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Hi

My friend and I do some travels on our bikes - MZ TS 250/1 ( 1979 ) and CZ 175 ( 1973 ) . We live in Poland, and so far we have been to Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Austria, Romania, Hungary.
On such light bike ( cz - 110kg, mz - 130 kg ) we can reach many remote places, through mud, meadows...
The trips are cheap as the vehicles take little fuel, we are not affraid of sleeping in a forest by the bikes as as for value they costt little.
What is more, our speed is low - aobut 70, so we have the opportunity to see much from the saddle.

greetings from Poland
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From Italy to Nepal,
From Italy to Cape Town
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I once rode a cb250 1000 miles From maimi flordia to tenn. Cool

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Modern 250 four strokes are well capable of doing large amounts of distance with good reliability, I had a Yam TTR 250 Raid, very good for overlanding - at a nice steady pace, leccy and kick start, H4 headlight, good sized rack, Acerbis do a 22 litre tank and its not too tall. I rode the thing all the time, around all of Europe and when I eventually sold it, I'd done 74,000 km on it with no major problems at all, and yeah maybe it takes a bit longer on a small capacity bike, but when you go fast you miss an awful lot of stuff, just pack light, ride slow and keep the few grand you saved from not buying a Paris Dakar replica in your back pocket. Gipper.
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I am riding a xr250l BAJA.. i just rode from Singapore cross Malaysia and then to the beautiful island of Ko Samui a few weeks ago.. people are skeptical about small bike for long distance,though the total journey was just about 3000km.. I wanted to prove my point. The bike was actually doing well throughout the whole trip, the fuel consumption, the engine.. everything, the only major complaint was the seat of the bike.. well Singapore is just a f***ing small island of just like 50 km apart, so we dont really feel uncomfortable on the samll and narrow seat, but after riding for 20 hours non stop.. tell me about it!!! I can swear to god that I got buttf**** by the seat a million times.! I went with one of my friend riding a 1988 xr250r, and we really curse and swear along the way!!! come to think of it, its really fun though, upon completion of the trip, the feeling was SWEET!! who need a 1000cc to travel far? perhaps i have not gone more then 3000km, but until now, i think a 250 will be nice.. and the best of all, we can hit off road when the tarmac is missing isn't it?
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Djebel 250
In 2002 I rode from Osaka, Japan to Barcelona on a used Suzuki Djebel 250. Took me 7months and went through all kinds of climates/terrains, through Russia, Mongolia, Central Asia, Eastern Europe and Europe proper. The bike was fantastic and reasonably comfortable to ride. Im 187cm and 80kgs.

The most important thing is to pack LIGHT. I had 27kgs of gear plus 2days food.

In 3weeks time, my girlfriend and I are starting our Australia to Morocco trip, 2-up on a Honda CT110!!!!
18months together. Itll be slow but we will get there.

If you can do it on a bicycle, you can do it on any motorbike.

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In 2002 I rode from Osaka, Japan to Barcelona on a used Suzuki Djebel 250.

In 3weeks time, my girlfriend and I are starting our Australia to Morocco trip, 2-up on a Honda CT110!!!!
18months together. Itll be slow but we will get there.

If you can do it on a bicycle, you can do it on any motorbike.

Just get on it and ride.
Onya mate!
Are you doing a blog? I would LOVE to keep up with your story. CT90/CT110 are such great bikes.

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Hey Nigel.
Just getting something together now. I like the idea of informing other people about whats happening but Im not too keen on the idea of a quote BLOG unquote. Im looking at other options like audio/video podcasts as an alternative but I may just be forced to go with blogger. Not much time left.
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Here is a link to a woman who traveled around and around the world on a 250 till it was worn out then bought a used 225 to ride from brazil thru the USA and on to Prudoe bay . When I asked her if whe was going to write a book or something she just said "oh this was nothing special" Help out this amazing individual if you have the opportunity - Page 7 - ADVrider
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My wife and I recently arrived in SA after crossing from London via Middl East and East Africa on two XR250's. We would swear by them as they are so light and easy to handle in all conditions. Bit slow for South African lunatic drivers though but in rest of Africa 80km/h is plenty.

My wifes did have problems which we think we inherited from the previous owner but it still made it all the way down to Cape town with it's knock. Mine purred all the way.

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Insipiring!!! Can it be done through South America?
Wow, really inspirational reading. But having read other posts, itsoundslike motorway miles are not the best to do on a 250. My girlfriend and i want to go down to argentina from bolivia and we believe there will be a few hundred miles to cover, and therefore freeways, motorways e.t.c. Does this mean we should not get a 250? and if we should what precautions should we take?

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Mongolia by 100cc 2 strokes
My brother and myself just recently did 4500km in Mongolia on Yamaha AG100's. For a country like Mongolia small bikes are ideal. Anyone interested can check out our experience at Matt and Al in Mongolia
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Onya mate!
Are you doing a blog? I would LOVE to keep up with your story. CT90/CT110 are such great bikes.

Kind regards

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