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Lahami

28-03-10 20:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by XTLuke (Post 114013)

Sorry there probably won't be a full report as I for one am too lazy to write
it. Maybe one of the others will be keen. As for fuel, the bloke on the XTR
took a 6L jerry can so that made fuel range the same as a Tenere, also
coming across fuel didn't prove too hard. Only had to buy off the side of the road once, in Angola. Can be a little hard to get in West Sahara/Mauritania.
Also be aware real motorcycle engine oil cannot be brought betwwen Spain
and Cameroon. No real dodgy moments on the trip, we did not pay a bribe
the whole way down and managed to arrange all our visas basically hassle
free on route.

Fuel....??? unleaded..or Leaded........!! I have the only fully imported Z 2009 in Southern Egypt and have to by fuel in Cairo 1000 km away due to the cat....(of course until I can change the exhuast).... did you guys do it on leaded fuel ??
Cheers

stuxtttr

30-03-10 16:31

would be interesting to find out what problems the bikes suffered :icon_farao:

countvonaltibar

28-04-10 13:19

Great thread chaps, I think I'd like to give up the day job and do the same. Like the beard theory!

hillsy1302

26-06-10 13:54

Not bad.

But I've just completed the same trip as yours, ontop of a RTWer last year all on the same Tenere.

http://iansrtwtrip.blogspot.com/

Ignore the google map, need to update it!
Oh and it has 38,000 miles with no major problems although the engine is pretty rattley, will investigate when it's back home (it's somewhere on a boat on the Atlantic right now).

Mech	27-06-10 11:53

Des is coming home then!

pommie

07-08-10 08:09

im impressed with the journey but some of them pics look like they was taken in london (school kids around you and bikes)...bikes at tropic of cancer looks like some dusty car park...and as for pic at bottom of africa bloody photo-shop....nah only pissing around well done to you all, brings back memories of me going to sahara when i was 12yrs old and spending a month riding around sahara desert riding for hrs not seeing anything then in middle of desert you find a sign post...i remember seeing one 'no photographs taken' i wouldnt mind there wasn't anything to take pictures of except sand..
but once again well done, just wondered how did you get back to uk ride or plane or banana boat?

pommie

scoobie_007

22-08-10 10:53

Great trip guys - well done, what an adventure - i'd be interested to know how you got on with the 'passage de Carnet' with the countries you travelled through ?

XTLuke

27-11-10 11:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by pommie (Post 135130)

You call yourself Pommie but you live in Adelaide, your like school on
sunday, No CLASS.
Your probably from Bristol or some other dump like that over there.

junior dave

05-12-11 10:01

tres hombres !!, what was the cost of the trip, including petrol ,do you remember.

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