Some repairs were required after the crash in the Jordanian desert en
route to Aqaba. Luckily, I had a crashed R1100 GS in parts in stock. It was obvious to not only replace the bent
rear-frame, but the engine also.
Some repairs were required after the crash in the Jordanian desert en
route to Aqaba. Luckily, I had a crashed R1100 GS in parts in stock. It was obvious to not only replace the bent
rear-frame, but the engine also.
I have disassembled, cleaned, overhauled of replaced virtually everything during the winter of 2008/2009. The 'moped' with (then) 210,000 km (or 131,000 mi) on the odometer feels a lot better this way: the donor-heart which has covered 7-fold fewer miles, new bearings and overhauled Öhlins shockabsorbers will keep this old lady alive for quite a while.
On June 14th, I departed for Miami where my motorcycle had arrived one day before (after many delays). The American authorities caused some additional delays, but I finally started riding on June 18th.
Of course, I will write reports during this trip. Some of my friends get the reports 'fresh' (by e-mail), but not long after they'll appear here (and have pictures):
I have purchased a new camera for this trip and I am taking about 1,000 pictures per month. The few that are worth looking at have been put in an (experimental) slideshow. I'll add more pictures from time to time.
My GPS is keeping a log of where I've been. It does that a lot faster than
I can author the reports. The (ir)regularly updated maps are on the GPS
logs page.
I have acquired a new
new toy, which is technologically rather complicated: A Zoom H2 hand-held digital audio recorder. It registers
audio and I am trying to edit these recordings on my tiny computer so they will become a podcast. The experiments
so far are not suitable for general distribution, but there's a chance there'll be a podcast. Once that happens,
it will be listed here, as well as the individual MP3 files (in case you don't have an iPod).