‘Long Way Down’ begins

**ZeroIndex** · 15th May 2007, 23:36

Originally Posted by Teflon

I can remember you taking a short cut (off road) on that hyunsung.. nice jump

It was a Kinetic... and thanks... the jump came naturally

**carver** · 15th May 2007, 23:58

Originally Posted by WRT

As for DR650's, they would struggle with carrying that amount of gear, and once laden down with that sort of weight they would be no easier in the rough stuff. And I bet they'd break down more often than those beemers too. Anyone who owns a dirt bike knows how much maintenance goes in to them. K's on dirt cannot be equated to K's on tarmac, your maintenance schedule for a sports bike drops from 5-10,000 kilometers to 50-100 hours.

Respect to those boys, and good luck for the journey.

not on a DR...usual service, and there is a thread on here where some people use em for just that.
big bonus is simplicity

**riffer** · 16th May 2007, 12:27

You're just not convincing me buddy.

Send me a copy of the DVD of your trip across the Road of Bones and you'll gain my respect.

Until then, your opinion doesn't count as its based totally on ignorance.

**ZeroIndex** · 16th May 2007, 16:47

Originally Posted by riffer

You're just not convincing me buddy.

Send me a copy of the DVD of your trip across the Road of Bones and you'll gain my respect.

Until then, your opinion doesn't count as its based totally on ignorance.

Yeah, the Road of Bones section was amazing...

**Bob** · 17th May 2007, 20:35

As we've got two threads on the same subject, running just inches away from each other, thought I'd put a link to the other one here:

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=49072

If you want this one closed, or the other one closed with a link to this one, or indeed the two merged, let me know and when I get a second I'll do it.

Thanks,

Bob

**mazz1972** · 11th June 2007, 16:12

The official site www.longwaydown.com doesn't give much away but you can follow where the chaps are at, and watch short vid clips here...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/longwaydown/