When I arrived in Florida last year, I documented some wear and tear on the tank bag. I have continued to use it, despite one zipper failure, tearing at a seam, and significant discoloration of the plastic map cover. As mentioned in an earlier post, part of planning the Northern States Tour is deciding what gear needs replacing. Well, a replacement tank bag has arrived 🙂 I will … Continue reading New Tank Bag
I recently purchased new liners for my side cases. This set is from RKA, a luggage maker in the US. I wasn’t happy over the long term with the previous liners – the zippers failed. The package arrived today. When I initially opened it, it appeared that the company only shipped one of the two liners. I reviewed the listing on the Amazon website and … Continue reading New Sidecase Liners
During my 2014 Western States Tour, I rode in 16 states as far east as Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota. I added 12 additional states in 2015, during my Southern States Tour and the Trip to Hyder (Alaska). Over these last two years, I’ve ridden in all the states marked in blue on the map (below). The Northern States Tour will include a visit to 21 more … Continue reading The Northern States Tour
Back to May 5, 2014 – Day 1 of my first multi-week tour ever! I traveled just 1,209 miles the first week but had a great time meandering along the coast of Washington, Oregon, and Northern California. The Pacific Coast Highway, part of which I bicycled while in college, was amazing (again). The 2014 Western States Tour took me through 16 states in all, over 49 days … Continue reading Throwback Thursday
Up to a second faster per corner? Motorcycle Innovation’s futuristic front end -www.gizmag.com Front suspension on a motorcycle has always been a matter of compromise. Telescopic forks have stuck around for nearly a hundred years because they’re the least bad solution we’ve found so far – but an Australian team believes it’s finally built the front end that could relegate forks to the history books. … Continue reading Geeky article on a new front suspension
A 360° video that provides an immersive ride at 200 mph. The North West 200 is a motorcycle race held on a publics roads course in Northern Ireland. Continue reading 360° View of a NW200 practice lap
It was January 22, 2014 when Steelhorsejourneys.com was created and today it begins its third year! The last two years on the bike have been incredibly fun. I had a great time on all my trips and look forward to more in 2016! Below are a few photos from my 2015 travels. Continue reading Steel Horse Journeys Anniversary !
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