Always makes me thing when folks prep bikes for overland trips with huge fuel Tanks and switches evetywhere.....your riding along in deepest africa or mongolia and some local on a 125cc passes you with std bike... :lol: .. The TCAT is a different fish to Africa or India and requires far more respec...

Been a while and now prepping for a big trip next year, it's getting the overlanding touch......

Ive been following this build for a while now and I have to say great progress on the build. The colour scheme looks well too. Indeed it’s been a while, about 5 years, sounds too long for a build but I’ve had to maintain a working life + 5 kids to nurture into adult life, Uni etc etc. Been a slog b...

Brilliant - what's going on, on the nearside pannier? Looks like a filler cap? There are ‘L’ shaped pods either side that the panniers sit on, one for extra fuel and one holds water, I can clip on my petrol stove underneath and in less that 5 mins have a shower, a feature for the hotter more remote...

Nice feature but surely there more to it than that, I mean its a very substantial structure (I was imagining it for plowing through the Zombie hordes in the upcoming apocolypse : The front end phases out most folk but until you see this in the flesh and have a real in-depth glance around it and pic...

Asgard wrote:Some amazing metal work in thos panniers and rear box
Whats the function of the front frame structure?

It hinges up to grab a bedding roll


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A little odd but are there any bods on here that hold knowledge on climbing ?? I need to touch base with someone local who can help me on a madcap idea I have that involves the use of climbing ropes, pulleys etc for a trip next year to Canada. I'm off to have a go at the TCAT next May/June and want ...