wow, amazing choice of bike for this...

[upcruiser]

Check this video out..

http://www.tripleplate.com/forum/sho...8185#post48185

[jnelson4x4taco]

wow, im impressed. although it wouldnt have been my first choice, he obviously made it work.....well. I always wondered how one of those would do it the desert with some knobbier tires, i guess i just got that answer.

[Hltoppr]

That was friggin' COOL!!!! Thanks Up!

Just goes to show that any bike will go around the world!

-H-

[Doin_It]

Hltoppr

Just goes to show that any bike will go around the world!

Cool vid. Your right, I sure wouldn't run out and say a Yamaha YZF R1 is my first choice, but maybe it goes to show that just take what you brung and run with it, and some how you'll get the job done.

The guy that really amazies me though is Peter & Kay Forwood. Over the last 10 years he's been to alsmost every country in the world and is working on this last dozen or so. Alot of it was done with his wife on the back of a Harley Dresser. Now talk about an over-weight/under powered bike there (I know, I ride a Wide Glide). Yet he's crossed the Sahara twice and done many other amazing feats while putting on close to 1/2 a million Km. (300,000 miles). http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/forwood/index.shtml

[24HOURSOFNEVADA]

Wow, thanks for the video.

[Hltoppr]

Hltoppr

Cool vid. Your right, I sure wouldn't run out and say a Yamaha YZF R1 is my first choice, but maybe it goes to show that just take what you brung and run with it, and some how you'll get the job done.

No kidding! I see the sand/mud parts and will stick to my GS!....although his is likely lighter...

-H-

[upcruiser]

I've never ridden a sport bike, but that riding position just looks plain uncomfortable. That last shot across the dry lake was awesome on there.

[805gregg]

Goes to show it's the rider not the bike. There is a lot to be said for easily touching the ground.

[JohnC]

I wonder what the person filming was riding?

[robert]

Looked like street tires in the pictures where you could see them. I guess he was able to make up lost time when he was on a road. Definitley impressive.