Hi Keith, looks superb run - great pics.

Hi, I have the BMW 650 Sertao. It weighs around 190 kilo not sure how that compares to the Dakar. I have ridden the bike extensively and it is capable off-road and fun on road - will see in excess of 100mph and is comfortable at high speed even wearing knobblies. It is fairly easy to change the fron...

Hi, if you are new to off-roading I would hesitate before spending your cash. Your commute I would have thought would place a fair emphasis on road comfort and ability - the bikes mentioned are all on the heavy side ie in excess of 200kilo I would guess, and will put you under significant pressure o...

Right about the locked car. I used our dog mobile a couple of years back and my wife had left her bum bag - on the floor, which I failed to notice. When I got back, the window wash smashed and the bag gone. Bloody pissed that I hadn't noticed it, told the wife when I got home and she split her sides...

Reliability issues aside, surely it's the ride that counts. Give them both a blast.

Hi Keith, would certainly be up for it again so count me in please subject to dates. Will try to get a bit of French going for this trip. Cheers

Just picked up on this thread, luckily I havn't had any serious problems myself. Just a thought, assuming that you have electricity and have put lights up, where you choose to run the wiring, or hang inspection lamps is up to you - should these be in close proximity to where the thieves break in, th...

Hi Keith Looking forward to the trip and meeting up. My moto went back to the menders again today ( hopefully nothing serious - dodgy speedo/clock) I did a 900 mile round trip 2 weekends back and it ran perfectly - then went out to local shops and clocks stopped working ! If I am in any doubt to rel...

Good luck Bob, I am sure you will have loads of fun with it. We could almost do an ABC CRF 250 meet - Scoob, Cowling , Uncle Buck, Minky, You and I. ??

CCM have been coming in for some heavy critisizm - perhaps deserved, but they are willing to sort it given time. I ride both the CRF250l and I put 7000 mls on my first CCM GP450 - very few actual problems, fueling finally sorted with Power Commander. The only thing they have in common I would say is...