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There is a new show on Bravo TV about two Brits who decide to take a motorcycle trip together...they end up deciding to go around the world. I watched it Thursday at 10 Pm (9 Central for you farmers). Check it out on : http://www.bravotv.com/Long_Way_Round/ If you don't want to check out the link, just watch for it on Bravo on Thursday. Set that TiVo for a season pass. Just so you don't miss out, this message will be repeated. You can read about the first episode at the link. Basically you missed how they prepared and planned for the trip. Watch KTM give up a fantastic chance for priceless, cheap advertisement. I'll give you one guess what they end up riding, and they are not KLR's. Allen Maxfield Forestville, Sonoma County, California, U.S.A. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 07:09:21AM -0700, Allen Maxfield wrote:

> > There is a new show on Bravo TV about two Brits who decide to take a motorcycle trip together

Ewan McGregor and his other acting buddy.

> Watch KTM give up a fantastic chance for priceless, cheap advertisement.

I was sort of stunned they refused, what a marketing failure. Though I did see their point. These two guys don't look like the most promising prospects to complete the run, will be interesting to see what happens. Personally, I can't believe the guys didn't do any reading about trips like this or they would have been on 650's for sure. I wouldn't even consider the big GS for a run like this and I'm probably twice their size. Hey Allan, if you think of it, in the email client you use, if you take a look in preferences, set 'line wrap' or 'wrap outgoing messages' and set it to 72-80 characters so your message paragraphs aren't one single line. -- ___ ______ _____ __ ________ ___ / _ |< < / == / ___/__ / /_ /_ __/ / __ ____ _ ___ /__ \ / __ |/ // / ****/ (_ / _ \/ __/ / / / _ \/ // / ' \/ _ \ /__/ /_/ |_/_//_/ == \___/\___/\__/ /_/ /_//_/\_,_/_/_/_/ .__/ (_) 8600 miles*Russel Lines*Supertrapp Race* /_/ http://www.kingsqueak.org/klr650/

Anyone else wonder why these two rich spoiled movie stars need to have free bikes, gear tools etc. Then they fly into a rage tearing up posters when KTM backs out, give me a break. If they had to buy their own bikes and gear they would be riding KLRs. Hollywood pussies. --Jim A-15

> > Watch KTM give up a fantastic chance for priceless, cheap

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On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 05:15:33PM -0000, pete88chester wrote:

> model. Did you notice the load they were carrying? From a distance > the bikes probable look more like a big ball than a motorcycle. I > wonder if at some point you will see them shedding some of that > cargo?

LOL yeah, you wouldn't have seen me carrying _anything_ with two chase/support vehicles like they have. Heck with the support vehicles, I would have been all over a 650, maybe even a 400 just to make the nasty roads more bearable. My favorite story from http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/ was the poor guy on the KLR whose shock blew up in Siberia. He got lucky enough to find a farmer with a welder and they cut the eyes off the shock and welded up a SOLID shaft. He had to ride something like 1100 miles with a solid rear end. No support crew for that guy. Amazing. -- ___ ______ _____ __ ________ ___ / _ |< < / == / ___/__ / /_ /_ __/ / __ ____ _ ___ /__ \ / __ |/ // / ****/ (_ / _ \/ __/ / / / _ \/ // / ' \/ _ \ /__/ /_/ |_/_//_/ == \___/\___/\__/ /_/ /_//_/\_,_/_/_/_/ .__/ (_) 8600 miles*Russel Lines*Supertrapp Race* /_/ http://www.kingsqueak.org/klr650/

Allen, Thanks for re-posting the link.. Had seen it before but lost the name of the Show. Now I can get the DVR recording it. Denis

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004, Allen Maxfield wrote: > > There is a new show on Bravo TV about two Brits who decide to take a motorcycle trip together...they end up deciding to go around the world. I watched it Thursday at 10 Pm (9 Central for you farmers). Check it out on : http://www.bravotv.com/Long_Way_Round/ > If you don't want to check out the link, just watch for it on Bravo on Thursday. Set that TiVo for a season pass. Just so you don't miss out, this message will be repeated. You can read about the first episode at the link. Basically you missed how they prepared and planned for the trip. Watch KTM give up a fantastic chance for priceless, cheap advertisement. I'll give you one guess what they end up riding, and they are not KLR's. > Allen Maxfield > Forestville, Sonoma County, > California, U.S.A. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > >

(sorry - wrong subect line in my last post) if you care about dirt...or any of a number of other personal freedom issues: I DO NOT want to start any political threads - but as dual sport riders, I thought you might like to kow this... Please do your own research and try not to validate this post or verify my message - come to your own conclusions rather than shoot me down or hold me up. Just passing along something I think is worthwhile knowledge to you. BTW - I can't find anything about Bush on this. Yet. quoted..... from Speed TV: Presidential Candidate "John Kerry will reinstate the Clinton administration's phase-out of noisy and polluting snowmobiles, which have been overrunning some of our most precious national lands, including Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park. While snowmobiles, jet skis and all terrain vehicles have their place, they do not mix with sensitive wildlife resources and our nation's most treasured wild places. If elected, John Kerry will revisit the roadless rule." - from the Conservation Covenant www.johnkerry.com/pdf/vision.pdf from another list: Kerry, speaking to the Sierra club last week was asked his position on banning snowmobiles from Yellowstone; "When I am elected your next President I will LIMIT and ELIMINATE the use of off-highway vehicles on public lands to stop the damage that they cause." I just foud this at the AMA District 37 pages thought you guys would want to know.