An evening with Lyndon Poskitt
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An evening with Lyndon Poskitt
Fascinating talk last night from Lyndon Poskitt who has spent the last 5 years travelling round the world on his KTM and doing 5 rallies on all the continents whilst doing so.
Worth having a look at his website and YouTube and FB sites. Man has he lived in those five years.
I’ll put more up later but have a guess at how much those 5 years cost.
This includes all this running costs, food and accommodation etc. He reckons he camped for about 1/3 of the time.
He covered 160,000 km and didn’t spend all his time riding.
Have a guess at the cost.
Worth having a look at his website and YouTube and FB sites. Man has he lived in those five years.
I’ll put more up later but have a guess at how much those 5 years cost.
This includes all this running costs, food and accommodation etc. He reckons he camped for about 1/3 of the time.
He covered 160,000 km and didn’t spend all his time riding.
Have a guess at the cost.
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Re: An evening with Lyndon Poskitt
I guess a lot depends on where he is. The price of a meal varies from 50p tp £50.
I reckon he could do it for £3k a year if he's on a tight budget.
I reckon he could do it for £3k a year if he's on a tight budget.
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Re: An evening with Lyndon Poskitt
Just to add, to do the Paris-Dakar as an individual without a team of mechanics cost him £100,000 each time. He has done it three times now.
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Re: An evening with Lyndon Poskitt
Best in mind his costs will include fuel to cover 160,000kms.
His bike averaged 46 mpg over those miles.
His bike averaged 46 mpg over those miles.
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Re: An evening with Lyndon Poskitt
I thought you were trying to tell us it doesn't cost much to feck off on a bike.
If you're adding everying including the bike build and the costs of entering races then £750k.
I really don't know, I'm just guessing.
If you're adding everying including the bike build and the costs of entering races then £750k.
I really don't know, I'm just guessing.
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Re: An evening with Lyndon Poskitt
It cost him £85,000 over the five years including three of the rallies he did but excluding the Dakar.
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Re: An evening with Lyndon Poskitt
Oh....I thought it was excluding ALL of the rallies, that'd be why I low-balled my guess..........
You guys buying that story at all?
You guys buying that story at all?
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Re: An evening with Lyndon Poskitt
Worth every penny imo.duke63 wrote:It cost him £85,000 over the five years including three of the rallies he did but excluding the Dakar.
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Re: An evening with Lyndon Poskitt
I bet he has lived more in those 5 years than most of us will in our life times.
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Re: An evening with Lyndon Poskitt
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Re: An evening with Lyndon Poskitt
I'd love to do that. But dont think the wife and kids would be impressed when I **** off for years.
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