Long Way Round Scooter Style

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Following in the Footsteps of Giants

Hi everyone.
Me and an Aussie friend(Hi Bec), are currently planning to follow Ewan MacGregor and Charley Boormans RTW trip, next April 14th 07 on a couple of Gilera Runner 125s. Ok so it wouldn't be everyone's first choice of bike to take that kind of distance, but like I keep trying to convince myself, we are riding light bikes that are reliable and well built and there is no reason why we won't be succesfull. When the roads get tough which of course they will, we slow down just as Ewan and Charley did, and the benefit we will have over them is being able to just glide over all the mud, sand and slosh rather than having to plough through it and falling every ten feet. It's only the big open roads that will be slower and that just means we start a little earlier and finish a litle later in the day. We are hoping for my dad to fly out with servicing parts and new tyres somewhere along the route. I plan to remove the helmet storage under the seat and fit a purpose made second fuel tank, change the exhaust to help the bikes breath a bit better, fit some small panniers and source some knobblies(any help would be great f14 in r13 in) and waterproof the electrics and fit a snorkel. It would be nice to hear what everyone thinks of this idea, whether you think I'm crazy or not. Thanks all x.