Recent content by Three Dawg

Change the oil, put the battery on a tender like a C-Tek, few psi extra in the tyres should do it. Turn the engine over by hand occasionally, don't start it. I only drain the fuels on carbs, injection should be fine.

You'd think that most truckers have their GPS set to shortest time/quickest route, no way would that take you over the pass.

Moron drivers. We've had two forty tonners stuck at the bottom of our single track lane - from a truck cab at the top you can even see it goes nowhere.

I never liked the way the padding in my jacket and strides moved around, so I bought a stretch mesh vest with it built in and separate knee pads (all Forcefield CE2). So much more comfortable. Knacking my my ankle three times dropping the bike on my leg led me to a pair of Leatt 5.5 Flexlock...

It was the 'hallelujah' thing....:sneaky:

Yeah, that might be a test- throw yourself on your knees with and without pads and see which feels better.

I don't think the 1100GS has a finite lifespan of looked after properly.;)

DIN unladen weight lbs. 500 483 F 900 GS 542 F 900 GSA So the GSA weighs about the same as my 1997 1100?

+2.

Rode my long suffering 1100GS through endless banana plantations to the Caribbean sea today in Colombia. Lawks, it's hot and humid. Tolu, where we're staying is mad, like the border town of Tunduma in Zambia is mad, but the beach is peaceful.

Spotted at our lodge in Colombia this morning on the ablutions block. I know that face!

State of emergency and curfews. We got out just in time. Narco gang trouble, took over a TV station broadcasting live, held guns to presenter's heads, bombs going off. A major narco kingpin has escaped jail. BBC News - Streets empty as Ecuador reels from violence...

In Popayan, Colombia. Looks like we got out of Ecuador just in time!

Really enjoyed that.

New Year in the Ecuadorian Andes! Tricky ride in to our lodge at times, but a shifting tank bag that prevented me turning the bars on a particularly steep hairpin nearly had us off. That will need sorting when we get back! Scenery very lush here on what is known as The Quilatoa Loop.