Intro: “Peru: Unfinished Business”

Words by Naomi (naotweed) | Photography by Alberto (MotoLara)


Holy cow, it is 2015!? When did that happen?? Where has my youth gone!?? Oh well, I guess this story begins back in the good ol’ days of 2011, when Alberto and I had the privilege of riding our F800GS bikes from Canada to Argentina, however unfortunately for us things went a bit pear shaped once we arrived in Peru. We got some gas, rode into the mountains, yada yada, had to get the engines replaced on both F8GSs. Please lets not re-hash that whole ordeal here, there is plenty of discussion in our RR thread. What I do want to touch on is that while we had an amazing trip overall back in the days of 2010/2011 we always felt a bit cheated by our Peru riding experience. This is what led us to discussing, planning, and ultimately doing this ride: Peru: Unfinished Business.

The basic plan was to ride our newly purchased Keeway 200s, can you feel the power?, as hard as we dare into the Peruvian Sierra covering all the places we were unable to ride the first time around but had planned visit. However we only had 6 weeks of vacation from work so riding ALL the places seemed unrealistic, so we settled for the following mission statement “ride as many awesome roads as we can”.

Team Introductions:

Chasqui, Inca's word for the messenger who ran through the mountains of the Inca Empire


Meet Chasqui, Alberto's 200ccs of terror. Can be seen lacking power on uphills at elevations of 2000+ metres above sea level and getting knee down in corners. Best known for being able to climb any hill in first gear.

The indomitable Keeway TX200 packed for adventure


Apu, the Incas word for the spirit of the mountains


Introducing Apu, Naomi's 200cc companion for Chasqui. Can be seen bouncing along behind Chasqui and best know for bolts going missing.

Apu enjoying the sunset


Our stuff:




Naomi
1) Neck protection with cooling properties
2) Camping pots
3) Hydration pack
4) Solar charger to keep the toys powered
5) Riding gloves
6) Communication system



Alberto
1) Powder to keep the skin happy
2) Rok Straps to keep our luggage in place
3) Miracle glue
4) Hard Drive for backing up media
5) Communication device for emergencies…. just in case



A few teaser photos to wet your whistle.


















I hope you enjoy our videos for the trip, there will be an Episode for each day. This is the teaser video of the whole trip. We’d love it if you subscribed to our YouTube channel and left your feedback in the comments section. We really want to hear what you think. Thank you!

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