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    Re: Prep Round-China Bike trip, 2-up, April-May 2012

    Hi all, I thought I would pop up and say hello to my friends back in China, especially Jeff (Euphonius) and Pete (Soberpete) who I had the chance to meet before, during or after the 12,00km...
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    Re: (No-)Bike Night in Shanghai

    Ok, we'll join you guys ASAP, hopefully before 20:30 !
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    Re: (No-)Bike Night in Shanghai

    After 3 tries to edit this post, I hope this time it'll work !
    Dipstick, I'm really sorry but could we meet later tonight, around 20:30, same place ? Tell me if it's convenient for you...
    Jeff,...
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    Re: Fred's YBR 250 ;-))

    To emphasize on what the other guys wrote : change the oil now (don't wait for 500km) then at 1,000km. After that it's every 2,000km and that'll be good.
    Don't sweat it too much, but you can keep...
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    Re: Fred's YBR 250 ;-))

    Aargh, I should come more frequently to check on the forum !

    Jeff, yeah, this is the one I was telling you about, nice huh ? I'll be travelling in Europe a lot with it, you can bet on it !
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    Re: (No-)Bike Night in Shanghai

    Hey Pete, I'm usually using the Weather Channel app on my HTC, quite reliable throughout the round-China trip.

    As I texted you today unfortunately we will not be available with Celine this Friday,...
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    Re: (No-)Bike Night in Shanghai

    Speaking of avatar, yours reminds me of a very good riding day... :naughty:
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    Re: (No-)Bike Night in Shanghai

    27th is good for us ! (sorry, didn't check the thread before...)
    Can we still come even if we're pedestrians now ? :goodtime:
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    Re: Fred's YBR 250 ;-))

    Ok, as I texted to Soberpete this afternoon, I'm now officially a pedestrian !
    I just sold the bike + Hu A plates. Being quite secure with my manhood, I have no problem admitting that it was tough...
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    Re: (No-)Bike Night in Shanghai

    Thanks a lot Jeff for the evening and for finding this awesome place !
    An evening drinking Chimay is a good evening...

    Let me know guys when you plan the next one, and yeah before July 1st,...
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    Re: (No-)Bike Night in Shanghai

    As I wrote, I'm ok either way, as we're here until July 1st...
    It could be next week, depends on you guys !
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    Re: Prep Round-China Bike trip, 2-up, April-May 2012

    Thanks Pete !

    There's one thing I'd like to tell you : I understand your desire to come to SH to see us and Dipstick, and we would love to see you again, but please be very very careful and weight...
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    Re: (No-)Bike Night in Shanghai

    Hey Jeff, thanks a lot for the organization !
    We're totally not superstars, but we'll not shy away from this one, even if we don't like being in the spotlight !

    We'll be here then ! Boxing cat or...
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    Re: Prep Round-China Bike trip, 2-up, April-May 2012

    Hehe, I will Milton, I promise !


    And it's also time for an announcement gentlemen...

    After exactly 11,570km and a little bit more than 2 months on the chinese roads, we arrived yesterday in...
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    Re: Prep Round-China Bike trip, 2-up, April-May 2012

    Pete, when you reach Shanghai I'll come to you to guide you through the city if I still have my bike at that time. If not I can still come by taxi to meet you outside of the town, then hop behind you...
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    Re: Prep Round-China Bike trip, 2-up, April-May 2012

    Hey Pete, yes we're in Nanjing right now, and celebrating the near-accomplishment of the 12,000km trip by offering ourselves some "luxury time" with nice hotel, nice drinks and nice food ! :naughty:...
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    Re: Prep Round-China Bike trip, 2-up, April-May 2012

    One update for those who might be interested : when coming from the North and heading to Nanjing, let's say for example from the city of Huaian, Jiangsu, the motorcycle friendly G205 suddenly becomes...
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    Re: Prep Round-China Bike trip, 2-up, April-May 2012

    Hey all,

    We're now in Suqian, Jiangsu province.

    Pete, from Qingdao, we tried to go straight to Huangdao by the tunnel/ferry, which ever we could find. We followed the road in Qingdao right up...
  19. Re: DRIVING SKILLS IN CHINA HOPE THIS SORT MATTERS OUT ONCE AND FOR ALL

    First time I read this, was laughing out loud ! :lol8:
    This is excellent, a masterful demonstration of the daily driving logic we face at every crossroad !

    Brilliant stuff !
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    Re: Motorbikes / Expressways

    Whouah how can I miss this thread ?

    If I knew, we could have discussed about this when we met : we took the expressways twice during our round-China trip : once in Sichuan between Emeishan and...
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    Re: Prep Round-China Bike trip, 2-up, April-May 2012

    Hey Pete, sorry for not having replied to your email yet, as you wrote, we've been busy... drinking Tsingtao in Qingdao !
    I will send you all the pics, no worries.

    From Yiyuan to Qingdao, we took...
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    Re: Prep Round-China Bike trip, 2-up, April-May 2012

    Haha, very nice comment Dipstick, thanks a lot !

    One year ago, I was in your exact shoes with the first commuting in Shanghai with the 250, so I can understand ! I don't know where you live/work,...
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    Re: Prep Round-China Bike trip, 2-up, April-May 2012

    As Pete wrote, we swapped bikes at one point, to feel the differences between our mounts :

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    Pete : "now go on, you slow donkey ! I'll keep the red one and the missus !"



    But then, after...
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    Re: Prep Round-China Bike trip, 2-up, April-May 2012

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    Pete navigating trough the straw and the farmers...


    One of our road for the day, lovely !
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    Re: Prep Round-China Bike trip, 2-up, April-May 2012

    Still shooting on the move, we managed to catch a glimpse of the ever-eluding "Pete Stoner of Zibo" :
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    Avoiding straws all the way (and stealing some under the bike too...)



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