

Pictures and films, at least I could ride at my own bouncy pace and stop when I felt like it. I was slow but they kept stopping to take The locals don't see people with white skin, andįunny colour hair very often, still they were very friendly, and we had some fun with them, Then it was on to Dili, I left the Germans to their filming. By this time I had caught up with my German friends who are making a movie of their three year adventure on the road. It was a long days riding with a stop for coffee in a tiny village that caused a bit of a stir, just about the whole

Influences where the front of the bike is going, hence the visit to the ditch.

The problem with an out of control back end, is that it often That was OK so I just had to be a little more careful. So waited for someone to come along and give me a push. There was one section of road works where everything got out of control and I ended up in a ditch which I could Possibility of snapping the wheel spindle or even the spring on the shock absorber. Mostly I was stood on the footpegs to take the weight off the rear and to minimise the With no damping at all on the rear of theīike it was like riding on a POGO stick, then there was the pot holes (as per picture) and the road works. Only 130 kilometers but it was the road from hell. Kupang but the next stage to Dili was going to be much different as far as the roads are concerned. The border crossing at Motoain after the first hotel stop was 380 kilometers east of Scenary along a beautiful coast road through small villages made of bamboo and straw with the odd tin roof. We had a nice time in Kupang, although a lot of work to change the tyres and sort the new saddle bags, The road through to the East Timor was just a complete pleasure to ride on, amazing
