Originally Posted by coffeebaron (Post 173775)

This is a great thread dude, keep the links, pics and your updates going!

Originally Posted by afk40 (Post 174185)

this was a friends account of the same trip in very short....

I shipped it to Halifax in Nova Scotia , Canada . Went up through cape Breton to Newfoundland then across to Labrador and down the West side of the gulf of St Laurence to Ottawa . Across to the west coast and Vancouver then followed that West coast all the way up into Alaska , a fantastic journey . Toured Alaska getting as far as Proudo Bay then came down that West coast all the way to Los Angelies . Picked up rout 66 , or what's left of it , and went across to the East coast . Down through Florida as far as Key West then back up and followed the coast of the gulf of Mexico into Mexico its self , and kept on heading South , all the way to Tera del Fueago , Southern Chilli , 32,000 miles . Took me a year and i had a fantastic time
I always Kept up with oil changes , religiously , doing the job my self and the only problem i had was a cracked front wheel rim in Honduras which i had replaced with the best one i could find in Columbia . Checked the tappets a number of times but they never needed adjusting .
Hope you have as much enjoyment out of the XT as i did , it has a very strong engine and will take you where ever you want to go .
Happy trails , Martin