Message dates Jan 1, 2006
hi fellas,
I pulled into Ushuaia, Argentina (the world's southernmost town you can drive to, in Tierra del Fuego) last night just in time to celebrate new year's with about 25 other bikers who have all worked their way down through the Americas.
I am the only KLR rider and all these other guys (mostly europeans) are on BMWs, KTMs, a few Africa Twins. The KLR gets a lot of respect when they find out it cost only 5 grand and it made it all the way down from Oregon (about 20,000 miles zig-zagging and on some of the worst roads on the planet), with zero problems... most of the KTMs and BMWs didn't fare so well. Apart from being a crappy long-distance highway cruiser (i.e. all day on pavement), the bike has treated me very well even after the horrible abuse I've put it through on the dirt roads and trails down here.
*snip* solicits advice on whether to replace chain and sprockets after his 20,000 mile trip before heading home.*snip*
Any insight/advice on this topic will be appreciated.
happy 2006 from cape horn
steven
The picture above is from another rider who also treked to the southernmost driving point of the hemisphere. Don't it look great dirty?
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