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    Re: 23.000km of China on a Yamaha TZM

    aaaaaaah Sean.... the guy who sold me the TZM back in 2006.....and said it was road legal and no problems at all.............


    yeah dude....
    the documents where not fake but duplicated a couple...
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    Re: Bike on a Train?

    usually the bike is not on the same train as you
    better send it a week in advance

    and take some fuel to the station when you pick it up. the gas tank will be empty
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    Re: Tibet Odysee (Changsha-Chengdu-Lhasa-Ali)

    http://www.ohnezoll.de/bike/pic/westtibet/P9203836.JPG

    Kiang (wild donkeys) The tibetians dont like them too much, they say the Kiang eat all the grass away that they need for there animals....
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    Re: Tibet Odysee (Changsha-Chengdu-Lhasa-Ali)

    there is some salt industrie at some of the lakes, but very little as its too hard for the han workers up there
    i think the locals get there water from the small freshwater rivers and most of the...
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    Re: Tibet Odysee (Changsha-Chengdu-Lhasa-Ali)

    Man, just short before this trip I been to jail in China. That was really good to know the risk involved and what could happen if something goes wrong.
    If you want to be an adventurer and see...
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    Re: in praise of the Yamaha YBR 250

    got mine for 20,800rmb, for 6 you need to bargain harder. contact me if you want to buy another lot of them, maybe i can do something for you

    your right, the YBR250 was handeling fine in Tibet....
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    Re: The rewarding us with punishment tour

    Oh ChinaV, i wait for the day when your finally drive one of these YBRs :clap:


    What a nice trip and cool that you recovered so fast and could start an adventure right after. :thumbsup:
    Wish you...
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    Re: Tibet Odysee (Changsha-Chengdu-Lhasa-Ali)

    Thanks man, would love to come to Finland. At the moment i am stucked here without a bike and with my pregnant wife.

    Your right the alps are soo nice and this place is just 10 min from me :clap:...
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    Re: Tibet Odysee (Changsha-Chengdu-Lhasa-Ali)

    There is one thing you will miss here if your from skandinavia. Trees. On an area over 1.000.000kmē there is not a single tree.

    btw i just moved to Austria. Nice mountains. A little bit like...
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    Re: Tibet Odysee (Changsha-Chengdu-Lhasa-Ali)

    After recovering from the checkpoint crash we where back on the road.

    This part of Tibet call the Changthang, it is one of the lowest populated areas in the world with 0,26 persons/kmē (Mongolia...
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    Re: Tibet Odysee (Changsha-Chengdu-Lhasa-Ali)

    Right before Gerze (改则) we had one of this moments on the trip you dont forget so fast.

    Until this point of the trip we had 3 times problems with the police and could make our way out on all of...
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    Re: GLOVES what do you wear?

    I usually start with the cheap white taxidriver gloves you get in any shop on the way for 1 rmb. They cover at least you skin from the sun and when they get dirty, you just buy another pair ;)...
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    Re: Tibet Odysee (Changsha-Chengdu-Lhasa-Ali)

    http://www.ohnezoll.de/bike/pic/westtibet/P9173532.JPG

    http://www.ohnezoll.de/bike/pic/westtibet/P9173535.JPG

    http://www.ohnezoll.de/bike/pic/westtibet/P9173540.JPG
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    Re: Tibet Odysee (Changsha-Chengdu-Lhasa-Ali)

    Ok, ChinaV said we need to share more....damn, i hate sharing ;)
    I will put some more pictures up these days but i am too lazy to write much, so please forgive me and just enjoy the trip.
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    Re: The Middle Kingdom Ride

    G219 in Tibet is perfect to drive in September, dry and no rain at all.

    btw:
    Please pay attention that the beginning of the G219 from Xinjiang into Tibet has a crazy altitude increase. On just...
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    Re: Tibet Odysee (Changsha-Chengdu-Lhasa-Ali)

    Since the YBR250 has Fuel Injection no problem at all, only the "road" conditions are limiting you.
    I always ride 2 up, with the YBR125 and the TZM 150 it was slow at 4500+. Also fuel consumption...
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    Re: Tibet Odysee (Changsha-Chengdu-Lhasa-Ali)

    more 5000+ passes
    http://www.ohnezoll.de/bike/pic/westtibet/P9153290.JPG

    too low oxygen
    http://www.ohnezoll.de/bike/pic/westtibet/P9153293.JPG
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    Re: Tibet Odysee (Changsha-Chengdu-Lhasa-Ali)

    got a new backtire
    http://www.ohnezoll.de/bike/pic/westtibet/P9122624.JPG

    good bye Lhasa
    http://www.ohnezoll.de/bike/pic/westtibet/P9122627.JPG

    Holy Lake Yamtso...
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    Re: Tibet Odysee (Changsha-Chengdu-Lhasa-Ali)

    sorry no updates for long time. been to busy with work

    @ bigdamo: The Trip was this summer 2009. Yes we had our problems with police and army but nothing we couldnt manage.
    Its not the tea and...
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    Re: Tibet Odysee (Changsha-Chengdu-Lhasa-Ali)

    The Dream is over! :sad:
    I must swear my wife before we left, that this would be the last trip to Tibet forever. This was our 3rd trip there in 3 years, so she has enough of it. In that 3 years her...
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    Re: Tibet Odysee (Changsha-Chengdu-Lhasa-Ali)

    G317 from Dege over Qamdo to Naqqu, the last pics are from the G109 Nagqu to Lhasa
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    Re: Tibet Odysee (Changsha-Chengdu-Lhasa-Ali)

    Secret :naughty:. To be honest the number was often helpful on the way.
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    Re: leaving china on Chinese bike, how?

    Thats what i am not sure about. QingQi themself told us that there bikes are not made for long distance trips when we ask them about a trip to europe.
    We talk here about a transcontinental trip, not...
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    Re: Hubei holiday for a real bike?

    Your right, here in Changsha it took 2 years for someone to register a legal Harley. They had all the documents CCC and so on, but the police office couldnt get the bike into the registration system.
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    Re: Tibet Odysee (Changsha-Chengdu-Lhasa-Ali)

    http://www.ohnezoll.de/bike/pic/g317/_8312428.jpg

    http://www.ohnezoll.de/bike/pic/g317/_9012467.jpg

    http://www.ohnezoll.de/bike/pic/g317/_9012473.jpg
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