Round the World 2013 on motorbikes

SUZUKI

DR650 2006

empty weight: 177 kg 641 cc 32.8kW (45hp) 57Nm air-/liquid-cooled single cylinder 4-stroke

Nevil’s motorbike

Meet 'Twiggy'. Why is it called Twiggy? Because it's a lot thinner than my BMW R1200GSA as well as well as being a lot thinner than my previous bikes. It really is a lovely bike but it's going to stay in North America where it can be fixed easily if it breaks down. There aren't too many BMW "doctors" where we'll be going. The simplicity...

YAMAHA

XT600E 2001

empty weight: 175 kg 595 cc 28.0kW (38hp) 48Nm air-cooled single cylinder 4-stroke

Ulf’s motorbike

My "Brand New" Yamaha XT600E (2001) as I bought it in September 2012 was not in shape to do a trip like this. So I had to prepare my XT for off road purposes as well as for long distance highway stages. At first I have mounted a main stand, so the following modifications can be done in my...