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So I'm leaving to Mexico on Thursday. Riding through Arizona to Copper Canyon, over to the ferry from Los Mochis to La Paz and then criss-crossing up through the Baja California.
Three Women, three motorcycles, three weeks, 4000 miles.
I'm taking a KTM950 Adventure that I bought a couple months ago. Or so I hope.
It blew the water pump on me for the second time. After investigation of why that actually happened again, I found out that the cases are misaligned, which potentially could have damaged the crank, which would make the engine blow up eventually. Now that would be fun. I got all the right parts to fix it for now, but am running out of time to give it a good shakedown run.
I'm nervous about the reliability now. I might take my traveling buddy's brother's KLR instead. I have one day to decide on that. I need to think fast. I know the KLR will make it there and back without a hick-up. The KTM on the other hand is a little more comfortable and just nicer, but I'm not sure if I can trust it yet.
Anyway, I will keep a separate blog for this journey where you can find updates during my travels. You can find it here:
http://motorcyclefraulein.blogspot.com/
The shop will be closed over Christmas, so no new tech blogs, but I will be keeping a journal, and posting to that blog while traveling , internet access permitting...
Keep posted!
1 comment:
Have a great trip regardless! I know just what you mean about being worried about reliability... That can ruin a trip even if nothing goes wrong with the bike. This is a vacation, and you deserve a little peace of mind while away for the holiday, yeah?
Enjoy. :D Wish I was making a trip like that. ;) I am thinking about renting a Factory Pro dyno for a day, with me as operator if possible... I'll ping you once you get back and we can talk about it. :D It'll probably get you some extra exposure in a national magazine if the project works out the way I want it to. :D
Auf wieder... Uh, I don't actually know any German, including how to spell the rest of "goodbye". ;)
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