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Adventures in motorcycling
01:09 a.m. EDT Jun 28, 2003
Should you find yourself in Moscow in the near future, you should stop by the Balk-center for a photo exhibition of a brothers motorcycle ride, “From Moscow to Namibia.” Sergey and Aleksandr Sinelnikov are members of the Russian “Night Wolves.” They are the equivalent of the US’s Hell’s Angels bike crew.
The motorcycle in the foreground is a Russian “Ural” bike with a 650cc engine. For you motorcycle buffs out there, you’ll notice the shocking similarity to the pre-war BMW’s. These Ural’s are actually a Russian knock-off of that BMW design. The boxer engine, with the engine cylinders sticking out the side is a trustworthy and very reliable design, perfectly suited for the type of riding these brothers must have done on their journey. More information about the exhibition is to be had at: nightwolves@mail.ru
Another motorcycle adventure is about to start as a Swedish woman is now preparing to ride her motorbike to Mount Everest’s base camp (and possibly higher) on the North Side this summer. Annie Seel is a competitive Enduro motorcycle racer and she’ll be making the round trip from Kathmandu as member of a Danish/Swedish team.
On the North Side of Everest trucks are used to get expeditions and their gear to base camp on the Rongbuk glacier, whereas on the South, teams have to make the trek from the airport in Lukla to BC. Nepal doesn’t allow motorized vehicles or even bicycles in the Sagarmatha national park.
Image courtesy of the Sinelnikov brothers
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