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Sorry Dave, should have given a bit more info.
I've been biking for years but only recently have i been into the whole motorcycle travelling thing. I bought the GSA in the pic above and decked it out with touratech stuff but the more i speak to people on the subject the more i feel i could of saved a bit of cash ( i blame Ewan & Charlie :-)
Did a short trip last year through europe and did the stella alpina (which got featured in ABR magazine) which was a warm up for my trip this year to south/central/north america and maybe further.
Plan to do 50/50 on road, off road plus some camping and some hotel/hostel.
I've done plenty of travelling in the past but not much on a bike.
Thanks for all your points of view, guys!
Jason
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Did a short trip last year through europe and did the stella alpina (which got featured in ABR magazine).
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Did you get to the top in 2012, or did the snow drifts stop the bikes?
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Did you get to the top in 2012, or did the snow drifts stop the bikes?
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Didn't quite get to the top because of the snow, had a really blast
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yes, i realise that!
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Just because Ewen & Thingy did it on a GS doesn't mean its right, ask Ted Simon.
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I guess you are referring to his first RTW on a Triumph.
TS made his second RTW trip on a Beemer GS = "Dreaming of Jupiter".
IIRC, he got that bike as a loan from a local garage in the UK.
Also IIRC, he had a lot less trouble on this second journey with the bike maintenance, shaft drive and all.
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he had a lot less trouble on this second journey with the bike maintenance, shaft drive and all.
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He writes. 'Where was that man, that "Jupiter", who once sat contentedly under a tree by the roadside in India, confident that somehow, someone would bring help and usher in a new adventure?'
I don't think he saw the improved reliability as a bonus, I think he drops the bike at some point and struggles to pick it up and as a passing truck stops to help, he begins to remember the essence of his first trip where the help and interaction of others afforded him his unique experience.
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He writes. 'Where was that man, that "Jupiter", who once sat contentedly under a tree by the roadside in India, confident that somehow, someone would bring help and usher in a new adventure?'
I don't think he saw the improved reliability as a bonus, I think he drops the bike at some point and struggles to pick it up and as a passing truck stops to help, he begins to remember the essence of his first trip where the help and interaction of others afforded him his unique experience.
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Absolutely!
The breakdown was just part of the experience for TS.
He is a traveller/author who happened to be using a motorcycle as the means of transport.
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Just because Ewen & Thingy did it on a GS doesn't mean its right, ask Ted Simon.
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and there was one mention where this two admitted that the KTM adventure most probably would have been the better choice and that they may would have been better off just buying this them self than asking for this "free - Bavarian - propaganda" bikes...
well at a point where they bogged down there GS's in Russia... but the camera man on his Russian bike just went past them across the heavy section without trouble and keeped filming the two prat's stuck in the mud... they went jalousie that moment which they admitted...
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Sorry Jason!
I was the first to go 
Back on topic, how did your tourathings perform on the Stella Alpina?? 
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Sorry Jason!
I was the first to go
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No,No, going of topic is fine, anyway the touratech stuff probably wasn't needed as i didn't drop the bike, up or down.
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