Yesterday was a good and a very bad day...good as the weather was alright and we finally left Ulaanbaatar to go into the Gobi desert for a 5-day tour, the last destination for our bikes...bad as my rear suspesion broke down in the middle of the desert! This meant, riding back ultra slowly (1st and sometimes 2nd gear) and with no traction on the rear tyre, finding a small truck and then riding in the truck back to UB. We left at around 10ish and arrived in UB in the guesthouse at dark past 21h30, hence a long but fun day of driving for Cyril who felt like a Paris-Dakar competotor. By the way, Cyril's carbs were playing up a bit again, so both bikes suffered in the end...it seems they are just screaming STOP!!!
Unless I find someone that can repair the suspension today or tomorrow, this means the end of the trip for the bikes (they'll thank us for that).
Unless I find someone that can repair the suspension today or tomorrow, this means the end of the trip for the bikes (they'll thank us for that).
The desert was interesting as so different from all the other places we have been so far in Mongolia. It was great riding again and the track were ok. I realised that Cyril and I had really got the hang out of the offroad riding as we weren't scared of sand, corugated tracks etc... and mastered the bikes well and with quite high speed.
This morning we washed the bikes - in case someone wants to buy them and mine was full of oil from the suspension - and Cyril also cleaned his carburtor one more time (full of dust - the air filter is definitely dead).The next steps are shipping the bikes back home (not so simple...), taking the Transsiberian to Beijing next Thursday and flying to HK on Monday 26th. This will mark the official end of the trip.
We've posted new pictures in the photo album.
See you soon!
Chopat tu vas prendre cher.
2 comments:
C'est la fin les amis.
On voit que vous en avez bien profite et j'ai l'impression que vos aventures ne sont pas completement terminees.
Cyril, tu dechires sur ta becane dans le soleil couchant.
Nicco, j'espere que le trip en minibus etait confortable.
Even with all the small problems, it seems like Honda wins in the end ;-)
Bixx
Hey Guys what happened to Niccolo read suspension? Did you leave the dampening knob on full to keep the boxes from sagging? or was it just a premature failure. I have the same r1200gsa white and red, brand new and ready for a world tour. I am doing the same trip to HK from England in 3 months with the exception of seeing all of europe for an extra month. I do have my doubt about going through china, (if i cant get permission).
Hey do you guys know a Aaron Kim who works for UBS in Hong Kong. Great trip you guys, been following you from the beginning. Niccolo, maybe I will catch you on the streets of HK. Will be living there for a year, Fiance is living there already.
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