Who is up for the Mongol Rally.
Check this out. The website name reminds me of thePuristS. Imagine you're lost in a massive desert, hundreds of miles from civilisation, driving a car your granny would be embarrassed by. Then all of a sudden all your wheels fall off and the search for to...
I'm ready, let's go!
I like their tagline: " Traveling is for Sissies !" Got my Nikon and GoPro, let's do it! Can we take your Bentley? -MW
I think we should find a old
Citroen 2CV and hit the road. Should like a lot of work. JerryW
I would modify it....
Who else here wants to join our PuristS/Mongol Rally fantasy team? So far we got JerryW, DRMW, and ED209. Citreon 2CV it is! If ThePuristS or PuristSPro ran a car in this rally, I would place a set of bull horns (JerryW-Texas style) on the front grill and...
Cazalea would love it
as a 2CV nut he would love it and even bring along a 4 wheel drive 2CV
Ok, we'll have to....
Since cazalea likes artwork, we'll have to have an artist paint the 2CV! Go Team PuristS/Mongol Rally! -MW
We profiled an adventurous Renault 4CV trip...
... our club newsletter last year. We have a pretty hard core membership, given the car! Paris Russia Lake Baikal Mongolia...
Thanks, thought you might enjoy his story...
Around the world with the ‘Little One’ (a 1959 Renault 4CV) My credo “I have always been travelling. As a child, my finger followed invisible tracks in my father’s atlas that led to faraway islands, snowy mountains, burning deserts...
Their video ...
makes it hard to resist Have only been to Inner Mongolia, about 15 years ago ... - so far. Oliver
Well, we were trying to find ...
rugs from Baotou and that was not a big success. ... Lot´s of soldiers with heavily worn uniforms, (golden) Rolex watches on their wrists, drinking lots of Whisky, in the "best" hotels ... The first night in a hotel next to a gas refinery was something I ...
Flash light & spit ... spit & flash light ... spit spit ... flash flash ...
very bright, very loud ... like in hell or when a huge dragon is sitting in front of your hotel window, even when the shutters are closed. There was sheer fear, for more than fifteen minures or so! We survived, even when close to a heart attack and saw bl...
Sure, why not a PuristS team?
Very cool Jerry. Looks like we already have a team ready to go LOL. Hey, if a certain Wandering Purist can do a Mongolia trip in a Lambo, why not this event Regards, ED-209...
Great photo Ed!
Yes, the PuristS can keep to the better roads and do them so fast they can win!
Photos are from our very own Wandering Purist
I wish I was there with him to run the Lambos in the snow! Regards, ED-209
A few more pics from the auto forum
Hi Oliver, For the report on this Lambo event in Mongolia, please check out ThePuristS Automotive forum: Please click here Regards, ED-209
Allways wanted to visit Mongolia ...
by train ..., but never thought about the possibility of a Lamborghini .... Limited imagination Thanks for sharing, Ed! Oliver
You guys can take the 2CV....
(piccy found on the web....tiddlerosis) I'll find myself Combat Wombat..... This message has been edited by BDLJ on 2012-02-06 22:26:39...
thats a beauty Ben, typical...
thats a beauty Ben, typical of you to find the pic. i'd go for a Ural with sidecar and 2 wheel drive. pic courtesy of google G...
You're only allowed 125cc!
I'll let you have the Combat Wombat, I'll have to find a Dirt Squirt...after all, the Racer Clam digs it....
I had a Hodaka in the late 60s!
My dad was really into dirt bikes then, and we all went out to the desert. Remember his DOT (Devoid of Trouble), an early US boutique dirt bike brand (and weighed a ton) bike with a Villiers motor. Of course, all the bikes weighed a ton back then. Did enj...
There's a few around in Australia...
...but I've never heard one running I just love the wacky names they plastered on them - Wombat, Combat Wombat, Road Toad, Super Rat, Dirt Squirt. Old Scrambles bikes are crazy. If the Villiers engined strokers were heavy, I can't imagine what taking a Tr...
In the 'old' days, people cobbled together what they had...
...available. Not like today when the technology has been so perfected that you get massive power from a bike that weighs nothing- and many companies producing great (and reliable) bikes. The Japanese changed the industry.
Sadly....
...the weight is back (to a degree) with the shift to 4-strokes for motocross bikes. Not to mention that they require intensive and expensive top end rebuilds, rebuilds that take 30 minutes on a CR250 stroker...but they are nice and smooth to ride.
All my early bikes were 2 strokes...
...getting the oil/gas mixture right always a thrill. Had my '66 (I think) Yamaha 250 rear wheel seize up momentarily going down a long freeway incline (Sepulveda Pass) at about 60mph. Needless to say, I added more oil immediately. Was happy to have it sm...
33:1
Race fuel to Motul 800 on my 2 strokes and I still have a pile of smeared pistons. But that's due more to my (poor) jetting and uncoordinated right wrist than anything else
now you mention weight, a...
now you mention weight, a little Honda monkey bike would be a laugh.............for the first few miles anyway...
Those little Hondas are quite collectible these days...
...and the one we had was quite fun to ride as a kid. I think my brothers lit it on fire and pushed it over a cliff after it finally died.
You guys should tell me when you're planning a trip!
Here are some cars and a van we could use ... Soon as we get them over to Mongolia (my neighbors would be pleased) By the way the green car is called a Mehari which is French for some kind of camel, which the Mongolians have plenty of! And my friend Janic...
Sunscreen is important, you're right!
But it can also rain Have to be prepared for everything! because you never know where a 2CV will lead you you might even meet a mad scientist and Killer Tomatoes or have Miss Universe "drive" your car Cazalea This message has been edited by cazalea on 201...
Yes, that's not an outfit I would suggest wearing...
... for parts scavenging. This message has been edited by mrsnak on 2012-02-08 11:38:10