Andy's Awefully Big Adventure

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Motorcycle Trip Reports

Name	Andrew E Lander Stow
Age	59
Start Date of Trip	13th May 2011
Duration of Trip	6 weeks and 4 days
Total Miles Covered	14,500
Total Cost of Trip	Approx £5k
Countries Visited	France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Russian Federation, Mongolia.
Bike Make & Model	Ural Cross Sidecar Outfit
Age of Bike	New 'ish'!
Mileage at Start	1250
Bike Modifications	Auxiliary 47ltr Stainless steel fuel tank, 2500lb winch, Odyssey Extreme auxiliary battery, Ural Windscreen,
Bike Problems & Accidents	Slovakian Sidecar sub-chassis snapped in 2 places (welded in Ulaanbaatar). Cracked rear drive housing allowed water in and trashed 2 bearings.
Highs	The whole trip
Lows	the cold and wet of Siberia in May
The Single Most Important Lesson Learnt	Don't turn back too soon. Accept that serendipity is working for you.

I bought a Ural Cross because I could go to Mongolia on it...so I went and had a great time.
There is a full report at http://www.joatmoa.com
I'm going back in 2013 with my Canadian brother but doing it the easy way on solos. See http://stowsaway.blogspot.com/ as the planning has already started.

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