What is your dream? ( motorcycle related please)

[Flying Dutchman]

Something positive to pen down for a change when it's Rain raining outside as usual, oops there i go again mr negative!!

Ok, My dream is (before I keel over of old age, or a diabetes related complication) Is to take a good tourer and tour Europe and maybe beyond, But I think Europe will do, I's big!

I will take a Visa card with a few grand credit (don't pay it back Twisted Evil ) on it, panniers full of cheap Primark clothing (when they get dirty dump it) maybe a tent for 2? and maybe I get a Tom Tom sat nav out of Argos, (buy now don't pay later! Shifty ) or do without it and sorta get lost and God only knows where I end up! (foreign Legion perhaps)

Has anybody been there and done that, or are just thinking or maybe also daydream about it, you don't have to win the lottery to do this (it would help) I will do this within the next 5 years for sure before.........we are a long time dead!!!!

Let us have your dreams please,will you turn them in reality?
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[carlnicholson...]

I set off for work before on the KLE, I had a full tank, and the sun was still shining. My trip to Spain is still on my mind.

I felt a HUGE urge to just fuck off. Head south, follow the sun and see where it took me.

When I was a kid, we had next to nout. The thought of ever going abroard was just a fantasy, so I used to imagine setting off on wild adventures on rafts, horse back and motorbikes. Now I'm nearly 23, and the urge is still just as strong, if not more so now I have the bike and finances to actually do it.

I was just bimbling along the road to work, dreaming of jumping on the ferry and chasing the horizon, meeting all the people along the way, and seeing different worlds, smelling the aroma of foreign lands and winding down through sun baked mountain roads to the next town and whatever surprises it may hold.

I've got to do it, and fucking soon aswell!
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[Flying Dutchman]

That sounds good to me I need to do it sharpies as I am 51 next month, only one problem i still have the flipping L plates up, so i need to get cracking!! and hope that I pass the test!
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[carlnicholson...]

51? I wouldn't worry about that mate. How old is that guy who wrote Jupiters Travels? He still going strong and probably in some weird back street in deepest darkest Asia doing a deal on an old 350 as we speak!

Don't let the test bother you. I passed my car test first time, so expected to breeze my DAS. That was until I failed. I cried, literally. Then I realised, wtf does it matter? Just book it, do it again, and this time don't pull out on anyone.

So I did, and didn't attempt suicide, and passed! It isn't a big issue, just stay chilled and enjoy the ride the examiner takes you on. I just treated it as a ride out with a mate, but just did everything by the book and only got 1 minor fault on my re-test.

Get it booked, get it passed and get off on a trip, but don't forget to let us know how you get on.
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[carlnicholson...]

If your going solo, then the varadero may well surprise you how competant it is!
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[Adam_P]

[EuropeanNC30R...]

You could probably get a fair way on a 50cc, if you were lunatic enough to want to do it.

[snuff2005]

id like to take a ktm adventure aroudn the world with no time limmit on how long the trip would be a trip were if i ran out of cahs id simply stay in a town a few weeks and earn some cash to carry on, some thing were i dint have to worry about my aprentiship and other shit
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[nick.h]

Did the d-day beaches in France on the back of the GS at 16.

As i've passed my test, will be riding the GS with my dad (daytona 600) and uncle (cbr600f) around ireland/germany at 17 in october.

Once i hit 18, we'll be touring spain for sure. Ferry down to spain, then riding back up through europe.

Would like to visit wales and scotland in the summer!

Nick
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[pjb120]

going through france to the alps this summer, going solo, taking it slowly + stopping where I fancy for as long as I want (camping mainly). Should have about three months p*ssig around, so plenty of time to explore.

Not forgetting (as you mentioned) plenty of throw-away primark clothing (discovered primark yesterday - it's a pretty fantastic place!), a hammock, some good books +plenty of beer (bought on the way!)

Aim to head through croatia, down to serbia + up through poland (maybe Germany) + the baltics to finland, then up to the artic for more camping/ walking/ drinking/ empty winding roads, across lapland, down norway, then bergen to Iceland ont ferry (where Ive arranged to meet a friend) for a few weeks. Back to scotland, back home!

Although this is my approximate route, the beauty is that Ive got so much time (3 months) i can decide whether I want to hang around, or move quickly on to somewhere else at the time. That is my dream (bike wise at least!), and it will be fufilled this summer!

The only thing I'm not sure about if my choice of bike. Am on an '01 fazer, which is a bit sportier than I would have liked, so I might sell it + get a bike more suited for touring + rough roads/ off the beaten track.

[pjb120]

going through france to the alps this summer, going solo, taking it slowly + stopping where I fancy for as long as I want (camping mainly). Should have about three months p*ssig around, so plenty of time to explore.

Not forgetting (as you mentioned) plenty of throw-away primark clothing (discovered primark yesterday - it's a pretty fantastic place!), a hammock, some good books +plenty of beer (bought on the way!)

Aim to head through croatia, down to serbia + up through poland (maybe Germany) + the baltics to finland, then up to the artic for more camping/ walking/ drinking/ empty winding roads, across lapland, down norway, then bergen to Iceland ont ferry (where Ive arranged to meet a friend) for a few weeks. Back to scotland, back home!

Although this is my approximate route, the beauty is that Ive got so much time (3 months) i can decide whether I want to hang around, or move quickly on to somewhere else at the time. That is my dream (bike wise at least!), and it will be fufilled this summer!

The only thing I'm not sure about if my choice of bike. Am on an '01 fazer, which is a bit sportier than I would have liked, so I might sell it + get a bike more suited for touring + rough roads/ off the beaten track.

[niff5855]

Aye, i want to do a bit of a trip this year, been thinking about if 4 ages, so fuck it, If I dont do it now I might not get the chance again.

Dont think about it - Just do it.
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