This started off with a conversation over a few beers during Grinderfest. Doug's 50th birthday is coming up in 2013 and he had a plan to ride a 50 year old bike from Vladivostok to Paris in 50 days. This week that idea took a step towards reality with the first planning meeting for the run. I signed up straight away as long as I got special dispensation to take my 62 Pan. It's not 50 years old but he'll, I'll be nearly 57 when we go and that has to be worth something.
Doug has relaxed the rules to allow bikes that are solder than their riders so Sara has started to look for a late 60's Triumph Daytona. Doug is taking a 53 AJS and Q is looking for a cheap old BMW. We are planning to fill a container with around 10 bikes so the other prospective team, including Doug's partner Liz, are trawling through the listings for a suitable ride.
We'll be documenting the whole thing including the bike builds. In order to qualify the bikes have to be ready to go by next Easter so pressure is already on. There won't be any support truck on this trip so everyone will spend next year getting completely confident with their bike, including rebuilding it at a the side of the road.
Watch this space......
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