i'm gonna go live on my motoredbike...why not, eh?

[graucho]

Do you realize how much it pains some of us to hear of a dude jumping on his MB and just taking off for a few months ride? Seeing the landscape at a relaxing 15-30mph. The anticipation of what the next town will bring. The people you'll meet. Reading the map calculating your next/safest lag of your route.

I know the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, but man I am so jealous. Family, business, deadlines, projects. I know I am a very lucky man to have these things, but at 51 it sure would be a dream to flap my wings for a few months.

I think you should check where the public libraries (internet) are so you can document your travels with us as you trickle down the coast. I wish someone was traveling the whole way with you so you could video document each others travels for public television. Now that would be a great vid. Great promotion for the MB movement. Living on a bike traveling the coast meeting new interesting people along the way. Safe travels Augi. May St. Christopher (saint of safe travels) be by your side. graucho

 

[fasteddy]

Machiasmort,just so long as they spell our names right.

Steve.

 

[augidog]

graucho, thanks for that...and geez i din't think that some would think this some kind of dream...it's more of a flow you can't fight, some will hit the road, some won't.

i've moved around my entire adult life, backpacked/hitched for a long time...camped places at night that in the morning made me wonder why i wasn't eaten (woods) or stabbed (city)...

my first intro here said i was planning to use an MB to enhance my life around town...but my wanderlust finally took over again, seems i fought it quite a bit, but in the long run i see it was i needed a few years to get to this point. i'm still going to use an MB to enhance my life, but the life i'm already used to, so off i go, but this time i have funding & mobility...and i think i'd really really regret not-riding after it was too late...there is only one way i'm ever gonna see the grand canyon, and that's to go there, etc, etc...

it happens jerry and i both use similar widget-based free sites, i'll be able to email him my limited cel-phone media and i can update my log whenever i can get in front of a keyboard. don't expect much substance, hopefully the pics & simple captions will suffice.

 

[Zev0]

All animosity Aside

I wish you the best of luck and may you always have the wind at your back. Happy trails to to you.

 

[augidog]

i think we all can agree there's nothing like a good tailwind.

thanks.

 

[Turtle Tedd]

Good luck..go be by yourself

 

[augidog]

i don't expect to be by myself any more than i need, the beauty is that i'll get as much of it as i do need...a whole afternoon amidst the redwoods, feeling small & loving it...no matter if i ever pass thru again, the experience displaces a bad one, and the load gets lighter.

and let's face it, you simply cannot park a motoredbike anywhere for more than a few minutes without meeting someone new...so i'll have the company when i need it, you betcha.

 

[Esteban]

"" and let's face it, you simply cannot park a motoredbike anywhere for more than a few minutes without meeting someone new...so i'll have the company when i need it, you betcha. """

Boy, that is the truth ! Don't you just love it when you come roaring into a place, turn the motor off, get off the bike,, & someone asks you, " Is that a motor on that bike ? "
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[augidog]

having fun alright...

yup! and then the follow-ups..."how fast how far how much how legal, etc...?"

i've always enjoyed what this bike has done for me, peeps who otherwise wouldn't give me the time of day...yaknow...anyways, i know some might think it's just been a slogan but i've repeated since i motorized that "it's not about me, it's about the bike" and i've meant it because i knew it to be true.

so, the whole crank-radio/cel-charger idea didn't really pan out, the stuff available is mostly "toyish" in nature. easier (cheaper too) to carry a small am/fm/sw/weather radio & an extra cel-battery. i'm considering upgrading my service to gps.

even tho this run to the volcano is more vacation-ey than traveling, i'm going fully-packed so's to find out what i've done wrong or right...and yes doggone it Rif i relearned how to use anolog recording devices, there is quite a bit needs to be written down i see.

got me a fairly nice first-aid kit and a sardine-can survival kit...& hope that i'll never have to open either, of course. a folding emergency stove w/fuel pellets, too. other small items...everything (and more) fits in the outside pack pockets, they're huge.

i can easily carry most of my needs inside the pack, tent & sleeping bag included, 3 jeans, 4 t-shirts, lots-o-socks & -skivvies, a land's end "weather system" coat (very nice & light!)...& the bike can hold more than it needs, including xtra tire/2 tubes/full toolset...and i still have room for a gallon of water, mess kit, utensils, & (hopefully) a minimal coffe-service.

i just finished lining my 2.2 ritchey-speedmax rear tire with a 1.95 hutchinson-acrobat (kevlar belted) minus the beads, thorn-resitant tube, it all fit together like gloves, no trimming, and is rock-SOLID at 50psi.

the dang rig is so heavy now that there's no way it'll ever pull the 14T w/o breaking stuff, so i'm gonna have to eat some mileage...the 13T still gives me 28-32mph and no stressing the belt/ring so good enuff. will even carry one 12T for those long grinds.

gettin' down to it...the local weather at the volcano sez clear & mid-80's next week...

my oh my we're having some fun now

 

[augidog]

wow, i can DO this!

fully-laden,
easy posture,
smooth-as-silk...