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Originally Posted by Snakeboy
About your examples - that guy you claim did 279 countries. Quite strange that there arent more than some approx - 190 countries in the world. You must not belive in all exaggeration you hear....
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Don't know what he classed as a country. Maybe he widened his definition of country and included micronations and governments in exile as well. Maybe he visited the same geographic location twice, but the country name changed? But his book is record and his journals are available for review. I found them very entertaining.
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Originally Posted by Snakeboy
Heres some reading from Walter Colbatch of the choiche of an adventure bike. He has been riding The Road of Bones and BAM in Siberia several times and is a quite experienced guy. I think the classic observation is in there somewhere where they met different guys doing those very hardcore offroad roads in Siberia. They met guys with Superteneres and GS/GSAs and they came through these roads with their bikes in the back of a truck. They just couldnt get through those roads on those huge bikes. Then they met some guys on single cylindered 650s - and those guys said that it was freaking hard but they were able ro get through after a lot of hard work. And at last they met some guys on 250s and they told that it was just awesome and completely fun....
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Completely agree- depending on the application, a small bike can be the best way to go. Remember the section where the camera man road around Charlie and Ewen on the little single cylinder and they had the beamers stuck upto the axles?
Personally, I just find smaller bikes too limiting for long distance travel. (vibration, lack of power, cramped and uncomfortable riding position, lack of decent wind protection etc.) That's just me. I'm bigger than the standard 70kg "Japanese model rider" and prefer the middle class big machines (e.g. 750-1000cc multi-cylinder). The 1% of the time I'm 'stuck in the mud' wishing for a smaller machine is nothing compared to the 60+% of frustration for me on a small bike.
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