lostdrifter
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About to spend a couple of weeks riding about remote areas of Oman and am a bit worried about possible breakdowns. Any advise on "getting home" fixes gladly accepted. I am moderately mechanically challenged. Thanks.
Dahoum
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I'll ask before anyone else does - do MBW Arsist travel that far? 
I'll leave the serious advice to our members with more expertise/experience.
Are you travelling alone ? do you have anyone to call on (indeed
CAN you call in such remote areas) if the worst did happen? can you carry enough water for the length of time a rescue may last?
I'll leave the serious advice to our members with more expertise/experience.
Are you travelling alone ? do you have anyone to call on (indeed
CAN you call in such remote areas) if the worst did happen? can you carry enough water for the length of time a rescue may last?
lostdrifter said:
I sail boats and am constantly surprised by the owners who put to sea with no practical experience of how to deal with mechanical problems that might arise. Lots of them just have "the yard" do all their repair work. And they get into trouble as a result.
I dont want to sound pious and preach to you, but I imagine the back areas of Oman as being similar to the sea - no help anywhere. Need to rely on yourself. And if you are mechanically challenged as the request for generalised get-you-home-fixes suggests, then you're daft to take a complicated machine into the middle of nowhere.
Your best choice is not to go, but if you decide to do so, make sure you have a gps with spare batteries and decent comms back to someone who can come and resue you. Your chances of being able to do much to help yourself are limited by your skills.
Sorry!
Birdseye is spot on
I have no experience of such exciting adventures... but what I have learned about the fantastic 1200... is that it is not a do it yourself bike... so much so that it would not be my choice for any remote adventure ... heresy
It would seem from this site- that the most common reason for being stranded is fuel pump failure (check that you have not missed a recall fix for that one). Someone learned may correct me, bit I do not think that you will be able to fix that, if it happens.
Gearbox seals and final drive seals will not leave you stranded... total failure of either will- and again you will be unlikely to get satisfactory assistance with these.
If it breaks down you will need to abandon it
Sorry
I have no experience of such exciting adventures... but what I have learned about the fantastic 1200... is that it is not a do it yourself bike... so much so that it would not be my choice for any remote adventure ... heresy
It would seem from this site- that the most common reason for being stranded is fuel pump failure (check that you have not missed a recall fix for that one). Someone learned may correct me, bit I do not think that you will be able to fix that, if it happens.
Gearbox seals and final drive seals will not leave you stranded... total failure of either will- and again you will be unlikely to get satisfactory assistance with these.
If it breaks down you will need to abandon it
Sorry
HMR
Registered user
You are right in suggesting that this is an issue. It may wery well happen. But the problem is rather easy to fix "out there". You only need 5 minutes, 20" of electrical wire and the "know how" to fix it.GrinningGSer said:
HMR said:You are right in suggesting that this is an issue. It may wery well happen. But the problem is rather easy to fix "out there". You only need 5 minutes, 20" of electrical wire and the "know how" to fix it.
HMR -Can you explain to lostdrifter how ?
I wouldn't have a clue
Phil Clarke
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Take lots of odds and ends (or 'Could Come in Handies' (CCH's)) in the form of various zip ties, jubilee clips of different sizes, a selection of nuts and bolts, spacers, washers, electrical connectors, scotch block connenctors, fuses, plenty of wire (good for tying things on as well as leccy probs). Basically anything that looks like it might be of use for bodging things - I've got an old puncture repair outfit box which i just fill with anything that looks useful out of my workshop. Baccy tins are even better. Bring a big bag of spanners so you can undo as much on the bike as poss (Gs's being handy here as a set of torx keys do most of it.) Super glue, rapid araldite and a big roll of gaffa tape are also well handy. You may not know quite what to do with any of this but if a break down (or breakage) occurs in FA nowhere you'll soon learn the art of bodging to get you going. (neccessity being the mother of invention an all that)
Phil
Phil
(RIP) Bin Ridin
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Oh dear.
It depends on what you mean by remote.
Real remote - don't dream of going alone, has to be two vehicles minimum, and knowledgeable folk on mechanical things and remote riding.
Not so remote - less risky.
Are you talking about 2 weeks in the desert? Or a series of forays from a base?
It depends on what you mean by remote.
Real remote - don't dream of going alone, has to be two vehicles minimum, and knowledgeable folk on mechanical things and remote riding.
Not so remote - less risky.
Are you talking about 2 weeks in the desert? Or a series of forays from a base?
snoopy
Guest
Do what I did, take a backback full of survivals so you can dump the rest if necessary. And go
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