Message] > > > From: Ron Criswell > > > > > > > > > > You have to hand to the real ones that do a difficult trip solo > with no > > nada. I read a book last year about an Australian who rode a KLR from > > Vladivostok Russia to Istanbul Turkey and even rode the Road of > Bones which > > I think Long Way Around bypassed. To top it off, he was a lousy mechanic > > and the engine cratered a couple of times. Once he fixed it but had > to get > > a real mechanic in China after his work caused it to explode. He even > > traveled close to the Afghanistan border. Those guys never get much fan > > fair. I read another book, Investment Biker is the title (I think) > where a > > guy who had made some money investing took he and his girlfriend all the > > way around the world on 2 airhead BMW's. He even rode through Peru > in the > > days when a gringo should not have due to the Marxist rebels which > gave him > > some scary moments. I met Dr. Gregory Frazier in Moab once. What a > > character. And then, their is always the immortal....Punky and > Lew.....who > > I met in Moab at the start of their journey. That should be a movie. > > > > > > Criswell > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Jud]

My favorite adventure tourer is Walter Colebatch. He did this and many other cool trips in Russia and central Asia: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=533442 He has done the road of bones, but here he spurns it in favor of the BAM road, a route well north of Bones, and fallen into disrepair since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Three guys, no support vehicle; Charlie and Ewan look like a couple of dilettantes by comparison. Great photos, cool bikes, and the best looking women on advrider.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "eddie" wrote: > > > The LWR guys rode the Road of Bones. But, agreed - the support crew was > enormous. Although in all fairness Charley and Ewan did tend to get a fair > distance ahead and suffer their choice of motorcycles alone > (weight/complexity) more than once.Still, it was more of a National > Geographic expedition than two friends taking a trip. {I confess! I have an > autographed photo of Charley Boorman on his Dakar race bike that my ex got > me. LOL} > > If you ever get to the Barber Motorsports Museum in Leeds, Alabama near > Birmingham, you can see the two bikes the investment banker and his > girlfriend used on their journey. If I recall, she didn't know how to ride > when the trip began and he had sent her to BMW mechanic's school to act as > their support crew. I saw a VHS of their trip and remember her confidently > rebuilding a set of forks in remote Russia. Adventure! > > eddie > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Ron Criswell > > > > > > You have to hand to the real ones that do a difficult trip solo with no > nada. I read a book last year about an Australian who rode a KLR from > Vladivostok Russia to Istanbul Turkey and even rode the Road of Bones which > I think Long Way Around bypassed. To top it off, he was a lousy mechanic > and the engine cratered a couple of times. Once he fixed it but had to get > a real mechanic in China after his work caused it to explode. He even > traveled close to the Afghanistan border. Those guys never get much fan > fair. I read another book, Investment Biker is the title (I think) where a > guy who had made some money investing took he and his girlfriend all the > way around the world on 2 airhead BMW's. He even rode through Peru in the > days when a gringo should not have due to the Marxist rebels which gave him > some scary moments. I met Dr. Gregory Frazier in Moab once. What a > character. And then, their is always the immortal....Punky and Lew.....who > I met in Moab at the start of their journey. That should be a movie. > > > > Criswell >

[achesley43@ymail.com]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Ron Criswell wrote:

> > That Barber Motorsport Museum is on my list this year. > > Criswell >

If you have not been there yet Ron, be prepared to do most of the day there. What a place. You can wear out a camera there. Andy Chesley