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16 May 2012
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It may depend on the thread of choice. I'm pretty much a lurker on the DR650 thread - good vibe with top guys and a library of knowledge over there 
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Of course! I've read outstanding trip reports and great bike rebuilts.
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Interesting, I've been thinking about this lately...
Most, if not everyone I know from my "normal" life, does the plane / hotel kind of travel, and never see more than what is in proximity of where they booked the hotel. These people see me as a biker, ie. someone who rides a bike.
And I have to agree with them, in the non-vacation periodes of my life, I'm probably the avg. biker, who takes the bike out for going to work, and the odd ride some where during the weekend.
But the times I'm always looking forward to, and plan months ahead, is my vacation where I go somewhere, at an relaxed speed. Most of the time I meet interesting people, and have interesting discussions about life, universe, and everything. That is when I become a traveler.
By my definition a traveler just goes where the road takes him/her, and makes the best out of it. And most of the time have a jolly good time.
I'd probably not travel as much if I didn't have a bike.
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Good thread Este'
To really see my country, Australia, you need a 4x4, unless you stick to the blacktop. 4x4, quad and trail bikes have been my source of adventures in the past. But times have changed, and I ticked the adventure biker box.
I find you get respect from the local peoples when you travel by bike, as this is the main transport for most of the worlds poor, also you get to taste the air, and no bloody schedules. I had tired as a backpacker not adventuring, spotted an Enfield in Nepal and my life changed. (If anyone wants a fully setup Tojo to cross Aus. give me a yell, I'll seriously give anyone from the Hubb a damn good deal) India is where I owned my first road bike, a baptism of fire as it were, it just got easier from then on.
Estabanc, I'm glad you didn't include a check box - Who cares?, you get more lovin' when you ride a bike-, then I would really have been confused.
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First overseas trip Southern Highlands bushwalking in 1973. First motorbike trip tried to ride to Arnhem Land on CB250 from Sydney in 3 weeks in 1972, that was a silly youthful thing to try( I crashed naturally enough).
Latest trip 40 years later Tokyo to Cape Town 2 yrs ago with my wife on our own bikes. Motor bikes and adventure travelling.... the best way to go in my books.
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