::26:: Well 99% done getting the bike ready for a two up ride to Alaska in June.
Done
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Hey Becoyote,
What's your launch date to Alaska? Heading that way the first of July, perhaps we will cross paths. Perhaps we'll see that yellow machine.
Twodogs
What's your launch date to Alaska? Heading that way the first of July, perhaps we will cross paths. Perhaps we'll see that yellow machine.
Twodogs
Looks good. Cousin and I rolling out March 29th for six months with Alaska planed for later part of June/ early July. Maybe we will cross paths.
Towed the trailer yet?
Towed the trailer yet?
Leaving here June 20th. Going to high tail it to Glacier NP then leisurely head North. Going with my 11 year old son. ::012::
Hoping to tow it this week. Made brackets for the safety chains but didn't bolt them on yet.
I do hope to run across some of you all while on the road. ::013:: ::013::
Hoping to tow it this week. Made brackets for the safety chains but didn't bolt them on yet.
I do hope to run across some of you all while on the road. ::013:: ::013::
Sharp looking rig. Well done.
Passenger isn't sitting on straps I hope!
Passenger isn't sitting on straps I hope!
The bike looks fantastic! Love the yellow ::008::
It looks like a Russell Day Log seat.. I have question. Did they build up the front of the rear seat for you special or is that how it came stock from them? I ask because I have had RDL seats on my other bikes and lve them but I typically get the backrest . I may not need to if it comes that way!
Have a great trip!
It looks like a Russell Day Log seat.. I have question. Did they build up the front of the rear seat for you special or is that how it came stock from them? I ask because I have had RDL seats on my other bikes and lve them but I typically get the backrest . I may not need to if it comes that way!
Have a great trip!
BTW. Love that yeller color..
Holy Cow, what a road crunching rig! I could setup a first class Ritz-Camp with the gear that could haul. And then unhook and strip her down for off-road duty. 
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tomatocity
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Love that yellow.
You can track each other if all of you are running a SPOT and exchange information.
You can track each other if all of you are running a SPOT and exchange information.
Sweet!! Looks like a lot of time & effort plus $ went into that nice setup. Hope father & son have a great trip. Who's more excited, dad or son?
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Thought I was looking at a Goldwing rig......nice job....
It looks like you have a Russell Daylong seat.......I am looking at the height difference between rider and passenger....is it that you are riding low or is that passenger seat really jacked up high?....that's quiet a difference.
You will have a great time with that set up Congrats...... ::008::
It looks like you have a Russell Daylong seat.......I am looking at the height difference between rider and passenger....is it that you are riding low or is that passenger seat really jacked up high?....that's quiet a difference.
You will have a great time with that set up Congrats...... ::008::
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That's a sweetheart of a bike. Well done. Have the trip you want!
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Looking good! We'll be heading North in June too, but are aiming at Dawson City, YT for the 19th-21st for the Dust2Dawson ADV event. After that we wander farther North, so who knows, we may cross paths. I'll be on the look out for a yellow Super Ten towing a trailer. We'll be on a Black Super ten with yellow/black safty tape on the panniers and my wife rides a silver F650GS with all three BMW boxes in aluminum. Both with fuel cells. Hope to cross paths and BS a little. Your 11 year old will have an adventure to share for a lifetime. Have all the fun you can!!
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have you got a thread going the details all the gear and mods?
Bike looks great. Sounds like the fantastic trip with your son.
Best Wishes for your trip Becoyote and pup!
No other thread but I can add details here.
First the back story. A few years ago I rode to AK solo. Did the Dalton and the manly things before my wife flew to Anchorage to join me for the touristy things. Here is a quick video. Note the 4 year old boy at the beginning.
http://youtu.be/SiKjnO9QGIU
The video shows all the highlights of the trip except for this. Trip was about 12k and this happened 100 miles from home. I had to have my wife rent a trailer and come rescue me. The final drive failed. A little wobble and then it was gone. I was so lucky I was within reach of home. Had this happened on the Dalton or up in the Yukon it would have been a major problem.
So, back to the boy. He is absolutely animal crazy. When he saw my pictures of bears, whales, fox, musk ox, moose, caribou etc... he decided he was going to AK and started to hound me about going. Sure, ok boy, I'll take you someday. ::025:: I said that thinking I would never hear about it again after a week or so. Well, he didn't let up. After years of talking about AK and spending his free time studying wolves and asking when we would go I decided I needed to step up and take him on a trip.
Ak wasn't an option but Yellowstone fit the bill so two years ago we loaded up and head West. I knew it would be a great trip but I also wanted him to understand the scale of riding to AK. I figured that learning that our Va. Beach>Yellowstone ride was only about 1/2 the distance to AK would settle him down a bit. It didn't.
Next summer we still couldn't manage AK but we did go on a nice ride. 4 Great Lakes and Michigan's UP and into Northern Minnesota to the International Wolf Center.
Another great trip. He was even more excited about going to AK and I am out of excuses.
I decided I was ready for a change and a big dual sport was going to be a better choice for the two up ride. I loved my Feej but my knees are feeling old. I loved my GS but it's failings and the failings of many others just like it crossed it off my list.
The FJR was rock solid so deciding on an S-10 was natural.
more about the bike later.....
First the back story. A few years ago I rode to AK solo. Did the Dalton and the manly things before my wife flew to Anchorage to join me for the touristy things. Here is a quick video. Note the 4 year old boy at the beginning.
http://youtu.be/SiKjnO9QGIU
The video shows all the highlights of the trip except for this. Trip was about 12k and this happened 100 miles from home. I had to have my wife rent a trailer and come rescue me. The final drive failed. A little wobble and then it was gone. I was so lucky I was within reach of home. Had this happened on the Dalton or up in the Yukon it would have been a major problem.
So, back to the boy. He is absolutely animal crazy. When he saw my pictures of bears, whales, fox, musk ox, moose, caribou etc... he decided he was going to AK and started to hound me about going. Sure, ok boy, I'll take you someday. ::025:: I said that thinking I would never hear about it again after a week or so. Well, he didn't let up. After years of talking about AK and spending his free time studying wolves and asking when we would go I decided I needed to step up and take him on a trip.
Ak wasn't an option but Yellowstone fit the bill so two years ago we loaded up and head West. I knew it would be a great trip but I also wanted him to understand the scale of riding to AK. I figured that learning that our Va. Beach>Yellowstone ride was only about 1/2 the distance to AK would settle him down a bit. It didn't.
Next summer we still couldn't manage AK but we did go on a nice ride. 4 Great Lakes and Michigan's UP and into Northern Minnesota to the International Wolf Center.
Another great trip. He was even more excited about going to AK and I am out of excuses.
I decided I was ready for a change and a big dual sport was going to be a better choice for the two up ride. I loved my Feej but my knees are feeling old. I loved my GS but it's failings and the failings of many others just like it crossed it off my list.
The FJR was rock solid so deciding on an S-10 was natural.
more about the bike later.....
Ya, I guess "Just getting started" would have been a better title ::008::