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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
Most tablets and phones (I think the Carpe Iter is basically a Samsung tablet) have GPS capability, so will navigate on GPS alone if you have downloaded offline maps. The only thing with Google is if you put in a walking route it seems to need cell reception.
Ha, Mr and Mrs Three Dawg and their 1100 made it as far as Ecuador so far, but will be back in Scotland before too long. I'm in Inverness if you're passing though....
FWIW I use a Garmin Zumo and an old 'rugged' Android phone with DMD2 and Google maps downloaded for offline use. I think you need both - on my current trip in South America using OSM maps in the Zumo and Google in the phone I found both systems to be mostly in sync, but on a couple of occasions...
Back up in the Peruvian Andes for a couple of days, and a great ride though the Canyon del Pato (Duck Canyon).
Remarkably the old 1100 soldiers on without a murmur, unlike my (damaged) shoulder which is knacking me cos of all the heavy braking for 'topes' or sleeping policemen.
Certainly is - I'm in one gear lower in most situations. No MAF sensor or lambda on my bike, so it probably still thinks it's at sea level!
It actually conked out twice, bith times in cities where it got hellish hot. This combined with lousy Bolivian fuel and the altitude caused the old girl...