S4 8 days 2863 miles with photos

[jerryz]

To anyone who thinks you cant tour on a monster i just did 2863 miles in 8 days accross thailand and laos on a mixture of high grade tarmac ,concrete roads and some sandy rutted dirt tracks and a lot of in between roads , most of the time with 87 octane fuel but some 83 as well, nothing broke or fell off , it now needs a good clean and oil and filter change , chain was lubed with Wurth dry lube whiah is excellent .the mountains were spectacular altghough speeds had to be carefully judged on the u bends and switch backs full of gravel sand and diesel spills , rear brake pads need replacing as on the mountains it gets used heavily and also on the dirt roads ,the pirreli diablos 3s too it all in their stride .

the pilot is sore my legs hurt and my bum is sore , the seat is crap even with gel pad fitted it needs more padding at the front ,the engine slider bars are excellent feet forward pegs like a Harley when you want to rest the legs and bum a bit on easy roads.
max speed was about 130mph most cruising on major highways was at 80mph with 160 miles between fillups but on one occassion i eked 190 miles from the tank in Laos when no fillup points in a National park jungle run came up I was worried !!!!!!

My mate Phil on his KTM SM950 thinks I am barmy and should get a multi strada or a real tourer but I hate ugly bikes..

Monster are excellent touring bikes ,I have a tank bag and alpinstars throw over panniers .

I will upload some Photo soon
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[seevtsaab]

Good on ya for the tour.

fwiw if you can survive with the Monster, power to you.

I don't think the range on a Multi is all that much better. More luggage options, possibly more comfort,
but who needs that?

[thought]

sounds awesome... bkk always looked kinda crazy to ride a bike in for me though...

[orangelion03]

Well done!!!   Pictures pleeeeeze!!!!

[mookieo2]

Yeh pics please! That sounds like a great experience. I would love to hear more.

[Speeddog]

Fantastic! 

Looking forward to the pics!

[zooom]

I did a 1600 mile trip in 3 days once on my old 01 Monster with Ventura luggage set-up and Sargent seat along with some other mods....all it took was doing a couple 4-500 mile ride days with some buddies to get my ass seasoned...

[orangelion03]

....all it took was doing a couple 4-500 mile ride days with some buddies to get my ass seasoned...

 

[LA]

Good on ya and I look forward to the pics.

LA

[seevtsaab]

Amen to to that, Bro

There is asses, and there is seasoned asses

400-500 mi will do it

[jerryz]

[duc996]

I envy you,me and the guys down here are thinking of doing that trip as well.Nice 

[mitt]

looks like a great trip and scenery!


mitt

[ride_sf]

Awesome!

I love Thailand... my wife and I spent a month there for our honeymoon, rented scooters on Koh Samui and Koh Phangan, had a great time.


Me in front of Dr Frogs:


The scooter we rented on Koh Phangan:


On the boat taxi from Ao Nang to Railay beach:


Railay beach: