timberfalls
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You guys are living a dream very excited for you all, keep us posted have fun ride well
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the Kamloops "motorcycle riding fools" south american adventure
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cactusreid
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it's getting close to a cult following now boy's- so get down south and don't forget about keeping us in the/your loop! ride safe and have fun! i just may be able to break my baja addiction for one winter if your ride reports are regular enough!
Bugsinteeth
New member
Hi Wayne and mob,
I need to check in to DSBC more often. Didn’t realize you guys were heading out so soon.
All the best for a safe and successful journey!
As others have mentioned above, I look forward to you guys updatingus DSBC’ers from time to time but don’t let that interfere with the show.
I may have mentioned this to you before.....
The Central American Handbook + The South AmericanHandbook published by footprint(British), is, in my opinion the absolute best resource to carry for an overland trip like yours. No flowery descriptions, just the nuts and bolts re: border crossings, visas, hotels ect. LP and the rest are not in the sameleague. My handbook even survived a fire!
You mention in posts above, flying over the gap.
If you haven’t already, check out the folks on the “Stahlratte”or steel rat. I have not taken this boat, but it sure looks like a fun ride.
Bon Voyage!
Bugs
I need to check in to DSBC more often. Didn’t realize you guys were heading out so soon.
All the best for a safe and successful journey!
As others have mentioned above, I look forward to you guys updatingus DSBC’ers from time to time but don’t let that interfere with the show.
I may have mentioned this to you before.....
The Central American Handbook + The South AmericanHandbook published by footprint(British), is, in my opinion the absolute best resource to carry for an overland trip like yours. No flowery descriptions, just the nuts and bolts re: border crossings, visas, hotels ect. LP and the rest are not in the sameleague. My handbook even survived a fire!
You mention in posts above, flying over the gap.
If you haven’t already, check out the folks on the “Stahlratte”or steel rat. I have not taken this boat, but it sure looks like a fun ride.
Bon Voyage!
Bugs
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04klr
Well-known member
the big buggahs are on the truck luckily some of them only had to get up on a trailer, hope that dodge can pull it all.
a pic. of robin behind some big assed windshields.
the official . we're really gonna do this, group shot, l to r , Al, Wayne, Robin, Mark, and Floyd, 7am in the morning, hasta luego! (Al still has to pack)
thanks to all for showing up and sending us off, see you all at 7 am in the morning (not), will see you here on the site and for real sometime in march.
til the next post, Wayne.
a pic. of robin behind some big assed windshields.
the official . we're really gonna do this, group shot, l to r , Al, Wayne, Robin, Mark, and Floyd, 7am in the morning, hasta luego! (Al still has to pack)
thanks to all for showing up and sending us off, see you all at 7 am in the morning (not), will see you here on the site and for real sometime in march.
til the next post, Wayne.
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horsinaround
New member
omfg,,wayne you said you would be gone for two weeks....wtf....
wjm
Member
Wayne and Gang.
David Wills, "redhed" Biker from Van Island is down there now.
SPOT ME: http://share.findmespot.com/shared/f...mWLV3ukT62A2rq
Redhed's Rambles http://redhedsmototravels.blogspot.ca/
David Wills, "redhed" Biker from Van Island is down there now.
SPOT ME: http://share.findmespot.com/shared/f...mWLV3ukT62A2rq
Redhed's Rambles http://redhedsmototravels.blogspot.ca/
04klr
Well-known member
thx again bill.
Arrived in yuma around 3 after an uneventful but grueling truck ride down (thx for the truck Mark). The US border crossing was a yawn, as if we woke the fella from a sleep, couldn't have been easier. spending the best part of thirty hours gave the, new to kLr riders some time to give their bikes monikers, flattering names such as "Kan't Launch Rapidly" and "Kinda Lame Ride" and the like. ran into an out of gas kLr rider near calexico and was able to help him along his way, he told us of his travels thru the Americas and it really serves to put some enthusiastic grins on our faces, we're really going to do this!
As unreal as it seemed we ended up staying in not 1 but 2 "Relax Inns", which provided non of the advertised relaxation, perhaps we should have mentioned that we would have liked fresh beds in rooms that actually were non smoking within the last century and maybe some heat would be nice, and at a price that was more appropriate to the condition of the room.
this first pic is at the first "relax" inn two hours from California.
the bikes unloaded in Yuma at Marks brothers place.
Al is so excited to get on his high powered Klr and ride.
fuzzy group photo as the sun sets just before stuffing our faces.
Yummy country style ribs for dinner, thanks Amy and Susan!
next post from somewhere in Mexico, hasta luego!
Arrived in yuma around 3 after an uneventful but grueling truck ride down (thx for the truck Mark). The US border crossing was a yawn, as if we woke the fella from a sleep, couldn't have been easier. spending the best part of thirty hours gave the, new to kLr riders some time to give their bikes monikers, flattering names such as "Kan't Launch Rapidly" and "Kinda Lame Ride" and the like. ran into an out of gas kLr rider near calexico and was able to help him along his way, he told us of his travels thru the Americas and it really serves to put some enthusiastic grins on our faces, we're really going to do this!
As unreal as it seemed we ended up staying in not 1 but 2 "Relax Inns", which provided non of the advertised relaxation, perhaps we should have mentioned that we would have liked fresh beds in rooms that actually were non smoking within the last century and maybe some heat would be nice, and at a price that was more appropriate to the condition of the room.
this first pic is at the first "relax" inn two hours from California.
the bikes unloaded in Yuma at Marks brothers place.
Al is so excited to get on his high powered Klr and ride.
fuzzy group photo as the sun sets just before stuffing our faces.
Yummy country style ribs for dinner, thanks Amy and Susan!
next post from somewhere in Mexico, hasta luego!
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04klr
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ta da. sitting here in santa anna Mex. after a 530k day which started after helping to pick Als bike offa the ground on the road in front of Aime's place, as Al says "well, that's done got that out of the way" in a world according to garp his trip is pre disastered, which is a good thing.
practicing our "dont shoot, we're canadians " pose
whahoo we're almost in.
it's not in the shop manual, but a modelo can helps to hold a loaded kLr's suspension up enuf that it will not fall offa the kickstand all by itself.
our first round of tacos was at a tourist price but yummy.
off for more food now, and yes we broke rule #1 on the first day, we rode after dark.
later Wayne and the gang in Mexico whoo hoo!!
practicing our "dont shoot, we're canadians " pose
whahoo we're almost in.
it's not in the shop manual, but a modelo can helps to hold a loaded kLr's suspension up enuf that it will not fall offa the kickstand all by itself.
our first round of tacos was at a tourist price but yummy.
off for more food now, and yes we broke rule #1 on the first day, we rode after dark.
later Wayne and the gang in Mexico whoo hoo!!
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cactusreid
Active member
Good to see you boys are under way. Hope Al's get off was not too serious? But good to get it out of the way early in the ride! Your doing a good job of updates so far,setting the bar pretty high so far.We are all pretty envious here, and it hasn't even snowed yet! GIDDY-UP
