Arriving in Miami
Friday, March 27, 2009
The Last Tango
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Monday, March 23, 2009
Mar del Plata, Argentina
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Los Motoqueros
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Rough Seas & the Winds from Hell
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Puerto Natales & Punta Arenas
Sunday, March 1, 2009
El Calafate & Glaciers
Saturday, February 28, 2009
El Chaiten, Argentina
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Challenges
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Patagonia, Chile
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Coyhaique, Chile
Monday, February 23, 2009
Ferry to Puerto Cacabuco, Chile
Sunday, February 22, 2009
No Ferry Today
Friday, February 20, 2009
Moving South
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Santiago, Chile
Monday, February 16, 2009
Valpariso, Chile
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Caldera, Chile
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Getting into Chile
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
The Second Day
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Flamingos, a Stone Tree and Sand
Monday, February 2, 2009
Hanging out in Bolivia
Sunday, February 1, 2009
El Solar de Uyuni, Bolivia
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Potosi, Bolivia
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Sucre, Bolivia
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Hanging out in Oruro
Monday, January 26, 2009
Oruro, Bolivia
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Chasing Che
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Riding to Cocabamba, Bolivia
Friday, January 23, 2009
Getting to La Paz, Bolivia
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Welcome to Bolivia
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Lago Titicaca, Peru
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Walking Cusco, Peru
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Machu Picchu, Peru
Monday, January 12, 2009
Riding to Cusco, Peru
Friday, January 9, 2009
Nazca Lines en Peru
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Seeing Lima
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Road to Lima
Monday, January 5, 2009
Caraz, Peru
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Canyon del Pato
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Sands of Peru
Friday, January 2, 2009
It's in the hat
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Cajamarca, Peru
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Welcome to Peru
Monday, December 29, 2008
Cuenca, Ecuador
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Getting to Cuenca
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Day Ride
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Ring of Fire
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Learning Quito
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Quito and the Equator
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Getting to Ecuador
Friday, December 19, 2008
Headed for the Boarder
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Ride to Cali, Colombia
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Day trip to Zipaquira
Monday, December 15, 2008
Bogota, Colombia
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Repairs needed
Friday, December 12, 2008
Medellin, Colombia
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
The Ride Back to Medellin
Monday, December 8, 2008
Cartagena, Colombia
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Getting to Cartagena, Colombia
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Tierras Nuevas
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Shipping Day
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Panama City, Panama
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Getting to Panama City
Monday, December 1, 2008
Getting to Panama
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Costa Rica
Friday, November 28, 2008
Getting to Costa Rica
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Ometepe, the Inland
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Granada, Nicaragua
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
All these Guns
Monday, November 24, 2008
Copan Ruins, Honduras
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Tikal, Guatemala
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Land of Volcanos
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Guatemala
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas Mx
Monday, November 17, 2008
Long day of riding.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Oaxaca, Mx
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Which Road
Friday, November 14, 2008
Service for All
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Meeting an Old Friends
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Tula, Mx
Sunday, November 9, 2008
The Ride to San Miguel
Saturday, November 8, 2008
The Journey Starts
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Rallies in Mexico
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Mexican BMW Rally
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
New Chapters
Friday, October 10, 2008
Making the Gallery
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Getting ready, the frame and suspension
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Getting ready, the transmission
Friday, August 29, 2008
Getting ready!
What am I going to do to get ready for such a long trip you might ask? We'll if you look at the picture above it looks like the motorcycle in broken in half. What I've done is make a list of items I need to review and repair before I can go on the trip. 1, The motor has 420k miles on it, will it be able to keep up? 2, The transmission with the same amount of miles, can it go the distance? 3, Is my suspension in good shape? 4, The Frame, are there any cracks or stress points that will weaken the frame ?
The Motor: With all the miles on the engine it is still the original engine, everything is as it came from the factory. The only thing I have had to replace are some of the head gaskets over the miles. About a year and half ago on a trip to Panama the left chain guide broke ending the trip. The good thing was that we had made it to Panama and were on the return leg. Lucky for me that I saw the oil pressure light came on just as the guide broke. I immediately turn the engine off preventing further damage.
Once the bike was back home I had to figure out how to replace all the guides with out breaking the motor in half. 3 of the 4 guides are rather easy to replace but, the one that broke on the trip was the hardest one to replace, this was the one that the repair book said took about 18 hours.
After many hours of tossing ideas around we came up with the idea of a chain guide that breaks in two part at the mounting point allowing you to sneak it in with out splitting the motor and in fact only takes about 3 hours vs 18. Once the left side was in the rest were very easy. I also replaced the front chain guides.
Here are photos of the special chain guide used. You can learn more about the chain guide by contacting the folks at Rhine West Performance at 210-826-0014.
Friday, August 22, 2008
