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mattsprattuk
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PostPosted: 10:42 - 03 Apr 2022    Post subject: I'm riding from Australia to England Reply with quote

As the title says. I'm doing it. Got the bike (2011 BMW R1200GS adventure) getting it together at the moment, and shipping myself off in the foreseeable future.

Sydney > Perth > Cape town > Egypt > Arse end of eastern europe > UK

https://i.postimg.cc/PrH09m0m/Untitled.png


I'm also an episode into doing a documentary on YouTube for it, but we all know how well received that stuff is around here.

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for the first time in BCF history... YouTube links have been requested.
So here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buImYB-fdW4&ab_channel=MABInnovation4x4

That's all.

Discuss.
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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!! Mr. Green
Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith


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PostPosted: 10:52 - 03 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shocked That’s not a bike ! It’s a tank Shocked !

Good luck.

Going through the Middle East & Eastern Europe might have a few concerns at this time?? Or am I being overly negative/cautious?
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PostPosted: 11:17 - 03 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

We'll be waiting for you with clenched fists.


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PostPosted: 05:39 - 04 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

pepperami wrote:
Shocked That’s not a bike ! It’s a tank Shocked !

Good luck.

Going through the Middle East & Eastern Europe might have a few concerns at this time?? Or am I being overly negative/cautious?


Probably. I'm not particularly worried about that sort of thing though.
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Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith
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PostPosted: 06:58 - 04 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you are planning on riding for Astralia to Europe you're gonna need some sort of floatation device...
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PostPosted: 09:27 - 04 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

In B 4 "bike was stolen as soon as I got to Dover".

Good luck! Looking forward to following.
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PostPosted: 09:42 - 04 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Howling Terror wrote:
We'll be waiting for you with clenched fists


Laughing Laughing
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PostPosted: 10:38 - 04 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd definitely subscribe if you link your YouTube!

Good luck with the trip, sounds really cool.
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PostPosted: 10:53 - 04 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

.. awaits reports with eager anticipation Thumbs Up

envious (kinda).. Wink
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PostPosted: 11:30 - 04 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can have the "trailer" for now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpZrtiAZisg&ab_channel=MABInnovation4x4

episode 0 is out on the 13th

https://i.ytimg.com/an_webp/kpZrtiAZisg/mqdefault_6s.webp?du=3000&sqp=CPjQqpIG&rs=AOn4CLCMxPNmvrDMlQhFM54H4QmE6XXCAg
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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!! Mr. Green
Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith
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PostPosted: 19:57 - 05 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good luck. (As Marko from Tropojë' would say.)
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PostPosted: 13:08 - 07 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Best of luck!

Coming to stay or just for a BMW leg stretch Laughing
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PostPosted: 19:42 - 07 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Vlog links are fine as long as it's from an established member and not the usual drivel reviews and shouting at pedestrians. You're good.

Sounds like an awesome trip, definitely interested to follow!
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PostPosted: 09:27 - 08 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

kgm wrote:
Vlog links are fine as long as it's from an established member and not the usual drivel reviews and shouting at pedestrians. You're good.

Sounds like an awesome trip, definitely interested to follow!


That's right, they should be well established and long term before they can dare reap the benefits of directing the massive traffic of all 20 active BCF members to their videos Laughing
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PostPosted: 13:40 - 08 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

mattsprattuk wrote:
You can have the "trailer" for now.

OK, intrigued: I've 'subscribed' - and let me tell you, I don't do that very often...
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PostPosted: 14:28 - 08 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fat Angry Scotsman wrote:

That's right, they should be well established and long term before they can dare reap the benefits of directing the massive traffic of all 20 active BCF members to their videos Laughing


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PostPosted: 17:32 - 08 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good luck, would love to do that. Why Plymouth at the end of the trip?
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PostPosted: 01:01 - 09 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Vlog links are fine as long as it's from an established member and not the usual drivel reviews and shouting at pedestrians. You're good.

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That's right, they should be well established and long term before they can dare reap the benefits of directing the massive traffic of all 20 active BCF members to their videos


The gatekeeping is a nice touch. Especially from people who've been here all of 5 minutes. Laughing Got to emphasise that it's not a Vlog. I'll be attempting to make something like LWD, LWR or LWU albeit on a much lower budget, shitter scale, and less exaggerated hype.

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Good luck, would love to do that. Why Plymouth at the end of the trip?


Because that's where I wasted the first 23 years of my life. Friends and family didn't follow
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Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith
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PostPosted: 16:28 - 10 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

mattsprattuk wrote:
The gatekeeping is a nice touch. Especially from people who've been here all of 5 minutes. Laughing Got to emphasise that it's not a Vlog. I'll be attempting to make something like LWD, LWR or LWU albeit on a much lower budget, shitter scale, and less exaggerated hype.


For the avoidance of doubt, my comment that you quoted is the opposite of gatekeeping. I was taking the piss out of the fact that everyone who dares link their YouTube in here gets karma bombed as if they committed a war crime.
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PostPosted: 19:23 - 10 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sounds fun.
Are you doing a sea passage between Perth and Cape Town and skipping all those nice little tinpot dictatorship countries in South East Asia? Which, presumably, for the geographically challenged among us would also mean that you wouldn't go further east than Turkey on the Euro leg but you would get to fight your way through Kradmelder and his mates?
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PostPosted: 21:37 - 10 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe he's just going to fit sand tyres, aim it, pin it and hope for the best ...... Mr. Green
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PostPosted: 15:00 - 11 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

After seeing the Long way down and the other trips, I hope you have some form of back up team, as typically what can go wrong, WILL!
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PostPosted: 00:02 - 12 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

bugeye_bob wrote:
After seeing the Long way down and the other trips, I hope you have some form of back up team, as typically what can go wrong, WILL!


If nothing happens then there's no TV show for them. I'm erring on the side of it not being anywhere near as dramatic as that. But time will tell. Certainly won't be having a "team".
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PostPosted: 19:22 - 13 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

I forgot about your yellow bike crash!

Best of luck again! Are you abandoning the Aus life or just fancy a big break?
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PostPosted: 19:59 - 13 Apr 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote

I can't seem to find the youtube link?

Never mind found it, should stick it on the first post. I'll follow you around.
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