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I'll be in UB 23, 24 August. Saw you were shipping bike to UU so assuming you're heading for Mongolia.
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Yeah, flying to UU on the 8th to get my bike, then in UB 10-12 Aug. Doing kind of a loop to Tseterleg up to Khovsgol, then back to Darkhan, then back to UU around the 22nd or so. Maybe I'll see you on the road?
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Yeah, flying to UU on the 8th to get my bike, then in UB 10-12 Aug. Doing kind of a loop to Tseterleg up to Khovsgol, then back to Darkhan, then back to UU around the 22nd or so. Maybe I'll see you on the road?
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Vitim Bridge done! Felix and I arrived Charas in rain storm.
Tom: I plan to fly Magadan to Irkutsk on 20 August and ride transalp Irkutsk to UU to UB on 21/ 22 so hopefully we can meet somewhere en our routes.
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Tom: I plan to fly Magadan to Irkutsk on 20 August and ride transalp Irkutsk to UU to UB on 21/ 22 so hopefully we can meet somewhere en our routes.
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let's stay in touch; I'm on an Xchallenge with the TT tank. will pm you with my number.
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Hope things are going ok for those on the rob. Saw on the Russian TV that there was flooding in Yakultia (thought I had it bad...) no idea where in Yakultia though as I didn't recognise any names.
I'm about to go to sleep at a railway camp in a unmapped town 50km east of Dipkun. I was banyaed, fed and poured plenty of vodka and brandy before retiring to a railway car used for the workers rooms. I need to buy them a bottle or 2 of something.
The eastern bam has been challenging but only because of the hard rain I had a while in tynda and the constant on and off rain since. A couple missing bridges made things a challenge as well. Fortunately the roads are mostly ok aside from the washouts and deep puddles from the recent rain.
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Arrived at Tynda with Felix.
Can anyone help with fault diagnosis? About 20 km before Lopcha the bike ( 2008 BMW x challenge) started messing about. Stuttering and spluttering. The only way it ran at all was to rev the nuts off it riding 65 kph in 2nd gear or 75 to 85 in third. The second I went slightly off the throttle it coughs and dies or if lucky I pull the clutch and rev it like hell and re engage gear. The bike idles ok but particularly hates going up hill.
We have replaced the air filter on the side of the road and the bike ran great for 20 km, then the same old tricks. What shall we check in the morning? It's 1.45am here.
Spark plugs
All electronic components
Put in new high octane fuel?
Any tips gratefully received.
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Can anyone help with fault diagnosis? About 20 km before Lopcha the bike ( 2008 BMW x challenge) started messing about. Stuttering and spluttering. The only way it ran at all was to rev the nuts off it riding 65 kph in 2nd gear or 75 to 85 in third. The second I went slightly off the throttle it coughs and dies or if lucky I pull the clutch and rev it like hell and re engage gear. The bike idles ok but particularly hates going up hill.
Any tips gratefully received.
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I had very similar symptoms with the same engine in the F650GS after revving the nuts off it all day, riding autobahns, in the main, from Switzerland to the UK.
My good news is that it cured itself (and I never did know or understand what caused the symptoms).
My bad news is that it appeared to cure itself after I flung it into the garage and rode other steeds - coming back to it after about a month of standing, neglected, did the trick.
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see my comments on the parallel thread
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