Last week I rode my Tiger 800 uo to Air Canada Cargo at Heathrow Airport.
Bike and I flew to Toronto the next day an I picked it up the third day, Cheaper than any shipper
Heading east I met Iron Butt Rider Eric at the USA border and stayed with him and Caithlin for the night
I then headed to Denver to see my old mate Dan and his wife Vicky where I stayed a couple of days
There I had to clean up the stepper motor to get back my tickover. Thanks to the Tiger 800 forum I knew the problem straight away
Heading back east
Into the next state
I just had to call in here
Good cheap overnight
Crossing the Mississippi
New tyres and Chain. 2500 mikes in the 1st week
Start in Minneapolis. All set up for rally planning with notebook connected to widescreen TV
Carpark 1st riders arrive
The rally theme is revealled
Booked in collected rally swag bag
Check in, disclaimers/ releases signed(including a video), paperwork and bike checked and odo route ridden
Eating and meeting old friends
The tea was passable once the bar man brought hot water instead of coffee!!!!!!
At the moment I'm packing having an easy morning before a riders meeting at 2.30pm
At the start banquet at 5.30 pm we will be handed our flags and rally books we will then have until 10am tomorrow to plan an efficient route to Dallas collecting bonus points alng the way.Arrive Dallas weds evening before 8pm
That is just the 1st leg we ride for 11 days before returning to the start in Minneapolis.In my past three rallies I've averaged just over 10,000 miles so that will be my target
My SPOT tracker is here
https://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=147cd59294bd7e8541&hoursPast=0&showAll=yes
I won't be posting over the next two weeks as I'll be concentrating on riding and resting
Take a look on my Facebook page Philip Weston. Look for a cowboy hat. I update more often there as its more efficient than the forum
