Thread: QiQiHar to Beijing June 2013
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#11 Re: QiQiHar to Beijing June 201307-29-2013, 06:27 AM
Day 8
410km
Dust
Woke up to find lambs still alive. Packed up. Checked out the beacon tower and a stretch of Yuan wall. Very impressive.
Headed back to Beijing. A long day.
Around half the time spent on crappy roads.
All very hot, very dusty.
Bikes held out and made it back in one piece.
Overall a great trip.
Had to adjust the route a little, but saw some great scenery.
Managed to camp all but the first night and found great camping spots.
The bikes performed very well. The Jialing had a couple of problems, but I can't help thinking its main drawback for this kind of trip is the tank which holds approximately one thimbleful of petrol.
Thanks to Fahni for excellent company, gourmet food and superb navigation.
Total distance 2142km
[IMG][/IMG]The beacon tower which overlooked our camp spot.
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[IMG][/IMG]Back to Beijing!
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#12 Re: QiQiHar to Beijing June 201307-29-2013, 08:25 AM
It was my pleasure and honor! And basically, it was a comparably fun motorcycle mechanics training for 7 days... The Jialing performed poorly with only the last day without a mechanical problem on the bike.
I must say that I am more and more impressed by the camping possibilities in China (outside populated centers of course) but it seems almost impossible to find something with ok water (lake or river) nearby. That said: Note to all people who want to go off road in east Inner Mongolia: Don't even think of getting through or even close to a river in rain season. muddy marshes and swollen water levels will make you head for the bridges anyway.
One of the most amazing moments was when we left the Mongolian Plateau half-way on our last day. We reached the highest point at about 1850m altitude and in a series of amazing hairpin turns dropped 500m in maybe 10km. And down there suddenly we felt the blazing hot wind that had sweltered BJ the last couple of days.
I will think of more things to add but for the moment thanks to Lobotomous for coming along and for doing the RR. Much appreciated!------------------------------
JH-150GY-3
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#13 Re: QiQiHar to Beijing June 201307-29-2013, 11:21 AM
Interesting trip. Two hardy kindred souls.
Thanks for sharing.
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#14 Re: QiQiHar to Beijing June 201307-29-2013, 03:47 PM
Well done, guys. That was not for newbies I would say.
Enjoyed reading very much and positively envy youSWM RS500R, R1200GS LC
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#15 Re: QiQiHar to Beijing June 201307-30-2013, 12:28 AM
A nice, compact adventure! Thanks for sharing the story.
Cheers,
Dan K.Dan Kearney - Black Hawk, Colorado, USA
Zongshen RX-3 - Zongshen TT250 - Ural GearUp Hack - Honda CT110
Ural M70 Retro Solo - BMW R100R - Royal Enfield Bullet 500
http://dansmotorcycleblog.blogspot.com/
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#16 Re: QiQiHar to Beijing June 201307-30-2013, 03:04 AM
Wow... great RR there guys. Interesting to read of how the bikes held up or didn't in some cases. Not sure but I'm not seeing any photos... in the the IMG links?
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#17 Re: QiQiHar to Beijing June 201307-30-2013, 03:56 AM
Unfortunately, it was! Good thing you didn't lose your cool, and then leave the bikes with some "official" whom you have made lose face.
In retrospect, however, the most difficult challenges are frequently also the most memorable.
Great report & pics - thanks. Maybe see you tonight.
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#18 Re: QiQiHar to Beijing June 201307-30-2013, 04:54 AM
Thanks for all the kind comments guys!
Bikerdoc: sorry you can't see the pics - they are certainly better than the words!
They are embedded from photobucket, which I seem to be able to access from Beijing OK from behind the GFW.
Not sure what to suggest.
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#19 Re: QiQiHar to Beijing June 201307-30-2013, 09:47 AM
tried to view on two different computers in two different locations; home on ADSL, and then work office via WIFI Ch!na Unicom direct and not thru work intranet. Both methods the photobucket photos aren't loading. At work, the pages load and I can see photobucket links scrolling as though the pages is trying to load the photobucket links... but nope.
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