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Shared container available US-Magadan: 1 July 2014
I'll be using FESCO to ship from the US (Everett, WA) to Magadan, arriving approximately 1 July 2014.
The "crate" easily has room for another motorbike so long as it's not more than 225kgs. The cost is very reasonable - you'll be able to get to Magadan for less than the cost of arriving in Vladivostok additionally saving 5300km of riding on dusty, truck-choked roads, should you be aiming for Magadan.
PM me for details.
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You heading back for round 2? 
Unfinished business 
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Watch out for the Ladas towing caravans out of Magadan! They're everywhere and drive really quickly, often faster than orange 2 wheeled vehicles 
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You've no idea . . .
. . . how heavy a 690 is . . .
Let's see . . . broken rack on that day with near yard sale on the way to Tynda.
Sideways, drifting Kamaz trucks in the corners coming the other way. I'll give the 690 one thing . . . it's far less a prisoner of physics (inertia) than the 100kg heavier 950.
Then the broken low-voltage coil wire. "I wanna go fast." If the 690's average speed were calculated . . . any tortoise would beat that "hare". That stop took another 45 minutes, optimistically.
After the low-voltage coil . . . "Can we just make it into Tynda . . . it's a LOUSY 55km more ?"
Then, in a fit only a 5-year old could rationalize . . . a(nother) drunken Lada driver, often with 3-wheels in the air goes by spraying stones, dust and dirt onto my by then translucent visor. "We just got passed by a Lada."
Hell, Noah, a CAMEL could have passed us with all the issues the 690 had !!!
Where, or WHERE was the 690 when riding into Severobayalsk ? Left in the wake of a 950 passing EVERYTHING including a truck SIDEWAYS in a corner. The 690 apparently "overtook" it on a steep hill. How sporting. Nearly got a bit of sun waiting for that bike, again. Started to consider the most plausible - it had had another "issue".
I spent more time watching that thing being worked on or waiting for parts or it's owner spelunking in the forks with a straw . . . it never ended.
Oh, but it did. When we got to Tynda. Adios ! Hasta nunca.
PUH-LEEZE !
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You heading back for round 2?
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More like Round 3 . . .
2011 was a rushed bolt from Frankfurt to UB after the shipper completely tanked, costing me a solid month.
2012: A startup stymied me though that is, at least, paying some handsome dividends. And not showing up doesn't REALLY count, though it "hurt". Clearly, 2012 was a great year to be there !
2013: Bad luck, Dengue fever, and some biblical rains. Can't say the 690 was bad luck - their reputation precedes them.
2014: Round 3. Insh'Allah.
BTW, driving your trailer over the Vitim . . . hilarious as long as I'm not the tower or towee.  Might not be bad pulling a 690.
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. . . how heavy a 690 is . . .
Let's see . . . broken rack on that day with near yard sale on the way to Tynda.
Sideways, drifting Kamaz trucks in the corners coming the other way. I'll give the 690 one thing . . . it's far less a prisoner of physics (inertia) than the 100kg heavier 950.
Then the broken low-voltage coil wire. "I wanna go fast." If the 690's average speed were calculated . . . any tortoise would beat that "hare". That stop took another 45 minutes, optimistically.
After the low-voltage coil . . . "Can we just make it into Tynda . . . it's a LOUSY 55km more ?"
Then, in a fit only a 5-year old could rationalize . . . a(nother) drunken Lada driver, often with 3-wheels in the air goes by spraying stones, dust and dirt onto my by then translucent visor. "We just got passed by a Lada."
Hell, Noah, a CAMEL could have passed us with all the issues the 690 had !!!
Where, or WHERE was the 690 when riding into Severobayalsk ? Left in the wake of a 950 passing EVERYTHING including a truck SIDEWAYS in a corner. The 690 apparently "overtook" it on a steep hill. How sporting. Nearly got a bit of sun waiting for that bike, again. Started to consider the most plausible - it had had another "issue".
I spent more time watching that thing being worked on or waiting for parts or it's owner spelunking in the forks with a straw . . . it never ended.
Oh, but it did. When we got to Tynda. Adios ! Hasta nunca.
PUH-LEEZE !
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Thank you for this post. It shone a ray of sunlight on an otherwise thoroughly dull work day 
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Watch out for the Ladas towing caravans out of Magadan! They're everywhere and drive really quickly, often faster than orange 2 wheeled vehicles |
Chris I do believe you are still in denial about your Trannie!
Anyway my bike is now white 
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Chris I do believe you are still in denial about your Trannie!
Anyway my bike is now white |
My Trannie? More like YOUR Trannie!  
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Chris I do believe you are still in denial about your Trannie!
Anyway my bike is now white |
Serious question but still  ... Then again it's a free bump : Ghengis9021 is a totally sound bloke and it's an excellent option if you want to ship your bike from North America to Magadan in order to ride the New Federal Highway or the Old Summer Road version of the Road of Bones to Yakutsk and points west and south.
I met an Aussie bloke on the ROB in 2013 who shipped into Magadan and rode to London (on a CZ250 2-Smoke!) and the Customs procedure in Magadan was quite straightforward.
Does stopped at the side of the road while your mate fixes a puncture count as "being overtaken"?
This one didn't have a caravan on the back, so doesn't count anyway
See post #15 at http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...hard-way-75106 for more details
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Hi Genghis,
we're planning to ship the other way round this year. Do you have a contact at Fesco that can arrange the shipment? Would be great!
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Wow Genghis, That almost hurts a little.. after all those meals I cooked for you and all the times we help pick your heavy ass bike up. seems like all your bad luck is somehow my fault? What about waiting for you to get the water out of your pipe when you dumped her in at little tiny water crossing before the Vitim. And what about waiting for you to fix your leaking Tubliss tires.. 3 times? I suppose if you can't pickup your own bike, you can't travel solo.
Helping you get "unstuck" from a tree. Even a wimpy little 650 Dakar was able to leave this campsite without any trouble.
Dumped it in that puddle? And there was water in the exhaust so it wouldn't start? Even after we lifted the front to drain it, we still had to wait and watch you take your pipe off to drain the water out of it. It was like watching a monkey f**k a football.
Wait wait wait... don't try to pick it up.. you might pull a muscle.. again. 
I did have a good time helping you and Kim. The difference between the two of you, is that Kim thanked me admitted he couldn't have ridden the BAM without my help. Some how you think you could have done it alone and now post that I slowed you up? Shame on you. 
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Wow! Comaraderie indeed! Was there a 3rd party there who witnessed all this?
From Noah's report ... his 690 was nearly trouble free for entire RTW.
Sounds like things may have been a bit "Tense" along the way. Group travel on the road is never easy, and why so many go solo I guess. Funny how Ride Reports are very carefully edited these days. One of the reasons I like Long Way Round.
Film never lies.
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Originally Posted by Genghis9021
. . . how heavy a 690 is . . .
Let's see . . . broken rack on that day with near yard sale on the way to Tynda.
Sideways, drifting Kamaz trucks in the corners coming the other way. I'll give the 690 one thing . . . it's far less a prisoner of physics (inertia) than the 100kg heavier 950.
Then the broken low-voltage coil wire. "I wanna go fast." If the 690's average speed were calculated . . . any tortoise would beat that "hare". That stop took another 45 minutes, optimistically.
After the low-voltage coil . . . "Can we just make it into Tynda . . . it's a LOUSY 55km more ?"
Then, in a fit only a 5-year old could rationalize . . . a(nother) drunken Lada driver, often with 3-wheels in the air goes by spraying stones, dust and dirt onto my by then translucent visor. "We just got passed by a Lada."
Hell, Noah, a CAMEL could have passed us with all the issues the 690 had !!!
Where, or WHERE was the 690 when riding into Severobayalsk ? Left in the wake of a 950 passing EVERYTHING including a truck SIDEWAYS in a corner. The 690 apparently "overtook" it on a steep hill. How sporting. Nearly got a bit of sun waiting for that bike, again. Started to consider the most plausible - it had had another "issue".
I spent more time watching that thing being worked on or waiting for parts or it's owner spelunking in the forks with a straw . . . it never ended.
Oh, but it did. When we got to Tynda. Adios ! Hasta nunca.
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Wow Genghis, That almost hurts a little.. after all those meals I cooked for you and all the times we help pick your heavy ass bike up. seems like all your bad luck is somehow my fault? What about waiting for you to get the water out of your pipe when you dumped her in at little tiny water crossing before the Vitim. And what about waiting for you to fix your leaking Tubliss tires.. 3 times? I suppose if you can't pickup your own bike, you can't travel solo.
Helping you get "unstuck" from a tree. Even a wimpy little 650 Dakar was able to leave this campsite without any trouble.
Dumped it in that puddle? And there was water in the exhaust so it wouldn't start? Even after we lifted the front to drain it, we still had to wait and watch you take your pipe off to drain the water out of it. It was like watching a monkey f**k a football.
Wait wait wait... don't try to pick it up.. you might pull a muscle.. again.
I did have a good time helping you and Kim. The difference between the two of you, is that Kim thanked me admitted he couldn't have ridden the BAM without my help. Some how you think you could have done it alone and now post that I slowed you up? Shame on you. |
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Wow! Comaraderie indeed! Was there a 3rd party there who witnessed all this?
From Noah's report ... his 690 was nearly trouble free for entire RTW.
Sounds like things may have been a bit "Tense" along the way. Group travel on the road is never easy, and why so many go solo I guess. Funny how Ride Reports are very carefully edited these days. One of the reasons I like Long Way Round.
Film never lies.
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To be fair with regards to Noah's ongoing blog on ADV Rider any problems he does have he seems to fix him self so if you know alittle about bikes then no worries, also he has put alot of miles on it and riding it hard from the looks of his blog so you would expect alittle breakdown from time to time in some form... (but if you want trouble free take a DRZ )
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