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Don't hold your breath for that answer
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sorrythe question was meant for bob.
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After 2 consequetive days of posts, Bob has been gone since Jan 07.
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Lazy journalism
Sounds a bit like this chap on 4wd section http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...dcruiser-33439
Just trying to get you to do the work for them. That's the beauty of the Hubb people take and people give, not just ask a and make a quick buck.
The advice Chris and the others give here is invaluable - i'd much rather suport them than some multinational like Haynes or google.
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The advice Chris and the others give here is invaluable - i'd much rather suport them than some multinational like Haynes or google.
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Well put. I wonder if I'd ever have gone on my big trip if I hadn't found a copy of 'Desert Biking' purely by accident amongst the 'Lovely Planets' in my local Waterstons.
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"Refitting is the reverse of removal" - how many times has Haynes lied to me with that simple sentence? I hope their new manual is more truthful. That said Just the title makes me curious and well worth a flick through at the book store. It is easy to be dismissive about this sort of venture and there is an air of disdain here about the commercialization of bike travel through LWD and LWR.
What we love is getting popular - there seems to be a storm of interest in this kind of activity these days. Perhaps some of us on the HUBB want to get together to do a "1000 places to visit on your bike before you die" type of book. Then as bike travel gains in popularity we can be more specific and we can do "1001 places to visit on your GS1150 before you die". Anyone in on it?
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