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What bike do you have?

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Big, slow and heavy..

Honda Africa Twin 1998 30k
Doing the West Africa, UK to Capetown route this month.
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DR650 SUZUKI, with 33ltr safari tank, solo seat, soft panniers. 22klmltr, 30,000ks from chain and rear sprocket. Lots of fun and a joy to travel on/with. All the best Brian B
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Honda Africa Twin RD07 2003 20k
nice, reliable , and fast enough.

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Something for each

1995 Triumph Trophy 1200

2004 KLR650 ( red because they are faster)

2006 TW200

Because one bike can't do it all.

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93 BMW K75s

Modified slightly, but pretty much stock...underappreciated for RTW trips

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Howard the bike

A 14 year old Yamaha Super Tenere XTZ 750 that I will never sell, that did about 14k miles (20k km) top to bottom of Africa in 1995 with 100% reliability and zero maintenance.
It's also been all round the Middle East, Europe etc etc
Super Teneres are awesome and massively underrated. Obviously heavy, but they have the most unstressed engine (75mph, 3900rpm live forever) in the whole world. Perfect for overlanding, most of the time on ordinary roads, gravel roads and sandy tracks, life will be cool - just occasionally you will scream "you fat bastard" at it if you are in the mud somewhere.

On Ebay in the UK, crappy but rideable ones struggle to reach £750. Fantastic, restored ones with under 30k miles on the clock (and another 50k miles in the bank) go for £1750. Bargain. Happy days (if you are over 5'10")
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1965 Ducati 250cc that I circumnavigated Australia with. Blew it up in New Zealand. It's getting fixed in Melbourne at Bob Brown's Desmo Centre and soon I'll ride across the USA, fly it to the UK and keep riding East until I'm back in California.

Other bikes I have are: 1972 Norton Commando, 1972 Ducati 350cc, 196? Monkey Wards (Benelli) cafe racer, 1978 Yamaha SR500. Oh, and a 1978 Honda CX500.

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98' 1100 GS. 70k miles. Had since new. Never a problem yet.
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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.
Oost-Europa-Rally, toppunt van genieten

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1965 Ducati 250cc that I circumnavigated Australia with. Blew it up in New Zealand. It's getting fixed in Melbourne at Bob Brown's Desmo Centre and soon I'll ride across the USA, fly it to the UK and keep riding East until I'm back in California.

Other bikes I have are: 1972 Norton Commando, 1972 Ducati 350cc, 196? Monkey Wards (Benelli) cafe racer, 1978 Yamaha SR500. Oh, and a 1978 Honda CX500.

If you have one for sale and it doesn't run, I'll take it!

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Dave has to get the award for #1 most interesting and exotic bike.
How about some pics of these beauties?

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Any pics of your bikes? Add them to your post!

I have a '06 DL1000 (for sale)
'02 XR250
and my current daily driver:
2006 DR650
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2006 DR650
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Patrick- what kind of seat do you have on your DR, it looks wider than the stock one. We're thinking of getting DR's for our next big trip. in a couple of years.
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BMW R850RT 2000 65,000miles great on the road.

Yamaha TTR 250 1994 miles ? great bike it had been half RTW when i got it and ive toured Europe to Africa and Ireland, Raced it in the Weston and rode it to work for 5 years. I love it but it may have to go.

Yamaha XT 600 1998 - if i can sell the BMW because I want to be able to get away from the Tarmac again.

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