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I've walked around Oslo in January, when the sea was frozen. That's
more than enough confirmation that riding a motorcycle there in winter
requires a level of lunacy far far beyond my own.

I'm hugely impressed with the level of commitment that it obviously
took, even though I still think it's probably one of the most silly
ideas I ever heard of.

 

That's probably why I can't buy a bike with it all on.

So you can clean it without having to dismantle half the bike.
Sandy/dusty roads can clog them to death in a day.

If the damping goes, you'll still have some to make the dash for
repairs easier.

Not at all, a loop of small bore tubing through a pair of FatBars with
a shutoff valve would be a piece of piss.

I know but having one either side low down behind the crash bars would
be better.

You knows it Clart.

No, it's called insurance.

Heh. I really, really don't.

Who takes a passenger on a long distance adventure tour? Not me that's
for sure.

Could make all the difference in mud & sand. The Yamahas made good use
of their 2wd when they tested it on the Dakar a few years back. They
only switched it on when they were stuck, & it got them out while
others were digging & dragging.

 

Wasn't that a hydraulic system?

 

Yep, the 2 trac system was.

 

Yes, a pump on the output shaft connected to an hydraulic motor on the
front wheel by hoses.

 

Excellent read. Well done all.

 

AIUI the way that works is that if the rear wheel spins, the over-revving
of the engine increases the pressure in the hydraulic system, thus
diverting more power to the front wheel. I doubt that could be made to work
the same way in an electrical system.

Come to think of it, didn't Landrover have a hybrid concept car with
electric drive for the rear axles?

 

Good guess ;-)

Luxury. Lowest I've skied at was -35C at Jasper, at which temps it's
not actually possible to de-ice the goggles, even if you're brave
enough to take a glove off and use a warm finger - they will re-freeze
in an instant, long before you can get a cloth or tissue to it. Both
inside and out would freeze too, no matter how careful you could be
with your breathing.

Good job there are always plenty of nice warm ski lodges on Canadian
mountains, is all I can say.

 

I had some kind of low temp chemical wipe which lasted a few minutes (but it
was essentially hopeless). That was -35c on the mountain and -30c in Banff
town and it went lower at night. It was very "dry" though.

Nobody camped outside.

 

IANAE, but a bit of research shows the system required a check every 5
hours use and an oil change every 20 hours. Ideal expedition kit!

I think LR had a concept vehicle for everything bar space travel, BICBW.

 

Quite. It was designed for competition use, not to help you out of a
sticky spot on a 14k mile round trip to Bhutan.

 

I'm quite taken with that Dutch 800 cdi bike. Shaft drive etc, it
requires a tad more development but has possibilities as a tourer.

 

This one?

http://www.bikeexif.com/track-t-800cdi-diesel-motorcycle

 

225Kgs dry weight & 45bhp? A commuter maybe, but a tourer? Not a chance.

 

No, he means the other Dutch 800cc diesel bike.

 

I'm a little confused by what appears to be an exhaust pipe on it.

 

If that's what you want to do find a good BMW traillie. I'd go aircooled
myself just because there is less to go wrong.
Suitably stripped of excess gear they are the right sort of weight. Low seat
and low CoG.

Foreign Johnny mechanics can probably repair them in a Smithy.

Or buy an R80 P/D
http://pistonheads.co.uk/sales/2329902.htm

 

Look, we're British, I was doing the understatement thing, hence "a tad
more development"

 

Been done. I saw a nold Onda with the bars as the water passage.

Could easily do that - see Chinese hub motors of 750W and upwards.