TAT Day 97-98 (Preston, Nevada to Eureka, Nevada)

Tuesday 10th November – Wednesday 11th November Preston, NV to Eureka, NV Although it’d stopped snowing, it was overcast with snow still on the ground, and there was a bitter cold wind. I couldn’t face another day riding in the cold and snow, so we decided to stay another night. We were more than happy hanging out in…

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TAT Day 92-93 (Delta, Utah to Utah/Nevada Border)

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…

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Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you…

…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…

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TAT Day 56-77

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…

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TAT Day 38

Day 38 Saturday 12th September   After getting up early for a walk up the hill, I set about replacing my tube while Ed was still asleep. I soon regretted riding on it that bit further, as there was now slime absolutely everywhere, it was a right mess.     The tyre was full of…

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To Connecticut

We had a big day ahead of us to get to our friend Mike’s house in Connecticut in a day, 200 miles to be precise. And although we had the best intentions to leave early, I got distracted with making my bike lighter by throwing out some stuff. I’d been carrying around quite a substantial…

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