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Me and a good friend from Oz are following the route Ewan and Charley rode, next april on a couple of Gilera Runner 125s. I think the only advantage they had is the long easy roads in Europe up to Kazakhstan, and USA. Other than that any bike will just about do. If anything a smaller lighter bike will be better especially on the really muddy boggy sandy tracks. Don't be fooled. You can see the world on a motorised skateboard if you really want to and don't need huge fuel guzzling off road bikes. One thing I would say is get some off road tyres. They will save you time on the slippery roads, punctures and falling off so much. Good luck and never stop travelling.
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Me and a good friend from Oz are following the route Ewan and Charley rode, next april on a couple of Gilera Runner 125s. I think the only advantage they had is the long easy roads in Europe up to Kazakhstan, and USA.
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Will you have the caravan of support vehicles following you?
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10 Apr 2006
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I've just bought a Honda XR125L 125cc road/trail bike and I love it. Apart from the long highway stretches I think it would have worked fine for me on my Morocco trip. I'm off to Salisbury Plain at the weekend to see how it copes with dirt tracks and potholes...
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11 Apr 2006
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I remember that they featured two guys on 50cc Yamaha Zuma scooters on The Speed Channel, a motorsport cable television channel in the US. There is a motorcycle show every Tuesday called Two Wheel Tuesday, and the host and his buddy rode (roughly the majority) of route 66 from somehwere in the eastern part of the US to L.A. They had a crew with them, and did the segments weekly, so it wasn't as dramatic as going straight through. Three guys on TGB 150cc delivery scooters rode cross country from New York City to L.A. for the TGB company. I think the story and photos are on a site called www.cobramotors.com, the site being a distributor/dealer of the Taiwanese made scooters. Here is a direct link to the cross-country story: http://www.cobrasales.com/news/cobra...orts112004.htm
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There is a scooter Canonball Run in the US, from coast to coast I believe, a distance of 3293 miles in only 9 days. All scooters are in the range of 125-251 cc. There are even vintage ones participating.
I'm not 100% certain, but I believe it is an annual event. For more info, chack out this link: http://www.scootercannonball.com/
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If I am brave enough, I might try a cross country (U.S)run on a GY-series enduro 200cc. In the near future, I'd consider one of the 150-250cc scooters, preferably one with a stereo for a cross country jaunt.
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