Cross Country Tour, California to New York (blog thingie)

[Jiggles]

Dafuq did I just read?

[aeroblade]

Wow, Pretty cool Jigs, Subbed!

Pics Pics and more Pics!

Bunnyranch.. hmmm Interesting!

[Jiggles]

Originally Posted by aeroblade

Wow, Pretty cool Jigs, Subbed!

Pics Pics and more Pics!

Bunnyranch.. hmmm Interesting!

They didn't charge for hugs!

@NevadaWolf where did you get that cruise control thingie? Link?

[aeroblade]

And they shouldn't either! A Hug is a basic human right!

Too bad you couldn't get any pics

[Jiggles]

Here is a link to my album. Since I'm on my phone it's a pain in the ass to link all the images so check em out if you like

http://imgur.com/a/dtH41

[Jiggles]

Here is a link to my album. Since I'm on my phone it's a pain in the ass to link all the images so check em out if you like

http://imgur.com/a/dtH41

[Jiggles]

Doubt this will work but let's see

<iframe class="imgur-album" width="100%" height="550" frameborder="0" src="http://imgur.com/a/dtH41/embed"></iframe>

[antiant]

Jiggles get Flickr for your phone, it makes uploads easy.

[Jiggles]

Originally Posted by antiant

Jiggles get Flickr for your phone, it makes uploads easy.

Can I upload mutiple ones at a time? The issue is linking them, I have like what 50-100 pics? I don't wna go back and forth linking them till I get on my comp

[antiant]

Originally Posted by Jiggles

Can I upload mutiple ones at a time? The issue is linking them, I have like what 50-100 pics? I don't wna go back and forth linking them till I get on my comp

Yeah, get a Flickr account first, then add the Flickr app to your phone. You can take pictures via the flickr app, then go to your photostream/camera roll/whatever your thing is called and select all your pictures to upload, then bam, done.

[aeroblade]

Really cool dude... All those food pics are making me hungry! lol

[NevadaWolf]

Originally Posted by Jiggles

They didn't charge for hugs!

@NevadaWolf where did you get that cruise control thingie? Link?

It's a Go Cruise from Cycle Guys

[jodag]

Just looked at the album. Some sick pics in there! I especially like the one where the BMW is in the middle of the 2 ninjas, theres an je ne sais quoi air to it.
Also, that ad/poster/display thingy (pardon my poor english, didn't know what to call it) at the gas station: "Someone I know rides, Look twice for motorcycles". I want to get a bunch of bumper sticker on them and stick them on my family car, or friend's car if they'll let me.

[nickjpass]

@Jiggles just let me know where you'll be when you know haha

[Jiggles]

I really should call this a cross country beer and burger trip.

I'll have to do a write up tonight, yesterday was ****ing badass, bought 10ish hours of riding

[cuong-nutz]

Steak looks delicious!

[Jiggles]

New pics added http://imgur.com/a/dtH41

[Jiggles]

Ok so I've got like 3 days to write about haha.

Well day 4 was just highway, that's it, bought 250 miles I think going through Nevada and Idaho. Day three though we did get some good food from Jakers. Nice restaurant with lots of good beer, pics in the gallery.

Day five, hooboy! 450 miles and nearly 10 hours on the bike! What a day! This is the day we went through Yellowstone. We had to start and end at cities way outside if Yellowstone because the neighboring cities were so expensive. We rode I think 100 miles to get to Grand Teton park and then we rode through there to Yellowstone park. We rode through there and it was awesome, aside from all the tourists and cars.

We went and saw old faithful and got to see it erupt. So many ****ing people there. At the Yellowstone park there were a couple old dudes talking to Brian and I about riding. One guy was giving us tips for awesome rodes and beautiful scenery butwe really didn't have time since this was such a long day already. It would have added on another 100 miles or so.

We left Yellowstone and I started working on hypermiling my K1300S. It was flat and slow so what I would do is accelerate and then pull the clutch in and coast. I continued doing this and the mpg tracker on my bike really like it. For the stint that I did it I averaged like 73mpg. For the whole tank I got 59mpg. Pretty ****ing crazy!

We headed to the next town Cody and got food. It was kinda a fancy place. I got wild boar kangaroo and elk meat. All interesting and pretty good. Normally this would be the end of our day but we still had 160 miles to go to get to Sheridan. I decided to get there as quick as possible. The first 80 miles was straight and flat so I went around 120mph for most of the way. It was cloudy and there were thunderstorms out. The clouds in front of me looked like they were going to start a tornado, there were lower than the rest of the clouds and swirling. The wind was blowing really hard, it's not hard to keep the bike straight but it does strain my neck from all that force. Eventually the road turned and all that wind was pushing my back. I stayed steady on the throttle and the wind pushed me up to 130mph. That's too fast so I dropped it back down to 120mph to be safe.

After 80 miles the straight roadies ended and one of my favorite parts started. The sun was going down and lightning was filling the air when I started on an epic canyon route. My gopro was still in 1 pic every 10 seconds mode and I didn't change it because it was so dark that the pics probably suck. Every minute or so lightning would light up the canyon and let me see briefly ahead of myself. The road was smooth like a race track and technical but predictable. I really wish is gone through during daytime. It was one of my favorite roads ever. Highway 14, go ride it.

As I reached the peak of the mountain I nearly split a deer in half. Dumb duck was just chillin in the road. As I continued I saw more and more deer, that night I probably saw around 50 total. I beeped my horn every couple of seconds which would get them looking at me and then I could see the reflection of their eyes. I had to slowdown so that one wouldn't take me out.

Eventually with like 40 or so miles left to get to Sheridan I reached the backside of the mountain. The ground changed to a red color which I thought was dirt but soon realized no, it's just the road. The backside had these straights followed by switchbacks which were very misleading. The straights easily let you go 60-80mph and then that would duck into a 25mph switchback. And it was a hard 25mph. I couldn't go over 35 through it because it was so tight, other cars on the road were rolling through them at 20mph. Oh and the cars, did a lot of DY passing that night haha.

Eventually got to Sheridan and checked into the hotel, 40 minutes later Brian arrived and I think another half hour or so later the car arrived. I got there at 10:40pm and I was dead tired.
And that was day 5

[Jiggles]

Day six was pretty boring too. 250 miles of freeway yay! I ride these freeways at 100mph. There's no cops and its just real flat and straight and very little traffic.

But yesterday I did have the best burger I've had on this trip so far. It was at Humphrey's bar and grill. I got the guaca guaca burger and **** was it good. Should be pics in the gallery. Huge portions, delicious. Then after 250mi of freeway we ate at Murphy's bar and grill. A fancier place with rolling leaning chairs to sit in and lots of beer. I got the tommyknocker butt head bock which was so good! I ordered the filet mignon which was so meh. The outside was too black and left a very bitter taste that overpowered the juicy delicious inside.

Shoulda got a burger :/

Mt Rushmore today! Lots of twisties woohoo

[cuong-nutz]

Food looks tasty! What was the breakdown of the allocations of funds for expenses?

[Jiggles]

Originally Posted by cuong-nutz

Food looks tasty! What was the breakdown of the allocations of funds for expenses?

I cleared my credit card and said let's go!

[Jiggles]

I'm probably averaging about $100 a day

[CC Cowboy]

Originally Posted by Jiggles

I'm probably averaging about $100 a day

Just enough for beer.

[nickjpass]

$100 per day... Damn that's like more than half my paycheck! lmao

[Dano]

Originally Posted by nickjpass

$100 per day... Damn that's like more than half my paycheck! lmao

Not too bad if that includes gas and hotel...but I am kinda thinking thats the beer and food spending.

[Jiggles]

Well see what it totals out to in the end, I'm not really keeping track.

Bought a switchblade

[lgk]

Originally Posted by Jiggles

Bought a switchblade

nice.

[Jiggles]

Brian crashed again, straight into a wall. Ibwas laughing my ass off

[anacron]

Originally Posted by Jiggles

Brian crashed again, straight into a wall. Ibwas laughing my ass off

Oh dear... how did that happen?

[Jiggles]

Originally Posted by anacron

Oh dear... how did that happen?

I think he accidentally hit the gas instead of the brakes lol

[Jiggles]

Today was a fun day. First we headed to mt Rushmore to get all presidential and ****. We decided to eat there two, wow, what a ****ing mistake that was. The food was so bad I created an account on yelp and left a bad review. The burger was an overcooked slab of cardboard. McDonald's would have been a major improvement.

We decided to split up and ride the twisties around Rushmore. I tried to split off and go down some trails but when I came back I ended up right behind Brian. It was a touristy area so there wasn't much fun to be had. We took a fun twisty road to a small town called Curtis where I was able to get a monster yum. The. I stopped at a gun knife and switchblade shop and picked up a nice blade for $50.

I took some more secretive back roads back to the hotel that I was able to at least have some fun on. Got back to the hotel and grabbed a beer and chilled for an hour. Then we headed to dinner, a japanaese steakhouse and sushi. It was one where they cook the food in front of you and light **** on fire. The chefl threw all of us a piece of broccoli and when he threw it to this younger girl at the table it went straight down her shirt. No idea if did it on purpose.

After that, gokarts. This time I didn't drive like a total pussy. Brian crashed right away and then I ended up lapping him near the end. Forgot the camera oh wells. When we got back to the hotel we set off fireworks in the parking lot. Woots

Average mpgs today was 51mpg close to 200 miles

[nickjpass]

Hibachi.

[Motofool]

Originally Posted by Jiggles

................After that, gokarts. This time I didn't drive like a total pussy. Brian crashed right away and then I ended up lapping him near the end. Forgot the camera oh wells.........

Who is this Brian and why does he crash bikes and gokarts so frequently? .............. Maybe the closeness to your vibs?

Don't forget to keep and eye on the oil level and to lube the chain at least each time that Brian has a mishap .........

Kudos to both of you !!!

[lgk]

Brian,
don't hesitate to take breaks along the ride. riding in extreme heat for extended periods of time can ruin your concentration.

hows the EFI kit Running?
have you had anymore trouble?

[Jiggles]

Brian is @setasai

Also shaft drive woot woot

[setasai]

Originally Posted by lgk

Brian,
don't hesitate to take breaks along the ride. riding in extreme heat for extended periods of time can ruin your concentration.

hows the EFI kit Running?
have you had anymore trouble?

Everything's fine. The crash at the beginning was me being stupid. All is well now. The go-kart crashing wasnt really a crash... i just turned too sharply and hit the bumpers. Never been go-kart racing before. It was super fun though.

As for the EFI kit, it's still giving me trouble but it's fairly predictable now. The idle issue is worse as the altitude goes up. At 9000ft it would barely stay running but I expected that. I cant open up the idle screws anymore so that means I'll need to adjust the throttle plate (not doing that on the trip, not quite worth the trouble).

I still have fuel cavitation issues. I have the pump backwards to the way everybody has been telling me but I find this easier to deal with because the pump is designed to push air forward and out so all I need to do is squeeze the tubing a little bit when I turn the key on so that the pump primes and i'm ready to go. Before when I had it angled the way everybody was telling me, I got bubbles before and after the pump which was a major pain because the air wouldnt move forward and instead completely emptied the fuel filter of fuel. That means I had to wait for the air to escape AND also wait for fuel to fill the filter again. I've got an idea on how to fix/adjust this issue but again, I wont be doing that while on the road. Otherwise, the power and response is pretty good.

[setasai]

Originally Posted by Motofool

Who is this Brian and why does he crash bikes and gokarts so frequently? .............. Maybe the closeness to your vibs?

Don't forget to keep and eye on the oil level and to lube the chain at least each time that Brian has a mishap .........

Kudos to both of you !!!

For the record... first crash with either bike or go-kart still more than i'd like with the bike but hey, a good crash is a crash you can walk away from no?

Btw, thanks for reminding me... gotta lube the chain up today.

[Motofool]

Originally Posted by Jiggles

...........Also shaft drive woot woot

Touche !!!

Originally Posted by setasai

For the record... first crash with either bike or go-kart still more than i'd like with the bike but hey, a good crash is a crash you can walk away from no?

Btw, thanks for reminding me... gotta lube the chain up today.

[Jiggles]

Ok here's a recap of the past two days. We ride on the freeway for about 550miles. It ****ing sucked. So many ****ing bugs everywhere. Everytime I stop I spend 10 minutes cleaning my face shield just so I can see. **** u bitch ass bugs

[Jiggles]

Yesterday's mileage was about 41mpg for the first highway stint and 50mpg for the second part. All I have to talk about from yesterday is the food places. For lunch we went to elbow room, of which you don't get any. The burgers were cheap and delicious. Best $3 burger I've ever had. It's one of those places where they don't ask you how you want it cooked, they just cook it. If you've ever been to five guys, it was a better version of that, albeit with less condiments and **** to add.

Then we got to Minneapolis which is a bitch to drive in. Actually all cities are. I hate riding in the city. It is gay. Anyway, we're at a fancy pants hotel for once in the center of downtown. Floor number 12. A big ass mother ****ing bathroom and oddly enough the smallest beds we've had all trip. And no fridge! Wtf!? A (normally) $250 a night place that has no fridge? Ultra gayness...

Anyway we went to dinner at an Irish pub where I got back to my roots with a couple Irish pints. I had sausages and mash and it was delicious. We decided that after dinner we'd go shopping and hit up a liquor store to get some 2gingers whiskey. Boy was that a mistake. It was a little after seven and everything in this city is closed. Seriously, the mall shut down at like six and so did just about every other shop aside from restaurants. After walking for probably half an hour we found a liquor store and they ID'd on entry lol. Bought some whiskey and a dead guy ale and I headed back to the room to finish the drunken onslaught is started.

Well being drunk makes me hungry so I decided to get room service. **** yeah room service! First place we've been to that had it. I ordered a burger and fries and man was it ****ing good. I was also drunk so everything tastes good but still, totally worth it. We decided to steal the ketchup and salt and pepper shakers cuz they were pretty awesome.

And that's it! Yay more freeways today!