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putnik 12-10-09 12:01

Well, I posted pictures on Croatian forum while I was traveling, you can check photos of my trip here
http://www.motori.hr/forum/index.php...32133.150.html (just list from page 7 to page 50)

Route: Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Swiss, France, Spain, Portugal, Canada, South Korea, Russia, Mongolia, Kazahstan, Ukraine, Hungary, Serbia, and back home to Croatia. Five months and 40 000 km.

From Canada, through Asia I traveled with two Canadians (you can check their website and explore - www.terranovaexpedition.ca) they traveled with BMW's.

Bike did the job perfectly, just some small problems like: chain broke in Canada, flat tire in Mongolia, and I had a it of problem with cooling system (fan didn't work) so I had to improvise...

putnik 12-10-09 12:54

Pictures!!!


03.May - Begin of the trip
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/4560/dscf9000d.jpg


Shipping the bike from Portugal to Canada
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6227/dscf9178.jpg


Alberta, Canada
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/1514/dscf9682.jpg


http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8200/dscf9844.jpg


Yukon, Canada
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/2715/dscf9918.jpg


Dempster highway with friends
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/4926/dscf0039v.jpg


Don't go there without mosquito protection
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/5627/dscf0083.jpg


Artctic circle
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/762/dscf0109.jpg


The Northenwest Territoties
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6347/dscf0171v.jpg


http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7227/dscf0317.jpg


http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/4195/dscf0351.jpg


On ferry from Sokcho (South korea) to Zarubino (Russia)
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3318/dscf0992g.jpg


Tire change in Khabarovsk for off-road
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/2727/dscf1158j.jpg


We love mud
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/360/dscf1358.jpg


Chita 108 km
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/618/dscf1461.jpg


http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/5106/dscf1538q.jpg

putnik 12-10-09 12:55

Capital of Mongolia
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/732/dscf1689dx.jpg


http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/981/dscf1698k.jpg


I wish I am there right now
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/2120/dscf1890.jpg


http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/4535/dscf1906p.jpg


http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/5377/dscf2139.jpg


In Kazahstan
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/6162/dscf2324.jpg


Perfect roads in Kazahstan
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/3519/dscf2453.jpg


Gas stations
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/6607/dscf2477.jpg


I had a crash in Kazahstan between Aktobe and Aktrau (forks were bend, as well as disks and front rim) so I transported the bike to Russia in a van, and wait in Astrakhan (Russia) for 17 days. Parts for the bike were shipped from Croatia, and Yamaha diler in Astrakhan fixed my bike.
The funniest thing was that Yamaha diler didn't have tools for fixing the bike so we had to use my tools and improvise too.
I rode back home through Ukraine in five days, Hungary two days...

tripletom 12-10-09 14:36

Fantastic trip pics, thanks for that.

Titbird 12-10-09 14:56

:smilies0349:Wonderful trip and foto's

Must have been a pretty hard crash to bend the forks!

givitsum 12-10-09 17:03

'star'
 
What a star - I lifted this pic from the Croatian website - alas tho' I spent a summer there I still can't read the lingo.


http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/675/dscf9373.jpg

Round the world on a Tenere and we nuthin about it
:wav:


givit

Grayspeed 13-10-09 23:38

Top stuff and a heroic pose if ever I've seen one. Well done chap!

motoartur 14-10-09 13:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by putnik (Post 108244)
Well, I posted pictures on Croatian forum while I was traveling, you can check photos of my trip here
http://www.motori.hr/forum/index.php...32133.150.html (just list from page 7 to page 50)

Route: Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Swiss, France, Spain, Portugal, Canada, South Korea, Russia, Mongolia, Kazahstan, Ukraine, Hungary, Serbia, and back home to Croatia. Five months and 40 000 km.

From Canada, through Asia I traveled with two Canadians (you can check their website and explore - www.terranovaexpedition.ca) they traveled with BMW's.

Bike did the job perfectly, just some small problems like: chain broke in Canada, flat tire in Mongolia, and I had a it of problem with cooling system (fan didn't work) so I had to improvise...

Great job Putnik! Would you take Tenere again for a trip like this?

putnik 14-10-09 22:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by motoartur (Post 108548)
Great job Putnik! Would you take Tenere again for a trip like this?

Definitely!!

I am already planing a next one with Tenere. But for the next trip, I have to put new suspension (specially rear) because, on trip like RTW, when you have a lot of staff to carry, the bike is too soft specially when riding through Asia.

Brewers Whoop 15-10-09 08:52

Fantastic trip, report, and photos!:041:


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