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baluchiman 12 Nov 2012 17:31

Charlie and bloody Ewan
 
Do you think they will do another trip together? The Americas maybe!! Sorry, that should read Ewan and bloody Charlie.

Fantastic Mister Fox 12 Nov 2012 18:11

New watercooled GS coming, so I wouldn't rule anything out.

Linzi 13 Nov 2012 09:54

Hm?
 
Charlie and who? Lindsay.

*Touring Ted* 13 Nov 2012 14:29

I hope so...

There will new influx of riders buying loads of adventure gear and accessories brand new with their "more money than sense" attitudes.

Then 12 months later they realise they aren't using any of it and flog it all on eBay, nearly new, for a fraction of the price..

Then all us skint travellers can buy it up cheap and actually use it..

I might give the Touratech Laser-etched titanium BMW special edition soap dish a miss though.

:innocent:

Tourider 13 Nov 2012 14:44

Do Touratech do titanium locking wheel nuts for adventurers to the Liverpool area?

*Touring Ted* 13 Nov 2012 15:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tourider (Post 400212)
Do Touratech do titanium locking wheel nuts for adventurers to the Liverpool area?

They should do.... But they'd probably get pinched. ;)

chris 13 Nov 2012 16:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tourider (Post 400212)
Do Touratech do titanium locking wheel nuts for adventurers to the Liverpool area?

Harsh, very harsh :D

I was in an airport duty-free the other day and Ewan's "Adventure" aftershave was nowhere to be found. I asked the assistant who said "Discontinued". Maybe she meant "Sold Out" cos Ted bought a container-full. :confused1: Now I have to suffer on with my Brut69.

*Touring Ted* 13 Nov 2012 16:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by chris (Post 400222)
Harsh, very harsh :D

I was in an airport duty-free the other day and Ewan's "Adventure" aftershave was nowhere to be found. I asked the assistant who said "Discontinued". Maybe she meant "Sold Out" cos Ted bought a container-full. :confused1: Now I have to suffer on with my Brut69.

That's right.. I bought them all.

I had to sell all my bikes to fit all the boxes in my garage.

I dare not go anywhere without the warm smooth husky smell of ADVENTURE Aftershave. No man should attempt a trip without a bottle of this stuff. Or they will no doubt fail.

I might be able to sell one of two bottles to wanna-bee adventurers. £100 a bottle. Stamped "TT" for Touring Ted.

martyboy 13 Nov 2012 16:42

second TT
 
[QUOTE=*Touring Ted*;400210]I hope so...

There will new influx of riders buying loads of adventure gear and accessories brand new with their "more money than sense" attitudes.

Then 12 months later they realise they aren't using any of it and flog it all on eBay, nearly new, for a fraction of the price..

Then all us skint travellers can buy it up cheap and actually use it..
:innocent:[/QUOTE

Nice thought TT I like your style. Thing is I also enjoy watching their travel shows. Ok it does'nt represent the reality that most of us would experience, but I find them entertaining and a change from the usual cak,bearing in mind they have got to sell this to mainstream audiences. Oh dear I think it's time I hit the road again.....

*Touring Ted* 13 Nov 2012 17:19

[QUOTE=martyboy;400232]
Quote:

Originally Posted by *Touring Ted* (Post 400210)
I hope so...

There will new influx of riders buying loads of adventure gear and accessories brand new with their "more money than sense" attitudes.

Then 12 months later they realise they aren't using any of it and flog it all on eBay, nearly new, for a fraction of the price..

Then all us skint travellers can buy it up cheap and actually use it..
:innocent:[/QUOTE

Nice thought TT I like your style. Thing is I also enjoy watching their travel shows. Ok it does'nt represent the reality that most of us would experience, but I find them entertaining and a change from the usual cak,bearing in mind they have got to sell this to mainstream audiences. Oh dear I think it's time I hit the road again.....

I have to admit, it was that first series that inspired me to do my first big trip way back in 2003. I was 22 and saw an interview with EMG on a talk show talking about the plan and I thought "f**K that.. If he can do it, so can I"...

So, as much as I HATE to admit it, they got me started on all this... If I would of done it anyway, who knows... Probably !! But maybe much later in life.

Fantastic Mister Fox 13 Nov 2012 17:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by *Touring Ted* (Post 400238)
I have to admit, it was that first series that inspired me to do my first big trip way back in 2003. I was 22 and saw an interview with EMG on a talk show talking about the plan and I thought "f**K that.. If he can do it, so can I"...

So, as much as I HATE to admit it, they got me started on all this... If I would of done it anyway, who knows... Probably !! But maybe much later in life.

I think many of us saw LWR and it was our first step on the ladder of becoming and adventure motorcyclist.

Mervifwdc 13 Nov 2012 17:54

Got a great kick of putting an Irish flag sticker under one of their LWD stickers on the back of a signpost in Namibia.

I think it's good that the general public get a sense of what all this travel malarky is about. It makes the rest of us look like hero's :-)

Merv.

mark manley 13 Nov 2012 18:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by *Touring Ted* (Post 400210)
I might give the Touratech Laser-etched titanium BMW special edition soap dish a miss though.

:innocent:

It is on the top of my list to Santa, in GS 30th anniversary colours. :D

baluchiman 13 Nov 2012 18:09

[QUOTE=*Touring Ted*;400238]
Quote:

Originally Posted by martyboy (Post 400232)

I have to admit, it was that first series that inspired me to do my first big trip way back in 2003. I was 22 and saw an interview with EMG on a talk show talking about the plan and I thought "f**K that.. If he can do it, so can I"...

So, as much as I HATE to admit it, they got me started on all this... If I would of done it anyway, who knows... Probably !! But maybe much later in life.

Ted Simons Jupitor Travels was the book that first inspired me back in 1994. It still does!!

Keith1954 13 Nov 2012 18:29

Hmmm? Some interesting, some might say fascinating, comments here into what the original inspiration was for some of us to go overland travelling. Could be a worthy topic for a brand new thread perhaps? .. or has this been done already?

I could do with a great read; nothing better than a good yarn or two. And Christmas is only 41 Days, 5 Hours and 31 Minutes away!
.

chris 13 Nov 2012 20:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keith1954 (Post 400250)
Hmmm? Some interesting, some might say fascinating, comments here into what the original inspiration was for some of us to go overland travelling. Could be a worthy topic for a brand new thread perhaps? .. or has this been done already?

I could do with a great read; nothing better than a good yarn or two. And Christmas is only 41 Days, 5 Hours and 31 Minutes away!
.

I feel I have to finally admit it: I inspired Ewan and Charley. They read my stories in Motorcycle Sport and Leisure and said to themselves: "If that stupid tawt Bright can manhandle a wholey unsuitable overloaded bag of sh!t BMW around the world, then so can we. All we really need is Russ Malkin to film us: He's the best..."


Errr, sorry, just woke up. T'was just a dream. My inspirations were Ted's "JT", Helge Pedersen's "10 years on 2 wheels" and Robert Fulton's "One Man Caravan". Another excellent book I read after I came home from my trip was Jonny Bealby's "Running with the Moon".

molly 13 Nov 2012 21:04

I have some friends who off roaded to Alaska and raced the outlaw Baja 1000 every year. They dragged me to a slideshow by this dude named Helge Pedersen. I saw that big bike in a tiny canoe and was hooked!

That was probably 15 years before LWR.

markharf 13 Nov 2012 22:15

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, ±1974.

stephen.stallebrass 13 Nov 2012 23:56

E&C introduced me to the concept of travelling on a motorbike and then I came up with the idea of an USA tour. But it was the travellers at the HU meet in 2010 that inspired me to be a bit more adventurous. It was Walter Colebatch in particular though that inspired me to ride to Mongolia & Siberia, I never really gave any serious thought to these places before. Revisiting the USA plan again now but it keeps getting sidetracked: Central Asia is beckoning me. Other travel tales keep me going, providing me with a fix until my next adventure. Being currently unemployed though after my return is very frustrating and retarding my progress not to mention not being able to save. doh

lightcycle 14 Nov 2012 05:32

It was LWR that led me to the BMW GS as my primary bike. But going around the world like they did seemed the stuff of rich movie stars (um, movie star and buddy). Especially when they made such a production around the planning stage - carnets, fixers, survival training, deals with motorcycle and gear companies, support vehicles, etc. If this was what RTW travel was all about, then it wasn't for us. We'd just stick to our 2-3 week moto-vacation in 1st world countries, then fly back home to earn money for next year's trip.

On one of our vacations through Europe (4 whole weeks!), we were at the cargo warehouse at Munich airport, prepping our motorcycles for shipment back to Canada when we ran into a guy unpacking his F650GS Dakar, fresh off the plane from Vancouver. It was just a 5-minute conversation, but he told us how he was 9 months into his trip, having completed an Argentina-to-Alaska run and was now doing the European continent. 9 months! And we thought we were really loosening the leash at 1 month away from home...

I know the exact date that happened, because we blogged about it over 5 years ago:

"As we waved goodbye to our motorcycles, our minds were abuzz with the logistics of doing such a trip ourselves.

The train ride back to Munich had us discussing what it would take to do a motorcycle tour for over year, possibly two, that would take us around Europe (properly this time), Eastern-Europe, Africa and Asia, and even back to the Americas (south and central). It probably won't happen for a few years, but I think we're both committed to this idea. Last year, after riding to California and back, the seeds were planted for this Europe trip. Now, at the end of this trip, we've got to up the stakes again. "Ride The World", indeed!"

Today marks the 5 month anniversary since we left on our own RTW trip. Haven't made it out of NA yet, but we're in no rush, having sold everything to wander around aimlessly on two wheels. I never got the name of the guy we met at the cargo warehouse in Munich airport, but he was far more of an inspiration to us than Obi Wan and his sidekick.

Magnon 14 Nov 2012 07:34

I remember reading Jupiters travels in the late 70s after which I started to plan a route to Tehran where my father was working at the time. I had just rebuilt my already 25 year old BSA which I thought would be ideal for the trip. Probably fortunately the trip never came off for budget/girlfriend reasons.

When we did set off in the early 90s our only inspiration was the promise of a long holiday in the sun!

*Touring Ted* 14 Nov 2012 09:20

Just to reiterate (is that the right word ? It just came to me and I don't even know what it means)

Well, they inspired me to do my first trip so I did it.

After that trip I decided they were a bunch of whining, overly self important drama queens..

We haven't a good old E&C thread for ages. I'll put a fresh pot of coffee on and put my feet up :cool4:

cyber-zebb 14 Nov 2012 12:58

RTW
 
The most dangerous part of any RTW trip has to be getting through the Mersey tunnel at 7 in the morning , never saw E&C TRY THAT

zebb
www.motoloco.eu

*Touring Ted* 14 Nov 2012 13:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyber-zebb (Post 400345)
The most dangerous part of any RTW trip has to be getting through the Mersey tunnel at 7 in the morning , never saw E&C TRY THAT

zebb
www.motoloco.eu

Try it at 8.30am... You will usually see me on the back wheel with my UZI, popping caps into white-van-mans ass...

cyber-zebb 14 Nov 2012 13:28

AH white van man could be a whole new thread (rant) on its own ,
i think you have the best solution Ted , Andy and Maya from adventure sidecar will be trying the delights of the tunnel tomorrow, they are on there way to mine before they set off to Africa on Saturday , asking them what they think of E&C is quite funny

*Touring Ted* 14 Nov 2012 15:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyber-zebb (Post 400352)
AH white van man could be a whole new thread (rant) on its own ,
i think you have the best solution Ted , Andy and Maya from adventure sidecar will be trying the delights of the tunnel tomorrow, they are on there way to mine before they set off to Africa on Saturday , asking them what they think of E&C is quite funny

Happy days... Send them my regards. I'll be in Twelve Quays college all day learning how to weld. :smartass:

Scrabblebiker 14 Nov 2012 15:24

I think for me it's always just been in my blood. I've been a bicycle traveller for a long time and I somehow just thought that it would be cool to drive a car from Canada to Argentina. So, at the library, I found a book by two blokes who drove a car from Ushuaia to Dead Horse, Alaska in 28 days in the 80's to set a record. I was obviously already interested in doing this but reading their book really awoke the travel bug again.

Then I realized that motorcycles are much more fun and I bought a bike for the express purpose of making it to Ushuaia from Victoria, BC, Canada. I found Ewan and Charlie's book and thoroughly enjoyed it. Then I read Lois on The Loose and really got hooked. Compared to Charlie and Ewan, she's more my adventurer type.

I finally made it as far as Yaviza, Panama and back. South America is on hold while I make some more money and I continue to be inspired by the great riders I meet at the HU events in Nakusp.


...Michelle

McCrankpin 14 Nov 2012 16:29

For me, Jupiter's Travels was definitely the first and lasting inspiration. Don't know when I read it, not long after it was published I think. I'd been a bike traveller (Europe only) since 1965 but that book certainly extended my horizons.
I read it a couple of times at least. Then when I decided on London-Cape Town, I read that bit yet again.
The thing that really caught my interest was the slowness of the journey. The long stays in different places. Made me want to go slowly as well.

So having become a student of Ted Simon, when Charley and Ewan came along, as far as I was concerned they were actors making a TV programme for the mass market, and nothing more. Apart from the charity angle. I found it a bit of a turn-off really, finding I really didn't want to be associated with that type of money-no-object fully-supported undertaking. And that's the word I'd use to describe what they did - an undertaking. Not a journey nor a trip nor a ride.
And here's a thought, when my son and daughter were old enough to ride pillion on my bike - my daughter loved it, my son hated it. He had not an ounce of motorcyclist in him. (Nevermind!) And when C & E's book came out, guess who bought me it for Christmas? Not my daughter....

My other big influence was Lois Pryce's books which convinced me what bike to use. Her journeys, being fairly quick in comparison with Jupiter's Travels, convinced me that slow was the way I wanted to go.

I'll also mention Anne Mustoe, who wrote a few books about cycling around the world and other travels. Her books are in the same league as J Travels as far as I'm concerned. And about as far as it is possible to get from C & E, in every aspect. And triggered my bicycle ride from Canada to Mexico back in 2001, and other shorter ones. I'd recommend her books even if you're strictly motorbikes only.

Magnon 14 Nov 2012 17:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by McCrankpin (Post 400375)
So having become a student of Ted Simon, when Charley and Ewan came along, as far as I was concerned they were actors making a TV programme for the mass market, and nothing more. Apart from the charity angle. I found it a bit of a turn-off really, finding I really didn't want to be associated with that type of money-no-object fully-supported undertaking. And that's the word I'd use to describe what they did - an undertaking. Not a journey nor a trip nor a ride.

I agree, especially the LWD - I found watching them and their entourage visiting familiar places was devaluing my own experiences, not that the places were off the beaten path or hard to get to but they certainly didn't benefit from the C&E caravan rolling through.

cyber-zebb 14 Nov 2012 17:24

for me the influence was Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance in the late seventy's , i got fed up with all the philosophy by the 3rd chapter , and went for a ride to Berlin instead, a very scary ride in 1978 ,
another big influence was Gertrude bell look her up,, what a girl

mark manley 14 Nov 2012 18:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyber-zebb (Post 400384)
another big influence was Gertrude bell look her up what a girl

I have read her biography and yes what a girl, more camels than motorcycles but she got about rather a lot.
My own inspiration was Jupiters Travels which I bought from a service station on the M1 on my first long motorcycle trip to Scotland, it did take me another 15 years to actually get out of Europe though.

Keith1954 14 Nov 2012 19:28

My inspiration, back in the mid-Noughties, was a couple of books:

1. Good Vibrations: Coast to Coast - by Tom Cunliffe.
2. Backblocks America - by Gareth Morgan. Soon after reading that book I met Jo Morgan (Gareth's wife, and co-author) ..

.. and then I was really hooked. :yes:

Shortly afterwards, a 42,000 km ride in-and-around 39 US states and 7 Canadian provinces followed. A sensational adventure for a parochial-minded Cornishman like me at the time (2007-08).

Ooh arrr!
.

Peter Girling 14 Nov 2012 19:38

Ewan and Thingy...
 
Hi all,

I think the boys have come in for a lot of stick, but this certainly inspired me!

EWAN AND THINGY (EPISODE 1 of 9) PREPARATIONS - YouTube

Happy trails,

Peter

twenty4seven 14 Nov 2012 19:49

This will be an odd inspiration to most I'm sure

My reason for starting to travel, was the birth of my little boy Ben who was born at only 23 weeks gestation, after months of touch and go (I cannot even talk about it 6 years later) and visiting him at far away hospitals I was left nearly 100% numb so after that, the fear of doing something completely alien to me, going out of the UK was not so scary after all.

Now all I think about is planning my next trip around working full time.

cyber-zebb 14 Nov 2012 19:55

Too give them there due they still had to put the miles in and that ain`t easy ,
and watching the LWR on a wet winter Sunday with a few cans and your travel mates, always gives you a good laugh and makes you feel like a hero (
(and who of us when we are tired and in the shit would love too of had a backup truck)

zebb

www.motoloco.eu

also look up Wilfred Thesiger the first European to cross the empty quarter in Oman

garnaro 14 Nov 2012 21:57

[QUOTE=*Touring Ted*;400238]
Quote:

Originally Posted by martyboy (Post 400232)

I have to admit, it was that first series that inspired me to do my first big trip way back in 2003. I was 22 and saw an interview with EMG on a talk show talking about the plan and I thought "f**K that.. If he can do it, so can I"...

So, as much as I HATE to admit it, they got me started on all this... If I would of done it anyway, who knows... Probably !! But maybe much later in life.


Funny Ted, I had the same experience. Had the idea already, but when I saw those guys doing it I knew for a certainty that I could pull it. So can't help but love them for it.

Still haven't actually gone much of anywhere tho..:(

Nath 14 Nov 2012 22:00

Mondo Enduro all the way!
I never watched the long way around because I always knew BMWs were for c**ts, so a couple of rich actors doing a travel program on BMWs didn't exactly appeal to me. Someone recommended the Austin vince stuff to me saying it would be right up my street, but I think I decided that if they'd made a film about it they were probably wankers. About two years later I was looking through a mate's dvd collection and spotted Mondo enduro. I watched it the same night and I think within a day or two, or possibly that same night, decided I was going to do a proper long distance trip the following summer.

It was the can-do attitude and apparent lack of detailed planning or attention to rules that got me. I didn't need to be inspired to travel, I needed to be shown that if you ignore all the nay-saying, micro-managing, safety obsessed losers, it's actually quite easy to go pretty much anywhere you want.


On my Mongolia trip I probably came across as a Mondo Enduro fanboy, but in reality I used a DR350 because it does stand out by a mile as the best cheap, low-tech smaller capable trailie, and the rough camping and lack of 'proper' bike luggage/clothing etc was what I'd been doing for a couple of years anyway.

*Touring Ted* 14 Nov 2012 22:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nath (Post 400421)
I always knew BMWs were for c**ts,

haha ! Hold back why don't you...

They're going to throw Touratech branded rotten tomatoes at you at the next HU meeting.

:rofl:

*Touring Ted* 14 Nov 2012 22:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyber-zebb (Post 400399)
Too give them there due they still had to put the miles in and that ain`t easy ,

It's a lot easier when your hotel is pre-booked for you, your bike manages to service itself and you've had someone to lubricate you through all the border crossings.

I do love a good E&C thread.

I stayed in a place those hosted them in Malawi on their LWD. The owner loved to tell everyone how the support crew arrived two days early and set up the tents on his back garden when all along they were staying in a 5* private cabin on the cliff overlooking the lake..

True story..

garnaro 14 Nov 2012 22:37

bullshit! no more stories. you're wrecking it.

Genghis9021 15 Nov 2012 01:27

Ed Culbertson: Obsessions Die Hard
 
Published 1996.

He'd wouldn't have ejected C&E. They simply would have fallen behind, fast.

But the Darien Gap would have squelched their whinging, permanently.

chris 15 Nov 2012 09:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nath (Post 400421)

It was the can-do attitude and apparent lack of detailed planning or attention to rules that got me. I didn't need to be inspired to travel, I needed to be shown that if you ignore all the nay-saying, micro-managing, safety obsessed losers, it's actually quite easy to go pretty much anywhere you want.


Quote:

Originally Posted by *Touring Ted* (Post 400426)

I stayed in a place those hosted them in Malawi on their LWD. The owner loved to tell everyone how the support crew arrived two days early and set up the tents on his back garden when all along they were staying in a 5* private cabin on the cliff overlooking the lake..

These 2 snippets sum up the "argument" nicely. Thanks.

Linzi 15 Nov 2012 12:36

Honesty.
 
I heard that a couple of actors with lots of back-up had pretended to travel east form UK at least as far as Siberia. The trouble is, before setting out, yhey had phoned a guy called Austin Vince to ask him details about such a journey, so as to not come across any surprises. OK, I'd not criticize anyone for wanting such information, but to then not give credit is not on. They then pretended to boldly go where no-one had before (equipped with the contact details of a Siberian truck driver to stage a spontaneous recovery). They ought to be ashamed and keep their heads down. Austin's excellent adventure travel film festival could do with some sponsorship which would be appropriate thanks, I think.

There, I managed to stay polite! Lindsay.

cyber-zebb 15 Nov 2012 15:20

Ha! this is hotting up nicely (MONDO EVERY TIME )

www.motoloco.eu

Endurodude 15 Nov 2012 18:26

I only came to Mondo late, although it's quite good!

In terms of fostering a love of travel, I'd have to say my first inspiration was Michael Palin. The "80 days" got me hooked on different cultures and travel. I've really enjoyed all his travels.

Whilst I can accept that E+C isn't the reality for those who travel by bike, I have to admit that I really enjoyed both their series. If you take it for what it is, I think you can get a lot of enjoyment out of them (and I have done).

PaulD 16 Nov 2012 14:24

Inspiration
 
My inspiration came 27 years ago while backpacking around Turkey, I was staying at Pumukelie (not sure of the spelling) & was sick, I Japanese guy turned up and washed my clothes & actually went & bought medicine ! I could not speak a word of Jap & he could not speak a word of Engrish ! but a couple of days later I was well enough to get up and go outside & I couldn't believe it he was on a motorbike, my eyes could not believe it, he pulled out a map and showed me where he had been ! all thru Africa, Nth & Sth. America all thru Asia & the middle east. NO GPS or CELL PHONE in those days, but his kindness & adventure has stuck with me ever since.
This was my soul inspiration that started my motorbike escapades !!!!:thumbup1:
Cheers
Paul

fraser2312 16 Nov 2012 17:14

LWD and LWR inspired me to sit my bike test. Like others have said I thought the only way it was possible to undertake such an epic trip like this was to buy a BMW and kit it out with the Touratech catalogue. It was only by googling 'Long Way Up' that I stumbled upon Horizons Unlimited and realized that you don't need all the expensive clobber E&C had to enjoy yourself.

Don't get me wrong, I am still a fan of the LWD/R and hope that they do make another series. :mchappy:

teedee 16 Nov 2012 21:21

Chris Scott and more recently Tim Cullis are my insperation!

Teedee:thumbup1:

Chris S 17 Nov 2012 20:14

I'd always been into bikes whilst at school, but mainly motocross then enduro. Foot and Mouth came along and ended up selling my bike at that time. Always felt I wanted another bike but never really did much about it.

Sat watching TV one day and stumbled across LWR - it stirred the whole bike thing back to life and I knew I was going to have to do something about it.

Ended up as an armchair biker for long enough, reading LWR/LWD/JT etc and eventually also found Mondo Enduro.

Passed my theory a couple of weeks ago and got Mod 1 coming up fast - as much as there's a lot of LWR hate, I think without it I'd maybe not have done much looking into other motorcycle travel and got my arse in gear to do something about it bier

Oo-SEB-oO 19 Nov 2012 11:09

I'm just curious, that if they would have done it on the KTM's, if there would also be a lot of hate towards KTM... ?!

People who think they need that SAME bike as in a tv series are morons... but that's the whole thing about tv stuff... you're getting brainwashed that you need stuff that you obviously don't, with money you don't have to impress people you don't like...

I'm just saying, I knew when I was watching it that it was fun to look at but nowhere near the reality. Let people believe what they want, as long as we know better the world is still a good place to :scooter:... (on a BMW?)... :oops2:

andyb43 19 Nov 2012 13:46

Always been in to traveling even on my first 50cc yamaha DT in 1984 went all over the UK on that little thing drove my parents mad ringing up all hours of the night when i broke down all the time 200 miles from home, Dad RAC LOL.

I always loved the Bush Tucker man and the book about the overland to singapore in series 1's think it was "First Overland" then there were numerouse books about female teachers cycling to china.

We were overlanding prior to the Charlie thing & yes the suport crew side makes me chuccle but if they never publicised it so much would there be such a huge market for overland bikes and parts ;) so in one way they did well for the buissness. But i still laugh when i pass guys on BMW's all the kit charlie clones.

baluchiman 19 Nov 2012 19:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by andyb43 (Post 400981)
Always been in to traveling even on my first 50cc yamaha DT in 1984 went all over the UK on that little thing drove my parents mad ringing up all hours of the night when i broke down all the time 200 miles from home, Dad RAC LOL.

I always loved the Bush Tucker man and the book about the overland to singapore in series 1's think it was "First Overland" then there were numerouse books about female teachers cycling to china.

We were overlanding prior to the Charlie thing & yes the suport crew side makes me chuccle but if they never publicised it so much would there be such a huge market for overland bikes and parts ;) so in one way they did well for the buissness. But i still laugh when i pass guys on BMW's all the kit charlie clones.


I have been thinking of doing an overland trip myself, but how the hell do you all afford it when you need something like this?

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...xtremely-66319

ta-rider 20 Nov 2012 07:29

...and some just need 5.000 Euro including baying the bike and everything like visa, petrol and food etc. to travel two years all the way around africa sleeping in a tent:

http://www.adventure-travel-experien...en_transafrika

Tobi

coolblackbird 21 Nov 2012 09:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by *Touring Ted* (Post 400210)
I hope so...

There will new influx of riders buying loads of adventure gear and accessories brand new with their "more money than sense" attitudes.

Then 12 months later they realise they aren't using any of it and flog it all on eBay, nearly new, for a fraction of the price..

Then all us skint travellers can buy it up cheap and actually use it..

I might give the Touratech Laser-etched titanium BMW special edition soap dish a miss though.

:innocent:

hahaha just like me love e bay

coolblackbird 22 Nov 2012 09:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by *Touring Ted* (Post 400424)
haha ! Hold back why don't you...

They're going to throw Touratech branded rotten tomatoes at you at the next HU meeting.

:rofl:

I bet they are expensive tomatoes if there touratech:thumbdown:

grizzly7 22 Nov 2012 15:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by *Touring Ted* (Post 400210)
There will new influx of riders buying loads of adventure gear and accessories brand new with their "more money than sense" attitudes.

Then 12 months later they realise they aren't using any of it and flog it all on eBay, nearly new, for a fraction of the price..

With the water cooled 1200GS coming next year, the nearest beemer dealer to me is overflowing with almost new "old" ones.

I've never seen a bike with a winch though!?!?!

*Touring Ted* 22 Nov 2012 17:19

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Originally Posted by grizzly7 (Post 401374)
With the water cooled 1200GS coming next year, the nearest beemer dealer to me is overflowing with almost new "old" ones.

I've never seen a bike with a winch though!?!?!

All new BMW's should come with a winch.

Long enough to winch itself back to the nearest BMW dealership when it breaks down. Preferably via a bank where you can re-mortgage your house to pay for repairs that aren't really your fault but you have to pay for anyway.

The Cameraman 22 Nov 2012 18:17

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Originally Posted by *Touring Ted* (Post 401393)
All new BMW's should come with a winch.

Long enough to winch itself back to the nearest BMW dealership when it breaks down. Preferably via a bank where you can re-mortgage your house to pay for repairs that aren't really your fault but you have to pay for anyway.

Hi Ted,

I'll give BMW their due, they did cover all the repair costs on mine and I sold it when it reached 19 months old! I totted up the costs (as I could view the warranty submissions) and it came to over £4,000! At least the new owner had a well sorted bike!

Regards

Reggie

*Touring Ted* 23 Nov 2012 10:24

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Originally Posted by The Cameraman (Post 401406)
Hi Ted,

I'll give BMW their due, they did cover all the repair costs on mine and I sold it when it reached 19 months old! I totted up the costs (as I could view the warranty submissions) and it came to over £4,000! At least the new owner had a well sorted bike!

Regards

Reggie

Regggiee.. Shuuuush !!! I'm BMW bashing here. :innocent:

The Cameraman 23 Nov 2012 11:46

Hi Ted,

maybe the purchase prices would be cheaper if they built them better!!!!!!

Still I can't complain with the way they treated my bike faults, Howard Godolphin & the warranty team were great, it's a shame they were so busy! I'm sure the warranty work must have reduced by now or BMW would've gone bang!

Regards

Reggie


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