Introduction It’s been a couple of years since I rode across Patagonia, and frankly, I’m getting restless. What does a motorcycle nut do when he or she is restless? If you were going to say rest, they you’d be wrong. What we actually do, is that we ride… I’m making a number of big changes […]
Hello all, It’s been a while since I’ve published any news or stories about the “adventures” in my life, but that’s all about to change. You see, in just 19 days I’ll be embarking on the next adventure, a trip from CA to South Carolina. The trip will crisscross the country, and is expected to […]
Introduction These adventure bikes come from the factory looking pretty spectacular, but they don’t have the aggressive edge that I was looking for. I wanted my bike to look more Dakar, and less Corporate. So, I set out to find the best way to convert the bike to be a Dakar Poser… Finding the wrap […]
Introduction After buying the bike, I started out customizing things, in order to get everything just right. After completing a few of these modifications, it dawned on me that I would be well served if I created a blog post that shows the before & after pictures, along with some information about each of the […]
My second seminar for Docwong.com On Thursday, December 4th, in cooperation with Doc Wong, and the clinics that he puts on at his office in Belmont, I lead a session about how to make the best use of your GPS by exploiting the hidden features of BaseCamp. Why? The reason that I put on this […]
South America – Come on down… Today I had a chance to make my way over to the East Bay to visit one of my favorite places, Adventure Designs, located in Hayward, CA. As they often do, Adventure Designs opened up their shop on a Saturday so that some friends, and world travelers could share […]
What I learned on this journey – Pt. 2 In the first epilogue, I talked about a few topics that seemed most relevant, now, I’ve got a few more that fellow travelers may also find useful, or maybe not. But, in any case, you can’t stop me. Packing When you’re packing to go on a […]
What I learned on this journey Over the course of this ride I learned a few things about motorcycles, about Patagonia, about adventure travel, and about myself (among other things). I thought that it might be helpful to break down all of these sage bits of wisdom into two posts, and include a few topics […]
Date: 11/28/2014 (Friday) Starting Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Ending Location: San Francisco, CA Miles Logged Today: 0Miles on motorcycle Total Miles: 2313 miles Morning Breakfast Finally, a much more normal breakfast… We were given eggs, fried ham, potatoes, and a host of other delicious items. It seems that Buenos Aires is no longer a city […]
Date: 11/27/2014 Thursday (Thanksgiving) Starting Location: Ushuaia, Argentina Ending Locatiolayed by 1 hour so we arrived at 1:00 AM n: Buenos Aires, Argentina (All riding done in and around Ushuaia) Mileage Today: 0 Miles (Actually, the trip to Buenos Aires is about 2800 Km by air) Mileage Total: 2313 miles Breakfast Admittedly, the allure of […]