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Having a beer with my teetotal friends :naughty:
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Having a beer with my teetotal friends :naughty:
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These were taken just near the petrol station
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In the end I had to leave and risk running out of fuel to get this poor shot of the lake
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The whole area around the lake has these decked hiking trails
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more lake
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Part of the master link that destroyed itself
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Quite a nice scenic spot for a breakdown
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Dinner at the brother/cousin's cabin
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The smaller log cabin, I slept on the far left, first time I shared a bed with 4 strange men!
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The stove where we slept, it was plenty warm enough
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Milk cooking on the stove....
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Breakfast is served
Oh, you were lucky with the chain...
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The log cabin village
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Fixing the chain - the first time
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The Kazakh hospitality was second to none
8th
Up at 9, 7 local time, had bread, milk tea and yogurt for breakfast. We actually fixed the chain twice, once on the ground using an axe as an anvil before we realised it had to be round the swing arm first! I ended up leaving at midday, capturing the fantastic 100 kms south from the lake on video.
It was actually very lucky that there hadn’t been any power at the petrol station as I wouldn’t have met my Kazakh friends and the chain would likely have broken on the twisties in the middle of nowhere.
I rode until it was dark then found a shitty guesthouse in Sidaohezizhen which is a tiny village 5kms off the road. The street life was great though and I had some great kebabs and a couple of 2% lagers then hit the sack.
740 today, 4815 total
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Breakfast in Sidaohezizhen
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The bread was unbelievable
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This lady bought me some free milk and pickle, and there was some mutual photo taking
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The baker actually parked his bike outside mine to protect it. Ahhh
9th
Just outside the guesthouse was a baker slapping bread on the inside of a tandoori oven, the night before he’d parked his bike on the outside of mine as a kind of shield. I bought some of his fresh bread for breakfast and it was incredible, a worthy exception to the low carb diet! A lady from the guesthouse even came out and gave me some free pickle and a bottle of milk!
I Left at 8.30 and arrived in Urumqi at 11.30 having ridden 210 kms, 5025 total. I found the yingang dealership and left the bike with them, I then proceeded to drink every beer I could find. A local restaurant put 12 in the fridge for me and I sat outside in the sun getting completely sozzled. The mission was successful and after a couple of massages I emerged into the darkness and couldn’t find my hotel for an hour!
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Arrival at the yingang shop in Urumqi
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I liked the look of this yingang 125
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Not a patch on the new version of my bike tho :thumbsup:
yingang will be realeasing a 300 or 350cc version, alongside the 250, which will have essentially the same engine but with different barrel, piston, top end and crank.
Also....a 600cc version which will use the jialing 600 engine! Apparently jialing aren't too pleased about this but there's nothing they can do as they've lost the rights to it. I'm not sure of the details regarding this but anyway it'll be out at the end of the year and will sell for around 24 grand. I think that's an absolute bargain!
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Not sure what i'm playing at here :icon10: