We (V and Sim) have another 4 weeks or so of agonizing waiting before we pick up our bikes in NY. We thought we might post a few things about pre trip preparation in the meantime. Who doesn’t love a good packing list right? It’s nice to keep a record of stuff somewhere. We will be posting updates of the trip on this website as well as on Facebook and on ADVRider as we go. At the end we hope...
Weeks ago we packed our bikes in a box , said Bon Voyage to our little buddies and sent them on their way to the US of A. According to the interwebs, our box of bikes is currently about ¾ of the way to San Fran. We will be seeing them again in New York City at the beginning of August. We are doing the TAT, the full TAT and nuthin’ but the TAT .. well maybe just a bit...
Just want to give a shout out to some excellent customer service from www.bikerzbits.com. Ordered two H2C splash guards for the adventure groms. One of them didn't fit properly (holes didn't line up ) so I emailed BikerzBits and had incredibly quick response back from Emmet. Replacement splash guard shipped within a couple of days. Completely hassle free experience. Very impressed. ...
By the time we started thinking seriously about doing the TAT, we had already had our groms for about a year and done close on 7000km on them. Things that we had added/modified at that stage included: · Front and rear suspension – Racing Bros adjustable suspension. We still don’t know how to adjust them perfectly, but it has made a world of difference. · Tyres – swapped out the stock slicks and put on a slightly more aggressive tyre Mitas MC20....