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northwind · 31-12-04, 06:19 PM

From what I read, KTM just thought that the whole Long Way Round adventure was doomed and decided to stay out of it... BMW could esaily afford to throw a few bikes etc at the project even if they'd given up at the first border crossing, but for KTM it'd have been a much bigger slice of their income as well.

Frankly, I can understand why they'd think that... I've just reached the point where after riding across most of eastern europe, poushing the bikes through rivers, up cliffs etc they finally go "Hey, maybe we don't need those 4 saucepans or the complete spare toolkit, or the toilet roll holder..." and ditch 40 kilos of excess baggage. 40 KILOS! Bloody hell...

31-12-04, 06:19 PM	#15
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	From what I read, KTM just thought that the whole Long Way Round adventure was doomed and decided to stay out of it... BMW could esaily afford to throw a few bikes etc at the project even if they'd given up at the first border crossing, but for KTM it'd have been a much bigger slice of their income as well. Frankly, I can understand why they'd think that... I've just reached the point where after riding across most of eastern europe, poushing the bikes through rivers, up cliffs etc they finally go "Hey, maybe we don't need those 4 saucepans or the complete spare toolkit, or the toilet roll holder..." and ditch 40 kilos of excess baggage. 40 KILOS! Bloody hell... __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"