Who? Two guys, Shayne (your narrator) and Alfred. Both currently residing in Traverse City, MI.
I'm from here (by way a Detroit area), Alfred is a Lubbock, Texas transplant.
What? A motorcycle trip
When? January 15-March?, 2007
Where? Begining in Texas and headingto Mexico and Guatemala.
Why? Bad case of wanderlust.
Bored yet? Hang on. Let me get through the formalities before you give up on this blog.
Of course there is more to our five W's then I've given you so far. I'll fill in a little bit more for you.
I've always had a little wander lust. I joined the Army and spent 9 years mainly because I was bored where I was. While I was in I volunteered for every new experiance and opportunity that came by. After the Army Ihad to become an adult. Work, family, bills that whole thing. I've travelled a little but not near enough to keep me happy. During this time I got back into riding motorcycles. I can't think of too many things better than riding a great road and losing myself in the moment. I began to think about adventure riding. Taking a bike in far off foreign lands without support so that it's just me and a buddy and our own abilities to get us to the next village. With a few keyboard clicks, google showed me there many people doing just what I wanted to do. That's when the idea really came alive.
Over several months of research I narrowed down the type of bike (my Triumph Speedmaster has the heart to tackle such a ride but not the muscle), equipment, documents needed and began to form a plan. First I bought a reinforced 2005 Suzuki V-Strom DL650 (Wee Strom from here on out). With help from Alfred we added some cig adapters and wired in a GPS loaned by a friend
(thanks, Jim). Voila the bike was ready! The bike is going to be trucked to Dallas where I'll meet up with Alfred and his bike (KLR). The plan is to leave around Jan. 15.
OK, that's it for now. I'll probably check in here before we go. Stand by we'll begin this adventure soon. Shayne
Over several months of research I narrowed down the type of bike (my Triumph Speedmaster has the heart to tackle such a ride but not the muscle), equipment, documents needed and began to form a plan. First I bought a reinforced 2005 Suzuki V-Strom DL650 (Wee Strom from here on out). With help from Alfred we added some cig adapters and wired in a GPS loaned by a friend
(thanks, Jim). Voila the bike was ready! The bike is going to be trucked to Dallas where I'll meet up with Alfred and his bike (KLR). The plan is to leave around Jan. 15.
OK, that's it for now. I'll probably check in here before we go. Stand by we'll begin this adventure soon. Shayne
