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06-26-2008, 10:26 PM
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Yeah, Its Got a Boxer
Joined: Aug 2004
Location: Deep Shit
Oddometer: 2,952
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Alaskin Titty Bar Tour 2008- Prudhoe Bay Edition
Dood.....WTF-OVER ?
Not much, moving to Japan, Uncle Sam says i need to be there.... why, Wazzup?............... We need to do a ride again !!!! Wazzup?............... Buy Some Big Assed GS beemers and go north..... ....quiet..... WTF are you talking about, North where Prudhoe Fuggin Bay Fuggin Alaska dood.......... OK, I'm in ....... A guys gotta love a true blue riding partner that will follow or lead you into hell and back. Thats what I've found in my riding partner IBMIKE over the past 6 years. Fast forward to fall of 07. I managed to buy a 02 GS with 3800 miles on it. Yup,no typo...3800 miles and she's a peach! Im a happy camper dood ! IBMIKE buys a 04 GSA loaded to the tits and says i'll meet you in Klamath Falls Orygun and we will test these mammoths out in some dirt and see how we fair. OK, dood, see you there. WTF-OVER does one of these... ![]() IBM does one of those..... ![]() cool, We're down with this off roading shit !! thats how WE ROLL !!! fast forward again to May of 08. now its up to four of us going. my buddy Big Dog Tim is in from the greater Vancouver, WA area as is Eric from Seattle. Big Dogs GSA ![]() yes, thats a trailer its on, not blacktop.....more on that shit later in my story... Eric's Aprilla ![]() After two years in the planning, The Saga Starts.....
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06-26-2008, 11:33 PM
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Ex-Wingabego Rider
Joined: Mar 2003
Location: Kandahar Air Field Afghanistan
Oddometer: 597
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Great start! Gonna take a lot of thread pages to tell the 17 day, 6500 mile story! Seems like only yesterday we we rolled into the Moses Lake Motel 6 to start the journey!
Great shot of you two pussy-whipped biatches checking in with mama to see how your peckers are doing locked up in her purse.
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06-26-2008, 11:37 PM
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Ex-Wingabego Rider
Joined: Mar 2003
Location: Kandahar Air Field Afghanistan
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Here is the original ride route... we ended up changing the route a bit... I'll have to get a screen shot of the actual track log.
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06-27-2008, 12:46 AM
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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Nov 2007
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Oddometer: 379
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Awriiiight!
I'm in. This looks like it could be fun.
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"Enough Robert Pirsig-esque philosophizing. My bike didn’t need maintanenece and my Zen was around the next corner. Time to ride." Sly-on-2 |
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06-27-2008, 02:46 AM
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Ok Human Let's Ride!
Joined: May 2005
Location: Frankston, Vic, Aust.
Oddometer: 6,390
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06-27-2008, 03:52 AM
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Because Im Awesome
Joined: Feb 2008
Location: Ulster County New York
Oddometer: 287
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Ok no doubt this is going to be interesting. You fuckers have me hooked already.
LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!
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06-27-2008, 04:06 AM
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Ever Vigilant
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Now that's funny.
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Great start. Looking forward to it. Sevoman
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Sometimes it takes a whole tankful of fuel before you can think straight The twisties - not the superslabs -separate the riders from the squids NEVER argue with a woman holding a torque wrench 2003 BMW 1150 GSA 2005 Suzuki DR 650 |
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06-27-2008, 06:57 AM
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Obsessive Lurker
Joined: May 2008
Location: In the land of diapers and potatoes
Oddometer: 84
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Show me more!
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06-27-2008, 07:08 AM
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Yeah, Its Got a Boxer
Joined: Aug 2004
Location: Deep Shit
Oddometer: 2,952
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day 1
getting out of work for 2 1/2 weeks was hard but WTF, you only go thru life once so if you plan a year in advance then youcan count on one thing for sure
Rain for your departure ![]() but i just washed my bike and i cant be looking like a ADV tramp for two weeks with a dirty bike. so we had better just wait it out and have a beer while we wait... WTF, loaded for alaska and loaded for bear....and beer, eh !! ![]() So on the road we go. WTF-OVER and the Big Dog. going to Moses Hole Washington to meet up with IBMIKE for our first night of singing Koombayhahaha by the campfire. You know, Man Shit !! shit, only 50 miles and my stickers ahve fallen off ![]() thats OK, I'll get more up north We made it to our destination for the night and low and behold, looks who's ass made it from Japan. Uncle Sam did let the IBM out of the Silo... ![]() Hugs and kisses (big wet sloppy ones of course) were exchanged We got our shit unpacked and covered the bikes for the night and startd looking for some grub for dinner ![]() shit I left my Beer Butt Bat Cooker at home...Dammit !! ![]() Ok then, Subway it is.... Time to snooze. We have a big day tomorrow. somewhere around 450 miles to Williams Lake BC to meet up with Eric.
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Wing Window Equipment Adjustment Advisor "Adventure is taking a chance, starting down a path that you dont have all the answers to and finding that the unknown isnt always dangerous, it's just unknown." ..Simon and Lisa Thomas.. "yes thank u for noticing. it is hard being me. beauty is a curse"... ....stolen from Joey BMW WTF-OVER screwed with this post 07-23-2008 at 08:56 PM |
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06-27-2008, 07:10 AM
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Ride that nasty thing
Joined: Oct 2003
Location: Elizabethville, PA
Oddometer: 1,425
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This should be good. I wana see moose knuckles
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06-27-2008, 07:11 AM
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Yeah, Its Got a Boxer
Joined: Aug 2004
Location: Deep Shit
Oddometer: 2,952
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Wing Window Equipment Adjustment Advisor "Adventure is taking a chance, starting down a path that you dont have all the answers to and finding that the unknown isnt always dangerous, it's just unknown." ..Simon and Lisa Thomas.. "yes thank u for noticing. it is hard being me. beauty is a curse"... ....stolen from Joey BMW |
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06-27-2008, 07:17 AM
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Yeah, Its Got a Boxer
Joined: Aug 2004
Location: Deep Shit
Oddometer: 2,952
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I forgot to mention
Happy Girl !!!!
Someone has to watch the road. Gawd know i sure as hell dont !! ![]() She's Hawt and ready to trot ! Always up for a good road trip !. she never bitches and is never on the rag !!!!
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Wing Window Equipment Adjustment Advisor "Adventure is taking a chance, starting down a path that you dont have all the answers to and finding that the unknown isnt always dangerous, it's just unknown." ..Simon and Lisa Thomas.. "yes thank u for noticing. it is hard being me. beauty is a curse"... ....stolen from Joey BMW |
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06-27-2008, 08:04 AM
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02 KLR650; 02 KDX220
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ride theme
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06-27-2008, 08:32 AM
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Ex-Wingabego Rider
Joined: Mar 2003
Location: Kandahar Air Field Afghanistan
Oddometer: 597
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Tag, I'm it! So we roll out of the rack after listening to Tim rattle the damn walls all night and head off for our "official" first day.
We stopped by Dry Falls WA, which is a very cool spot if you are ever close! ![]() ![]() ![]() Then it was off to Williams Lake, BC and our first twilight zone experience! (for you impatient FFs, here is the link to my SmugMug Gallery, where all my 1500+ pics from the trip are: IB Mike's Alaska TBT '08 Gallery Would love to post more than a teaser... but it is midnight here... gotta hit the rack...
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06-27-2008, 01:03 PM
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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Jul 2007
Location: Seattle
Oddometer: 108
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Meanwhile, in Seattle...
...I (Eric) finally found a way to pack all the crap onto the Caponord I intended to take. After several hours of trying different combinations of duffel bags and where to put the TKC 's etc. I came up with a workable solution. Workable that is until I needed to get at something inside a pannier or the duffel.
I had more time off the Mike, Tim and Mikey so I planned on splitting off on the way back from Prudhoe at Fairbanks and head to Denali for some backpacking. Besides the typical m/c trip stuff I had heavy hiking boots, a 90 liter pack and all the stuff needed for over a week in the backcountry of Denali NP. At about 160lbs, it was essentially the same as having a slightly chubby pillion. |
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