Rachel's C90 Adventures from Alaska to Argentina – Life in the fun lane!
Saturday 7th November UT/NV border to Random Camping Spot The first job of the day was to change the oil in my bike. Having clutch slip is soul destroying at the best of times, but when you’ve got limited time and long distances to do, in the freezing cold, it’s really something you…
Thursday 5th November – Friday 6th November Delta, UT to UT/NV Border Unable to face another freezing cold day on the trail, we decided to stay another night in Delta and kit ourselves out with some warm gear. We found some good winter gloves in Ace hardware, picked up a puncture repair kit so Ed could…
Wednesday 4th November Gunnison, UT to Delta, UT Having had enough of being cold, Ed decided that it was time to go and buy another layer, so after a lazy morning we headed in to town. We love riffling through thrift stores, but as Gunnison didn’t have one we had to make do with the local…
Tuesday 3rd November Castle Dale, UT to Gunnison, UT We both had a brilliant nights sleep, and after treating ourselves to a sleep-in we loaded up the bikes and rode in to town. As Ed had to finish the welding in the dark, he checked to make sure he’d got it all in the morning and…
Monday 2nd November Castle Dale, UT to Castle Dale, UT After a leisurely start to the day, we grabbed a snack from the fuel station, topped up our cans and tanks, and hit the road around 11am. It was a perfectly clear and sunny day, and thankfully the sun had some heat to it. …
Saturday 31st October – Sunday 1st November Green River, UT to Castle Dale, UT It was obvious that my bike wasn’t happy, so we decided to stay in Green River another night and address the issue. Wayne continued to be a star and gave us a generous discount on a room, before we set to…
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…
