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The 1996 – model Minsk

The 1996 – model Misk

In 1996 two versions of the standard Minsk were made. They look exactly the same but on the inside one is better because its alternator is stronger and easier to fix. If you buy the bike new then for an extra US$10 they will put in the better version. The weaker alternator is easily recognized because it has a number of round holes drilled through its cover.

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(Ryan shared his trip to Sapa with motorbike, where he went, what he saw in the magnificent landscape)

Sapa is a pretty town in the mountains of northwestern Vietnam near the Chinese boarder. Originally built by the French as a medical outpost, the city is now full of minority people from the local mountains and one of the major tourist destinations of north Vietnam. On Friday, 19 September, Ben, his girlfriend Huyen, Ben’s college friend Paul, and I set out for Sapa. The first leg of the journey began on a night train to the boarder town of Lao Cai. We arrived in Lao Cai early Saturday morning and hired a shuttle to Sapa. Thanks to the infusion of tourist dollars and French planning, Sapa is a very pretty and well-designed town. The town sits on a saddle and overlooks two large valleys. Vietnam’s largest peaks surround the town, and these are rugged mountains with significant elevation changes. Vietnam’s tallest peak, Fansipan, is very close.

The first thing we did after checking into our hotel Sapa GoldSea was rent motorbikes. We rented three Honda Waves: one for me, one for Paul, and one for Ben and Huyen. Paul, who’s an actor from LA, had never ridden a motorbike before. We weren’t on the bikes for even two minutes before Paul drove his motorbike directly into the largest curb in Sapa.

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David Boss had 3 days to travel North Vietnam with motorbike. His motorbike tour and little road, the hut and ethnic minority people.

August 30th 2009 by Wildh2o, Solo in Vietnam and Cambodia

Well, It is the 3rd night out on the road with the motorbikes. I sit a bit nervous right now. Many strange things happening yesterday and today with guide. I am actually alot nervous. I will get to that story in a bit. First though yesterday.

The road keeps getting better and better

I thought I had seen such beautiful country the first day but oh man, it just got even better. We got up and had breakfast then headed up. It started out foggy and I hoped it would clear in a while which it fortunatly did as the day went on. We went to the very top of the Tonkenese Alps and then started heading down. We were so high up that it took most of the day to get down actually. The road, which I thought was a bit hairy the first day only got worse as we continued. Its hard to imagine worse but its true. Only motorcycles can pass and just then on alot of it its barely. There has been alot of fine balancing on the bike so thank goodness that I have had a couple of days of practice again.

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After 6 days of traveling North Vietnam by motorbike, Dave recorded his trip in this entry

September 3rd 2009 by Wildh2o, Solo in Vietnam and Cambodia

Local in rice paddie

Today was another great day weatherwise. With the skies being a bit overcast it cools down things a few degrees which helps so much. We stayed in Phu yen last night. For dinner last night we wanted to try something a bit different so we had Vietnamese food again of course. For the first part of the day we were on some back roads which I enjoy. Because we are getting closer to Hanoi though we are coming more and more into civilization. The towns are getting larger and their is more people and traffic.

At about 11am we hit the main road, which is 2 lanes and has a lot more traffic on it. We headed to Moc chau.

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