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excellent
Steve, Chris ... sounds like we have a plan ..... when do we leave?
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Steve, Chris ... sounds like we have a plan ..... when do we leave?
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Hi Colebatch,
You do not have to ask me twice, I would love to go back.
My problem is I still have a list of places to go and ride and although that list is getting smaller, the list of places to go back to is getting bigger. There is a danger I could disappear up my own exhaust.
Debra and I are riding Alaska to Argentina early next year and we don't plan to be back before spring 2009.
Anyway judging by our miserable failure to meet up for a  at the HU rally it's better we don't try and get organized.
Steve
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BAM riding
July 2009?
Chris Scott warned me that you were lurking.....
Note, I have the local Russian maps (1:50,000) that show ALL of the roads and tracks and they are shown all the way along the BAM to Port Vanino.
Let me know!
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Adrian .... you are in. And you better get a-scannin on those maps
July 2009 it is
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When I was hanging around Baikal I met a guy who'd just been over the northern side. Riding a standard Honda XLV400 Transalp (sound familiar Walter?) He rode from Skovodrino to Tynda then across the northern side along the BAM and back down the western side earlier this year. He had some great photos. Looked tough but doable. Good luck!
I had an atlas with gas stations on it for that area, but unfortunately not any more.
Cheers.
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Thanks Mate,
If its doable on a 400cc Transalp with dual purpose tyres then on something like a DRZ400 with knobblies, it should be no problem ... weather depending of course.
btw ... Tried to catch up with you last month mate... but couldnt find you in that packed bar
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Thanks Mate,
If its doable on a 400cc Transalp with dual purpose tyres then on something like a DRZ400 with knobblies, it should be no problem ... weather depending of course.
btw ... Tried to catch up with you last month mate... but couldnt find you in that packed bar
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Yeah, no hope in hell in that bar...
Anyway, maybe we could meet up another time. Expect to be in London from 24 to 30 November. I'm trying to sort out my photos from my Russian trip now and applying for some jobs.
Anyway better quit the thread hijack.
I'll have a look for the guy's email, but I don't recal if he gave it to me or not.
The road immediately to the east of Baikal looks a lot tougher than Skovo - Tynda etc.
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