Extended Rides / touring

[hakx]

So being your first tour what did you do right and wrong in getting prepared both you and bike/equipment?

Right: Travelled with guys who have done this before.
Wrong: Underestimated the importance of a small selection tools for "on the road" maintenance (chain tightening, minor fuel system issues). Also - Zipties - they are the duct tape for motorcycles for securing failing luggage strap and vaccuum lines.


I definitely need some more displacement for Mountain passes though. Next year, its Devils Tower WY, and maybe MT Rushmore- time and $$ dicatate though.

[madjak30]

The New Denver road is torn to hell, so watch out. The Monashee pass still raises the hackles though. Construction through Golden (still? Again? -When is there not any..)

Galena / Shelterbay ferries - The are losing one ferry real soon (season volume trafffic subsiding). SO it won't be every 1/2 hr. Miss it, and your down for the hour.

Stop in at "CutRite meats and Deli" in Nakusp. My cousin owns it. Get a Hoss-n-egger for breakfast.

Have fun - post pics.

Richard

I wish I had checked in here for this info before we left...

The construction & ferry schedules caused some delay and we had some minor glitches with two of the bikes and a major one with mine...I'll start a "My First Road Trip Experience" thread later when I can upload the pics...

But I'll post a teaser here...my bike is still in BC...

Later.

[hakx]

The New Denver road is torn to hell, so watch out. The Monashee pass still raises the hackles though. Construction through Golden (still? Again? -When is there not any..)

Galena / Shelterbay ferries - The are losing one ferry real soon (season volume trafffic subsiding). SO it won't be every 1/2 hr. Miss it, and your down for the hour.

Stop in at "CutRite meats and Deli" in Nakusp. My cousin owns it. Get a Hoss-n-egger for breakfast.

Have fun - post pics.

Richard

I wish I had checked in here for this info before we left...

The construction & ferry schedules caused some delay and we had some minor glitches with two of the bikes and a major one with mine...I'll start a "My First Road Trip Experience" thread later when I can upload the pics...

But I'll post a teaser here...my bike is still in BC...

Later.

Where did you break down?

[High_Side]

But I'll post a teaser here...my bike is still in BC...

Later.

I hope that you didn't get caught at 40+ over

[madjak30]

Not speeding...hakx is closer...but check here for the story...

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=43525

Later.