Mawkdok Gorge is about thirty kilometres from this town, a cleft in the earth that looks for all the world as though a giant has struck the Earth with a titanic axe. It's been a while since I've been there. It's been a while since I went on a bike run. I decided to give myself the pleasure.
This is likely going to be the last time I go for a run on this bike. It's not too old for a motorcycle, eight years, but at just 125cc it's underpowered for my needs. Also, I'm getting tired of Yamaha's cute little trick of keeping any particular model in production only for two or three years. Five years after that, spare parts become a real problem. No wonder the Hells Angels call Japanese bikes "Jap-scrap"; it's the companies with their money-grubbing who are to blame.
My next bike will be a 500cc Enfield Classic Desert Storm, but it's going to take a few months before it's delivered. You don't actually get them off the shelf, believe it or not. But it's worth the wait.
In the meantime, here's the Run to Mawkdok Gorge, in photos.
Let me know what you think.
Notes: 1. The aeroplane is a MiG 21, set up for display outside the Eastern Air Command Air Force Headquarters where I used to work until 2007.
2. The fire was set by the forest department in order to burn off old dead undergrowth.
This is likely going to be the last time I go for a run on this bike. It's not too old for a motorcycle, eight years, but at just 125cc it's underpowered for my needs. Also, I'm getting tired of Yamaha's cute little trick of keeping any particular model in production only for two or three years. Five years after that, spare parts become a real problem. No wonder the Hells Angels call Japanese bikes "Jap-scrap"; it's the companies with their money-grubbing who are to blame.
My next bike will be a 500cc Enfield Classic Desert Storm, but it's going to take a few months before it's delivered. You don't actually get them off the shelf, believe it or not. But it's worth the wait.
In the meantime, here's the Run to Mawkdok Gorge, in photos.
Let me know what you think.
Part 1: The machine and the man
Part 2: Leaving the city
Part 3: The Highway
Part 4: Mawkdok Gorge
Notes: 1. The aeroplane is a MiG 21, set up for display outside the Eastern Air Command Air Force Headquarters where I used to work until 2007.
2. The fire was set by the forest department in order to burn off old dead undergrowth.
beautiful :) love the roadside vendor
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Great pics. I'm terrible about pictures - if I go somewhere without anyone with me, I never have a single picture to prove where I've been.
ReplyDeleteWhat's with the fire?
The fire's by the forest department, to burn off old dead undergrowth.
ReplyDeleteIt's always interesting for me to look at landscapes and the surrounding of my online friends. I should post this kind of stuff too, for my friends... Will think over.
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