I went through 2 front tires, and 4 back tires and only one flat. The flat came 3 days after I bought the 4th tire in Vegas, but I was able to plug the hole in Moab, UT and kept right on riding..... still holding air!
Actually I tried but I had taken too many high rez photos, that when I uploaded them onto my lap top, they took up all the memory and locked down my computer..... I ended up using Facebook and my cellphone for updates.... But thanks for trying!
Nothing ever fell off the bike, except for me down in Death Valley!
wow. That is awsome. About how many miles did you average a day? Did you stay in hotels, camp? What broke on the bike where you had to use JB weld, duct tape, and zip ties?
On the days that I did ride, Some of the days I rode 600+ other days I rode <20 miles...... I'd say my average day was 300 miles.....
I camped mostly and not in campgrounds if I could help it..... most just hid in the woods or found national forests..... the best was a foreclosed house..... I could just sleep right on the back porch or patio and nobody knew the difference!!! most of the time the houses still had power and I could charge up my cell phone and camera batteries.....
As I was leaving Alaska, in TOK, the splines on the trans rod connecting to the shift linkage to the shift pedal stripped out.... I only had 5th gear for about 2000 miles.... until I got into Dawson Creek, BC to a bike shop to get it fixed..... the only way you can get to the linkage arm is to pull int inner primary all the way off..... without an impact wrench, its not gonna happen! The guy wanted $1K to get it fixed and I didn't have the money so we JB Welded it and it got me back to Michigan where I took it into my buddies shop and fixed it right! I used Zip Ties & Duct tape for everything that need to be held down for more than the day....
In high altitude of the mountains and when It got really cold, I was getting about 35 mpg..... when it was warm and the temps were higher I was getting about 40-45 mpg.... I have no idea what I spent in gas.... I just kept going while I had money.... when I ran out.... I waited until I got some more...
And that we have "Emergency Stopping Only" signs near all of our "Welcome to Florida" signs to try to keep the tourists from causing accidents by stopping to take pictures of the signs.
Thats one badass trip! I'm lucky if I can get a one day ride in Glad you made it back in one piece!
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