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Old 9 Nov 2007
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Dl 650

My V-Strom 650 is going to take me home to England when I finish my stint in Saudi.
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Wild machines

My machines:" Yamaha xt600z 3aj tenereeeee
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My bikes in Costa Rica

Two bikes

KLR-650 2006 with 25000 km: daily use.
Honda XL1000 Varadero 1999 with 45000 km: large trips use
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aprilia etv1000 caponord now
had africa twin but crashed it and wrote it off

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XR400R - heavily modded including electric start, uprated rear shock, pumper carb, etc.
XR250R - slightly modded with pumper carb etc.
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2006 Suzuki V-strom 650 light blue.
E.B.C double sintered brake pads, hand gaurds.
Bash plate (homemade) and crash bars to follow, terrific bike.
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1989 Xt600 2kf

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Bikes

Africa Twin 1991 52k
Africa Twin 2001 41k
Yamaha TTR 600 2003 2k
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TDM900 05 touring 2 up
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I HAVE A TRIDENT 900 '93
A '61 TIGER 100 NICE.
A '56 T110 IN BITS IN THE LIVING ROOM : )
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Only the one...

Yamaha TT250R 2006. Setting up at the moment. First stop Ayres Rock...
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Now I have a KTM 620 adv and a Wasp Yamaha super tenere.
My wife have a Suzuki DRZ 400.
(With the Wasp an Drz we go dec-2008 to Afrika.
(this year we driven the eastern europerally with these bikes.
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I have a DL650 vstrom, 15000 miles, perfect in every sense..
Ready for my trip next year from san francisco, california to argentina
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