Suppose you had a year for a round the world ride

 Suppose you had a year for a round the world ride.
What would be your choice of bike, gear and route ?

If I though I could make it from one end to the other without
getting assasinated in the name of some deity, I'd love
to take a shot at the silk road across Asia.

The bike would probably be a carefully rehabed
BMW airhead with perhaps a few aftermarket
add ons and aluminum panniers (Jesse ?).

Probably a Rukka suit. Not 100% certain what gear
other than a healthy credit card, a locator beacon
and some medivac insurance.

One can dream.

 

CB450 Custom or GSX 750

 Rob Kleinschmidt wrote:


Silk Road:  http://www.silkroadfoundation.org/

Have you seen the Ewan McGregor/Charlie Boorman trek? They went via
Mongolia and Siberia.
http://www.longwayround.com/   (unfortunately, seems to require IE and
Flash, and I can't make it work)

Was broadcast on Bravo TV, and the DVD is available from Amazon and lots
of other sites.


Ewan and Charlie rode R1150GS's, donated by BMW after Kawasaki backed
out, once they found out the nature of the ride. But yes, an R100GS
would do; get a Paris-Dakar tank.


A good set of paper maps for each section; make sure lat/lon is shown on
them. Food and camping gear. Large gas tank. Pre-planned locations for
new tires of the appropriate size?


Yes, one can.  ;-)

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   -bts
   -Warning: I brake for lawn deer

 
ITYF that it was KTM, not Kawasaki who backed out.

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'01 SV650S  '99 EX250-F13  '98 ZG1000A-13  '81 CM400T
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 Mark Olson wrote:


Yeah, something that starts with a K...  ;-)

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   -bts
   -Warning: I brake for lawn deer