To my dot org brethren, the father of a friend of mine wishes to embark on a journey and it’s kind of crazy… His name is Malcom, he’s 70, he’s spent the past 26 years aboard a sailboat touring the world and now he wishes to see parts of the world that he missed. His intent is to travel to Santiago Chile, purchase a bike, and travel to the cape of South America then back to Santiago and from there travel to Alaska! His only biking experience is traveling in the mid 60’s aboard a Lambretta scooter with his wife from England to Russia… Obviously travelling two up on a scooter from England to Russia is a non-trivial excursion but it’s no real motorcycling experience as we know it… So, my question to the .org is twofold; what bike would be best for this type of travel given his age and lack of experience, and, what training could he get in the next few weeks in the metro DC area to fortify him on this epic quest? I’d really like to show him what the .org is about and expose him to the wonder of our world-wide network of knowledge and experience with the hope that there are folks out there that have positive suggestions that could help make this once in a lifetime journey a success. Let me add to this that he intends to spend the next two years traversing our two continents, camping at night, and he is in no rush to finish the journey. He says he wants to go slowly, with the wind in his face, smelling and experiencing the countryside and savoring the experience. I don’t know about the rest of you but I’m certain that this is something that I and many of you would like to have the time, and wherewithal to do ourselves. So, please give me any constructive input you deem fit to share regarding bikes, training, and overall encouragement so that I can pass it along to Malcom. I respect and appreciate your thoughts and the generosity of your time.
Thanks to all.
-Jim
Thanks to all.
-Jim