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07-29-2012, 11:33 PM
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Name: Jerry Location: marysville, CA Motorcycle: currently none Join Date: Jan 2007
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LONG AND EPIC scooter ride
Found these guys' blog...they start next month and I was thinking a little encouragement couldn't hurt...
2 kiwi's (reads like neither have been to US or north america before) 2 bajaj scooters (150cc) 1 long road trip from alaska to tip of south america... http://www.stepthrupanam.com/blog/ sorry if i posted this in the wrong spot.... |
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07-30-2012, 09:52 AM
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Name: Dan Location: Santa Cruz Mountains Motorcycle: 2004 BMW K1200GT Join Date: Feb 2005
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Re: LONG AND EPIC scooter ride
Don't know if it is in the right place or not, but I am glad you posted it. Thanks, I will be watching. Maybe I can buy them dinner as they pass through.
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07-30-2012, 09:56 AM
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Name: Jerry Location: marysville, CA Motorcycle: currently none Join Date: Jan 2007
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Re: LONG AND EPIC scooter ride
I hope they realise that 150cc isn't big enough for the interstate in CA.
small detail sure, but big hitch if they hadn't planned for it.... |
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07-30-2012, 09:57 AM
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500 miles to breakfast
Name: Dan Location: Santa Cruz Mountains Motorcycle: 2004 BMW K1200GT Join Date: Feb 2005
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Re: LONG AND EPIC scooter ride
Look at their route ... vague as hell ... more than likely on purpose ... and I hope they would do the coast instead of the hell we call HWY 5.
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07-30-2012, 10:05 AM
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Name: Jerry Location: marysville, CA Motorcycle: currently none Join Date: Jan 2007
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Re: LONG AND EPIC scooter ride
coast/hwy1 is the only way to go if you want to see stuff and experince things....if you just want to get there fast then I-5.
I posted on their route blog about the interstates...hope it helps |
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07-30-2012, 06:10 PM
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Name: Steve Location: Redding, Ca Motorcycle: 2007 Burgman 650 Join Date: Nov 2005
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Re: LONG AND EPIC scooter ride
They better take a coastal route
Besides not enough CC's for the interstates or I-5
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07-30-2012, 09:16 PM
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Name: Sydney Location: FOLSOM!!! Not the Prison! 175K & counting! Motorcycle: '05 Victory Kingpin Join Date: Jul 2005
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Re: LONG AND EPIC scooter ride
Left a message to check in here!!! LOLOL easier than us all bombarding them there.
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07-31-2012, 01:00 AM
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Name: Joe Location: Perth Australia Motorcycle: BMW1150GS. Join Date: Apr 2008
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Re: LONG AND EPIC scooter ride
Interesting how many people are doing this sort of trip on small bikes and scooters.I saw a guy last year doing a similar trip on a small Honda step through ,I think it was 90cc, and another guy I read about was on a small scooter,I think he was on his second engine by the time he reached Mexico.I guess with something small and cheap,if it had a major breakdown you could dump it, unlike a larger and more expensive machine.I guess if you have lots and lots of time and patiance of Jobe, anything is possible.
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07-31-2012, 06:27 AM
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Name: Jerry Location: marysville, CA Motorcycle: currently none Join Date: Jan 2007
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Re: LONG AND EPIC scooter ride
Quote:
 Bajaj 4 strokers like the chetak (from what gathered around the scooter boards) tend to be underpowered in hp, but pretty rugged otherwise. Parts might harder to find in the US than in the rest of the world. |
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09-04-2012, 11:42 AM
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Name: Jerry Location: marysville, CA Motorcycle: currently none Join Date: Jan 2007
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Re: LONG AND EPIC scooter ride
hey, they updated their blog...it looks like quite an adventure just getting to alaska! considering their bikes ended up in taipie !
http://www.stepthrupanam.com/blog/blog/ |
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