YOU CANT TOUR WITH THAT!.....

[chuck peterson]

I like this guy...Capn America helmet in there...

[twowheeladdict]

Reminds me of when I was riding the PCH on my KLX250S.  Every time someone saw my TN license plate they had to ask if I rode it all the way from TN.  I stated that if I had enough time I could have.  The difference being the amount of miles I could cover in a day compared to a touring bike.

[Kai]

..That's what i thought a while ago as well, until I found the adventures
of this couple on  Honda Super Cup 90's -  https://youtu.be/7_yJ2kcQilw

Amazing, but in the end perfect : Low weight, eeeaasy handling, low fuel consumption, nearly indestructible.
On roads like those in the video you don't really go faster with a fully equipped Beemer GS and in case of a slide and fall
you don't have to fight to lift it up.

I'm still impressed 

[Triple Jim]

One of the guys on the triples board showed up at the annual 2-stroke meet at Deals Gap on a 100c 2-stroke Kawasaki that he had ridden there from Chicago.  His board name is "Ihatemybike".

[pehayes]

Met Nathan Millward at the London moto show and have his signed book.  Sydney to London on a "postie bike".  Then NYC to Alaska.

https://www.nathanmillward.com/

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA

[Lannis]

..That's what i thought a while ago as well, until I found the adventures
of this couple on  Honda Super Cup 90's -  https://youtu.be/7_yJ2kcQilw

Amazing, but in the end perfect : Low weight, eeeaasy handling, low fuel consumption, nearly indestructible.
On roads like those in the video you don't really go faster with a fully equipped Beemer GS and in case of a slide and fall
you don't have to fight to lift it up.

I'm still impressed 

That's my take.   I shake my head in befuddlement when I read the travelogues of people who crossed South America or Africa or South Asia "the hard way", and instead of riding a 250cc or 350cc bike that cost $4995 new which they can pick up if it falls over, or will ride easy on a balsa raft, sips gas at 60 MPG, and which will run 60 MPH all day in areas where they might make 50 miles a day if they're lucky .....

... they have a $15,000, 1200cc, 5-foot-tall monster that weighs over half a ton gross on the road, that's impossible to pick up alone, that breaks subframes, can't go over light bridges, bogs in mud up to the seat, gets 35 MPG ....  I mean, their own journals are a litany of breakdowns due to massive high-tech unfixable-CANbus monsters, while Peggy Thompson or Lois Pryce or someone are motoring along on their 175 or 250 having no such problems, just enjoying the ride ....

Lannis

[wavedog]

A few years ago a 17 year old rode his 70cc Honda step-thru from Los Angeles to New York. On ADVRider I read of a couple that rode SYM step thru bikes (copy of the Honda) around the world. I rode several of those old Hondas when I lived in Japan. Great utility vehicles.

[Arizona Wayne]

Back in the `70's a young Canadian rode across Canada on his Tohatsu 50.

In the `60's a guy rode his Yamaha 100 twin across the US.

I had a neighbor in Carmichael, Ca. who got a degree in Art @ Sac. State who joined the Peace Corpse afterward in the `60's who rode her Mustang scooter to college and when she came home from Argentina with her boyfriend back to Sacramento they did it on a Honda 90 !!!     She was definitely a free thinker.

I knew a former Guzzisti (Lloyd) in Oregon who the last time I saw him he was riding a 125 Suzuki dirt bike which he rode down to Baja among other places.  Before that he had a Ducati 900 Monster but got tired of speeding tickets so down sized.  Lloyd was somewhat of a minimalist and an engineer.

[Huzo]

That's my take.   I shake my head in befuddlement when I read the travelogues of people who crossed South America or Africa or South Asia "the hard way", and instead of riding a 250cc or 350cc bike that cost $4995 new which they can pick up if it falls over, or will ride easy on a balsa raft, sips gas at 60 MPG, and which will run 60 MPH all day in areas where they might make 50 miles a day if they're lucky .....

... they have a $15,000, 1200cc, 5-foot-tall monster that weighs over half a ton gross on the road, that's impossible to pick up alone, that breaks subframes, can't go over light bridges, bogs in mud up to the seat, gets 35 MPG ....  I mean, their own journals are a litany of breakdowns due to massive high-tech unfixable-CANbus monsters, while Peggy Thompson or Lois Pryce or someone are motoring along on their 175 or 250 having no such problems, just enjoying the ride ....

Lannis

"They choose to do these and the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard"...JFK
You still "enjoy the ride" as you say, but it just takes on a different personality.
And there is the undeniable pleasure from a full day at 140 k (plus) when you feel like it.

[canuck750]

Touring bike of choice in my family for one up riding.
Cheap to buy and maintain, decent gas mileage, good range, reliable and light enough to pick up on your own, plus it will cruise at 70 mph all day long or chug in 1st gear at walking speed.



Been from the arctic circle to the Mexican border a few times and many place in between.

For two up the Beemer sofa on two wheels is hard to beat but I would rather be on the KLR given a choice.

[nick949]

The ultimate Guzzi touring bike 





Nick

[Tom]

 :1:

[steven c]

 How about riding across Canada on a C90,in the winter.
https://youtu.be/o9aisWhUaUg

[twowings]

This is one of my favorites:

http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/tiny-bike-to-alaska-2016.1143158/

[Arizona Wayne]

A few years ago a guy rode his Piaggio MP3 500 maxi-scooter from Florida to Alaska round trip and has a video/diary w/music to prove it.  He's not mechanically inclined either.

[MotoBug]

The CT110 and CT90 (postie bikes) are common bikes in Australia and have a bit of a following. The posties use them for their suburban deliveries and they get retired after 3 years or 25000km so plenty on the used market. People like to take them into remote areas of the outback.

https://traveloutbackaustralia.com/5-awesome-outback-postie-bike-adventures.html/

[Sasquatch Jim]

 Many years ago I was at a lady friends house when her son called to say that he was stuck with his broken down car.
  I borrowed her ct trail Honda and a piece of rope and went to the rescue.  The Honda easily pulled the car home.

[twowings]

Seen on the road to the Nordkapp:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/7317806@N06/35715619990

[rodekyll]

Touring bike of choice in my family for one up riding.
Cheap to buy and maintain, decent gas mileage, good range, reliable and light enough to pick up on your own, plus it will cruise at 70 mph all day long or chug in 1st gear at walking speed.



Been from the arctic circle to the Mexican border a few times and many place in between.

For two up the Beemer sofa on two wheels is hard to beat but I would rather be on the KLR given a choice.

Skagway?

[Arizona Wayne]

Seen on the road to the Nordkapp:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/7317806@N06/35715619990

In no particular rush.  Beats pedaling.  Does he even have a helmet?

[acogoff]

I like this guy...Capn America helmet in there...

   My eyes are not so good, but that little Honda world traveler seems to need a drive chain.

[canuck750]

Skagway?

Yep, the 'end' after a run up the Dempster.

[Tom]

   My eyes are not so good, but that little Honda world traveler seems to need a drive chain.

You're right.

[Lannis]

   My eyes are not so good, but that little Honda world traveler seems to need a drive chain.

A classic case of "Ran When Parked"!

"Hey, I rode it in here, didn't I?"

[CalVin2007]

  Some of those little Hondas had stacked sprockets on the rear...there may be a smaller one the pic doesn't show. Carry a piece of chain and extra master link and you have mountain/trail gearing!

  Terry

[Lannis]

  Some of those little Hondas had stacked sprockets on the rear...there may be a smaller one the pic doesn't show. Carry a piece of chain and extra master link and you have mountain/trail gearing!

  Terry

That was my first thought but that's a "Passport" and they didn't come with dual sprockets.   Someone could have retrofit one, I suppose, but more likely it's parked so the rider can walk back and find the chain ... !

Lannis

[sign216]

An excellent book is "I See By My Outfit" by Peter Beagle.  It's about two guys in the '60s that crossed America by scooter.  200cc I think.  It's one of the best cycle/travel books I've read.  Try to get a copy that includes the one or two page summary of what happened to their friendship in the years that followed.   (It's no mystery, just as life goes on people diverge).

[Arizona Wayne]

  Some of those little Hondas had stacked sprockets on the rear...there may be a smaller one the pic doesn't show. Carry a piece of chain and extra master link and you have mountain/trail gearing!

  Terry

My son Jake had a `69 Suzuki 110 2 stroke dirt bike that had a transfer case instead of 2 different rear sprockets to run in dirt or street ranges.

[Chuck in Indiana]

Skagway?

We rented a Beaver on floats at Skagway and flew into a pristine lake inland. There wasn't a *sound* when that P&W quit turning. Amazing, and unforgettable.

[rodekyll]

We rented a Beaver on floats at Skagway and flew into a pristine lake inland. There wasn't a *sound* when that P&W quit turning. Amazing, and unforgettable.

The Beaver is my favorite bush plane.  I used to get time in on them during flights around the SE islands when I was the only passenger.  The only time one got completely silent, I sincerely wish it hadn't.   

Here we are lining up to the runway at Metlakakla International Airport Oct. 31, 2009.  It's called that because it's at Metlakatla and sometimes Canadians land there.





And so there is no misconception, here's the airport:





And what travel log would be complete without a picture of a native Metlakatlan in traditional business togs?