DR DOES MAROC
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 1:12 pm
It all started about 3 months ago with an urge, thought it was wind !!! but it was more.I,d read all the reports seen all the pics and vids but i wasn,t on ANY.
Been to Africa a few times on hols so why not on a bike, but which one? Like most of us budget is a big factor, really fancied a XT660Z but with a €4500 tag they where out of the picture
Anyway got myself a LITTLE DONKEY for €1200 + €400 ish on tyres and stuff
In less than a month it was time to go, i'd met up with Mark on his fully spec,d 650 BMW that did 5 days of the Dakar in 2004 untill the guy broke some bones !!! Little felt well out matched................we'll see:P
Here we are, -1° at my place ready for the off
Eased our selves into the ride down and had the first brew just an hour down the road to warm up!!!! getting soft with age.
As we had 3 full days to get down to Almeria we got off the M/ways as soon as poss and cut through Andora and where met with SNOW
He's a pic of Marks beast.....52lts of fuel (AKA Amaco Cadiz)
Ohhh by the way there'll be no traces or way points on this report as my GPS is about 2ft square and folds up !!!!!
But i'll try this, we'd got to Ponts in Spain and had stopped outside a hotel when i looked round to see a flat back tyre!!!
I'd arranged to call in on a friend in Tremps on the way back so called him to see if we could call now, no probs he said so i limped down to the garage and banged 2 bar in it !!!
[url=http://]http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Lamothe-F%C3%A9nelon,+France&daddr=42.96115,1.6252+to:42.55445,1.58854+to:41.9238122,1.1976506+to:Tremp,+Spain&hl=en[/url]
We ended up staying for the night fed and wined great company and the tyre had stayed up, so i left it:whistle:
Here's a couple of views from Simon and Pols place
EYES ARE BLEEDING NOW !!!MORE LATER
Been to Africa a few times on hols so why not on a bike, but which one? Like most of us budget is a big factor, really fancied a XT660Z but with a €4500 tag they where out of the picture
Anyway got myself a LITTLE DONKEY for €1200 + €400 ish on tyres and stuff
In less than a month it was time to go, i'd met up with Mark on his fully spec,d 650 BMW that did 5 days of the Dakar in 2004 untill the guy broke some bones !!! Little felt well out matched................we'll see:P
Here we are, -1° at my place ready for the off
Eased our selves into the ride down and had the first brew just an hour down the road to warm up!!!! getting soft with age.
As we had 3 full days to get down to Almeria we got off the M/ways as soon as poss and cut through Andora and where met with SNOW
He's a pic of Marks beast.....52lts of fuel (AKA Amaco Cadiz)
Ohhh by the way there'll be no traces or way points on this report as my GPS is about 2ft square and folds up !!!!!
But i'll try this, we'd got to Ponts in Spain and had stopped outside a hotel when i looked round to see a flat back tyre!!!
I'd arranged to call in on a friend in Tremps on the way back so called him to see if we could call now, no probs he said so i limped down to the garage and banged 2 bar in it !!!
[url=http://]http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Lamothe-F%C3%A9nelon,+France&daddr=42.96115,1.6252+to:42.55445,1.58854+to:41.9238122,1.1976506+to:Tremp,+Spain&hl=en[/url]
We ended up staying for the night fed and wined great company and the tyre had stayed up, so i left it:whistle:
Here's a couple of views from Simon and Pols place
EYES ARE BLEEDING NOW !!!MORE LATER