Calum's Road is a goer

[Milk Tray Man]

Ahh, you need to watch The Full Monty to appreciate this diet technique. Any way thank you all for the welcome and if its a new house can I request a room with an on suite and a view of the garden?

 

[Thunder]

Ahh, you need to watch The Full Monty to appreciate this diet technique. Any way thank you all for the welcome and if its a new house can I request a room with an on suite and a view of the garden?

Flash git with your en suite, you'll pee out the window and crap in the wardrobe like the rest of us

 

[neil 23]

Flash git with your en suite, you'll pee out the window and crap in the wardrobe like the rest of us

Wife just read your reply Rodger, she is now, how shall I put this,
"a little concerned "

 

[Thunder]

Wife just read your reply Rodger, she is now, how shall I put this,
"a little concerned "

So what your saying is the use of the spare room next Sunday for a lie down is under threat?

 

[neil 23]

So what your saying is the use of the spare room next Sunday for a lie down is under threat?

Sorry for delayed reply, was just coating inside of wardrobe with ACF-50

 

[Uinneag]

Whatever you do don't give him any drink

 

[Thunder]

Whatever you do don't give him any drink

Oi Oonyack! No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Thunder]

Me stickers have arrived, those who've contributed have theirs in the post

I'm biased but I think they look the business!

 

[flash of the gap]

nice job roger

 

[Uinneag]

nice job roger

Your up to something



Finer stickers one has never seen

 

[(RIP) Nakambale]

Nice one Roger. I take it back that was £5 well spent for one of those

 

[bustupbiker]

Do i get one too

 

[bhud]

Stickers

Nice Stickers

A wee donation heading your way

 

[DrFarkoff]

I keep hearing voices (taunting me to go,,,,,,,,) and I was phooterin around this morning and I thought I'd show ya just what yer getting in for!

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Fork Me but it's a long Run, The Gambia is the wee strip

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I see the recession as far as Airhawk cushions and comfy bum cushions will be off

 

[freeloader]

I'm still not sure what I've let myself in for. I know it's about 4000 miles, but never having ridden more than 400 miles in a day, it's difficult to imagine.

Yup, Jaythro, I know it's a long run, but at the moment I'm thinking of it more as a big adventure. I'm more curious about what it'll do to our perceptions - what do we (individually or collectively) do next, that won't be an anticlimax?

An Airhawk's definitely on my shopping list, for starters.

 

[(RIP) Nakambale]

Fork Me but it's a long Run

That was the whole point

(Oh, and to get stickers, T-shirts and all the other mechandising )

 

[bhud]

Road trip

It is getting closer to

1/ Getting my bike

2/ Going away.

It is a long way but with these dark night what else would a body do!!!!

Bring on the haggis it is near the loons birthday

 

[Fanum]

Fork Me but it's a long Run, The Gambia is the wee strip

Interesting fact for you.....and not many people know this

It is indeed a little strip.....

In fact, it's one gunship shell wide

The borders were set in the early 19th century when it was a British colony- we sent a gunship down the River and they claimed whatever fell under the range of the biggest cannon on it.....gunboat diplomacy at its finest

Some easy to handle history about Gambia HERE

PS apart from the seedy sex industry (thousands of fat middle aged white women buying young black studs very openly in bars and hotels, dodgy podgy white men buying the same and a large amount of white blokes buying underrage sex with girls as well ) on the coast areas, it's a fantastic country

EDIT Gambia was also the home of slavery, with more slaves sold by blacks to whites than were taken by the whites themselves...McArthy island was the centre of it all and when you ride through it (which I suspect the route will take you on) you'll see the slave house and many poignent reminders of it all .

 

[Milk Tray Man]

Talking about buying bits...

Have been drooling over the Touratech catalogue ever since I signed up for this little ride out to Gambia. Before I have to sell the house to fund my dreaming thought it would be useful to get some advice from those who have done it, got the t-shirt and the scars to prove it.

I will be on a standard 03 plate 1150GS and would be interested in hearing what the minimum adaptations I should be thinking about for the trip. As an example had a look at a bigger tank and that's currently priced at £1100 but is it necessary? I know I will be adding crash bars, TKC80's, HiD50 and already have the ali panniers, system top box, ZUMO 550 and Autocom but what else must I have and what would be nice to have.

Look forward to hearing other views and suggestions on how to spend some money.

Cheers

 

[Uinneag]

A Jerry can is as good as a bigger tank other than that you seem to have the package bike wise

So say's me