Go Big and Ride Small

[daveuprite]

Good pics. My dad had a Gazelle.

But it kept eating all the hay so he traded it in for a car....

[Godspeed]

Headed up to Shropshire for a couple of days, only 87 miles but it was sooooo cold on the little C90.
Hoping to get a couple of trails in but it does depend how icy they are.

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[ErikGustav2]

Time to ride Patagonia - Alaska ?
Then you need a bike.
Rob the bank. Buy a brand new BMW 12%0 GS. open the Touratech catalog and add all the needed accessories ?

Or find an old Honda C90 and start a restoration and rebuild project.
There is a playlist about that. But in Spanish. Sorry for that...
Maybe you can get English text ??

You can find it here :
As roryecto Econo

https://www.youtube.com/c/PabloImhoff/playlists

A lot of videos.
Nice work and a lot of nice modifications.

The summary of work done and costs:


Test ride before heading towards Ushuaia and Alaska
It shows the well done modifications of the bike
Panniers in wood. Mounted on home made track. Chromed
Front box : old amunition box
Spare tank.
......



The Playlist of the trip can be found at the same place.
As Proyecto Alaska

https://www.youtube.com/c/PabloImhoff/playlists


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He got stuck in Usuaia during Covid19 lock down.
And after that he started "Project Ruta 40" instead of Alaska. To start the travel without border crossing.
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I like the way to restore something and than use what you have created.
I have done it many times. Not for long distance travel. Only for daily use and weekend trips.
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I hope that some one can be inspired by these videos

[Godspeed]

The wonderful Cwms lane!
Started over in Willstone and rode back to Chirch Stretton. Decided to give the sunken lane a go, and despite it being a steady stream it was pretty good fun.

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[Godspeed]

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[Godspeed]

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[diggermanbob]

Great stuff Chris , looks like the weather was typical Wales ⛈

[diggermanbob]

Just bought a little Honda tlr200 , looking forward to trying it on the lanes , I have a trials version that's been modified and it's a great bike

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this is a library pic not the one I have purchased

[Scott_rider]

I like the look of that. I've always fancied modifying a trials bike for trail riding. Not that I know the first think about engineering .

When I used to ride trials in the 1990's, I had more fun riding between the sections than I did riding the actual sections .

[diggermanbob]

I like the look of that. I've always fancied modifying a trials bike for trail riding. Not that I know the first think about engineering .

When I used to ride trials in the 1990's, I had more fun riding between the sections than I did riding the actual sections .

It's pretty much ready to go trail riding as standard , my other one has had a few mods for trials , frame headstock angle reduced for tighter turns , sprockets changed for lower gearing , airbox mod and trials exhaust, seat and tank unit changed , also footpegs moved back and lowered to get weight in right place

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