Lemsteraak
Adventurer
OK, I've got an idea. Alright if I run it past you?
Does all the equipment we need get in our way?
Many of the areas I like have been closed to 4x4 vehicles but are still accessible by bicycle. I like riding bicycles but not the uphill sections, especially under load.
The past couple of years I've been playing around with a hub engine from Germany, adds 20 pounds to the bike but helps you cover longer distances, really long distances. Thought I was alone, turns out there are others with this thought. Just got this in response to a mechanical question I had.
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Well, we started touring in 1994. Our first trip was 6000km through the outback mostly on dirt roads. The following year we toured Western Australlia and came back from Kalgoolie following the railway line across the Nullabor to Adelaide. In 1996 we took all our gear to LA (sneaked our bikes on the plane as luggage – wouldn’t try that now though) and rode 12000 km in a big loop down to Mexico, across to St Louis, followed the Lewis and Clark Trail to Oregon and back to LA via Death Valley. We left our bikes in the US till 2001 doing a bit more each year in both the US and Canada.
Haven’t done much since then except a 6-week trip across northern Qld in 2004. The motors are great. Here’s a photo of our setup in 2004.
Do you know much about the internals of the carburetors? I have two different carbs: one, the Bing, has a simple float, the other (I haven’t seen the name but I’ll check it next time I take it off) has a lever arrangement in the chamber. Is that the TK?
Would a bike like this be of interest to anyone?
Rich @ AutoHomeUS
Does all the equipment we need get in our way?
Many of the areas I like have been closed to 4x4 vehicles but are still accessible by bicycle. I like riding bicycles but not the uphill sections, especially under load.
The past couple of years I've been playing around with a hub engine from Germany, adds 20 pounds to the bike but helps you cover longer distances, really long distances. Thought I was alone, turns out there are others with this thought. Just got this in response to a mechanical question I had.
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Well, we started touring in 1994. Our first trip was 6000km through the outback mostly on dirt roads. The following year we toured Western Australlia and came back from Kalgoolie following the railway line across the Nullabor to Adelaide. In 1996 we took all our gear to LA (sneaked our bikes on the plane as luggage – wouldn’t try that now though) and rode 12000 km in a big loop down to Mexico, across to St Louis, followed the Lewis and Clark Trail to Oregon and back to LA via Death Valley. We left our bikes in the US till 2001 doing a bit more each year in both the US and Canada.
Haven’t done much since then except a 6-week trip across northern Qld in 2004. The motors are great. Here’s a photo of our setup in 2004.
Do you know much about the internals of the carburetors? I have two different carbs: one, the Bing, has a simple float, the other (I haven’t seen the name but I’ll check it next time I take it off) has a lever arrangement in the chamber. Is that the TK?
Would a bike like this be of interest to anyone?
Rich @ AutoHomeUS
