The Trip

Found this on Adrian Scott’s site (though it’s from someone else). It’s interesting to read his reasoning for the KLR650 (which seems to be similar to my own), and also the list of things that broke down on the three bikes on the trip.

One thing I’m impressed with is his plan to buy new, identical bikes. This is a great idea, and one I would take on board if I had any idea who was coming! Still, most people I’ve chatted to about the trip (who might be interested in being a part of it) have shown an interest in the current KLR (or an older model), and most would need to buy a suitable bike for the trip anyway. I guess it would be more important to take identical bikes if we weren’t taking a support vehicle.

Then again, if we were all taking new KLRs we probably wouldn’t need a support vehicle

Spoke to a guy a few weeks a go who is toying with the idea of riding around Australia with his mates on Honda Dominators. Although the Dominator is no longer in production, it shares a lot of parts with the XR650. To his thinking (and his expertise as a motorbike mechanic) the Domi’s are cheap, reliable and easy to fix, and if everyone on the trip has the same cheap, reliable bike, it simplifies everything. Hard to argue with that.