Rip Roar'n Reggie Ready to Retrieve Ride....or R6!

Any thing you might need but don't want to fly with could be picked up or shipped to my place if you wish.

I suspect I don't need to ask but this bike has good rubber and chain?

 

well I don't know for sure. However the guy that I bought the bike from seemed very trustworthy the guy that I had pick the bike up for me doesn't really know much about motorcycles so he wouldn't be able to tell anyway. I did ask the seller and he said that he wouldn't hesitate to right across the country right now.

 

Beemers and More in Ft Collins should have anything needed for that bike if anything comes up.

 

I'm ready when you are

 

Got snow last weekend across the whole range elevations above 10k or so.

At this point Friday is looking pretty chilly with chance of precip

 

Awesome. Well, it's an adventure, right.

I did pack my Aerostich and I have my balaclava and my snowboard socks packed.

The bike tires are a year old, have <2000 mi and are michelin anakee or anakee 2s.

The bike is also equipped with a wuka king which lets you adjust throttle based on ambient for better response at altitude. (I know, right)

I have a powerlet but I doubt I really need warmed gear at this point.

At this point, it looks like I'll make a go at the SaddleSore 1000 on day 1. Don't know if I'll try for the BunBurner 1500 or not. Likely, the decision will be based on how I feel and if I made the 1000 or not.

We shall see just how good the stock seat is.

Also I'm going to try this realtime GPS thing that Briang used:

Where is Reg?

Or if it's after I meet up with Dave:

Where are Reg and Tink?

 

yes, and no. What they do is have your cell send a periodic update, then they use google maps and advertise with banners.

 

I plan to have the SPOT running over the mountains where the cell will have spotty coverage.

SPOT Shared Page

 

yeah, I plan to turn off phone when I meet you to save battery.

 

yeah, I am not by any means saying I'll absolutely make it in one day. I will do my best to at least make it over the mountains on day 1.

I only have 3 days so I pretty much have to do 7-800 miles per day.

 

I wonder why google by default routes me through CO but if I look at the southern route I40, the distance is actually shorter?

Not sure I could stay awake on that route, though.

I think I'm probably still better staying in the middle on 70 so I have goals to reach like other VFRW members. That will break up some of the monotony. Does anyone here live in Albuquerque?