the celt
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Hola to one and all,
Well this is my honest report, well as mush as an Irishman can be honest
Mick sent me an email on the 1jan saying hed be in el calafate so I made me way back down the road to meet up with the fair fellow on the 2nd, Spent two days together and heard all about yer man Mick and and some Irish chick, "sure she must have no brain"
Well anyway as Mick was engaged I headed up ruta 40 , to see what was happen, lads and ladies my hat goes off to all those GSers that have done this route before, esp Tiffany C and Yosi, as the road was a f¿Çin nightmare, I have tavelled ripio roads before but this has to take the biscuit, to be honest I was close to the cloth. ( Ripio Road = Deep gravel, lose sand, deep sand, deep pot holes , ripples and what everthing else Mr "Windy" has up his sleeve,............. sorry and also a nice wee bit for a photo)
And I am on me "Jack Jones" and to be honest I was taking it easy on some parts I was down to 25mph, my front wheel was still dancing all over the place and sure I just could not control it, about 100km up this road sure I lost it once again in deep sand down hill, and for the life of me I could not lift me moto. So theres me like a spare prick in the middle off a desert watching for a bit of dust to signal another living soul, and thank God didnt a 4X4 turn up. So your man helps me get it back on the road but in the wrong direction, so Jose makes another fool off himself by dropping it once again, sure isnt it great ?
Well anyway after a night in a farm house I was well on me way once again, or so I thought, that front tyre again was going soft( a bit like meself) I stopped the bike and had a look, but could not see a hole so pumped it up and carried on. About 50km up the road it was still sliding all over the place so parked up, and had another good look, the tyre walls had cracks in them, so pumped it up once again and headed for the nearest town, "Esquel" and thank God I did.
Found a local moto dealer and asked his advice, the front tyre was
ed tyre walls had no pressure, I now think that this is what caused my accident as the rear tyre also looks like it been attack by the "RIPPER", the tyre type is Avon Grispter recommended to Mick by a fellow traveller, I have used this tyre for the last 3000 miles and it is crap about 2500miles on ripio, dirt and off road. The tyre has no GRIP, but it should still hold together, I will bring the front tyre back with me and give it to the nice "AVON" lady.
Anyway will pick the moto back up tommorrow with the front tyre taped up and a tube fitted, will head into Santiago, Chile for a spare.
on the road
sure ya ave to
jose
Well this is my honest report, well as mush as an Irishman can be honest
Mick sent me an email on the 1jan saying hed be in el calafate so I made me way back down the road to meet up with the fair fellow on the 2nd, Spent two days together and heard all about yer man Mick and and some Irish chick, "sure she must have no brain" Well anyway as Mick was engaged I headed up ruta 40 , to see what was happen, lads and ladies my hat goes off to all those GSers that have done this route before, esp Tiffany C and Yosi, as the road was a f¿Çin nightmare, I have tavelled ripio roads before but this has to take the biscuit, to be honest I was close to the cloth. ( Ripio Road = Deep gravel, lose sand, deep sand, deep pot holes , ripples and what everthing else Mr "Windy" has up his sleeve,............. sorry and also a nice wee bit for a photo)
And I am on me "Jack Jones" and to be honest I was taking it easy on some parts I was down to 25mph, my front wheel was still dancing all over the place and sure I just could not control it, about 100km up this road sure I lost it once again in deep sand down hill, and for the life of me I could not lift me moto. So theres me like a spare prick in the middle off a desert watching for a bit of dust to signal another living soul, and thank God didnt a 4X4 turn up. So your man helps me get it back on the road but in the wrong direction, so Jose makes another fool off himself by dropping it once again, sure isnt it great ?
Well anyway after a night in a farm house I was well on me way once again, or so I thought, that front tyre again was going soft( a bit like meself) I stopped the bike and had a look, but could not see a hole so pumped it up and carried on. About 50km up the road it was still sliding all over the place so parked up, and had another good look, the tyre walls had cracks in them, so pumped it up once again and headed for the nearest town, "Esquel" and thank God I did.
Found a local moto dealer and asked his advice, the front tyre was
ed tyre walls had no pressure, I now think that this is what caused my accident as the rear tyre also looks like it been attack by the "RIPPER", the tyre type is Avon Grispter recommended to Mick by a fellow traveller, I have used this tyre for the last 3000 miles and it is crap about 2500miles on ripio, dirt and off road. The tyre has no GRIP, but it should still hold together, I will bring the front tyre back with me and give it to the nice "AVON" lady.Anyway will pick the moto back up tommorrow with the front tyre taped up and a tube fitted, will head into Santiago, Chile for a spare.
on the road
sure ya ave to
jose
