Russian trip

[kevingrahambutler]

Heading off on the 6th May from Newcastle to Holland ferry heading into Germany Austria Slovenia Croatia montinigro albaina Greece turkey Georgia Russia kazikstan Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan kazikstan Russia Mongolia Russia Vladivostok furry to South Korea cargo flight with bike to Vancouver travel down the coast to the start of the tat
Travel the tat to New York, fly home put bike into container, plan is to spend about 4 months on the road with no real set plan to be any one place Just travel.
If any one leaving uk that time heading the general direction maybe have a drink,
Traveling on a 1985 Yamaha 600 Tenere kick start

 

[T-mac]

Wow I'd love to do a trip like that but I think the wife might have something to say about it.
Good luck and enjoy it

 

[DeanoBeano]

Sounds like an amazing trip Kevin. Hope your Russian is up to scratch! Take some photos and keep us updated. I'd love to hear all about it. Take care

 

[Negligent Discharge]

Good luck Fella!

 

[Posh Pete]

Good luck and keep us posted.

 

[Micky]

All the very best with the trip Kevin ... keep us updated back here

 

[DeanoBeano]

Be nice to see your luggage set up also....

 

[Deleted account 220319001]

My hat is officially tipped to you sir, wish I had the balls to do it.

 

[Byronavitch]

Heading off on the 6th May from Newcastle to Holland ferry heading into Germany Austria Slovenia Croatia montinigro albaina Greece turkey Georgia Russia kazikstan Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan kazikstan Russia Mongolia Russia Vladivostok furry to South Korea cargo flight with bike to Vancouver travel down the coast to the start of the tat
Travel the tat to New York, fly home put bike into container, plan is to spend about 4 months on the road with no real set plan to be any one place Just travel.
If any one leaving uk that time heading the general direction maybe have a drink,
Traveling on a 1985 Yamaha 600 Tenere kick start

From one mackem to another have a great and safe trip love to do that

 

[ymfb]

What an adventure, well jell as my children would say.

Hope the border controls in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan are not too bad!

 

[Micky]

Did a similar trip a few years ago ... Russia is fantastic, lovely people, but then so was everywhere else



www.adventure.gs

 

[Snow White]

Would love to join you, but don't retire for another couple of years .

If you fancy doing it again in 2019 then I'll definitely up for it

 

[kevingrahambutler]

Thanks very much guys
Just waiting to get the nod go to the Russian embassy to have my finger prints taken,
The luggage situ has been a pain, I've got a full set of wolfman luggage that I was very happy with then I've been reading posts about having stuff stolen from soft luggage, I adapted a set of rack off a 1200 gsa to fit my tenere, I've got a set of Ali panniers to fit the racks they don't look to bad the exhaust is on the opposite side to the gsa ,,,,I can live with that,,,,,
Taking things like lap top and gadgets I need to know its secure when I leave the bike for 10 mins, I've sent the racks to be powder coated, I'll decide closer to the time when I set all my stuff out,
I can get loads more stuff in the panniers and bags but more wait.

 

[Micky]

You'll end up taking far too much stuff

Don't ask me how I know

 

[ButtonMoon]

Nice one Kevin !! wish I was coming, that will be a trip of a lifetime. Remember take tons of photos!!

 

[DeanoBeano]

I used metal panniers on my recent eastern European trip (taking in Ukraine and Romania) for the same reason as yourself. Laptop, camera and other expensive items were much safer locked inside metal panniers whilst taking a toilet break etc..

 

[kevingrahambutler]

Deano I'm siding with the Ali panniers. I want to see how they look when I get them mounted on the bike and see if they feel balanced. Waiting on some extra wide foot pegs coming and a oil cooler scoop.

I've set up a link to my gps inreach that logs my route as I'm on my travels, it's a live link that will not start till 12-00 pm 5/5/16 when I leave. It will lay a track down on route so you can see where I've been (or fell off lol).
If you click on the link it will take you to a log in, put the pass word in and it will take you to a map with a live link to my inreach.
On the day I leave I'll switch on a ping that you can send to my unit so it will send back my location

https://share.delorme.com/GrahamButler
Pass word. gkb0505
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[DeanoBeano]

On my trip through Ukraine etc.. I took a KTM 990 Adventure which was a huge tall beast of a thing. It fell over a few times and thankfully the panniers (Metal Mule) didn't bend although the brackets did come apart etc.. The thing is, they kept my DSLR and laptop etc.. safe and sound. One thing that did happen just outside the Romanian / Ukrainian border. I pulled over and took my helmet off etc.. for a breather and to look at the map etc..The bike fell over (yet again) managing to also land on (and crack) my helmet. Typically an expensive Schuberth S2 fitted with the SRC bluetooth collar. Such an expensive drop that was!

Anyway, thanks for the password and I look forward to watching your progress.

 

[(RIP) Bin Ridin]

"notabitjealous"

Enjoy it, sounds like a great trip!!

 

[JoeBiff]

I can understand why you transposed your initials for password. Could have had one or two interesting moments otherwise!
I'm interested in the Delorme kit - is it also a reliable navigation set-up?

But, whatever, good luck with the trip