Pictures of Expedition Motorcycles

syke

Adventurer
2002 April
San Ignacio, Baja California Sur.
27°17'14.02" N 112°54'02.49" W


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Joe Barker, 1973 ISDT gold medalist at age 17, ponders whether this rig could form the basis for a new ISDT Senior Class. :)

:bike_rider: I dig it!
 

5cats

New member

yay! by 5cats.org, on Flickr
moto: 2010 BMW R1200GS
pic: 7/2011 Arctic Circle on the Dempster Hwy, Yukon
 

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dhackney

Expedition Leader
Sr. Hackney, were your DRZ's of the S or E variety? I'm pondering the purchase of an E and making it street legal. A friend had one and it was a good bike.

I've had both at the same time of various vintages.

If you live in a state that has tough licensing requirements, such as CA, the S is much easier to deal with in that regard. CA checks the VIN number to see if the bike qualifies. Recent vintage Es do not.

We always stripped off everything we could from the S models, added an aftermarket shock, fork kit, etc. By the time we were done the S was still heavier than the E, but not by much. IIRC, we got one S down to within ~10lbs of a stock E.
 
I've had both at the same time of various vintages.

If you live in a state that has tough licensing requirements, such as CA, the S is much easier to deal with in that regard. CA checks the VIN number to see if the bike qualifies. Recent vintage Es do not.

We always stripped off everything we could from the S models, added an aftermarket shock, fork kit, etc. By the time we were done the S was still heavier than the E, but not by much. IIRC, we got one S down to within ~10lbs of a stock E.

I DS'd my XR400 here in TX. Wasn't too bad... just felt like a Latin American border crossing back and forth between different offices getting different copies of different papers....

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dhackney

Expedition Leader
2008 August
Cusco, Peru
Quinta Lala campground
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Female solo German rider Carola Moeller

1990 Yamaha XT600


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ben2go

Adventurer
Beautiful.A fellow member from another forum was up that way recently.JDRocks on the adventure rider forum.You guys may have passed at some point.
 

dhackney

Expedition Leader
2008 August
Cusco, Peru
Quinta Lala campground
-13.509868,-71.985782

Swiss female solo rider

Cecilia Schnueriger

How you earn respect:
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Cecilia's tent of choice. She'd been in the campground a couple of weeks using a borrowed tent waiting on this replacement. Her original fell off the the bike on her last day prior to arrival at the campground. Her parents procured a new one and shipped it in from Switzerland. She would not settle for any other brand or model other than this one. She'd been using one all the way around the world and swore by its capabilities and durability.
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Cecilia working on her base gasket:
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