sanjays great adventure

What the hell does that traffic sign mean?????

He is a good slice of human genome.

I´ll head north and definitely check out Peru and
Bolivia, and depending on timing maybe hitting up one or a
combination of either Ecuador, Paraguay, Colombia or Brazil.

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Man, I'd love to do a road trip like that...

Well, heres 2 real photos of him, in who the hell knows where:

here is one more picture, quite bad quality because i took it while riding and with a very sore hand, but its very self explanatory

ahha, classic, is that a tube that hes holding onto>

that's so freaking sick!

merrrrjig said:

ahha, classic, is that a tube that hes holding onto>

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yup a couple DH tubes.

Sanjay is probably the best planner there is. he's gonna have a blast, and some good stories to tell.

I'm sooooo jealous right now.

riverside73 said:

What the hell does that traffic sign mean?????

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No balancing rocks on trapezoids. Laws are so harsh nowadays.

bcd said:

from his myspace bullet.

here is a pic of him working on his whip in the middle of no where!

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Something about those clouds makes me want to race DH on a 29er... I can't quite place it though...

vitox said:

here is one more picture, quite bad quality because i took it while riding and with a very sore hand, but its very self explanatory

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just freaking great - I love this pictures

Unreal journey

Props to him for actually wearing riding gear on the motorcycle. I hate it when people ride without gear.

Excuse my ignorance but what kind of bike is he on in the picture of him getting towed? I know I've seen it somewhere but I can't quite place a finger on it.

a commencal supreme dh

big big bumps for Sanjay...you dont know me but I run a lot of your old bike parts bought right here on RM.....play on player! Spread the propaganda!!!! safe return, etc...aw hells jeah.

merrrrjig said:

Well, heres 2 real photos of him, in who the hell knows where:

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Looks like the way to Tahoe.

Hey all. The pictures that were posted up are all from Argentina. The first two were taken by a guy I met at a police/military checkpoint just outside Esquel, Argentina. He had ridden his motorcycle from California which is what I originally wanted to do, but ran out of time and money. Next year I will be riding south.
Since I wasn't able to ride south I instead purchased pretty much the cheapest thing I could find in Santiago. It is a Hero Honda Passion 97cc made in India. I got it for 620,000 Chilean pesos ~ $1,100usd. It was used with 5,500kms on it and it now has 14,900kms. Far enough to go to New York and back I think.
The picture Vitox posted was taken on the road that went up to the site for the UCI PanAmericans. Vitox's fuel pump went bad on his truck the second night he got there. Well I had practice the third morning and needed to get up, so why not use the Passion. The guy riding (The Alien) didn't know how to shift a motorcycle in the morning. After a couple minute lesson we tied 2 tubes together and then tied that to the rack. On the way down we also had a passenger. A couple weeks earlier I thought it was crazy that some people would tie a rope to a car and then get towed to the top of a course. A couple weeks later and I think it's just perfectly normal.
Right now I'm in Santiago and plan to head north in 2 days. The last couple days I spent fixing my moto. It included a new chain, counter-sprocket (1t larger), sprocket, spark plug, oil, front and rear lights, and clutch lever. I thought this would cost me hundreds of dollars, but wound up only being about $50usd. I even did a bunch of mods to get rid of useless and broken parts. I am also going to pack much lighter for my next phase. There are some super high-altitude sections going to Bolivia and Peru. My first crossing to Argentina was at 3100+ meters and the bike was struggling. I was crawling up at 40kms/hr on some sections.

For now here is a picture of my bike on my way back from Ushuaia, Argentina. Soon after this picture was taken the winds picked up. Lucky for me they were head winds. Nothing like going full throttle and only moving 50kms/hr. I later met a guy on a scooter who was only going 3o. All of a sudden my 50 left way quicker.



Hopefully I will have the chance to make updates here from time to time.

Wow, that sounds like an incredible experience.

Do you speak Spanish? If not or sort of, what's it like to get around?

I'm really jealous of your opportunity, have fun!

I have NO IDEA how someone can plan or do something like that. Sanjay you are a true adventurist. Get all that done before the real world sinks its claws into you.

He didn't plan, that's how it worked out so well.

Bicyclist said:

Wow, that sounds like an incredible experience.

Do you speak Spanish? If not or sort of, what's it like to get around?

I'm really jealous of your opportunity, have fun!

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I took two years of Spanish in high-school and a year in college. The last class was more than 6 years ago and I have since forgot most of what I learned. If you don't use it you lose it.
I have a couple ok maps which help me get around. When I get lost I just ask a person in the Spanish I know and can usually figure out for the most part what they are saying. You just need to listen for the key words like left, right, straight, bridge, church...I usually will repeat what they said in the Spanish I know and use my hands just to reassure that I'm going to right way.
Over the last 6 weeks I have picked up quite a bit, but I would like to really study over the next 9 months so that when I come back I can
carry a decent conversation. More so that I can talk to the beautiful women. All the super hot ones I've met don't speak any English. I could care less about being lost, it makes for an adventure.

You can pretend you don't speak english when you come to canada. They will believe you too!

That pic with the DH tubes tow is awesome. The slight blurriness doesn't even matter. That trip sounds so cool. I suck at other langauges, so I'd have to go with people who can speak other langauges.

I've been pulled up a hill with a dog leash attached to a mustang.

Great trip man!

Awesome.

Metal said:

I took two years of Spanish in high-school and a year in college. The last class was more than 6 years ago and I have since forgot most of what I learned. If you don't use it you lose it.
I have a couple ok maps which help me get around. When I get lost I just ask a person in the Spanish I know and can usually figure out for the most part what they are saying. You just need to listen for the key words like left, right, straight, bridge, church...I usually will repeat what they said in the Spanish I know and use my hands just to reassure that I'm going to right way.
Over the last 6 weeks I have picked up quite a bit, but I would like to really study over the next 9 months so that when I come back I can
carry a decent conversation. More so that I can talk to the beautiful women. All the super hot ones I've met don't speak any English. I could care less about being lost, it makes for an adventure.

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You're my hero.

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You're my hero.

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Sanjay. Hopefully the rukus in Sanitago is not affecting you too much.



So you still gonna have that extra KTM around next year? I speak spanish you know... Wes can follow us on the Vespa.

Theyhad those things parked all in Valparaiso while we were there. Only used moto cops with batons and riot gear when the riots broke out there though.

Fonzie18 said:

Sanjay. Hopefully the rukus in Santiago is not affecting you too much.

So you still gonna have that extra KTM around next year? I speak spanish you know... Wes can follow us on the Vespa.

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Alfonso,

Unfortunately the rukus in Santiago hasn't affected me at all. I would actually have loved to go and check it out, but I'd rather pass on being sprayed by those trucks. If I recall from what Vitox siad they have either waste water in them or some sort of pepper.

"(March 30, 2007) Flying rocks and teargas marked the 22nd annual Young Day, which commemorates the slaying of brothers Eduardo and Rafael Vergara Toledo by Augusto Pinochet’s military forces in 1985."

Today we went to get pizza from a Brazilian joint and they had a newspaper in the front. It had a picture too funny to not take a picture.



This kid can't be much more than 8 years old and he is being chased by a cop in full on riot gear.

As for the KTM unfortunately my financial condition coming back from South America will be pretty dismal. Then I'll be on the road for a while. If I don't sell a bunch of my extra stuff down here I'll probably have to sell the extra KTM pretty soon. It would be dope to ride south with you guys though. Maybe if I can sell my streetbike and supermoto...Any bike industry people out there want to sponsor me so that I don't have to sell everything I own to race?

And to answer some other peoples questions. Just as Fraser said I really didn't plan much for this trip. Most of it I have pretty much come up with as I went.



Here is all I brought with me to South America. There was another carry-on that was not in the picture because I was hiding it from TACA airline. It was way over there 22lbs limit and they were being pretty anal about sizes and weights of bags. In those bags were all my clothes, DH gear, Moto gear, camping gear, my DH bike, 3 extra tires, and my maps/books on South America (remember I really didn't research. I did most of my research at night in my tent).
My bags were all overweight to the point that I was seriously considering wearing my moto suit and boots on the plane. They probably weigh upwards of 15lbs.

8 year old: Check
Only has a left arm for hurling rocks: Check
Having a full-on riot officer running you down after school: Priceless

almost looks like he doesn't have a right lower leg too...heh...

AirAddict said:

Props to him for actually wearing riding gear on the motorcycle. I hate it when people ride without gear.

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he normally doesnt...
i was picking up a set of brakes at his house a couple years ago, when he had his Yamaha R1(maybe not an r1, but a fast bike), and asked "so how fast have you taken it"--- he responds "gets up to 175 pretty quick".....he had been going 80 on the freeway in jeans/tshirt, cop comes up behind him, flips his lights, and he books it.... 175 in jeans and a tshirt.

thats when i knew he was crazy.

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he normally doesnt...
i was picking up a set of brakes at his house a couple years ago, when he had his Yamaha R1(maybe not an r1, but a fast bike), and asked "so how fast have you taken it"--- he responds "gets up to 175 pretty quick".....he had been going 80 on the freeway in jeans/tshirt, cop comes up behind him, flips his lights, and he books it.... 175 in jeans and a tshirt.

thats when i knew he was crazy.

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Hey, we were all young and stupid at one point in our lives. I am now a bit older and a bit more smart. I still like going fast on the bikes in the dirt and pavement, but I am limiting my top speed by selling the R1. The KTM will still go 120mph+.

Edit: This is Sanjay on the account of Vitox

I hope you keep a journal, your life stories would be a good read.

^ Yeah.

bcd said:

from his myspace bullet.

here is a pic of him working on his whip in the middle of no where!

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Alex,

It´s funny that you posted that picture. While riding through Peru I saw quite a few of those signs. It has something to do with no putting rocks on the roads. Right after I saw one I saw a couple kids putting rocks in the roads so that cars would run them over.
I also saw a bunch that looked like a tire on fire. I wish I would have taken a picture. They have something to do with not burning tires in the road. I guess it is a common practice in Peru...

Pegboy said:

I hope you keep a journal, your life stories would be a good read.

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i second that.