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Well - the quote sums it up really. |
| We got bored of doing 9-5 IT jobs so thought we should do something different. |
| Sorry - how rude - introductions first... |
| "We" is (are?) Matt and Will - or Will and Matt - no favorites here! We're currently working in IT, Will for Ford, Matt at Random House. Sharing a common enjoyment of riding safely within legal speed restrictions on motorbikes and a common desire to go and see new stuff, a cunning plan developed - go away on bikes to see new stuff. Brilliant. |
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Matt wears orange Rallye Raid jacket, Will wears Tuareg Rallye Goretex jacket. Both wear cheesy fixed grins. |
We're taking two Yamaha XT600Es to South America in June for a few months. After shipping the bikes into LA we're taking the complex and involved navigational step of riding south until we see signs for Buenos Aires, going via as many countries as we can fit in. |
| After LA, we drive through Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and finally into Panama. |
| There's the minor issue of the Darien Gap to avoid (nasty place apparently) so we're flying the bikes from Panama (complete with hats) to Bogota (that's in Colombia). |
| Once in Colombia we head west to Ecuador, then south-ish through Peru and Chile, cutting slowly east to Argentina. |
And now, for want of anywhere better to put them...some random pics of the preparations, in no particular order. Click for bigger image... |
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Will was stuck in the helmet for days whie he played with his new lightsaber... we've just got the Tour-X's here...can you tell?! |
Claire thought Will wanted "paper-view"... Will's long-suffering other half slaves away |
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"Doesn't look that far, does it?"... Finished patchwork map of the route (not beer-proof) |
Matt slaved away whilst Will arsed around taking pictures...working on the bikes in Leigh-on-Sea |
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And then, just like magic, a demon Mirror Monkey appeared...Will arsing about (again) |
"Now...I know I put it in ONE of these big metal boxes"...Matt at the end of the test run |
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Matt's next job was to apply for a job as a village idiot...realising that he's put FAR too much oil into his XT |
"That one's mine. No, THAT one's mine. NO! That one's MINE!" (etc)...about a fiver's worth of XT fairing. |
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