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  1. #1 a Ride to the Huangshan Mountain Aerea 
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    Last October, during the "Golden Week Holidays" we have made a Trip to the Huangshan Mountains. Jim Bryan (Jimbos Sidecars) had organised it so that we all could come together.
    George Friddle and Amy, Jimmy Purvis and Kate, Erwin Lohscheller, Mr. Chen and Mr. Liu, Jim himself, Thomas and I.
    We have been from Germany, USA and China. 5 Bikes and 1 Truck. 4 Bikes have been shippted with a Truck to Hangzhou and Jimmy and Kate came over from Qingdao with their own Truck.
    We meat at the Best Western and than a beautiful Trip started.
    Outside Beijing Sidecars are not allowed to use Highways and so we took the Sideroad........long and dusty!!
    The 1. Day was the Day of Repairstops. What ever could go wrong, it did!
    ....and then we came to Taiping Lake and then ...



    Enjoy !! and maybe the next "golden Week Ride" will bring us to Ulan Bator. Who knows?
    (this Video is available in "watch in high Quality" on Youtube.)
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    Senior C-Moto Guru ZMC888's Avatar
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    I've heard Huangshan is very beautiful, but also the Taishan area is quite near to me, and very beautiful, but the road from Beijing to Taishan is not. If you ever want to visit Taishan, (or anyone else does) please contact me.
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    C-Moto Not-so-Noob Lago888's Avatar
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    Another AWESOME Video
    Thanks SABINE !!!
    You definitely should be Beijing Dragin Designated Movie Maker for all Beijing Dragon Rides

    That was particaluarly interesting about the World Heritage Village

    I sure wish I'd a made that ride, Next time !!!
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  4. #4 Riding in China 
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    Last MayDay Holiday I rode from Beijing to Huangshan (Southern Anhui Province) These are the stats for the ride. I think it's valuable because many times you set unrealistic goals as to how far or how fast you can ride on China's secondary roads. Motorcycles are not allowed on the hiways outside of Beijing. You can see from the hours ridden each day I'm not wimping along, and if you asked me I would have said my average speed was around 80-90 kph which it was when riding, but taking into account gas stops, meal stops, and other stops, it brings the average way down low.
    So here it is.

    Mon - 14 hrs, 454 kms, 32 kph (Beijing to near Jinan)
    Tue - 13 hrs, 448 kms, 34 kph
    Wed - 12 hrs, 426 kms, 36 kph
    Thur - 12 hrs (minus 2 hours lost in Hefei) 378 kms, 38 kph
    Fri - 9hrs, 373 kms, 41 kph (Arrive at Taiping Lake)

    2079 kms Beijing to Huangshan.

    Return:
    Mon 12 hrs (From Shanghai heading North)
    Tue 10 hrs } 1488 kms, 37 kph
    Wed 18hrs

    Total:

    3567 kms in 8 days. 12.5 hours a day.
    100 hours in the saddle. 35 kph.446 kms a day.

    Regds,
    Jim
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    Last edited by Jimbosidecar; 01-20-2009 at 02:10 AM. Reason: math mistakes
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    WOW!! Sabine, great video, thanks for creating and sharing

    Quote Originally Posted by Jimbosidecar View Post
    3567 kms in 8 days. 12.5 hours a day.
    100 hours in the saddle. 35 kph.446 kms a day.
    Jimbo, that's a lot of hours per kilometer but good advice on realistic goals . My personal best on my QingQi 200 was 525 kilometers in 12 hours and 700 kilometers in 12 hours on the V-Strom. Normally, I get about the same averages as you, 40 kph total speed and 58 kph moving speed. It seems slow when you look at the numbers, but the road factor really does make a huge difference.

    Cheers!
    ChinaV
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