Last run on my Commando for a while

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Out today (Cold, sunny & wet!!) for a run on the Commando, very satisfying and thought I'd share that thought with you all. Brilliant bike and it never fails to bring a smile to my face. I'm off to do a Argentina to Alaska trip next week so won't be riding the Commando for a while (I decided against using it for the trip!!) One of the things I'll miss is that wonderful engine! Hopefully get my Norton fix at the meeting in Wyoming next July! Or at the Rats Norton pub in Cusco, Peru!!
Last run on my Commando for a while


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Good luck on the trip! Hope to see you in Wyoming. Our club will be running the field games.

What are you going to be riding?

Debby
 
What? Wait! Argentina to Alaska? Not via motorcycle I am guessing. Pan American Highway? Have you ever read the book 20,000 Miles South by Helen and Frank Schreider? In the early 50's they took an amphibious jeep from Circle, Alaska to Tiera Del Fuego. I have a copy of the book sitting here. I would send it to you for your trip but somehow I doubt it would get to you before you leave next week.

Tell us more about this trip. What part of Alaska will you be travelling through? If it includes the pan handle you should look me up. I'd be happy to buy you a beer at the local watering hole.

Russ
 
So you are traveling via motorcycle! We want a travelogue in the "motorcycle related" section.

Russ
 
Chicken poop! Doing it on a Commando is entirely possible and would of put your name down in history with likes of...

Last run on my Commando for a while

Last run on my Commando for a while


Still quite a lifetime adventure so live it up and safe returns to all of ya's.
Send us a card now and then, having a good time wishing you were here, ugh.
 
Ah, now, Che didn`t actually make the distance on the Norton, did he? Roadside service from the "Agency" in Bolivia was a bit problematic too.
All the best for the trip man, just dont watch the O.Stone/J.Woods movie -Salvador, 1st.
 
As probably the most travelled humanoid posting on this forum let me say this : It is physically impossible to drive to S.A. There is something called the Darien Swamp in the way. You must get aboard a freighter to plop yourself and bike there. Lay out all the stuff you need for the trip and brutally cut it in half. Lay out all the money you plan to blow on the trip and double that. Off to Myanmar (Burma)- Thailand but soon. 12 th trip. The wierdest part is bribery of the police because you will need to go there beyond your inner morals. Welcome to the developing world. Can I come ?
 
Yah, the Darien Gap...I think that is why the Schreiders used an amphib! But then it's physically impossible to drive to where I live. That's why they invented boats.

Russ
 
I went to Guatemala once back in the 90's and we had to make a "small donation" to an official at the airport. But it all went well.....money makes the world go around, world go...........;)
 
I'm fairly world traveled too and as young teen got to travel trailer down Central Am Pacific side then back up the Gulf side, back in days just before Nicaragua CIA revolution hit. The gorilla troops rode on horse back then with rifle and machine guns but they didn't mess with tourists so we wern't worried about them, just the various Federalies of each country sticking us up for money to pass on after thorough inspections of eyes rolling around us an instant. My late brother and me alswy kept an eye out for the water crossing as women up to late teens were generally topless. Boys got shorts about age 9 and a machete soon after. Still have my fancy leather art work sheath. Seasoned travelers know never ever take a photo unless really sneaky or asking or paying first or international incident can occur not in your favor.

I want to put a Commando on the record books of long distance - if I live long enough, as those before me sure have long rides to catch up too.
 
Probably flying across the Darien Gap, I did think about taking the Commando but having the experience of several 4000 + mile trips across Europe I know how labour intensive it gets, especially after a hard day in the saddle. Anyway, its more of a recce to see what is possible in future. You never know!! :D
 
Thursday, our turkey day (which should have been our national bird, the bird that is) is supposed to be mid 60's. I'm thinking it may be my last chance, so I'm going for it. It may be a short ride, I hate being old and cold. Dirty old men need love too, and I love my Commando.

Dave
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I've had a half a dozen "last rides" so far this fall. Tomorrow and Thursday may be added opportunities. I have been "forced" to go out and get another 5 gallons of mix.

I don't know about this whole global warming thing but I am happy to make the best of it.
 
Just checked out the post again, the pic of my 750 put a tear in my eye, in Equador just now and waiting to hear when its clear to enter Columbia (strikes, road closures, no fuel in the South!) In the almost 10000 miles so far not many times have I said "wish I was on the commando" 3000 miles of shit dirt roads put paid to romantic notions of doing the trip on a Commando............but give it 5 years and it may be easily do able
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Ah the adventures and fates of travel, especially the type you took on. When the going gets touch and shitty, I like my Commando the best, so that's all i ride, alot closer to home so less brave than you'al. May your BM's be few and solid and easy to wipe off and the Federalie BS's few and cheap to buy off. Safe Journeys. Steven Otis
 
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