Just picked up this thread, most amusing. Most of you writing seem to be 'travelled' folk so have a different perspective on it to the 'ordinary' biker. We have the privalage of the insight that the travelling has given us. Done all the research and paperwork ourselves and got the miles laid down.
I too get erked by the LWR comments I get as though they are the first m/c adventurers and love to thow Ted Simons journey into the pot, (am I any the less an adventure m/c traveller for having read his book and spoken to the man?) but also I have to appreciate that people don't think I'm on some kind of suicide mission now. After all it's on the telly so it must be ok.
The number of people who tell me that they would love to do a RWT is amazing, the number who will go is very small, so the LWR team are feeding their fantasy. Is that a good or bad thing? Donno

Me? I reckon sponsorship brings too many responsibilities with it, I just want to be free to do my thing.


And what about all that stopping and starting to get a shot of them coming round this bend or over that bridge, That would drive me nuts, I won't even stop to go back and take a photo if I've passed a good viewpoint.

So my guess is that we can all see it on two levels, the 90% hype and the 10% 'don't you just love it.' I think that causes these mixed feelings that I observe here. But what really matters about the HU fraternity is the encouragement that you don't need to be a TV star to get out and ride, be it to the ends of the earth or just down to the park. Talking of which I gotta go and find some food for tonight, if I have another McD I'll get BSE

Overnighting in Hurricane, Utah

PS not sure I've added anything to the debate, but I like to post when I can get a connection, makes me feel I belong at least somewhere nowadays

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Stagbeetle

It is not the Journey nor yet the Destination, that is the Prize; it is the people you meet on the way.

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Stagbeetle your never alone anymore. There's always someone online to talk to. I feel I belong and I'm at home drinking gin and tonic. You're on the road living the dream. You're the reason I log on. Think yourself lucky I've just finished an afternoon shift ! I'd trade places with "the actors" any day. Although I'd torch those following trucks.

Well I enjoy it anyway.
But it is of course a television programme that is aimed at a much wider audience than a few bike enthusiasts.

Torch the trucks?. But what would poor Ewan and Charlie do if they get a puncture then ? They can't repair punctures, and the spare wheels with tyres would be ablaze...................Go for it !!

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Never confuse the map with the journey.

Hi D

Hope alls going well now - youre never alone on the HUBB! Good roads! The other D is in El Salvador I think!