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The latest story hasn't been posted yet - I rode two roundtrips between Florida and Alaska (29,000 miles) during the 1999 and 2000 summer seasons. There is an old story at www.dualsport.org/alaska/index.html that just deals with the first 6500 mile leg in May 1999 from south Florida to Prudhoe Bay. Things improved after that shakedown . If you check back in a week or two I'll have something posted regarding the overall trip - some of the info will incorporate the old material. Stuart A12> Stuart, > Do you have a journal of your trips up north available > on the internet?.
----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] rvb100@... [b]To:[/b] dsn_klr650@egroups.com ; fireball@... [b]Sent:[/b] Sunday, November 26, 2000 4:32 PM [b]Subject:[/b] [DSN_klr650] Stuart Heaslet's Yukon Ride Stuart, Do you have a journal of your trips up north available on the internet? Sounds like a very interesting trip! Roy Bertalotto North Dartmouth, Mass http://www.rvbmotorcycles.com 2000 BMW R1100RS 2000 Buell M2 Cyclone 1998 Honda VFR 800Fi
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Heaslet" To: "Roy Bertalotto" ; "KLR list" dsn_klr650@egroups.com>; "Stuart Heaslet" Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Stuart Heaslet's Yukon Ride > On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 19:32:14 -0500 > "Roy Bertalotto" wrote: > > Stuart, > > Do you have a journal of your trips up north available > > on the internet?. > > The latest story hasn't been posted yet - I rode two > roundtrips between Florida and Alaska (29,000 miles) during > the 1999 and 2000 summer seasons. > > There is an old story at www.dualsport.org/alaska/index.html > that just deals with the first 6500 mile leg in May 1999 > from south Florida to Prudhoe Bay. Things improved after > that shakedown . > > If you check back in a week or two I'll have something > posted regarding the overall trip - some of the info will > incorporate the old material. > > Stuart > A12
----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 10:42 PM Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Stuart Heaslet's Yukon Ride > Hi Roy: Don't know if you have seen any of my previous posts. I will be > getting my KLR next February and have an east to west tour of Canada and > Alaska planned for next year. I plan to depart south Florida May 1, 2001, > northward to Newfoundland and Labrador before heading west to Alaska via > Yellowknife and Inuvik. By September 1, I will be out of Canada heading south > through 24 countries to Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego. I expect to take 2-3 years > to complete the tour. I am 63 years of age and haven't ridden a bike in about > 25 years. My Yorkie "Punky" will accompany me. Let me know if you would care > to hook up with me during the Canada and Alaska portion of my tour. I expect > to be in the northeastern US in late May. I am allowing the month of June for > eastern Canada, the months of July and August for western Canada and Alaska > and September from the Canadian border to Mexico. There is a chance that I > will cross the path of Mariola Cichon in western Canada or Alaska during the > first leg of her Ride Of The Heart TRW tour. We stay in touch. I've been in > contact with Stuart Heaslet and hope to meet with him soon to get the benefit > of his experience in the North country. He lives only about 40 miles from me > here in Florida. Hope to see you on the road. > > Lew Waterman > Punky & Lew's Americas Motopaseo > Greenacres, Florida
These cans are very nice for this application in many respects. However, you may be surprised how little room there is inside them. Those ribbed walls are rather thick.>Although I haven't even picked up my KLR yet (two weeks!), I'm already hard >at work thinking up ways to modify it once I get it. I want to make my own >rack and hard bags. I just purchased from www.sportsmansguide.com a set of >fiberglass 25mm ammo cans that look like they will work out great as hard >bags. I'll weld up a rack system and I'll rig up some method of mounting >them so they can be quickly detached and brought into the tent or hotel >room.
To me, it goes like this: Bash Plate (I like my Moose) Seat ( I like my Corbin, but thats a matter of taste) Braided Brake Line (have a Russell, it works) MAP Engineering Front Brake Rotor (Expensive, but darned well worth it) -Tom '96 KLR 650> I'll post the story on my web site when I'm finished. Has any one else done >anything like this? > What other modifications should I be thinking about? What are the >additions that "everyone" does once they get a KLR?