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Originally Posted by Keks
Sorry to hear that you got hurt; hopefully you´re back on track now. Anyways, I think what we can take away from this is that
- you don´t rent a bike from an unknown source by e-mail with a deposit paid before you have seen and checked out the bike in person, not in India and not in Daytona Beach;
- you don´t believe that even a 2007 Enfield in an Indian rental fleet would have been "less prone to breakdowns" after five years in rental service;
- you don´t believe that any Enfield will not leak oil in a month of overland travel (which I´d think is one of the "oh shucks" scenarios, not the end of the world).
Chris
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To add, nor should anyone take on an "upside down" gear change when riding in a new country (and you had not been riding anywhere for a while).
Been there myself, done that and got the scars to prove it.
Regarding the issue of hiring bikes, I would like to see this type of feedback in a thread where it does not become lost with time; for instance, there is a forum for "tours" in here which might be near enough appropriate and this information could be found there in the future.
There is a rather similar cautionary tale with a lesser outcome within the Morocco forum; on futher thought, perhaps there is a better place within the HUBB where such cautionary advice can be found??
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Dave
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