Simon And Lisa Discuss Their Round The World Trip
So, once again the AT trip is canceled... But Michael had a pretty good excuse for it. Another week of eating trail food for me!
Last night I went to BMW Moto of Atlanta to see a presentation by Simon and Lisa Thomas of http://www.2ridetheworld.com/. They're on a multi-year journey across the globe and currently traveling in the US. Part of what they do on the way is stop at BMW dealerships to give presentations. They're quite tech savvy and have put together a very good multimedia show where they talk, show videos and slides, and play music. Most of the presentation covered Africa with the second shorter half covering South America, specifically how Simon managed to break his neck but continue riding for 3 weeks before getting to a hospital. It's really an amazing story and they have some great photos and video of the places they've been, some of which is linked from advrider.
One interesting point that came up when I saw a picture of the two of them in front of Volcan Tungurahua in Ecuador. When I was visiting Ecuador, Tungurahua began to erupt so I was unable to take the bus from Quito to Cuenca. Meanwhile Simon and Lisa were unknowingly headed for Baños, the town that was being evacuated because of the eruption. They were somewhere south of Quito riding their bikes over hardened lava flows while I was diverted to Papallacta.
Here's one of the videos from the presentation:
The rest of the videos are here.
Lisa's bike, Tarzan, a highly-modified F650GS. It has 100-something thousand miles on it without a rebuild and weighs over 700lbs full of gas and with all the gear. Of the two bikes, her's has experienced fewer problems (actually just a shock and mount replacement) despite traveling through all of Africa, including the Sahara, and through the Amazon.
Simon's bike, Tinkerbell, is an R1100GS modified similarly to Lisa's. It's had the electrical harness replaced, replaced shocks, and frame reinforcements, along with all the cool Touratech mods, etc. 150,000+ miles on this one.
This is one of Bob's (owner, BMW Moto Of Atl) bikes. Think he said its an '82.
And the HP2 Enduro. The $20,000 big brother to my bike. What I find odd about this bike is that it's like the R1200GS, but stripped down with less junk, yet it costs more.
The bikes are cool and all but the real value of the presentation was in the photos and stories of the people and places Simon and Lisa have been. They emphasize that people all over the world are generally honest and caring and that if you have thought of doing a trip like this or have some other unrealized dream that its important to do it now, not to wait until you have the money, or the time, or whatever it may be that's holding you back. Check out their photos at http://2ridetheworld.com/gallery.html
Last night I went to BMW Moto of Atlanta to see a presentation by Simon and Lisa Thomas of http://www.2ridetheworld.com/. They're on a multi-year journey across the globe and currently traveling in the US. Part of what they do on the way is stop at BMW dealerships to give presentations. They're quite tech savvy and have put together a very good multimedia show where they talk, show videos and slides, and play music. Most of the presentation covered Africa with the second shorter half covering South America, specifically how Simon managed to break his neck but continue riding for 3 weeks before getting to a hospital. It's really an amazing story and they have some great photos and video of the places they've been, some of which is linked from advrider.
One interesting point that came up when I saw a picture of the two of them in front of Volcan Tungurahua in Ecuador. When I was visiting Ecuador, Tungurahua began to erupt so I was unable to take the bus from Quito to Cuenca. Meanwhile Simon and Lisa were unknowingly headed for Baños, the town that was being evacuated because of the eruption. They were somewhere south of Quito riding their bikes over hardened lava flows while I was diverted to Papallacta.
Here's one of the videos from the presentation:
The rest of the videos are here.
Lisa's bike, Tarzan, a highly-modified F650GS. It has 100-something thousand miles on it without a rebuild and weighs over 700lbs full of gas and with all the gear. Of the two bikes, her's has experienced fewer problems (actually just a shock and mount replacement) despite traveling through all of Africa, including the Sahara, and through the Amazon.
Simon's bike, Tinkerbell, is an R1100GS modified similarly to Lisa's. It's had the electrical harness replaced, replaced shocks, and frame reinforcements, along with all the cool Touratech mods, etc. 150,000+ miles on this one.
This is one of Bob's (owner, BMW Moto Of Atl) bikes. Think he said its an '82.
And the HP2 Enduro. The $20,000 big brother to my bike. What I find odd about this bike is that it's like the R1200GS, but stripped down with less junk, yet it costs more.
The bikes are cool and all but the real value of the presentation was in the photos and stories of the people and places Simon and Lisa have been. They emphasize that people all over the world are generally honest and caring and that if you have thought of doing a trip like this or have some other unrealized dream that its important to do it now, not to wait until you have the money, or the time, or whatever it may be that's holding you back. Check out their photos at http://2ridetheworld.com/gallery.html
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