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In my view the 1190 Adventure R is the best bike currently made for such a race. The bike is designed for speed on tough rough roads. Cetris paribus, i dont think other bikes could keep up with its agility and acceleration across the various road environments one faces on 11000kms through...

I didn't ride at very high speeds on the 3rd attempt. I seldom sat over 180kms/hour. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Haha, I've tried not to think about next. But naturally one does. Perhaps Antarctica, but this is a totally different and far more difficult logistical effort, which I've not even begun to grasp. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Just a few pics. I couldn't have taken sufficient high enough quality footage while pushing that hard. I had a gopro but didn't use it much, i find them fairly limited. A drone would have been great but alas, no time. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Navigation - three navigators - when they disagreed with each other I stopped, studied them and spoke to locals. 1. Garmin zumo 390 with tracks4africa. Not great until East and southern Africa. 2. Maps.me - best in Egypt and Sudan. 3. Google maps (with local sim cards). Good around cities...

Nope, Khartoum, Addis and Nairobi each about an hour. And that's lucky/quick.  Plus the additional traffic on either side! Cairo also slow to get out of. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

TZ is fairly quick but for a new pass between Arusha and Dodoma, which I rode on a misty rainy night. Dodoma-Iringa was one of the most beautiful empty stretches of the whole trip. Iringa-Mbeya-Tunduma is unpleasant with trucks buses roadworks etcetera, but neither far or especially slow...

My parents just liked the name :) Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Shopping 50k Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Yes probably a bit less. My costs were quite convoluted. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Yes... but not Guineas, they don't recognize road speed records which don't take place on closed roads. I'm currently trying to establish the most credible options. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Hi, I wish i was aware of the iron butt tracker. Does it require interent?  Trackimo has worked well for me in the past but I liked all of he additional data that Garmin offered, when it works :) .) My theory on the gearbox is as follows: The chain was not set appropriately for the ...

It depends what one includes, bike, gear, multiple attempts? Excluding bike and normal gear a clean attempt would cost about R150k. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Moyale.... Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

I totally understand! Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Hi Oubones, The best thing to do would be to look at the coverage here of all 3 attempts: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1702626806640916/ But some info below: Meals: 6 meals in 8 days. But for one roadside picnic with friend in South Africa. Riding distances: 1000kms-2000kms a day...

Yeah, Guiness doesn't recognise open road records anymore. I'm not familiar with Iron Butt's approach. Verification is something that is probably more important to others than it is to me. But I think I do have a duty to answer questions. So this is an important discussion. Skeptism is of...

A few questions there. In terms of verification, I sent a pin from Tahrir Square went I departed on 3rd attempt. 2nd attempt had press, but I think that they have up on me :). I had a live public Garmin tracker, that didn't really work. Border and carne stamps and then friends on arrival. A...

Dusk, about 50kms South East of Moyale, (Kenya/Ethiopia border), enroute to Marsabit. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Could have been a goat :) Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk