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These are assembled with molle backpack straps and bags looped around the tank, not designed for motorbikes particularly, but a good and cheap solution.

I love it. It just returned from Mexico and the 6 Day Baja Rally where it was flawless.

It was March and unusually cold

Hey Rod. Thanks! There are certainly less technical TET routes than Portugal, but it is by no means overly challenging either. I'd not do the North in the wet alone however.

You have the right bikes and enough manpower if skill runs out, and the north is where the best bits are, so I'd recommend taking the TET if you've the time.

March, I don't recall the choice on the TET, though a few waypoints are marked hard, which are in this video. In the wet the rocks have very little grip so the difficulty depends on the weather.

It could well be, we were blocked from the original route by a marathon (!) so took this SW of the dam. th-cam.com/video/NlMB3LOgbcA/w-d-xo.html

It was sunny in the UK

@@whereisgibson 😂😂😂

Starts Boxhill, Frensham Ponds, now overlaps with the TET route a fair bit, good place to start.

@@whereisgibson thanks very much! Will watch again and try to string them together. I’m on a Scrambler 1200 so always nervous about anything too sandy or technical

I'd say Section 1 was harder before, the new route didn't have any committed climbs. It could also do with being condensed a little more. I'd be inclined to merge old Section 1 and 2 into new Section 3+.

Good effort for getting that far solo on a 890! th-cam.com/video/6qAvm1-BLZc/w-d-xo.html

Thanks! I'm using a Ulefone 18T running DMD2, with an ARN Rally Box and F2R controller. 15W wireless charging, and big battery which can double as a powerbank so perfect for multiday camping, has a thermal camera and boroscope for mechanical work, and is very rugged. But not great in the rain (you can see it failing at 20:10) so I would not have it as my only device. Garmin Tread also fails (crashes) but the hope is both don't fail at the same time 😄 The Tread also integrated better with the inreach which is how we messaged between the devices, both as we sometimes had no signal, but also a phone might be in a pocket or out of battery etc.

Thanks for replying Martin. Great detail! That's a pain that it failed! Did it come back to life at all? I used an old Samsung Note 9 running DMD2 and Locus Maps for my Portugal trip. It ran well, but the weather for my trip was amazing, so no idea how it would have faired in the rain. My issue was bright sunlight. The Samsung wouldn't have the NITS level of a Garmin, and the Carpe Iter is a hefty price tag...so I've been trying to find an Android device with a higher NIT level that could handle a beating.

The 18T is only about 400 whereas the Tread is 800 iirc. It's not such a problem as you can cast a shadow over it using your helmet, but, I believe Thork Racing now offer high NIT devices. I'll personally wait a few years as they seem to be n-2 generation devices, whereas the 18T is a good 5G phone outright other than the brightness. Edit: both came back to life, Garmin wants a restart or sometimes a resync to a phone, the phone needs the screen wiped dry or locked until it stops heavily raining.

@@whereisgibson Yeah the Thork Racing seems to be the pinnacle of Android based devices. Last year I did quite a bit of digging on their new Nav Phone, the DMD-T665. Turns out that very device is commonly used by couriers or the likes of Just Eat delivery drivers, sold under a different model name...but I could only find business to business sales for multiple units. Shame. Thanks for all the info Martin, all the best 👍🏻

You'll be fine, hardest bit will be the heat. Take a tow strap a few metres long just in case.

It's provided for the week yes, a Stella 3 Evo, though you need to own the mounting kit. Great system, it knows where you are so the organisers do too, helps make safe overtakes, and warns for the risky bits.

@@whereisgibsonthanks.

Wow, thanks!

Haha. So on this trip I forgot to use in-camera stabilisation... This is the version with post stabilisation applied in Resolve, but, this is about a good as it could be made. Lesson learnt!

I believe it has since been cut down!

Yes, using molle straps and pouches from Amazon. On this trip they held the tank pouch, and on the side a first aid kit and 1L 2t oil. Works very well, and as a bonus cheap, and can be customised to whatever is needed.

Agreed. Thankfully it was just a scare, and, ATGATT. I almost did this trip wearing less protective gear, which, had I done so would have been a trip to A&E. Instead we were in the pub an hour later having lunch. The impact put a crack through a carbon lid and took a chunk out of my goggles.

Thanks for watching! Days 1 to 7 are the TET transeurotrail.org/romania/ Days 8 to 10 are Guidebook www.carpathian2wheelsguide.com/shop/off-road-romania/

Amazing, presume that is per sealskin. Shall we say 120 for the pair?

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Stock BST40 with HiFlo head. The plastics in the carb do wear out, I've completely rebuilt it a few times with new slides etc. I've considered a pumper carb, but a CV carb is much better at dealing with altitude changes, which happens daily on these trips...