Today is Saturday 19th of November. That’s quite a jump from the diary, because I’m quite late with the updates, but this is not a diary post, just a little break with a few thoughts. I’ll get back to the diary in next post. One hour ago, more or less, I discussed with a couple of bikers that […]
Just finished “packing the bike”. Ready to roll in the morning…
So, I was supposed to start the US trip today, but some unrelated paperwork that needed to be ready was delayed a bit and I’ll probably leave tomorrow, Friday, instead. Not a big deal anyway, it just gives me a bit more time checking I thought about everything, and also to see how the bike is handling […]
So, today was pretty busy, and my hands suffered a lot from mounting my new Continental TKC-80 tires (bought from fortnine.ca), and I spent most of the afternoon on it. In the morning, I went to Canadian Tire, initially to buy a 18mm hex bit that I needed (according to the service manual) to remove my […]
Spent a big part of the late morning and afternoon yesterday installing the latest gear I received from Twisted Throttle Canada. Unfortunately the folding shift lever they sent me was the wrong reference and was for a V-Strom 1000. I didn’t pay attention to the little sticker on the box at that time, and assembled […]
Furkot So, yesterday – or was it the day before yesterday? – I was referred to Furkot, a site to help planning trips, and I discover that what I had done in google maps (at google.com/mymaps) could be done far more easily at Furkot. Below is an embedded map of the whole trip, using Furkot: Anyway, I’m still […]
So, I finally put a path on the USA map for my coming trip, due to start by mid-october. You can find that draft here, but don’t forget this is more a rough forecast than a precise timeline. I will most certainly take more time than the “days” shown, since I may easily stay longer at […]
So many news since last update. Let’s go chronologically. US National Parks Annual Pass So, since I’m planning to travel around a big part of the USA, I thought it would make sense to get a hold of a national park pass as I may cross and visit a few ones during this first short […]
So, after postponing the installation of the engine guard last week-end and this week, I finally took my courage this Sunday and mounted the SW-Motech skid plate (engine guard) on the bike. Truth is, I had totally forgotten about it, and only took notice of it again in the garage, yesterday after adjusting my new seat’s […]
New Seat from Seat Concepts So I finally got my new seat from Seat Concepts (seat cover and foam for front seat, seat cover for pillion seat) on Monday from parcel office in Point Roberts, and decided to mount it yesterday evening. First impression was great, I liked the touch and look of the cover and the shape of […]
