Moro'cain and Michele's Adventure

[BamBam]

We made it their and back just
Just a few pics of the trip


Burgos Gestapo reliving me of 105E for no head light on, but the park was gov just one more click on the key


Sub zero and the start of the snow before Madrid


Almost to the place we camped would have been good in the summer but


We went here N29.93362 W006.69240


The Piest get tough

 

[BamBam]

THE GOOD BAD AND UGLY

Sorry I ment

Good and playfullfull


Bad no mad like a tv advert selling Car incurance


Ugly. I HATE SAND YOU BOUGHT ME HERE BA++++ST""""oD
But I love you

 

[BamBam]

The breakdowns

I had two flats in the front one as we left the piest
and one at 70 in the front on the road

The thorn that gave me a heart attack


A helping Arab......


The Luckiest Girl on the planet, the pivot bolt is fond coming undone on a evening daily check over we had been riding at 120km to make the ferry


Now smiling as we had Locktite But the wrong size Allan Key the old put something else in as well trick worked!!!!

 

[Deleted account W]

Nice ride report, keep at it

 

[Thunder]

Nice to wake up to an interesting post in the morning.

Good read.

 

[Sylvester]

Great Stuff!!! Makes you want to get the bike out and head off.....anywhere.
The thought of the pivot bolt coming adrift makes my ares pucker though. The first time I've heard of that, normally to get them out you need heat, long extention bar and 2kg of plastic explosive.

 

[MattW]

Brilliant!
Inspirational to see someone out there having a real adventure on a GS.
Looking forward to reading more

 

[Timolgra]

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A helping Arab......

I bet he won't thank you for that
Great report so far

 

[John Armstrong]

I'm having difficulty seeing the pivot bolt

Any clues on where I should look, and I know which photo is the one

Nice to see you had a good time, bet the snow was fun

 

[Kenny]

Looked a good trip, except for the miserable cops issuing that ticket.

Nice write-up...more pics for the punters please.

 

[Lilith]

I bet he won't thank you for that

The Berber, did not thank me for this either


After the break-neck ride to town, Mohammed on the way back decided to wear he scarf over his face.


Word of warning, when they changed the tyre, they used oil instead of soap


Follow the allen key, for the pivot bolt that only required 3000 miles of rough roads to come undone

 

[Redboots]

the pivot bolt that only required 3000 miles of rough roads to come undone

Should be 140f/lbs AND loctite'ed...

John

 

[John Armstrong]

Should be 140f/lbs AND loctite'ed...

John

Be having a look at mine tomorrow then

 

[Big Jets]

Good stuff ,keep it coming ,they auld Airheads look right at home in that neck of the woods ,I take my hat off to you guys ,nice one

 

[Lilith]

When you think you are all alone

As we were going down a 160 km track, I think to myself "it would be funny if someone try’s to overtake!!!"
All I can say is never temped fate
The next minute, we are pulling over to let another BMW through, only problem for this thread it was a GS1200, well at least it has GS in the name.



The biker is named Chris and all we can say is, he is mad and a great friend and a Daker mechanic. I told you - MAD


Did I say that the track is about 160 km long, it goes through boulder fields, across dried up lake beds and SAND, I hate SAND, did Cain mention that earlier
Anyway, in the middle of this track we find these two Berber's. They had run out of fuel. So one can of petrol later they where off. And we are lighter

Note to self, do not take so much equipment, we need to be lighter, bikes sink in sand.



This picture, is when we all remember that we can all get hurt very easily. At the village that is in the middle of the track, we find a lad you has full-thickness burns to his whole forearm. He had done it a couple of days before. No first aid, no understanding of what to do.
One first aid session later and a lot of advise, which included a change of dressing and another can of petrol, we are all off.



After coming off again, in the SAND, did Cain mention I do not like SAND, Cain had come off as well, we found a hard spot (no SAND) Chris rode my bike to the next hard spot (as Cain is to big for my bike).


The bike swop, just a short walk.

 

[garfield]

really enjoying this....more please.....

 

[Deathiance]

Equipment

Lovely story told by proper people!

What tyres were you guys on?

 

[Lilith]

Lovely story told by proper people!

What tyres were you guys on?

We were using Continental TKC80 (http://www.conti-bike.co.uk/default.asp?spid=12)

Considering we only used 1 set each for the whole trip (approx. 3500 miles) they held up well especially as it was on all types of surfaces. And they still have alot of tread on them.

 

[Redboots]

Considering we only used 1 set each for the whole trip (approx. 3500 miles) they held up well especially as it was on all types of surfaces. And they still have alot of tread on them.

+1. Fine tyre. Got all the way to India on one rear. 20k kms.

John

 

[Deathiance]

Tyres

Cool, just changing to those myself, lot of good hype.

We were using Continental TKC80 (http://www.conti-bike.co.uk/default.asp?spid=12)

Considering we only used 1 set each for the whole trip (approx. 3500 miles) they held up well especially as it was on all types of surfaces. And they still have alot of tread on them.