Some Sort of Road Trip rides again. I may not write well but I promise to provide cool pictures.
I spent some time this weekend to tear into the suspension. I’ve ordered new springs and seals for the forks. I’m hoping to fix the squishy feeling of the bike. The new springs are heavier and I’m going to run… Read More »Suspension and engine
Just a quick update….. I dropped the frame off at the powder coaters today. I left it in the care of Armor Coatings. They seem to have a really good reputation so hopefully they will treat us good and make the… Read More »The right tool for the job
I know what your thinking……..”This isn’t a road trip……I came here for road trip pictures”. Well….I don’t know what to tell you…..it’s my blog and today it’s about motorcycle maintenance. A couple years ago I bought a 2001 KLR650 with… Read More »Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance
Today was the last leg of the trip. We went from Golden back down to Idaho. We took our time breaking down camp and getting breakfast. We really didn’t want to leave such a pretty campsite. Our view was… Read More »Day 7: South
We originally planned to spend a whole day in Jasper and do some things. But this dang weather just won’t cooperate. Everything we wanted to do involved seeing the mountains but they were buried in the clouds. Then it started… Read More »Day 6: Glaciers
……so much for avoiding the storm. We took our time this morning and packed up camp at a pretty slow pace. After saying goodbye to our new friends we headed up to lake Louise. I managed to do this time… Read More »Day 5: Snow…..
Due to weather we changed our route today. We decided to take a very short drive up to lake Louise and camp there for the night and wait for a storm to pass so we could have nice weather in… Read More »Day 4: Grandma Trudy
We spent the day in Banff today. Not only did we get to explore an awesome place but we also didn’t get rained on once! We started the day out with a fuel stop and as we went to leave… Read More »Day 3: Banff
Hey guess what……it rains in Canada a lot. We were lucky enough to start out the day with nice warm sunshine but it got rainy just after we crossed the boarder. We packed up and headed out around 10 and… Read More »Day 2: raining again
Well today we drove from Salt Lake City to Naples Idaho…….it took 14 hours. I get so many people asking why we trailer the bikes up here instead of riding. Well it’s mainly because driving 14 hours straight lets us… Read More »Day 1: a VERY long drive