Tuareg Rallye 2013 - The Next Adventure

[tehdutchie]

Originally Posted by topo

Hey Tony, hope you dont mind me asking but whats tuareg going to cost you v's comming back and doing the aus safari with their free shipping?

Bike looks great by the way, interested to see how your going to secure the fairing at the sides.

OT:

You'll lose your bike indeed for about 11 weeks, round trip. So having a 2nd bike would be handy.

I did the Oz Safari Adv Tour and Tuareg Rallye and budgets including tickets etc end up being about the same for me. That includes tickets to Perth from Amsterdam etc.

Tony is using the Tuareg Org to ship his bike and crate form bivvy to bivvy so I guess that would run about 600 euro cheaper then what I did (part of EAO team).

Add about 2 to 4000 euros to the budget is you do the OZ Safari rally with your own bike though.

[Brimstone]

Hey Tony,

Bike is looking great! With the dual rear fuel tanks and the vacuum pump, where are you locating the otherwise stock parts those rally parts now occupy?

Can you get by with not having the coolant overflow bottle? I know where I ride in the summer it is really hot and that coolant overflow usually get's a good workout. Having said that, I really need to get a new left side rad as I put a stick through it so it doesn't cool quite as well as it should!

[edtau]

.. and we finally loaded up all ready for Tuareg after a 4 day bike building marathon!

[schattat]

Originally Posted by Brimstone

Hey Tony,

Bike is looking great! With the dual rear fuel tanks and the vacuum pump, where are you locating the otherwise stock parts those rally parts now occupy?

Can you get by with not having the coolant overflow bottle? I know where I ride in the summer it is really hot and that coolant overflow usually get's a good workout. Having said that, I really need to get a new left side rad as I put a stick through it so it doesn't cool quite as well as it should!

Thanks! The right hand side area only occupies the exhaust which has been fitted below the tank (will get a pic in Tunisia for you). The left actually only holds the catch tank which I have removed completely. I have never had issues with the bike pissing coolant out, appart from having it idle stationary for 15min+.

[Motorfiets]

Originally Posted by edtau

.. and we finally loaded up all ready for Tuareg after a 4 day bike building marathon!

more pics of that 300 please!

[Muecke]

Awesome. Crossing the fingers for you and have much fun.

Tony, we will meet after your journy. I will call you. :)

[Brodovitch]

Originally Posted by edtau

.. and we finally loaded up all ready for Tuareg after a 4 day bike building marathon!

Have a blast Ed!

[edtau]

Originally Posted by Brodovitch

Have a blast Ed!

Thanks Angelo! Hopefully we'll catch up in person later in the year

[JMo (& piglet)]

I caught up with the guys this morning in the paddock - Tony was fitting some new nav gear he'd brought with him:



And Ed was similarly busy prepping the smoker!



Scrutineering tomorrow, the the rally starts on Saturday morning, straight in at the deep end with a double loop stage through the surrounding dunes... made even more fun/chaotic with a GP style mass-start!

Jx