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the bike will last as long as it lasts...a little profound! but then i get another
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PAUL i think id fit new chain save a lock up.:spiderman:
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new chain already mounted with new sprockets...i'll add photos of the few little changes before i head out on the next 30,000 miles
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if you read earlier somewhere in this report i explain how...yes financial planning is all part of it along with route planning...where there's a will there's a way...or in your case a kidney :mbounce:
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leaving in the morning and actually ready ahead of time and packed ready to go after being in Louisiana for two weeks, i did a neck bearing swap and the races as well as the old ones have 60,000 miles and showing some wear
http://dmh65.smugmug.com/5000mileadv...SAM1161-XL.jpg put on a new rear tire, i use Kenda K270 and this rear has 9960 miles on it and still has 4mm of tread left, pretty good wear i would say? http://dmh65.smugmug.com/5000mileadv...SAM1158-XL.jpg i also switched from soft bags to hard bags for the rest of the trip, i used a one man tent with the soft bags as it packs down small, i have a new two man that on paper the dimensions are very similar, but it didn't look like it when it arrived http://dmh65.smugmug.com/5000mileadv...SAM1162-XL.jpg i did a test run to see it set up http://dmh65.smugmug.com/5000mileadv...SAM1163-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/5000mileadv...SAM1164-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/5000mileadv...SAM1166-XL.jpg once i took it down it packed very small http://dmh65.smugmug.com/5000mileadv...SAM1168-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/5000mileadv...SAM1169-XL.jpg main objective is to get it into the Jesse Luggage and it fits so the bike packed looks like this, so i can walk away with the tank bag converted to a back pack and not be concerned as its all locked down i have the rotopax for just incase gas, most of the time they will be empty until i get into the mountains in central america http://dmh65.smugmug.com/5000mileadv...IMG0229-XL.jpg so its more time for adventure before dementia http://dmh65.smugmug.com/5000mileadv...IMG0231-XL.jpg |
Hi PAUL ,i think there's a tornado on the way.:notworthy[1]:
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every time i look at this i get more and more jealous about your travels and not owning a tenere and just sticking the fingers to work :smilies0346:
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Yes Paul you only get one shot at life.:kneel:
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Inspiring stuff and safe travels..
As the old lady says to Dan Walsh in his great read 'These Are The Days That Must Happen To You' "There is more time than life" |
so now time to head back out...there is a big world out there even though many people think you don't have to leave the country for adventure!!!
http://dmh65.smugmug.com/5000mileadv...aphybig-XL.jpg ...and leave some tracks...:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl http://dmh65.smugmug.com/5000mileadv...umption-XL.jpg obviously i'm packed and have nothing to do right now, if it wasn't 3 in the afternoon i think i would leave |
Since all the packing was done I took a ride to the Shrimp and Petroleum Festival in Morgan City, it is the longest running festival in Louisiana and has been going 77 years.
There was a full moon between the new and old bridges, this is the same old bridge that Peter Fonda and Denis Hopper rode over in �Easyrider�. http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1224-XL.jpg Not thinking I just took my little point and shoot, so when I heard of the fireworks display at the end of the night I was kind of screwed� I found concrete block to rest the camera on and tried my best, this was it!!! http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1213-XL.jpg with a little HDR help http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...reworks-XL.jpg |
Rolled out around noon, (over the old bridge out of Morgan City) if you didn't know, this is the same bridge Kris Kristopherson used to fly over as a helicopter pilot in 1969 when he writing "Me and Bobby McGee" for Janis Joplin - how about that for useless information :huh:huh:huh
http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1228-XL.jpg took a real leisurely ride not knowing if my planned route would work because of Hurricane Isaac�I was only detoured once. It appeared that Louisiana got the worse of the flood but Missippippi got some real bad winds as trees were down everywhere http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1229-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1234-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1235-XL.jpg I rode thru towns that people and time had forgotten about but the hurricane had no trouble finding http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...djusted-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...-adjust-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1236-XL.jpg Ended the day at Lincoln State Park in Mississippi and was the only one there...besdies the 'gators who don't like loud music http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1245-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1246-XL.jpg |
Back roads and rain�lots of both them, riding thru Mississippi into Alabama, going by big old houses for the rich to live in and big factories for the poor to work in�
http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1248-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1255-XL.jpg When I crossed the state line it was on a small back road which Mississippi cared about but Alabama didn�t, so much so it went from pavement to gravel to sand to mud in about � mile, and then was washed out due to last nights 8 inches of rain, time to double back! http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9.../SAM1253-L.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1252-XL.jpg �but on the double back I did find this� http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...emapped-XL.jpg |
rode from Alabama thru a little Georgia and into North Carolina, lots of back roads
http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...emapped-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...3-fused-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...IMG0303-XL.jpg but no blue sky until I saw some mountains http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1268-XL.jpg I took the Tatum Gap, which is part of the Trail of Tears from the early 1800’s http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...IMG0314-X2.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1273-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1270-XL.jpg BTW look out for 40 foot purple gorillas!!! http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1261-XL.jpg |
Looking good Paul,is that cloud formation giving you the finger.LOL The country side has a surreal look,thank you for sharing your travel. Barry.:brave:
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There's some good looking bikes in there. Paul:rankn-cpo:
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slow lazy day, late start out of Ironhorse Campground headed to Blue Ridge motorcycle campground, straight line probably 60 miles or so, using NC roads lets call it 160!
a little off road over Tellico Plains area http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1346-XL.jpg and a few double backs on some paved roads where people have bought land and put gates across stopping forward travel. I met a Volunteer Fireman who told me where i needed to go was blocked and used to be a 8 mile ride, now its more like 30...lots of riding along small rivers elevation changes from 1800 feet to 6400 on the day http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...IMG0472-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...emapped-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...emapped-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...-2-copy-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...IMG0535-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1345-XL.jpg someones little piece of heaven in the woods... http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...emapped-XL.jpg at the end of the day i spotted this guy, obviously packing is not his forte and all i can say is "DAM"! http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1352-XL.jpg |
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:hismiley:Yes just down the road from me.I'am quite surprised that those houses are still standing.:brave:
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so i see this below when riding on some back road and i'm thinking the conversation went something like this
Harry: hey Doris did you hear that loud bang last night Doris: no all i heard was your dam snoring Harry: i think the trash can may have blown over in that wind i heard Doris: well you go outside and look while i start breakfast Harry: OK Harry: MOTHER!!!! http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...IMG0544-XL.jpg |
i've been riding the last few days from the HU event in NC to Canada to see some friends and then eventually go to the HU event up here
not much wifi access over the last week.... ...but i have been bumping into some locals http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...emapped-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...IMG0590-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1393-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...IMG0655-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...IMG0684-XL.jpg ...seeing some unique rides along the way http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1357-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...-copy-3-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1419-XL.jpg ...taking a few real backroads, some on purpose and some by mistake http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...IMG0579-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1354-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...IMG0592-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...IMG0636-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...IMG0654-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1387-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1397-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1400-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1410-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1403-XL.jpg |
...and seeing parts of America that i haven't seen before
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Top class pictures as usual Paul,some of those roads look the same as Dorset's.Those blasted BMW'S get every ware.Keep the informational guides coming. Ride safe, Barry.:660::family:
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Hi Paul, check the wiring under the fuel tank and around the head stock,a few bikes have broken wires in these places. Barry. ride safe.:660:
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well europe is one of the most expensive places to travel in, and going with a friend doesn't always save money either...
i also do a lot of wild camping, couch surfing, tent threads which keeps the cost down a lot once you get away from developed areas/ countries $50 a day is a lot, but again it comes down to you own particular style of travel i figure on maximum one tank of fuel a day (250 or so miles), the rest is food (from locals or street vendors) and accommodation just di the last lap of the states for 4 weeks for $995, and i rode about 7500 miles |
i crossed the border at Niagra Falls in the rain which had been falling all day long, i headed towards Dual Sport Plus in Stoney Creek, south of Toronto, thisis where my bike lived for the next few days as i stripped it down to try and figure out a an idle issue that would happen intermittently - the bike was idling around 3000 - 4000 rpm on occasion
http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1436-XL.jpg the tech (Rick) helped out along the way but as an overlander you kind of want to work on your own bike wherever possible, the result of multiple times of stripping the bike rebuilding it, testing it - failure...rinse and repeat about 3-4 times it looked like a sensor issue, having a bike in the states that isn't available here means a lot of internet research for parts that maybe compatible...every eventually pointed to a faulty sensor...OK order...buy...$171 (****)...didn't solve the issue (double ****) electronic components cannot be returned (anyone need a sensor let me know part 5PS-82380-00) in the end it was a fast idle issue on the bottom of the throttle body and crystalized coolant and carbon build up on the gas side http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1431-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1433-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1434-XL.jpg here's the broken part that let the dust/ sand get in to make this issue start http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1435-XL.jpg some cleaning and the 5 cent fix, a valve cap - yamaha would only sell a full throttle body for $600!!!! http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1440-XL.jpg a test ride, a longer test ride, an even longer test ride....all good |
now i have a bike that runs...head out to the HU meeting in Barrie, Ontario...meet with some friends (some of you may recognize) and do some camping in a field
http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1441-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1442-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1444-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...IMG0708-XL.jpg this event will grow like crazy, if you are in the north eastern area of the country it will be well worth the ride, location may change next year so check HU closer to the event date big camp fires every night, lots of talking and planning with lots of people coming over and asking questions, glad to help anyway i can to ease concerns about crossing borders http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1451-XL.jpg presentations ran constantly http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1460-XL.jpg my favorite slide of the whole weekend was by a guy called "Q" who is a self admitted over analyzer...this is joked about but i have never in a flow chart http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1462-XL.jpg once the event was done it was time to ride south, way south.... |
riding south from Canada was wet and cold thru NewYork state where the old and modern collide next to each other
http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...IMG0716-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...IMG0719-XL.jpg camped in Pennsylvania and it seems like winter arrived overnight and the trees didn't even get a chance to change color and catch up...no leaf peeping for me this time around http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1463-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...IMG0725-XL.jpg just a few hundred miles down the road in Ohio it was still summer http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1468-XL.jpg as i got back on the bike i noticed the front tire had worn down dramatically since leaving Canada, time to find a new or used one for the last thousand or so miles to Louisiana where i had new Heidenaus waiting http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1470-XL.jpg i stopped into Hometown Honda in marietta Ohio, the made me a great offer, instead of a used tire how about a new one mounted and balanced for $48 and we'll do it right now...SOLD - super friendly dealership, i was very impressed http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1472-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1473-XL.jpg back onto the road next to the Ohio river where its power is harnessed multiple times as you drive south http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...-copy-3-XL.jpg i rolled into a state park late, late enough that all the ducks were already sleeping but as i rode up all i could hear was - aflec, AFLEC, AFLEC http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...IMG0741-XL.jpg do these horses need miniature jockey's??? http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...IMG0745-XL.jpg towards the end of the day (by now i'm in Alabama) i stop at an intersection and as i pull away i hear a loud crunch in the rear end...what now!!! i pull in the first open driveway, my right side rear sealed wheel bearing had shattered and there were the inner ball bearings bouncing down the road...not good the sun was starting to set, a woman came out of the house looked at me as i was pulling off the rear wheel - "i'm calling my son he rides a motosickle" (yes she did say 'motosickle') not two minutes later i red pick up truck stops next to me. the owner Chad told me he rode a Harley but if there was anything he could to help just ask? then he said "i have a friend who rides around the world on bikes, his name is Doug do you know him?" Do you mean RTWdoug? yep thats him he lives just down the road...but he's not there right now as he's doing the Cannonball Run i had the tools and the bearing and cush drive rubbers with me (as my bike isn't available here in the states) just incase, i used his tailgate as a work bench and my tools and we were done in about 30 minutes or so and the bike was ready to ride, i didn't take photos as i was doing it as the sun was setting behind the hills, time was short with an unrideable bike http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1480-XL.jpg all the time his young son was looking at the bike so of course he had to have a sit on it when it was back together, if could have reached the bars and pegs i think he would have rode off on it http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1481-XL.jpg |
down into Florida's panhandle and some camping by the beach, mainly to look at the Gulf of Mexico from this side as the next time i'll see it will be in Veracruz with MikeMike at his place
http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1482-XL.jpg a week after freezing my nuts off in Canada at night i was now walking in the warm water http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1489-XL.jpg stayed on the beach until the sunset http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...-copy-3-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1499-XL.jpg i went back to the tent made some food and had the feeling i was being watched... http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1513-XL.jpg http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...IMG0750-XL.jpg these little suckers were everywhere... http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...SAM1519-XL.jpg |
so this summers ride which included the following states:
Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Florida and Ontario all that tallied up to 14,500 miles and kind of looked like this: not real exact but you get the idea that i looped around a lot http://dmh65.smugmug.com/RidingRTW/9...9-29-at-XL.png Now its time to head south of the border |
Oh my god! Superb pictures!
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