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Vladivostok to London May/June 2012
Anyone going that way around that time ?
Im riding Tourer Sport/Tourer and staying on the road. And staying in European countries.
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Have fun , just completed that run , had a great time, loved it .
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Hi Bushman'
Good on you, Did you use the dual purpose bike ?
Why does everyone seem to use these bikes ?
I want to use a tourer/sport/tourer, I believe 99% of the road is tarmac so why ride a bike that is 50% trail ?
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hi louiekiwi, the answer to why i used a dual bike is easy i didn,t know the road conditions at the time lots of conflicting reports on wether it would have tarmac or just rough stone.
But you can do the trip on any bike , the first four bikes into Vladivostok from the west that we saw were harleys , and out in the wilderness we met a couple travelling on a pair of Honda melody's ( 125 step through scooters ) there are still some rough areas without tarmac and lots of road works without tarmac but any bike can get through with a little care.
I was comfortable to take the beemer so thats what i went on, just go with what bike your comfortable with and you can make it .
There's a few low quality videos that i completed on the road have a look and see what it's like, nothing to hard.
mark bushman's videos on Vimeo
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Thanks Mark, That makes sense. Any snipet of information is appreceated. Because Ive never been abroad before, well only Australia to the desert for work in the mining industry. So Im quite looking foward to this trip. I have relatives (as many of us do) in England. Your rugby team arrived today. Good luck with that. And thanks again I'll be watching your video.
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You have your comments disabled on Vimio. I wanted to say - That bloody statue in Stalingrad is 85 meters tall and 6000 tons !!
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louiekiwi ,
Hi just looked at Vimeo and it says anyone can add comments, oh well never mind . You could also read my blog from the trip
ridersoftheworld.co.uk and just click on blog and also my riding buddy also had a blog at Round the World in 80 Ways Hope it all goes well and please any other questions don't hesitate to ask : bushman_uk (at)hotmail (dot) com.
T Rex63 Thomas how did you get on in the recent storms ?
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I completed the trip Mark.
I hada great time. Those Russians are good people, they really looked after me.
Quite incredable the level of hospitality, kindness and friendliness.
I'm doing it again next year.
On a dual purpose bike. My bike was not really that suitable but It did the job under some pretty extreme conditions.
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Anyone going that way around that time ?
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Hi there,
yes, I plan on leaving the US, on May 1st next year and anticipate to be in Vlad around the middle to end of May heading westward. I have Mongolia and Kazakhstan on my travel agenda.
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Hi Thomas,
Yes I see you are equipped for any road condition, where as I am not.
At what point will you cross into Mongolia ?
Perhaps we could ride together up to that point and rondevu at a later stage.
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Hi Thomas,
Yes I see you are equipped for any road condition, where as I am not.
At what point will you cross into Mongolia ?
Perhaps we could ride together up to that point and rondevu at a later stage.
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For the time being, I can only offer an approximate time frame. The plan is to leave/ship the bike from Vancouver, Canada by air in the second half of May. Considering travel in S.Korea the ferry to Vlad, I would assume crossing into Mongolia by the middle of June.
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For the time being, I can only offer an approximate time frame. The plan is to leave/ship the bike from Vancouver, Canada by air in the second half of May. Considering travel in S.Korea the ferry to Vlad, I would assume crossing into Mongolia by the middle of June.
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TREX,I plan to leave Cincinnati app.mid May,and ride to Vancouver.Then ship to S Korea,ride to ferry and ship to Vlad.I want to ride Mongolia also.I haven't read enough about roads/sand trails there.I am somewhat concerned about riding alone and getting stuck in the boonies.It would make it more of an adventure,I guess.
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I'm leaving Washington DC on Memorial Day and heading west. I'm planning on being in Vancouver, Canada around June 9 and I'm air frighting it to N. Korea and then ferry (June 16th) it over to Vladivostok. Then head west to Europe. My full details of the trip are on my personal website www.patkoj.com Let me know your exact plans and maybe we can work something out.
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I'm leaving Washington DC on Memorial Day and heading west. I'm planning on being in Vancouver, Canada around June 9 and I'm air frighting it to N. Korea and then ferry (June 16th) it over to Vladivostok. Then head west to Europe. My full details of the trip are on my personal website www.patkoj.com Let me know your exact plans and maybe we can work something out.
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