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  1. Re: Ready for your Out West Adventure BMW R1150GS For sale in Lanzhou, Gansu

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  2. Re: Ready for your Out West Adventure BMW R1150GS For sale in Lanzhou, Gansu

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  3. Re: Ready for your Out West Adventure BMW R1150GS For sale in Lanzhou, Gansu

    A note to clarify the status of this bike: The plates are fully legit and registered in Hotan, Xinjiang, where I lived from 2005-2007. I have been able to keep the inspection up to date using a...
  4. Re: Ready for your Out West Adventure BMW R1150GS For sale in Lanzhou, Gansu

    You can choose the bike, but not the weather. Scenes from rides around Gansu/Qinghai:
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  5. Re: Ready for your Out West Adventure BMW R1150GS For sale in Lanzhou, Gansu

    This is the link to my trip last year from Beijing to Lanzhou:

    http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/showthread.php?3379-Beijing-to-Qinghai-departing-July-23-2011/page1

    The second half of the trip...
  6. Ready for your Out West Adventure BMW R1150GS For sale in Lanzhou, Gansu

    Since 2007 I've been a very contented owner of a 2001 BMW R1150 GS. But now, alas, I am preparing to leave China and looking for a new owner for my trusty steed.

    I am the second owner of this...
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    How many TVs can you strap to your motorcycle?

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    I spotted this rig several times over the course of the ride from Ningxia to Lanzhou.
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    More images from southern Ningxia

    The south west corner of Ningxia was a bit sketchy at points, but excellent scenery.
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    Just east of Xiji, in southern Ningxia we came out on National Highway 309. This was a bit...
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    Re: Update 5: Ningixa

    More images from southern Ningxia:

    Numerous abandoned villages in the Liupan region.

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    the route down to the campsite was a bit tricky.

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    Update 5: Ningixa

    August 2: looped through eastern and southern Ningxia, beautifully surfaced roads, with non-existent traffic and plenty of curves and hills. Traveled from Yanchi county south east, first on...
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    update 4: southern Ordos

    The riding in southern Ordos is terrific, especially once you get off the expressway and start exploring the lightly rolling dunescape. The environment is a mixture of little dunes, patches of...
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    Re: Escape from Shanxi, update 3

    Okay so here are some belated updates on what was overall a very pleasant journey through Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu and Qinghai. I primarily want to give everyone some first hand advice on the...
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    Re: Escape from Shanxi, update 2

    For those concerned about the possible mistreatment of animals, rest assured that Foniyo has endured the trip from Beijing to Lanzhou quite well. I'll admit that I don't think that she enjoyed it. ...
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    Escape from Shanxi, update 2

    It seems ridiculous, but it took four days to get the hell out of Shanxi. Attempt one, as I mentioned in a previous update, ended on National Highway 109, just over the Inner Mongolia border. The...
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    Waterlogged in coal country, update 1

    5070507150725073Steady rain has brought the traveling circus (laowai + BMW + dog) to a halt here in Pinglu, Shanxi, so I might as well take advantage of the free internet (in this somewhat...
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    Re: The GS is not always the right tool for the job

    Thanks for the advice. The GS is indeed an unwieldy creature for China, especially when loaded with a dog. I've now put about 10km on her in China, including two major jaunts: 1) from Kashgar to...
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    Beijing to Qinghai, departing July 23, 2011

    Yo, I'm looking for advice and potential partners on a trip from Beijing to Qinghai, Northwest China/Northern Tibet. I'm departing Beijing around July 23. The basic route will follow national...
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