My dear friend Fireball rode his KLR from Florida to Moab for the rally.
He stored his bike and gear in SLC before the second leg of this journey...
Dawn -
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Date: Thursday, July 6, 2000 6:00:38 PM
From: heaslet@... (Stuart Heaslet)
To: DawnRides@... (Dawn Rhodes)
Dearest,
When I arrived in Salt Lake City after the business trip, I discovered that
my storage locker at the DIAMOND PARKING SERVICE had been robbed.
The mangy curs took the Jesse panniers, tools, my riding suit and thermal
gear, the Tech 8 booties, but not the boots themselves, and some other
stuff. The bike was fine.
Meanwhile, Motoport came through within 20 hours of the discovery of the
theft with a FedEx'd new suit, and then I rode to Tim Bernard's in Boise
and he set me up with new panniers. I bought tools from the Home Depot in
Boise, and was up and running with everything except spare parts within 48
hours. Kurt was great and gave me a spot to crash, and so did Tim. Kurt
let me use his house as a drop point for the FedEx stuff, and gave me some
settle-down time. Tim gave me full access to his shop to rebuild, and
was extremely gracious with his time and parts boxes. All I had to do was
buy dinner for both of them. Cheap dates, both those guys.
I'm in Anchorage now, after the four day run from Boise. I kind of racked
on the miles (up to 700 miles each day) to meet Lin who arrived in
Anchorage the other day, and will be here until July 21. My body feels
like it has been in a microwave. Then I have another business obligation
in the Caribbean and London, then will return to Anchorage on August 15 for
a six week trip via Inuvik, Yellowknife and other places on the way to
Michigan's upper peninsula, then on to Florida.
There is a slop/clunk noise coming from the engine under full torque, and
I'm guessing it's piston/rod related. The head is coming off next week for
an inspection at the Kawasaki dealer in Anchorage (they're good), so I will
take the opportunity to do a few preventative maintenance items - check
integrity of balance chain tensioner, clutch wear, etc.
It's all been fun, except for Salt Lake. But recovery was fast, and I'm
happy as a clam.
I'll be in touch via email (preferred contact is via stuart@...)
Forward any of this you want to the list.
Stuart
fireball update...alaska and back...part 2 (nklr)
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