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Photo by Sean Howman, The Pamir highway in an unseasonably cold late October, Tajikistan

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The Pamir highway in an unseasonably
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I've never hooked up on forums - the probability of a hookup actually happenint and then being carried out seems very small, and then having things turn out a success even smaller.

I think you have a much greater success rate finding someone on the road - at least for parts of your trip. To get someone to joun you for a longer ride, look among friends or join a local club (toring, overland, offroad, adventure, etc). Put in the time to make friends, inspire, etc.

I've posted my home as open to overlanders for many years now, but only had a handful stays - a bit of a surprise with so many complaining about costs in Norway.
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I've posted my home as open to overlanders for many years now, but only had a handful stays - a bit of a surprise with so many complaining about costs in Norway.
Out of interest where have you posted this? I have asked people on the communities a few times about places to stay in their locality and have been offered a bed with them but have never presumed it was for that purpose, unlike the tent space thread on advrider which is specifically for that, have I been missing out all this time?
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Out of interest where have you posted this? I have asked people on the communities a few times about places to stay in their locality and have been offered a bed with them but have never presumed it was for that purpose, unlike the tent space thread on advrider which is specifically for that, have I been missing out all this time?
The one I know about is bunk-a biker. We made use of it during our recent time in Spain (and were very warmly welcomed by the Mas Gas club in Cordoba), and a friend in the US hosts people regularly.

https://www.bunkabiker.org
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baluchistan
i was truckdriver all my live and even then i hated to be stuck with others.
But a couple of weeks ago, i was put in a convoy of 3 in Quetta, Pakistan.
When i heard it was a german old firetruck, my stomac tumbled, bbbbwwuurrkkk. The third was a big camper-van with 3 english pakistani aboard, they were busdrivers i found put later !!
Surprisingly we all 3 had the same speed-sence, we pushed and overtook our levies and police escorts for 2 days, even the german guy was doing non-german things with his firetruck (it was not so old and had no speedlimiter).
All by all it was a nice atmosphere, and the escorts were not to bothered about our driving-styles.
But if asked again, no thanks (or it has to be with the same guys).
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Ok............ this is how i see it..........
You have a group of bikes on sports bike , and there enjoyment is to ride fast. and talk it at a coffee stop !
ON the other hand us adventure riders have a more diverse reason to ride ...
ride slow and enjoy the countryside . of even ride fast and enjoy !
Go off road and get away from all the stress of modern life and enjoy the things that you see and hear
So ...... because so many like to do this i find it very hard to want to share it
with other riders , having seed that i spent 3 weeks in Picos area with a good
mate and we had a ball !
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Out of interest where have you posted this? I have asked people on the communities a few times about places to stay in their locality and have been offered a bed with them but have never presumed it was for that purpose, unlike the tent space thread on advrider which is specifically for that, have I been missing out all this time?

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For a long time the roadtrips I participated in were in groups. We were 3, 4, 15...
And indeed, there are always compromises to be made when you are not alone.
Now I confess to also prefer to travel alone, stop when I want, if I want, where I want, take pictures, ride at my own pace.

And paradoxically, I feel less alone now than before.
In a group, I followed the others, my opinion was drowned in the mass. Alpha males took power over almost every decision.
And above all, we kept to ourselves.

Now that I travel alone, I don't feel alone. Each stop is an opportunity to meet other people, to discuss, to exchange, to share a piece of the ride together. And I love that !

My bike and I are ready for new landscapes, new roads and new encounters!
But just my bike and I!
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Think we have a consensus here i agree with. I ride a mix of solo and with a few mates. But even my best mate starts to get on my nerves after a week or so……

…..but just in the interests of balance i posted up here 7 years ago to ask for some help on gps tech. The the guy who helped and his now wife became good friends as a result and we now ride events and do weekends together.

So my take would be to evaluate carefully, but never totally close the door to a new opportunity.
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