Motorcycling around the world

[tintin]

No, I'm not doing a trip report at this point. However, I did want to let everyone know that my brother and I have decided to ride motorcycles around the world in 2008. Planning for a trip like this starts months in advance and so I've started a blog that will discuss everything to that effect.

The blog is in its infancy as I catch up from when we first discussed the trip (and I had never ridden a motorcycle) to present day. Hopefully it will provide some interesting reading for people. My brother and I are very different people and I think that's a main reason why our trip will be a success...

http://fromheretohere.blogspot.com

Feel free to give me your feedback - both in terms of the trip and the blog.

In other news, I'm back into a dub after a two month absence after selling my MK4 Golf. Details to follow later.

[Hardy_Boy]

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there's a show on oln, with the guy that played obi wan kinobi (can't htink of his name right now). defenetly a cool idea. they were exhausted near the end. good luck though!

[tintin]

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That was Long Way Round with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. Definitely an interesting show. We learned a lot about what we could expect and how not to do things as a result of that program.

[Chris]

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My dad's cousin did this with her husband a couple years ago - I'll see if I can dig up the link to their blog....

[bart]

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whatever you do, go through deutschland!

[James]

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Can i tag along on my Vespa?

[tintin]

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We planned our route through Germany last night. (will be updated on the blog in a couple weeks).

We are going to Wolfsburg, Stuttgart, Nurburgring and Berlin.

I've been to Stuttgart already - my brother has not done much travel at all. He owns a Porsche and certainly wants to see it's original birthplace.

[tintin]

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Can i tag along on my Vespa?

James if you think you can keep up, you can follow along. We'll just call you Claudio and make you carry all the camera equipment!

[DustyMauve]

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That was Long Way Round with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. Definitely an interesting show. We learned a lot about what we could expect and how not to do things as a result of that program.

The best part about that show was that the only place where they had issues/an accident was in calgary. Ewan got hit on his bike on the deerfoot or something like that and the guy that hit him didnt stick around.

[tintin]

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It's not mentioned in the series, but Claudio also broke his rib in Mongolia. They were pretty selective about what they showed and didn't.

[nordex]

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Wow did you guys not test drive the bike before hand?