Sep 20, 2021 | Blog, Current Trip
Started in Monroe on the shores of Lake Huron and rode the entire “thumb” then shot across the peninsula to Traverse City on the inlets of the shore of Lake Michigan. A few bike problems but we worked through them and pressed on. Great weather and tons of traffic...
Sep 19, 2021 | Blog, Current Trip
Started in the rain in Cave City, Kentucky. Went through Lexington crossed the Ohio river into Ohio and on to WPAB outside Dayton where Matt lived as a kid. Around Cincinnati and Toledo and onto Monroe, Michigan for the night. Bates and I had a first.. decided a motel...
Sep 17, 2021 | Blog, Current Trip
Entire day of rain from 8AM till about 4:30. Got Matt’s bike fixed in Paducah then headed back south into Tennessee On some beautiful roads. Too bad we could not crank down on it with the wet roads. Had a few other electrical issues we had to work but we made it to...
Sep 17, 2021 | Blog, Current Trip
Hooper and his team trying to troubleshoot the short on Bates sled. Very helpful and kind team who really wanted to get us back on the...
Sep 15, 2021 | Blog, Current Trip
Got the sled back from Texas HD. 1K later we learned that saving money on a tire change can be costly if done improperly. Bates came up with a bee plan and we left NRH at 2 PM. Pulled into Mena, AR for the first night. Easy 200 miles. Bikes over performed as usual....
Sep 15, 2021 | Blog, Current Trip
After much angst, we decided losing several days will make all the places we wanted to see and distance we wanted to cover unattainable. So we pulled the plug and Bates has come up with a new route. The NEB did not beat us, just made us realize that any trip of that...
