Rachel's C90 Adventures from Alaska to Argentina – Life in the fun lane!
Wednesday 28th October – Friday 30th October Having finally finished the trike, and needing to get some new tyres fitted, I decided to have my maiden/test voyage on the way to the bike shop. For some reason, during the entire building process, not once did I wonder how it would handle. I knew it would…
I could almost hear the cogs whirring as Ed suddenly had an idea. ‘We can make it in to a trike!’ As soon as he’d come up with the idea he was excited, and so was I, especially after thinking that the next miles for me would be in a plane going home. Ed loves…
…The Hondukis Yamakazufan 4000!! Post to follow on ‘The making of the beast’, but it includes parts from a Honda, a Polaris, a Yamaha, a Kazuma and still has my Lifan engine. Hence the name. We think it’s rather catchy, when you can remember it 😀 And many thanks for all your kind…
Day 56-77 Weds 30th September to Wednesday 21st October When we returned from the White Rim Trail neither me nor my bike were in good working order. My bike hadn’t been making the best of noises before we’d ridden it, and afterwards it sounded horrific. Ed diagnosed it as cam chain slap, and as…
Day 55: White Rim Trail Day 2 Tuesday 29th September I woke early to do some yoga as the sun rose, and the other guys were up and packing as Ed got up. We had a good chat with them in the morning, and they had us laughing with their tales of their…
Day 54: White Rim Trail Day 1 Monday 28th September I first heard about the White Rim Trail on Facebook. Three Kiwi’s who we’d met on the TAT had done it and posted a few photos, and we rather fancied having a go. It looked incredible, and up for exploring the spectacular scenery of Canyonlands…
Day 48-53 Tuesday 22nd September – Sunday 27th September We’d planned to ride the White Rim Trail and Slickrock on arrival in Moab, but both bikes needed some attention first. Ed’s bike wouldn’t actually start again due to the pickup coil packing up, and mine ran but pumped out copious amounts of smoke while it…
Day 47 Monday 21st September Our second attempt at leaving 3 Step nearly failed as well, as Ed’s bike decided to die as he rode it round to the front to say goodbye. After hours of investigating, trying parts from my bike and endless trial and error, he discovered that the pickup coil…
Day 44-46 Friday 18th September – Sun 20th September The owners Julie and Scott kindly set us up in a Teepee for the night, but unfortunately it wasn’t a good nights sleep for either of us. I froze my tits off in my summer bag with the lack of combined body heat in such a…
Day 43 Thursday 17th September We woke to a bright and sunny day, and after splashing our way through some muddy puddles and laughing as Ed’s bike cut out in the middle of one of them, we proceeded to ride 10 miles in the wrong direction. Ed’s phone wasn’t charged and he’d presumed…
