20 Sep Post TAT #1 – The Voyage Home
After the weekend abusing our motel room we had all our gear clean and ready for New Zealand's bio security officers...
10 Sep TAT DAY 41: John Day OR to Prineville OR (334km/208mi)
That was a cold night. My temperature logger hit a new low 4.9C (~41F). The Austrian we met yesterday had warned us but we were not expecting temps like this and are really not set up to camp in less than 10C so it was an uncomfortable and restless night.. or was it the RF from the radio tower? Either way, we started out knackered from the first km (0.621 miles). Riding was similar to yesterday. Fast wide gravel roads with...
04 Sep TAT DAY 35: Tremonton UT to American Falls ID (236km/147mi)
Our latest start to date today. We were both pretty shattered from the past couple days so we didn't roll out of bed until 7.30. The plan for the day was a little rest and maintenance for ourselves and the Groms. A quick stop at the auto store for some chain lube and we were back at the busiest car wash in the US, except this time it was empty. With the Bonneville salt washed from behind their ears the...
15 Aug TAT DAY 15: Counce TN to Enid lake MS (311km/194mi)
Turtle +1, Deer +2, Superglue +1, Ed March fans +2 My turn to check in with ADVRider and make sure you are all behaving :) Slightly delayed start to the day because we made plans to meet up with the creator (of the TAT). After a rather large breakfast at the local diner (V won) we rolled over to meet Sam and Laura. What a great couple! Sam truly lives the TAT. He gave us a tour of his command centre and a...
07 Jun No Turning Back Now
The Groms are on their way. Next stop, New York. Bon voyage little buddies!!...
04 Jun What’s in the Box?
Finally! It’s taken months of prep to get to this stage and the ADV Groms are now ready to ship. We’ll write up a full packing list at some point and there’s plenty of video for me to edit. The approx (bathroom scale) weight stats as follows;...
29 May Done Farkling
We just fitted the last farkles for the TAT...
06 May Shakedown #1 was a success!
This was a electrical / mechanical test. Gear is next. 240km around Banks Peninsula. We gave them a good thrashing on seal and gravel. Had to bail heading up the old Le Bons track.. it was starting to look like our Random Spur epic (https://youtu.be/zmScjbtcSwE?t=1m19s) just steeper, rockier and more slippery due to the wet clay. Would have been easier with knobby tires! We decided the goal was to 'Shake' not 'Break' the Groms so took a small detour. Only issues were...
28 Apr I don’t like Messes
This TAT prep is all consuming. Pretty much every room in the house is littered with gear, parts, tech and papers! As soon as the bikes are shipped we'll have to do a major clean up. Now where did I leave my 10mm socket!?...
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