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Wasn't me, my black storm is SORN'd with MOT pending

Thanks Pete, that was the good bridge too, you should have seen the dodgy one up close. It was half bamboo which is fine (strong stuff) but one half was absolutely kaput. I'd go back in a heartbeat, the new lads were completely won over by the country and the people too. Hopefully we can go again, t...

Well, we're all back safe and sound. 1000 miles, 2 countries, hundreds of beers, 2 dodgy bridges, 2.5km of altitude, 1 broken chassis, 1 set of piston rings, 1 comedy chicken, 2 offs, no bread, 1 set of kitchen scales and a confused customs official. I've got a couple of days to write up on the trip...

Off to Gatwick in the morning, been a long time coming

Thanks Carl, I'll keep an eye out for that. When you mention Tiger Balm I can't help but think of that aftershave 'sex panther' on the Anchorman movie :biggrin I did change the GoPro to PAL and noticed it was only offering me 50fps instead of 60, either is fine but you've clarified for me why the fr...

Hi Carl, the ribs are more or less mended thanks! Good job too as the first two nights there we're at homestay (basically that means sleeping on the floor).

We fly out a week tomorrow, really can't wait!

Neil are you mad or what :lol: that looks horrendous :problem: I'm sure it will be worth it though, if going by your previous trips is anything to go by :D I bet you can't wait :thumbup: Chris. It's only like that while you're in Hanoi, so that's the first hour or two and to be honest the sheer cha...

WOW another trip :thumbup: Take care Neil and your mates too, have a safe and enjoyable time. I look forward to following your blog :D Chris. Thanks Chris - we just can't wait to get going again! My VTR has been SORN'd since December, the weather looked crap and I don't have any winter gear any mor...

Thanks Carl :) The ribs are improving, this is the fourth time I've broken them, the worst of all being when I broke 5 ribs at the back. I try to type proper Queen's English, even though bloody autocorrect often conspires against me! Can't stand txt spk etc. Not sure about the RSS feed and email not...

Love reading about your trips keep them coming and stay safe Another +1 here. Bookmarked your blog. Great idea that as your last thread got a bit slow on the page load time being so pic heavy. My cousin done the same when he went to Nam and then off to Malaysia and Oz. (:-}) Quite right :) It was a...

Thanks chaps

I'm happy to help if anyone is thinking of doing something similar. Its a piece of cake, just do it is my advice. The hardest bit is getting it past the wife

Glad to see a few hits on the blog, it will get active in the runup to the trip (we fly out 20th Feb).

Hi all I mentioned in this thread >> http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=33441 that we'd be doing a return trip to Vietnam this year, and so we are. Rather than try and keep several trip reports up to date along with Facebook etc I set up a blog (linky below) in advance. I've tried...

Dammit, missed this one. I only live about 4 mins away too!

Some random photos from mainly around Hanoi... http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll7/firestorm_996/Bikes/Nambusters%202014/Additional/P3290214.jpg http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll7/firestorm_996/Bikes/Nambusters%202014/Additional/P3290222.jpg http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll7/firestorm_99...

Day 10 - Cat Ba to Hanoi Last day of the bike trip. :( We woke up in Cat Ba to overcast skies, and mist over the distant islands. After breakfast we packed and loaded up the bikes for the last time. We hadn't rode them yesterday what with doing the boat trip around Ha Long Bay, during which time Pin...