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I had some problems in Mauritania, I run out of petrol because there was no unleaded in the fill station of Total which is based 200 km north from Nouakchott.
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You don't need unleaded...
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Of course I know I do not need unleaded for an 1988 bike, much better leaded, but unleaded is the only carburant instead of diesel they sell at that Total fill station. I meant: no gas at all for the bike, no essence, no benzine, no gasoline, no nothing. Just diesel all the way. Diesel and sand. Not good for filling the bing carburators with.
viajes de invierno
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Happy ending. Now in Dakar. Very polluted city.
viajes de invierno
I am going to solve custom problems to keep here the bike. If I find out a solution, I will post it on the Subsaharan forum.
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Hi, Chris. Thanks for the link. I ve seen you tried what I am trying now, doing the long trip part by part. Where is your bike now? Did you give up about riding Timbuktu?
I am going to ask about the route to Timbuktu in subsaharian forum.
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Originally Posted by Miquel-Silvestre
Hi, Chris. Thanks for the link. I ve seen you tried what I am trying now, doing the long trip part by part. Where is your bike now? Did you give up about riding Timbuktu?
I am going to ask about the route to Timbuktu in subsaharian forum.
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Hi Miguel
I added a reply to the same question in post #12 of the above link. The bike's back in Spain and is going to Russia next year. West/Sahel Africa currently holds no further interest for me.
Hope you have your parking sorted.
cheers
Chris
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Hi, Chris. I was in Russia last year on my way to Kazkahstan. Too much corruption and angry people. Central Asia was much better.
HEADING EAST...: WELCOME ASIA
When you are in Spain, if you stay in Madrid, send me a private msg and we can chat about Russia and some words you´d better know. I have place for long distance bikers.
Good luck.
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Originally Posted by Miquel-Silvestre
Hi, Chris. I was in Russia last year on my way to Kazkahstan. Too much corruption and angry people. Central Asia was much better.
HEADING EAST...: WELCOME ASIA
When you are in Spain, if you stay in Madrid, send me a private msg and we can chat about Russia and some words you´d better know. I have place for long distance bikers.
Good luck.
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Hi Miquel
I plan to ride the bike from La Linea to my parents' house in Germany in October. Will get in touch then.
All the best
Chris
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