Yesterday was my first day of research on it. I found a little information off of some guide/tour sites. What I "dream" about doing is from Urumqi, driving up to the northeast border and entering Mongolia from there and ultimately taking the northern road up to Ulaangom and continually traverse east to Ulaanbaatar...that will touch upon some beautiful lakes. From what I've read so far, it seems conflicting though on whether entering from there is possible.

In regards to the bike, I am researching that as well.....reading a lot of reports on here; it's so overwhelming. I rode a Galaxy XTR-250 for a tour in two provinces but it quickly had problems. I don't necessarily want to say it was the bike because it had already ridden a ton of mileage and was beat up from touring Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, etc...and other areas. It was a sick horse by the time I got it and had no mods.

If you have any two cents in regards to any of these topics (Mongolia, bikes for the region....etc), it would be appreciated.