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Nice man, I am always tempted to trade up to an Express from the Astro, looking forward to the progress.

Thanks!

Hey guys quick question for hooking up a couple batteries as a trickle charger type setup. The 2 batteries are currently not hooked together as the diagram above indicates Now I have my solar panel hooked to the controller, which is hooked to 1 aux battery. I would like to hook to the same...

While no one wants to see people doing what we do get into trouble, put me into the camp of "you do stupid ********, I am gonna talk and judge you". They not only F'ed ******** up for themselves, but as mentioned earlier, this type of ******** has political implications, so their irresponsibility has a...

Ok yes I completely understand, sounds just like my Chevy astro.

I drove my AWD Astro to Colombia S. America, never "needed" 4x4, and most people headed to Argentina agreed it wasn't a "need". For what you list as you normal usage, I wouldn't even factor in AWD vs 4x4. It's a cheap, straight Transfer Case swap to go to 4x4 in the Astro, but I haven't done...

Bizzump, I learned in Honduras back in 2012:

The challenge to that plan is the importation, you need to temporarily import the bike into each country as you travel through them. Usually it is a 1-3 month period of time before you need to exit the bike out of the country, so you would need to find out which countries can put the temp...

Well in hindsight, I should have just returned and stayed another day in Luang Prabang, or just repeatedly taken the adventure road going back and forth on it again and again, cause it was only downhill from here. Vang Vieng is famous for tubing on the river while bar hopping. I didn't...

I got a text from friends I made the 1st night recommending the local waterfall, Su Kiang as we had previously discussed if it would be worth it. I was pretty hungover due to the friends I had made the second night, but forced myself to go due to the text as they went the day before. For 2.50USD...

I considered staying another day in Xam Nuea due to the late start despite having had enough of this place, but prior to heading to the shop I google stopping points between my destinations and discover Muang Hiam is a 4-5 hour drive which is perfect so I decided to check out of the hotel. From...

OK so Laos was a let down. Don't get me wrong, it's no Singapore...it had its moments, some beautiful scenery, and is a great country to relax in. Problem was, I wasn't looking to relax, but Laos would let me bring the bike in from Vietnam keeping the moto adventure alive, so I figured I should...

Sure I have the purchase and final cost break down now as I sold the bike and jumped on a plane to Indonesia instead. I will write the last report regarding Laos when I can, and probably throw in an Indo blurb for good measure. I only ended up moto-ing around Laos for 2 weeks. I was running...

Nghia Lo to Mai Chau, and Mai Chau to the border of Na Meo are all kind of a blur. Mai Chau sets you up for the limestone loop, which I cut through a portion of. The town itself was nothing special, but for some reason, possibly its proximity to both Hanoi and the limestone loop, there is a...

From Ha Giang it was onto Sapa, and everyone knows Sapa sucks. Well, everyone but Vietnam, they have ruined it. But before I could make it to Sapa, a few hours outside Ha Giang I got a flat and had to do yet another walk of shame. Luckily this one happened only about a 1/4 mile from a shop, so I...

The riding continues to amaze me as I travel on wards. Today I am aiming for Dong Van as it is only 22 KM farther than Meo Vac, but up here everything takes longer so not sure how things will play out. I make good time to Meo Vac and arrive by noon, but just as I get there it starts to rain. I...

Dog meat just might be delicious The 1st Vietnamese words I learned were "dog meat", to ensure I did not accidentally eat just that. Now I do not think I have eaten dog meat, but the amount of mystery meat I have eaten is ridiculous, and every time it has been delicious....so if I did...

Knowing it was only downhill after the duck farm I left the next morning to continue North. Just outside Phong Nha my rear shock fell apart on me. Luckily I found all the parts and was able to limp back to town and have the guy put it back together, along with an oil change, for 5.37USD (an oil...

The what farm, yeah that is what I said too. I was talking to the couple from Edmonton at my hostel, and they mentioned the guy from Houston heard I had a bike and was looking for me as he wasn't able to take both girls to the duck farm on his rented scooter due to the cops in the area. Yeah ok...

From Hue I go to Khe Sanh, another mountain town. It is another long day with more beautiful scenery, and I arrive feeling I am the only foreigner in town. These places in the mountains are mostly stops of convenience, there is not much going on, and the only foreigners they see are generally...