What bike?
Hi Guys n girls,
I'm just looking for a bit of advice. I'm planing a trip from uk to oz with my gfriend. I'm looking for a bike that is upto the task but i'm not sure what is needed.
I did a small stint, 5000km, around west africa 2up on an XT500 which seemed to handle it OKish. Top speed was a bit of a problem when you found a piece road that was good enough to open it up on but we were happy enogh plodding along. One problem that did come up was in Ghana were the roads are good and the drivers aren't. The problem was due to dodgy over taking not giving us as much room as i would have liked.
For this reason i'm looking for a bike that can keep up with the locals and have a bit in reserve to get out the way if/when needed. The problem is i don't know what the roads are like and what speeds people travel at.
Can anyone who has been there or is there let me know what to expect from the Middle east and Asia. i'm looking at the 'stans, india and China route.
Thanks for any help.
Sam
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