Exactly why this list exists. Thanks for your contributions over the years. The armchair adventurers get to live vicariously though those that are out there doing the adventures. We are all glad to help. Fred
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A resounding yes to all of the above! This forum has been a hugely-supportive favorite since I first decided that I was finally grown up enough to survive bike ownership about ten years ago (age 50+). People here helped me through the steep early learning curve, purchase, outfitting, and eventual riding on quite a few continents during the four or five years it took me to put almost a hundred thousand miles on that brand new 2007. It s hard to imagine relying similarly on any of the alternative sites.
Overland riding, for which the KLR was perfectly suited, was my attempt to travel as I ve always done, but at a level of comfort (and within a price range) more suited to my aging body and attitudes. Riding can be tough at times, but I found it a lot more plush than my previous world travels with a backpack. Along similar lines, most of my riding these days is on my decidedly-more-comfortable Vstrom, though I question this choice every time I wander off the main routes in search of better scenery and mild adventures.
I ve also taken to full time employment again, and tend to limit my trips to three-week chunks scattered throughout the year I m writing from Vietnam, and hoping for Azerbaijan and Georgia in the fall. This means lots of rental bikes, and lots of hauling riding gear through little airports, trains and dilapidated buses.
Like others here, the Facebook format doesn t really work for me. Clearly it s driving out the old-fashioned web forums not just in motorcycling, but in other areas where I ve been active, like backcountry skiing and other forms of travel. On the other hand, the sheer volume of information which is so easily available these days makes progress however objectionable I may find it inevitable.
My thanks to those who ve made this forum possible and so rewarding over the years! This includes Fred, of course, but also a great many frequent contributors, some of whom probably don t think they have much of value to say. If you like it, contribute (or watch it fade away, sooner than you think)!
Gotta go: a little Honda is waiting in Hoi An, and I ve got a lot of exploring to do during the next couple of weeks. Safe riding to all!
Mark
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