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Toyuzu · #11 Unread post by **Toyuzu** » Mon May 30, 2005 7:38 pm

Owen, YOU ARE THE MAN!!! That is one amazing ride! Now I know who to call on when I'm ready to tackle my Alaska trip!

Tue May 31, 2005 2:35 am

Excellent Trip owen! Love the photos and the story.

Glad to see a poor ol' GS650 keep up with the GS dual-sport big guys. I bet those dirt bike like mods you put on your GS helped out a bit too.

Not that it mattered on your trip, but your bikes weight (748lbs) + your body weight was I believe was close to your GS650's GVWR. Take into account 20+ year old suspension and chassis you need to becareful.

Thanks for posting it all. You should start a TMW motorcycle journal.

Mike.

Gadjet · #13 Unread post by **Gadjet** » Tue May 31, 2005 1:21 pm

totalmotorcycle wrote:Excellent Trip owen! Love the photos and the story.

Not that it mattered on your trip, but your bikes weight (748lbs) + your body weight was I believe was close to your GS650's GVWR. Take into account 20+ year old suspension and chassis you need to becareful.

Mike.

Actually Mike, the weight that I listed was total weight - bike with all my stuff, full fluids and me, so I was ok as far as the GVWR is concerned. I still could have taken a passenger and been under max load (I still had 132kg of capacity)

Owen

CentralOzzy · Wed Jun 01, 2005 2:26 am

Nice Ride report Owen!

Love the Pics too

I must admit I'm confused....you changed your plans because of the 31-32 degree temp?

Funny, we ride in 40+C but it aint that much fun....so 30-35C is Not a Problem.

XJRJohn · #15 Unread post by **XJRJohn** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:16 am

fantastic trip.wish i could get the chance to do half as much.the photos are brill.best ive got panned is the isle of man tt in 2007.its the tt anniversary,xjrjohn