"Off to the land of the ice and snow aaaahaaahaaahaah"! - On a bit of a budget!

[jim-500]

So at 2 am tomorrow morning my girlfriend and I set off for Iceland to spend a month riding as many f-roads and river crossings as possible.

All packed:



Figured I'd stick some pics up of the process on here

We opted to take the bikes in a van instead of ride up (Cass couldnt get long enough off work and it actually works out marginally cheaper...plus the van can be loaded with beer and pot noodles)

So of course I called up actionmobil for one of these...



Then I woke up!... and figured how hard can it be to build your own!

First though it was off to pickup Stan's DRZ, big thanks to Stan...bike was top notch!



it was pretty much ready to go, but I fitted a few more luggage loops, beefed up the bash plate and fitted a pelicase and screen!

[jim-500]

Next was the van, Ive used a hilux for work for ages so seemed like the logical choice...10 days to turn it into something capable of carting us to Iceland (and back).

[jim-500]

Time to make it a bit more comfy...

[jim-500]

Cass getting her hands dirty getting her xr250 prepped:



And then spent the weekend packing everything up!

[Gino]

So you might bump into my buddies Dan & Sara www.worldwideride.ca they should arrive this week, 2 800GS'ssay hello and offer them a cup of tea if you do B)

[jim-500]

Will do , I actually have a list of phone numbers of bikers who are up there at the same time as us...will probably end up doing more tea making that riding!

[Dutchgit]

A wise choice you made.

[johnnyboxer]

Amazing build skills, looks superb (thumbs)

[Willandkate]

Looks pretty pro to me. Don't plenty of people go to Iceland on bicycles?

[boristhebold]

Amazing build skills, looks superb (thumbs)

This, have a great trip