Modern sophisticated vs old simple technique
Hello everybody,
I'm new here and I'm planning a 7000km (about 4400 mls) trip from Hoogeveen in The Netherlands to Tarifa, the most southern point of Europe in Spain and back. It's gonna be a trip completely on small roads, mostly scenic. Camping along the way, cooking in front of my shelter so pretty heavy packed.
The bike I have is not really the right one for the job so I'm looking for another one. I've been doing a lot of research and have brought it down to two choices.
1. Bike with modern technologies: Fuel Injection, digital dashboard, plastic, etc.
2. Bike without much extras: no plastic, easy accessible engine
My question is: what is preferred to make extensive travels with? A modern bike with the newest technique (which maybe never breaks down) of a bike with older simpler technique which can be easily repaired by mechanics in every little village in every country? (I must say I have no mechanics skills whatsoever, changing oil poses a problem already!)
Thanks a lot for your reactions!
Last edited by duive01; 25 Mar 2012 at 18:21.
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