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I recently unearthed a great story of a French guy who built himself a novel, three-wheeled, part-time 2WD / lifting axle bike and cycled it 2000 miles to Timbuktu in 1986. Fully loaded with 72-litres of water, it weighed as much as a moto. A few pics below, Long version here. There's a video...

Your 50 minutes will not be wasted watching this amazing adventure from 1983. https://youtu.be/A_i5gNs8TeU

Holiday is over so need to shift my AZ-plate CRF and fly back to UK. Available at the Expo or in Phoenix in just over 2 weeks by which time will have about 4-4500 miles. Bought from first owner with <1000 miles. He fitted white plastics - the only one in the US? Can sit on 60-65 and averages...

February 2011. Not an expedition, more of a tour with local guides, but that's the only way to do it out there these days, and even then it has its difficulties as you can read here. http://www.sahara-overland.com/Sfiles/algeria2011/index.htm There's a big map, a small gallery and an short...

Greetings. Not exactly the right place to post but it will have to do. I'm finishing a book on overlanding in Asia, Africa and Latin America where such travel is less straightforward than back home It includes a big section on vehicle choice but I'm no so clued up on the US/CAN scene so need...

... and be amazed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Gqi-RlbO0 You can still buy Ben Carlin's book from his old school in Perth, WA. Some other stuff here: http://members.iinet.net.au/~daveb/halfsafe/halfsafe.html and here: http://ruk.ca/article/1843 Ch

Greetings, what in your opinions are the domestic vehicles of choice to undertake long-term overland travels? By this I mean 3 months or more in outback Latin America, Asia and Africa where spares and support cannot be guaranteed, conditions can be tough and so reliability and durability are...

Greetings. I'm interested to know what are the licensing restrictions to driving the types of trucks discussed on this page. Dont know how it works there but in the UK you can drive a 7.5T GVW privately on a regular car license, no questions asked. And in towns many roads are limited to 7.5T...