No more biking for Jon until 2016

[mckeann]

Jon, seeing as you dont have facebook, and you're fking off to the other side of the world for 18 months, i thought you should have a way of keeping in touch.

This is your official thread, stick some pics and stories up when you're not too busy having fun

Oh, whats your mates names from mugello, i have those photos of the hire car in the barrier

[moto_traxport]

Evening Neil

Will get on the wife's FB account tomorrow which I sort of occasionally use, wouldn't wish to upset the flow of "which earplugs?" with my rubbish. Did I read somewhere there's a FB BB group type thing as well which she/me can join?

[mckeann]

if there is, i've never been invited

[MotorsportTom]

Count yourself lucky it's died a death.

Nobody has posted since last year. By all means search it, PHBB is the name of it.

Also what's the 18 month travel plan exactly? Spill the beans man!

[scunnylad]

Well i'm more interested in your travels than I am earplugs

Whats the plan,travelling or working ?

[Yazza54]

Are you taking any earplugs with you?

[theshrew]

If so which ones ?

[Biker's Nemesis]

mckeann said:

if there is, i've never been invited

The voting is done now so you can be invited

[Biker's Nemesis]

Who's doing your travel insurance? I may know someone who can sort you out.

[moto_traxport]

Just sold house I've spent 5 years doing up. Putting my stuff into storage including my old R1 (collecting it this coming Saturday from NL Mugello trackday we've just flown back from today).

Next Thursday flying off to Goa for month and a bit, then Burma for a month, then Phillipines, Borneo, Thailand, Malaysia, quick hello to ex pat mates in Oz / NZ, then fly to Mexico and head South on the chicken buses through Central America and down South America left hand side, turn around at the Perito Moreno glacier and go up South America on the right hand side. Not sure how we're getting back yet.

Will see if I can include some bikey stuff on the way. Might hire an Enfield in Goa as a starter.

Last time I did this I went to Laguna Seca and Phillip Island MotoGP's (and Bathurst 1000) but timing of Argentinian MotoGP looking awkward for us unless they move it's position in the 2015 calendar.

[John D.]

Sounds like a great trip

[moto_traxport]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Who's doing your travel insurance? I may know someone who can sort you out.

Cheers for the offer John. Must have been typing my reply at same time, pushed submit and went straight to bed.

Sorted on travel insurance, got it through STA where I got my flight tickets, underwritten by Allianz. The small print on them all is a nightmare, some don't cover trekking above certain altitude, some don't like more than 12 months, some don't like no homebound ticket booked, some clearly think backpacking at my age is a no no!

[old No 1]

If you going past Suriname on your way back then come look me up I'm starting a years contract in November building a fibre network

[Big Al.]

Jon, title tweaked as requested.

[moto_traxport]

old No 1 said:

If you going past Suriname on your way back then come look me up I'm starting a years contract in November building a fibre network

Will do, might need a good bath by then.

Big Al. said:

Jon, title tweaked as requested.

Cheers Al. "They" are getting too close to my tinfoil hat factory.

[mckeann]

Sorry Dave, I didn't mean to use your real name

[richrox986]

Ah so this is where you lot reside! Jonny does have a web presence after all!

[mckeann]

its taken you 22 months to work out how to post hasnt it???

[richrox986]

If I had the patience I would wait for 22 months to post a sarcastic response to this....