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Re: [ST] Fwd: Long Way Round
- Subject: Re: [ST] Fwd: Long Way Round
- From: Blake Sobiloff <sobiloff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:07:13 -0800
On Jan 11, 2005, at 1:43 PM, Brian D . wrote:
> IIRC the bmw's broke down at least twice. Once with a cracked
> (sub)frame, and once from an ABS malfunction that somehow made the bike
> unrideable.
>
> Tiggers probably would have done about the same.
Yeah, those big bikes really are too big and heavy for the kind of
terrain they faced on this trip. They probably would have been better
off with the F650 Dakar or a Kawasaki KLR650--lighter, thus less likely
to fall over, and easier to pick up when it does.
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Blake Sobiloff <sobiloff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
San Mateo, CA (USA)
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