BAM 2014, Tayshet to Tynda, Who will drive it?
 

hello

as the title says.. who has it planned for 2014?

it is rather a challenging road, best not to attempt it alone,
i am interested to possible meet up with like minded adventurers to help each other out.

as i write this, im some what aiming to be in Tayshet roughly the start of August, but that might change..

hmm, looks like i will have to do it on my own...

We tried it a few weeks ago and turned back at a bad stretch of deep mud and ruts. We were on our own in a Land Rover Defender.

I think a bike would have got through OK.

If the weather has dried up the mud since we were there, it may now be drivable. There had been a lot of rain and snow prior to our attempt.

See my blog post with pics - A Gentle Introduction – then BAM! | Bermuda Rover

We are planning to cover BAM Road from Tayshet to Tynda in mid of June (around 14th of June) :)

This ride report of mine at Mongolia to Magadan: Any which (the hard) way - ADVrider from 2013 gives you an idea of what to expect.

Light skinny bike with GOOD suspension = doable

Fat, heavy bike with normal suspension= very hard

wide bike = eg. with bmw boxer motor, as well as being heavy and fat = close to impossible

car = impossible

Good luck and enjoy!

The Northern Asia section of the HUBB gets much more people looking at it than Route Planning.

Hi Edd,

I will drive the western BAM together with a German Rider, both on KTM 640 ADV. We should meet around 15 of july in Ulan Bator, then drive to Irkutsk and from there start the BAM.
When will you be there?

I guess we will be around 20 of july at the start of the western BAM. Then we are heading to Magadan.