Forum: Ride reports
05-08-2013, 11:49 AM
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05-07-2013, 10:48 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
05-06-2013, 12:17 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
05-06-2013, 12:57 AM
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On the road again
Loading up the X again :happay
Heading southbound for Holland and reunion with the Sibersky Extreme team :evil
The routing will be:
Ferry from Kristiansand to Hirtshals in Denmark this...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-22-2013, 12:29 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
04-10-2013, 04:46 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
04-05-2013, 02:29 PM
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Forum: Trip Planning
03-28-2013, 01:40 PM
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Get armed
Arm yourself properly. With lots of respect and lots of smiles :D
Those two are the most powerful "weapons" you can have.
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Forum: Trip Planning
03-28-2013, 01:31 PM
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Hmmm
The thought has actually crossed my simple mind :evil
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Forum: Europe
03-28-2013, 11:52 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
03-26-2013, 12:49 PM
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Murmansk
Some local riders:
http://img0.liveinternet.ru/images/foto/b/1/106/788106/f_7176838.jpg
Red Pub in Murmansk :evil
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Forum: Europe
03-26-2013, 12:20 PM
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Nemetsky peninsula
Hello IvanRUS :D
We are planning a trip to Nemetsky peninsula this summer. We'll cross into Russia from Kirkenes on the 24th of August. First is Nemetsky peninsula then we go to Rybachiy peninsula...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-22-2013, 12:29 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
03-19-2013, 06:32 AM
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Shipping by truck
I guess you mean Yakutsk. Walter and Terry shipped their bikes to Moscow by truck. Not that expensive.
Soon there should be an option to ship by train also from Yakutsk. They are working on a...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-18-2013, 03:22 PM
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Price of shipping
Not necesarily :D The cost of the container was about € 5.000,-. We were four guys splitting that.
There are lots of people passing through Magadan in some way. If you are not in a hurry you will...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-18-2013, 03:11 PM
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Slippery roads
Two years ago I was riding from Split via Rijeka and northbound. Just outside Rijeka I had the same experience with slippery roads. I was coming out of a nice right turn when my bike just disappeared...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-18-2013, 01:58 PM
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New places to go
Great RR Gliga :clap
The bad thing is that now I have a new place to go :evil
It is a small world :D Maybe we'll meet :1drink
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Forum: Ride reports
03-18-2013, 01:14 PM
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Magadan and shipping of the bikes
We did spend five days in Magadan. Through Adrian, which we met in Yakutsk, we got in contact with Olga Izotova. She runs an adventure company specializing in hunting and fishing trips and trips to...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-16-2013, 03:49 PM
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Been there
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8520/8468190480_e2a361be08_b.jpg
This looks familiar :evil This is where Terry drowned his bike :clap
I have been on this road and I have great respect for you...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-16-2013, 03:41 PM
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Denali lights
The LED lights we have on our bikes are the Denali D1. I have mounted the same on my R1200 GSA. They are just great. If you want to be seen these lights are the thing.
Regarding weight I don't...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-16-2013, 03:01 PM
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Pechenga
We will go to Pechenga :D And that will be another RR on advrider :evil
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Forum: Ride reports
03-12-2013, 01:28 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
03-11-2013, 01:43 PM
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Epilogue
As we left Yakutsk Walter came to me. He gave me three of the Gold Road of Bones patches he has designed and made up. This is the proof that we have done the Road of Bones via the Old Summer Road....
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Forum: Ride reports
03-11-2013, 09:41 AM
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The last bit
After a good nights sleep in Susuman, for the last time on this great adventure, we saddled up the bikes. Our next and last goal was Magadan. Some 730 kilometers from Susuman. It was a strange day....
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Forum: Ride reports
03-10-2013, 03:02 AM
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Russian gas stations
The Russian gas stations in the boonies are not quite what we are used to in our neck of the woods :evil In Russia you park your bike by the pumps and the you go to the cashier, who usually sits...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-10-2013, 01:40 AM
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Kadykchan - The Ghost Town
After the Arkagala River we were now cruising :evil First stop was the vacated town of Kadykchan. An old coal mining town. Kadykchan, in translation from the Even language, means “The Valley of...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-09-2013, 10:39 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
03-09-2013, 12:49 AM
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The Arkagala River
We left our host after a short hour. Warm and feeling good. It was about 60 k's to the river and we were following another river it most of the way. The roads were good and the rain had stopped.
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Forum: Ride reports
03-08-2013, 03:02 PM
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Petrol can
The petrol can I got from Adrian in Yakutsk. It is now in Magadan waiting for a needy biker. The plan is for this petrol can to travel between Magadan and Tomtor :deal Actually it stayed on for the...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-08-2013, 02:18 PM
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The end of the Old Summer Road
That day we rode for 12 hours. Due to a late start we were in our tents just after midnight. We wanted to reach the Hunters Camp marked on Walters waypoints, but it got dark and we decided to call it...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-07-2013, 01:48 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
03-07-2013, 12:14 PM
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Wild animals
You might expect that when you travel through the wilderness of the Sakha Republic you would meet lots of wild animals. The area is vast. Yakutia is the largest subnational governing body, by area,...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-06-2013, 02:50 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
03-06-2013, 02:25 PM
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Old Summer Road water crossings
When you ride the Old Summer Road you will inevitably cross some rivers :evil Depending on the recent weather that can be easy or that can be impossible. We had our challenges with the rivers, but...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-06-2013, 02:07 PM
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Team work
When you ride on a long trip like this, and several people riding together, you will notice differences among the group. Some drive fast, some drive slow, some stay up late, some get up early, some...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-06-2013, 01:50 PM
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Road Signs
On the Old Summer Road there are two major road signs. One is the sign showing the border between Yakutia Oblast and Magadan Oblast. When entering Magadan Oblast the road turns worse :evil
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Forum: Ride reports
03-06-2013, 01:43 PM
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The greatest ride
We continued further into the depths of no mans land. The scenery was absolutely stunning :clap
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Forum: Ride reports
03-06-2013, 01:13 PM
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The Old Summer Road
As Steve wrote, we'd gotten many warnings about doing the Old Summer Road. Due to the rain the rivers were high and the road was impossible to ride.
"No Kamaz, no Ural, no machine can drive now",...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-06-2013, 12:30 PM
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The people you meet...
We stayed two nights in Tomtor. Rain was pouring down and rivers were raising fast. Things could have looked better :huh
In the house we lived there were a few other guys. Polish guys. After we...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-06-2013, 12:07 PM
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Lets get this RR back on the road
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Cervinia and skiing was great. Italian food was great. I skied hard for many days and gained one kilo:clap As I said, I love Italian food :D
Steve has done a great job and...
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