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The early day meant we had time for some bike maintenance, laundry , and RR catch up. The GS 911 says that the 800’s charging is not perfect. We swapped out the regulator and no change. Later we started the bike and the voltage meter still showed 13.9 -14, but riding at speed it was up to 14.2. Next we will swap the batteries to see if that is the issue. It is more likely since the stator has only 30,000 km.
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This is a bit of a strange spot. They have 3 tethered Reindeer, an airplane, and a tank on the lawn.
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One the way we noted a side dirt road up into the grasslands and went for a small detour up into the hills.
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We will also today visit Orbelian's Caravanserai.
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“It was built in 1332, by prince Chesar Orbelian to accommodate weary travellers and their animals as they crossed from, or into, the mountainous Vayots Dzor region. Located at the southern side of the pass at a height of 2410 meters above sea level, it is the best preserved caravanserai in the country.”
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Well first man down Trevor has been fighting a cold for a few days. Since it is Friday and we have no news yet from Tehran we decided on another day at the lake to laze about.
Dan’s voltage meter has been below 14.1 for the last few days. he put on the 911 and charging is not optimal. We swapped out the regulator and then the batteries and still looks like the stator. Drag as this one has only 30,000 km. Lucky as we have 2 with us.
We decided to see how it went on the ride out Saturday to Yerevan. It started out at 14.1 and was good all day until the traffic in the capital, it was 39 degrees, and the fan kicked in then it was 12.5. We rode out from Lake Sevan and noted the heavy police presence here. There are speed traps everywhere.
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Just before the capital we took a detour up to the Monastery in Geghard. On the way there is a great view of Mount Ararat.
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It was mobbed with tourists. There were cars and buses everywhere. Daniel kept going thru the mayhem and low and behold the taxi drivers waved us on to park in the shade behind one of their cars. We crammed 4 bikes into a small space.
There have been people worshiping here at the spring since pre Christian times. The Monastery was founded in the 4 th century, there are inscriptions dating from 1160, and the current main church was built in 1215. It is also know as the cave monastery. The spring still flows and the faithful fill of with bottles of the hole water.
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Looking good guys, nice pics!! You have the sun as well, whats not to like. Get that stator changed Dan it wont fix itself
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Looking good guys, nice pics!! You have the sun as well, whats not to like. Get that stator changed Dan it wont fix itself
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I'm behind in the blog my friend....Its done and 14.1 all day long.... Damn BMW. We have 1 left for me and we will get my sister to bring another to Vietnam in November. SP
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NEWS FLASH
The pain and stress is finally over we will pick up our Iran visas in the morning. This makes us 5 days late to enter and now our 20 days is only 15, but at least we are in! This means a very long (10 +) hour day tomorrow to get from Yerevan, Armenia to Tabriz, Iran.....We may be off line not sure if we will be able to access ADV in Iran. Wish us luck!!
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