What an extraordinary desert experience. Planning to move to Baja California, get myself one of these beasts and ride the coastline off-road. Well done guys!

Awesome adventure, like the fairing, where can you find one

This is a good trip, Mr. Chris truly deserves the title of the "desert expert".

Very good ❤❤❤

Beautiful !! Where can I get one of those 41 liter tanks ?

great trip. Planning on doing similar itinerary next year and get to Chad Lake

Que buena aventura.

Light-ish bikes,top box,soft luggage,leave hard panniers to the GS brigade

Tassili n'ajjer un paradis sur terre

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Lovely video Chris

I was going to leave a funny comment - but couldn't think of one, but thought I'd leave something anyway... An enjoyable little jolly, well filmed and edited...

Wanna do it again!

Hello, What is that short seat we can see in the minute 6? It looks great and I can’t find it on the web. Thanks

Very clever way for recovery, thanks for sharing ;)

The three major things you must do to that bike first thing get rid of that smog crap second thing put a FCR carburetor or electron and change the exhaust and if you want to add icing to the cake you would put that bike in the suspension shop and have it Beefed up and revolved for carrying all that luggage. I own a 2007 XR 650 L and I have done quite a few mods to transform that bike it will never be the top dog but it will always do the job.

Can you add a kickstarter to a XR 650L just for emergency purposes?

I had to do that once and wasted all my energy because I forgot to have the ignition switch in the on position! Ughhhhh!

Simply stunning. Bit different to the Sahara tho. Happy travels

Brilliant.. Just saw this video. Well its great to see that there is more than one person out there, that's almost as nutty as myself.... Thanks for the practical advice, experience, ans last but by no means least, a sense of humour ... :) Best of luck to you both in your adventures.

The days before traction control and hill descent, how did people manage on the school run? Proper travel in proper trucks, excellent! ;-)

Love those old Land Rovers my old neighbour had one from 1978 and it worked everyday without fail up to 2011 , the only reason it started going wrong was wear and tear to mechanical components such as worn out Turbo, worn out Water pump, Radiator, Head Gasket etc but original parts lasting that long was a mnor miracle in my opinion lol

😲 I want to do this

Really good video!

A couple of 10" pressed-steel angle tent pegs ("sand pegs" in camping parlance) pushed down through the front "rung" of the Bakkie Mats can help prevent then slipping backwards - it doesn't always work but is worth trying. Clip long lengths (7-8 metres for front, 4m for rear) of quality paracord from a rear tow eye to the Bakkie Mats so you drag them as you drive out - you can then keep going with good momentum for a few hundred yards in long fields of powder sand. (or a higher robust lashing point if you have one eg: a quality heavy duty expedition roofrack - be careful you don't rip it off!! - the higher it is the more it raises the drag angle and lifts the mats up as you drag them forward, preventing thme catching in the sand) This saves stopping and walking back to get them BUT - you MUST lay the paracord *well clear* in big loose open loops around the sides away from the vehicle or they easily wrap up on driveshafts (always carry a good knife for mishaps like this) Cheap paracord may snap under the strain of dragging the mats - they weight a ton - especially in the hot sun! You can use paracord on aluminium or plastic sand ladders too but you may need to use a higher attachment point to drag them to prevent them catching in the sand and acting like and sand anchor. To prevent metal ladders cutting the paracord use a carabiner or small shackle through a hole.

Welcome to Algeria

very well set up except washroom. Land rover defender engine is best,

Coming down from Assarach ?

hi there really nice trip i think u did only djanet u didn't go to tamanrasset and the askrem

Thanks for sharing! Rather instructive video

Clive Webb - I read your points with interest Clive. Other followers may be interested to learn that the old 'Fireball Deathtrap' Carawagon has taken me to Libya five times and most of the European Countries in the intervening 16 years. Next year I am heading for the Balkan States and maybe some Island hopping around Greece. I have changed nothing except the clutch. I would argue that it is a case of knowing one's truck. . Been anywhere yourself Clive? I see no posts. Maybe an armchair adventurer.......

Linda essa moto! pena que aqui no Brasil custa uma fortuna!

Looks like some parts of Peru. Thanks for sharing.

Wonderful landscapes!

Breathtaking landscapes

LMAO..i worked up a sweat watching this

I tried to push start my XR650L once and ended up on my ass.

Looks like a fabulous adventure. Is there any chance of updating your video with a better resolution version so we can appreciate the scenery more?

hi chrisvons exactly how many days u have peddled from leh to manali

....except for the heavy sand, I did the rest in a 2 wheel drive 1973 VW Westie Camper in the winter of '75. Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.....and drove to Moscow, too. Bought the Westie in San Mateo, CA...to NY...across the Atlantic on the FRANCE, the channel by Hovercraft ....then to Moscow....back to Sicily, across to Tunis....and on we went, as I said. GREAT ADVENTURE...just me and the wife ! We were gone from The States for 2 1/2 years !

...in a VW camper (Westie) I drove from San Francsico to Moscow....and while we were over there, we drove from Tunis to Morocco,,,the best 3 months of my life was in the Sahara.!!! ..1974 to Moscow...Sahara in 1975 ! No equipped caravan of vehicles for us....my wife & I,alone ..........................and a little bit crazy...:):) Big regret was not getting sponsors.....we were gone from California from May '73 to Dec'75.

nice to see how it looks where i did not there to go, when i was there in2008

Sahara on a budget.....good information on desert trip preparation.......well done

Great place for bushwalking, camping and swimming. Enjoyed your video.

the land cruiser fj 60 or hj60 are so nice.

how fast will a man truck travel top speed?

thanks guys very nice video

By jove that carawagon looks like just the vehicle for all manner of derring-do!

Really enjoyed this :) thanks for sharing guys ,,, the old Landy vs toyota again ha I have a 110 my step father has a land cruzer ,,, he thinks I'm nuts lol :) cheers