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Club House => Chatter => Topic started by: guest18 on November 03, 2009, 07:58:29 PM

Title: Africa for the well-heeled?
Post by: guest18 on November 03, 2009, 07:58:29 PM

http://www.adventure-bike-africa.com/Newsletter.htm

Just in case anyone is feeling particularly well off come the composition of your Christmas lists!

Title: Re: Africa for the well-heeled?
Post by: guest7 on November 03, 2009, 11:56:57 PM

I was chatting to a bloke in the pub last week who leads trips like this. He has recently returned from escorting a group around the world... and they had paid an awful lot of money for the privilege.

He has taken a look at his prospects for the next year or so and has decided to offer trips around the UK to American motorcyclists. This decision has been based partly on the weakness of the pound. Nice to know that our economy makes us a cheaper option than touring Morocco  ::)

GC

Title: Re: Africa for the well-heeled?
Post by: Mark on November 04, 2009, 08:02:36 AM

Quote from: onepot on November 03, 2009, 11:56:57 PM

He has taken a look at his prospects for the next year or so and has decided to offer trips around the UK to American motorcyclists. This decision has been based partly on the weakness of the pound. Nice to know that our economy makes us a cheaper option than touring Morocco  ::)

GC

Taking Yanks around the UK will be longer than a ATW trip, in my experience they can't handle small roads, bends(or curves for that matter), roundabouts, and when you overtake with oncoming traffic it really feks them up.