To the end of the world and back

[Gavepapir]

Hey everyone. So this is my first post.. Joined the forum a while back to view some technical discussion. Cool place you have here!

I like driving far on mopeds. First time i drove to Iran from Denmark. Last year i drove to Syria (on my small 50 cc Suzuki). Then i got the idea to drive until i ran out of land and then turn back, so in march i'll try to cross the entire european and asian continents. A friend of mine recommended that i looked into the C90, and so i ended up buying one (1996 from Greece). I finally got plates on it, and have started stocking up on gear. This is more or less the route:



So i am quite a noob with mechanics, and usually i'm left to other peoples good will if i break down somewhere. The C90 is in pretty good condition, so i'm hoping to not have too much trouble. I wrote to Ed March, the C90adeventures guy, and he gave me a few tips what to look out for maintenance-wise. If any of you have tips, or dos and don'ts, i would like to hear them.

Right now i'm trying to find a few spare parts, but it seems to me to be a bit difficult to find in this part of the world.

All the best!
Jakob (Denmark)

[125erCrazy]

Welcome Jakob

First congrats on getting a new King nice to see some good news for a change that isn't bleeding the tax payers pocket

Secondly that's some mega journeys & would love to hear more before you embark on your next journey.
What Suzuki did you ride (I'm still a Suzy fanboy)

Finally is there a blog to follow (YouTube ) or can we see regular updates here

[Gavepapir]

Welcome Jakob

First congrats on getting a new King nice to see some good news for a change that isn't bleeding the tax payers pocket

Yup, thanks.. Has been hard to avoid it in the news for a whole month now. I care not too much, hehe.

The Suzuki is a danish model called DM50. It was very puny, i broke down around 20 times on my first trip. Spokes breaking, bearings and wheels breaking, stuff like that. I then bought a Honda CB400N, a fine motercycle, but i found it was too fast and heavy for me. In my experience, travelling is about being flexible, and motorcycles are just a tad heavy for that.

I'm trying to post a picture of the route. I'll try again:

[125erCrazy]

In my experience, travelling is about being flexible, and motorcycles are just a tad heavy

I'm trying to post a picture of the route. I'll try again:

You won't find many nay sayers here on that view. Can now view your route are you going clockwise or anti clockwise and what time frame

[Gavepapir]

You won't find many nay sayers here on that view. Can now view your route are you going clockwise or anti clockwise and what time frame

So anti clock wise. Out through Europe and China, home through Russia. I will be putting the C90 on the transsiberian railway some of the way home, because of visa limitations, but all in all i am planning to do it in around 5 months. The last owner put a 110 cc head on the bike, so it has a fair amount of power. I reckon i pretty comfortably can drive 300 kms in 1 day, maybe even more!

[Alan CF]

Hi, and welcome, Also reach out to chloe, she is also doing part of your route, ( no idea of her time scale ) but will probably have some good advice.
https://youtu.be/iVAmV7L-k9U?si=T-PmUJ8kFz06qfu5