This year I changed the motorcycle class.
I used to drive a Honda X11. And this is a great bike that I still love. But I want to ride not only on asphalt. So I bought an even more ancient but no less legendary Africa Twin RD04 motorcycle.
It is already 30 years old, and I had to go after it 600 km, one way and halfway back on it (thanks to Igor, Denis, and Vlad for the adventure). But I am satisfied a little more than completely because I drove into such places on it that I could not have at X11. But, from some, I could not get out on my own.
And if I had a time machine, I would send me to the past and persuade the younger myself to take some kind of dirt bike instead of a street bike.
The southern part of TET Turkey ride
I convinced Dima that it is a good idea (that was easy), and we rode 2067 kilometers in eight days on motorcycles in May 2023.
A 3-day motorcycle adventure in the Carpathian mountains
A trip from Kyiv to abandoned military radar station 'Pamir' and back on two old Africa Twin motorcycles
How to Build a Motorcycle: A Nut-and-Bolt Guide to Customizing Your Bike by Gary Inman and Gilbert Adi
I still do not have a motorcycle or a room to work on it. But when I will, I’ll be ready.