Forum: Ride reports
11-13-2007, 09:32 AM
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wondering ?
great report ! a terrific short story to say the least.
one quik "Q" ; you never refer to any potentially dangerous wildlife with the exception of the crocs & tigerfish ;
were you able to camp...
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Forum: Latin America
08-04-2006, 06:32 AM
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ride to Cancun
thanks Vettster;
lift off is in a few hours. hoisted a few with the neighbours last night but otherwise all is well.
i have great instructions & bros to hook with in corpus christie, vera cruz &...
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Forum: Latin America
07-17-2006, 07:36 AM
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ride to Cancun
DrunkWombat
I've been making these "scooter" trips fer app 30 yrs now. i had 4 harleys over 15 yrs but we just kept going a little further ea yr. we got to a point that we started going where the...
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Forum: Latin America
07-17-2006, 06:55 AM
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ride to Cancun
Gustavo ;
Dolores Hidalgo ! cool name. Dolores is Spanish for pain & Hidalgo is one of the fathers of the revolution ( i think ) so the towns literal translation is something like "the pain of...
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Forum: Latin America
07-17-2006, 06:42 AM
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ride to Cancun
LoneRider
11 K posts ! sheesh ! you must be up to fish by now!
good advise about the towns & night travel. two yrs ago we rode wpg batopilus & when the left the town at 4 AM to make our way out...
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Forum: Latin America
07-17-2006, 06:36 AM
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ride to Cancun
Gustavo
I'm definitely looking forward to Guanajuato , as the birth place of Diego Rivera ; just to get a feel for the place.he's a favourite painterof mine.
San Miguel was featured in Tony Cohans...
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Forum: Latin America
07-14-2006, 06:38 AM
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ride to Cancun
hunvee ;
anytime ! while you're there pop in fer a cold one. otherwise try coyotes on friday nights app 7:30 or corydon any warm sat night. you get the picture ; the usual cruising haunts.
is your...
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Forum: Latin America
07-14-2006, 06:17 AM
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Gustavo ;
you're right about not much time. we...
Gustavo ;
you're right about not much time. we happen to live on a "dinner plate" here. you lose app 1 1/2 days on each end of a road trip since there's nothing worth seeing in any direction! unless...
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Forum: Latin America
07-13-2006, 06:17 AM
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Vettster
hey Amigo ; i'd be delighted to hook...
Vettster
hey Amigo ; i'd be delighted to hook up fer a Cool One when we hit VerCruz ! i do not have a GPS yet , mainly because i keep thinking the nxt wave will be better. i have been looking at...
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Forum: Latin America
07-13-2006, 06:08 AM
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Forum: Latin America
07-13-2006, 05:58 AM
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Gustavo ;
thanks for this ! nothing beats the...
Gustavo ;
thanks for this ! nothing beats the info from an inmate who's been there ! i've ridden from wpg once to batopilus return on my '04 GS & once on my '98 GS to san felipe baja. personally i...
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Forum: Latin America
07-13-2006, 05:53 AM
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humvee
thats funny ; you weren't seeing things...
humvee
thats funny ; you weren't seeing things ; we were at mona lisa's for the tuesday nite "hang". there was no Adv produced for '04 & '05. the " long wat 'round" boys had an '03 & then it was...
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Forum: Latin America
07-12-2006, 10:14 AM
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hey TexDH
thank you for that info. we will...
hey TexDH
thank you for that info. we will follow that route. when you referred to "no thru roads" did you mean no good roads from the east coast to the west coast through MX ? because we are...
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Forum: Latin America
07-12-2006, 05:50 AM
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Forum: West – California, the desert southwest and whatever is left
07-10-2006, 08:22 AM
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central canada to cancun mx & return
helloamigos !
my wife & i are making this ride on my '06 GS Adv & leaving august 4 returning aug. 24. we are riding south to corpus cristi tx & turning right then riding the gulf coast to cancun. we...
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Forum: Latin America
07-10-2006, 07:31 AM
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winnipeg canada to cancun mx
howdy fellow inmates ;
my wife & i are doing the above described ride in august ( 4 to 24) . if anyone wants to hook up along the waylet me know. we are riding south to corpus crisiti tx & "turning...
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Forum: Face plant
06-13-2006, 11:37 AM
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Forum: GS Boxers
04-12-2006, 05:26 AM
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Forum: GS Boxers
04-07-2006, 12:15 PM
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Forum: GS Boxers
04-07-2006, 07:51 AM
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great report Paul.
as you know i was concerned...
great report Paul.
as you know i was concerned about the seat height for myself on my new Adv but you have suggested your height is similar to mine & your feet look well planted in the first pic.
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Forum: GS Boxers
04-06-2006, 01:17 PM
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Forum: GS Boxers
04-06-2006, 12:49 PM
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great looking scoot , to be sure. mine will be...
great looking scoot , to be sure. mine will be here in a couple of weeks. i sat on one another 06' GSA this morning & freaked ! it seems much taller than my '04.
have you found it much taller than...
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Forum: GS Boxers
01-17-2006, 08:05 AM
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Replies: 484
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Forum: GS Boxers
01-09-2006, 02:18 PM
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Replies: 484
Views: 117,288
hey Maddbritt ;
you referred to your old GSA &...
hey Maddbritt ;
you referred to your old GSA & your current R12( GS? ) have you found the seat on your new R12 to be hot. As in not breathe at all? As in WET !
I have an '04 R12GS & that bloody...
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Forum: GS Boxers
10-31-2005, 11:14 AM
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Replies: 484
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Forum: GS Boxers
10-31-2005, 06:32 AM
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Replies: 484
Views: 117,288
hey MADDBRIT!
excellent post. couldn't agree...
hey MADDBRIT!
excellent post. couldn't agree more.
i am working with my dealer as we speak to ink the deal.i will be trading in my 04' GS. had sme problems that have been well documented by other...
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Forum: Ride reports
10-31-2005, 06:21 AM
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Forum: GS Boxers
10-28-2005, 08:27 AM
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Replies: 484
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Forum: Ride reports
08-05-2005, 12:26 PM
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Forum: GS Boxers
07-27-2004, 12:41 PM
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Replies: 34
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Forum: GS Boxers
07-27-2004, 12:40 PM
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Forum: GS Boxers
07-26-2004, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 84
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Dutch ;
funny you mention the R12's used in the...
Dutch ;
funny you mention the R12's used in the SA roll out. according to the current issue of "rider" magazine ( p26 ) they state..." all the transmissions on the pre-prod R12's used in the SA roll...
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Forum: GS Boxers
07-26-2004, 11:04 AM
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Replies: 84
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Forum: GS Boxers
07-23-2004, 09:57 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
07-22-2004, 07:07 AM
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sounds like a blast ! i hope to catch next yrs...
sounds like a blast ! i hope to catch next yrs rally. i posted a reply on another thread enquiring about anyone else suffering a rear wheel failure on the new R12 GS. did you happen to hear anything...
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Forum: Ride reports
07-22-2004, 06:48 AM
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Forum: GS Boxers
07-13-2004, 12:11 PM
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rad ; i dunno man ; i looked at them with the...
rad ; i dunno man ; i looked at them with the wrench @ the dealership & they appear to be a spline in the wheel which fits into splines in the final assembly.
i know this would not have happened on...
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Forum: GS Boxers
07-13-2004, 07:24 AM
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Replies: 14
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R1200 Gs Alert !
my wife & I just completed a 8,100 ( app ) KM trip from Winnipeg CDN to Batapelus Copper Canyon MX & return.
with app 300 KM's left to go i began to experience a progressively worse vibration on...
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Forum: Vendors
06-09-2004, 08:53 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
05-28-2004, 01:48 PM
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Replies: 17
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wonderful pics Tobers ; very much like being...
wonderful pics Tobers ; very much like being there ! nice to have a Mrs Tobers around as well to stock the tinnies in the beer fridge of course.
glad to hear your positive comments on the new ride....
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