Have a Great Trip !
Posted: 09 Jul 2014 09:41
Dit is het prachtige advies van een ervaren wereldtrotter, gepubliceerd op The HUBB ! :kouvanu:My first big trip was on a 750 Cagiva Elefant. It was awesome, would fly along at great speed, handled the luggage well. Bit hard to pickup when it went down. Italian so broke down a lot. What a great trip!
My second bigish trip was on a Honda Dominator (delivering to 'Adastra', another HUBBer by the Turkish border). It cruised along easily didn't go wrong at all (until after I delivered it, then the engine blew). What a great trip!
Third time I took an old pizza delivery 125 cc step-through down to Morocco. Very fuel efficient, lightweight, crap suspension, handled terribly off road. What a great trip!
Right now I'm riding to Australia on a 45 year old bike I rebuilt myself. It looks great, sounds amazing, breaks down all the time and my arse hurts. Am having a great trip!!
Whatever you take, just have a great trip. On a small bike there will be times you want a bigger seat, more luggage space and a bigger tank etc. On a big bike there will be times you want it to be 100 lbs lighter. Maybe think about whether you want to be doing more road riding or off-road, but other than that just get something with two wheels and an engine. Or pedals, the 'two wheels' is the main bit!