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15 Jun 2013
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I too am planning a Trans Asia/Europe trip in 2014 probably West to East starting in the UK in mid May. I'll be riding a KTM 950 and while I am a very experienced off road rider/racer, I'm not looking for a lot of single track. As much dirt road as possible hopefully along much of Colebatch's route including the BAM and time/weather permitting, all the way to Magadan.
Lets all keep in touch and perhaps as our trips progress we will be able to group up from time to time.
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7 Jul 2013
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Hey.
Hope your well. Have you thought any further about the trip, I am waiting to find someone to travel with before I spend any more money on modifying my bike etc...
Would you be keen to meet?
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9 Jul 2013
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thanks so much for all the messages.
daveandles - great stuff - let's meet in Mongolia
Edge 1982 - im up for meeting in Belgium
Kenand - Heading to Australia - let's meet up or go the same way together
Katie - I was looking at road of Bones - really wanted to do Iran too. Let's meet up and have a chat.
Kelly - be great to group up, let's keep in touch.
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15 Jul 2013
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Hi All,
Two advice for the ladies:
- Choose bikes under 200 kg,
- Before the trip go to training on unpaved road as much as you can.
It will help you to enjoy Mongolia instead of you just focus on the road
In 2012 we covered a 50 day trip from Hungary to Mongolia and back (1 female and 2 male biker, 3 bikes). You can find some information/report/photo here: RIDE TO MONGOLIA 2012
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5 Oct 2013
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Originally Posted by hootchy_cootchy
thanks so much for all the messages.
daveandles - great stuff - let's meet in Mongolia
Edge 1982 - im up for meeting in Belgium
Kenand - Heading to Australia - let's meet up or go the same way together
Katie - I was looking at road of Bones - really wanted to do Iran too. Let's meet up and have a chat.
Kelly - be great to group up, let's keep in touch.
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Hootchy_Cootchy
I will be leaving Ireland in mid April 2014 and arrive in Istanbul Mid -May. From there it is across Turkey, Georgia, Azerbijan, the Stans, Mongolia for August, finish up in West Russia depending on the weather. I want to join with some others because there is some safety in numbers. I ride a BMW F650GS and plan to use a similar bike for this trip. I have extensive experience having done USA to Ushuaia in 2008-9. I plan to take all of 6 months, maybe 7. So I am flexible. Fritz
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7 Oct 2013
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Proper coordination of all travel plans!
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Originally Posted by fritzsampson
Hootchy_Cootchy
I will be leaving Ireland in mid April 2014 and arrive in Istanbul Mid -May. From there it is across Turkey, Georgia, Azerbijan, the Stans, Mongolia for August, finish up in West Russia depending on the weather. I want to join with some others because there is some safety in numbers. I ride a BMW F650GS and plan to use a similar bike for this trip. I have extensive experience having done USA to Ushuaia in 2008-9. I plan to take all of 6 months, maybe 7. So I am flexible. Fritz
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I count quit a few people (also looking at the UK - Magadan/Vlad post from Touring Ted) with very similar plans and itineraries but it's very difficult to get a proper overview. Riding in (freely alternating) small groups is more fun than riding alone I think, and I guess so do you all otherwise you would not be posting in Travellers seeking Travellers. But everybody is going in the same direction and in theory we can all do this trip within days from each other without ever meeting or bumping into each other. I have seen that happen before. How can we somehow coordinate this? We could make a spreadsheet with main data like name/departure/duration/route/key dates/contact info/riding style/bike/car/etc. and keep it updated real time? Maybe it can be done thu this site, dunno! If this seems like a good idea, then I will try to make something maybe via this site, an Excel sheet that you can down load, update with personal info and repost. the last sheet is then always the most up to date one!
Good idea or sucky idea !
Cheers,
Noel
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Just thinking I'd better get organised soon, which means startin a spreadsheet! 
We want to leave late April, early May latest.
In Jan/Feb I need to change my Passport (it is expiring in dec 2014 so may be a prob if we cruise around until end of August!).
But then, I guess for Visas applications I should start looking at this in March ...?
Anyone has been investigating Visas and LOIs yet fro Russia and Stans ? Mixed reviews on agencies here for what I found so far....
If anyone has a recommendation on that?
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Reason: bad typing
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7 Oct 2013
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What about if I post an Excel spread sheet which can be downloaded and filled in. Then you send me the update to my personal email address (in the excel sheet) and I will consolidate new entries in an overview list which is then posted again!
Maybe something like this; Travel List Mongolia (template) 2014.xlsx 
Looking forward to your input / feedback
Cheers,
Noel
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7 Oct 2013
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Noel,
To be honest, I'm not sure that the spreadsheet would take us much further than we already are.
Several members have already indicated their proposed routes and departure dates. The dates when any of us will be in specific locations is very fluid and, at best, can only be an estimate.
I don't see how the data in the proposed spreadhseet would help to bring the different groups together during our travels any more than regular posts on the HUBB.
Just my thoughts.
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