Hey guys and girls 
It's been... forever since I've posted here but I can assure you I do browse from time to time So big HELLO! And long time no speak/see 
Exciting times ahead here... my hubby-to-be and I are planning a bit of a RTW trip! The plan is... travel Canada to the tip of Alaska (Prudoe Bay) alllll the way down through South America to Ushuaia then flying over to South Africa and travelling up, through the Middle East, Europe and home to the UK... unless of course we turn right and head towards Asia!
Wheeee!
The only stumbling block we kind of have at the moment is that I've never ridden a motorbike before (haha!) so am kind of having to get on board quickly and get me some off roading jaunts sorted! Sam has done muchos on a bike though (travelled around the world pretty much) so I have an experienced one to help guide! I also have the support and backing from Get On (national UK biking campaign who will be using us as one of their lead campaigns for 2012/2013! Exciting!) Training wise we're commencing in February and will be doing CBT, Module 1, 2, advanced and a couple of off roading schools. We're also heading on a trip down to Morocco in April time for some duning experience! Note... I say "we" and despite Sam being an excellent rider whose ridden round half the world... he acquired his license whilst living in Dubai which doesn't count over here! He's gutted he's having to reapply and currently has a KTM 990 Adventure S sitting in my folks garage awaiting a long due ride!! Poor fella!
We're going to be doing it all for various charities (awaiting confirmation from a couple but we would like: Welsh Air Ambulance as our home charity, World Land Trust, Riders for Health)
The great news is, as said, we have Get On behind us as well as Capitalize (who organise the Bike shows and did the PR for Big Earth - Long Way Round / Long Way Down!)! We also have Big Earth dropping us advice and in support of our trip (recently had a chat with Russ Malkin and he is probably one of the nicest guys you can ever talk with! If you're planning anything like this he is the man to speak to and I would recommend him highly to anyone! So helpful) They're all excited about a "young woman" learning to ride and train in 6months to then go do a RTW trip! Good times! It means we will have some great coverage for our charities (things in magazines and potential TV bits). So chuffed about that
So... yeh! Wheeeeeeeee! Hahaha! Can't wait! The bikes we're hoping for are KTM Enduros 690 R (2012 version). We are speaking with them at the moment about potential sponsorship and will get the final nod in February. We're just finalising our webby which will be up in the next week so will post a link when it's done
Would be nice to hear of other peoples experience and trips as well as any good off roading trails in the UK! They seem few and far between! Hopefully we can brumm to a meet before heading off - will be looking into this and time between training!!
Barrrrrrrrm brrrrrrrrrrrrm! (Sam keeps telling me off for making these noises whilst sitting on bikes in show rooms
)
It's been... forever since I've posted here but I can assure you I do browse from time to time So big HELLO! And long time no speak/see Exciting times ahead here... my hubby-to-be and I are planning a bit of a RTW trip! The plan is... travel Canada to the tip of Alaska (Prudoe Bay) alllll the way down through South America to Ushuaia then flying over to South Africa and travelling up, through the Middle East, Europe and home to the UK... unless of course we turn right and head towards Asia!
Wheeee!
The only stumbling block we kind of have at the moment is that I've never ridden a motorbike before (haha!) so am kind of having to get on board quickly and get me some off roading jaunts sorted! Sam has done muchos on a bike though (travelled around the world pretty much) so I have an experienced one to help guide! I also have the support and backing from Get On (national UK biking campaign who will be using us as one of their lead campaigns for 2012/2013! Exciting!) Training wise we're commencing in February and will be doing CBT, Module 1, 2, advanced and a couple of off roading schools. We're also heading on a trip down to Morocco in April time for some duning experience! Note... I say "we" and despite Sam being an excellent rider whose ridden round half the world... he acquired his license whilst living in Dubai which doesn't count over here! He's gutted he's having to reapply and currently has a KTM 990 Adventure S sitting in my folks garage awaiting a long due ride!! Poor fella!
We're going to be doing it all for various charities (awaiting confirmation from a couple but we would like: Welsh Air Ambulance as our home charity, World Land Trust, Riders for Health)
The great news is, as said, we have Get On behind us as well as Capitalize (who organise the Bike shows and did the PR for Big Earth - Long Way Round / Long Way Down!)! We also have Big Earth dropping us advice and in support of our trip (recently had a chat with Russ Malkin and he is probably one of the nicest guys you can ever talk with! If you're planning anything like this he is the man to speak to and I would recommend him highly to anyone! So helpful) They're all excited about a "young woman" learning to ride and train in 6months to then go do a RTW trip! Good times! It means we will have some great coverage for our charities (things in magazines and potential TV bits). So chuffed about that
So... yeh! Wheeeeeeeee! Hahaha! Can't wait! The bikes we're hoping for are KTM Enduros 690 R (2012 version). We are speaking with them at the moment about potential sponsorship and will get the final nod in February. We're just finalising our webby which will be up in the next week so will post a link when it's done
Would be nice to hear of other peoples experience and trips as well as any good off roading trails in the UK! They seem few and far between! Hopefully we can brumm to a meet before heading off - will be looking into this and time between training!!
Barrrrrrrrm brrrrrrrrrrrrm! (Sam keeps telling me off for making these noises whilst sitting on bikes in show rooms
)
