Simpson Desert - Australia

[atgreg]

Some friends just came back from a trip and I thought you'd like the piccies. I was supposed to go but work got in the way, I was pissed i can tell you. its a REMOTE trip and you need fuel for 600km inluding lots of deep sand & 300 sand dunes, a sat phone etc, I was looking to carry an extra 30 liters of fuel and 20 liters of water. It would have been a VERY difficult ride on th heavy AT, my friends were on 2 KTM 640's, 1 x KTM 950 and a DR650. Anyway now for the pics

[Xander]

Whimmper!! looks bloody fantastic mate.. I wish i was there too

BTW I have decided to go with a slightly bigger normal tank (and lose th centre/ rear idea.. (well actually the guys at overland solutions talked me out of it.. ) boano 36 lt tank .. best compromise

[alpslapper]

That looks nearly as nice as a wet muddy field in Essex or Northamptom

Excellent pics - I'm going to have to do a treck like that one day - just as soon as I stop dropping the bike that is

[cbrpaddy]

Awesome stuff indeed, seriously hardcore!

[lootch67]

Awesome! If I were to attempt that I wouldn't take the AT though - especially fully loaded.

[Chad]

fanbloodytastick

[Sohoeasy]

There are tough boyz and there is me,and there is a lot of sand between us !
Very Nize.
This sort of trip can't be done on just will power,you need to be pretty good at your game.Hats off to them

[boboneleg]

Great stuff as usual Greg, I think you're right that the weight of the @ may have been a problem

[brentus]

I'm looking at crossing the simpson myself in a few months with a couple of the guys from work. Do you have a more detailed account on here somewhere that details goes into any problems you encountered? we are also very interested inhow much fuel you used between the bikes for the crossing and your exact route.
Cheers

[atgreg]

I'm looking at crossing the simpson myself in a few months with a couple of the guys from work. Do you have a more detailed account on here somewhere that details goes into any problems you encountered? we are also very interested inhow much fuel you used between the bikes for the crossing and your exact route.
Cheers

The Oz section of Advrider is the best place for info, MANY have done the Simpson. What bike are you doing it on ??


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