Motorcycles and Mountains

Written by Mark White on November 30, 2006 - 7 Comments Download audio file motor!"!le#m$3%

at novon Mark asks &ri! about motor!"!lin' in (a$an# Mark) *e", &ri!+ ,ou-ve 'ot a motor!"!le, haven-t "ou. Eric) /hh, "es, 0 have two# Mark) What kind. Eric) 0 have a 1MW bi' tourin' bike and 0 have a 2u3uki off-road t"$e# Mark) / 1MW is a 4erman bike, isn-t it. Eric) /ah, that-s ri'ht, "es# Made in 4erman"# &ven thou'h 0 live in (a$an, 0 have a 4erman-made motor!"!le# Mark) Wh" did "ou 'et a 4erman motor!"!le. Eric) Well, 0 have been doin' a lot of !am$in' and tourin' on m" motor!"!le so this bi' motor!"!le is able to !arr" a lot of wei'ht !omfortabl" and safel" and also this motor!"!le is wind-tunnel tested so it does reall" reall" ni!el" on the e5$resswa"# 0 !ommute to work on the e5$resswa" four da"s a week so it is reall" 'ood for that# Mark) 6i'ht, and when "ou 'o tourin', "ou 'o !am$in', is that ri'ht. Eric) ,eah we often like to !am$# 7n!e in while we-ll sta" in a !abin but "eah often we take the !am$in' 'ear and sta" in tents# Mark) 2o "ou ride on windin' mountain roads u$ throu'h the (a$anese mountains until "ou find a beautiful $la!e and then "ou 8ust $it!h "our tent and li'ht a fire. Eric) Well, usuall" we have a $lan as to where to 'o but "es we like9we $refer ni!e wind" twist" mountain roads# Mark) / lot of $eo$le onl" know the $art of (a$an from :ok"o down to *iroshima; this kind of built-u$ urban !oastal area, but the" don-t reali3e that a hu'e area of this !ountr" is mountains and narrow windin' roads and deserted villa'es# 0 8ust love the (a$anese mountains#