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[punkynsquirt@cs.com]

Paul: I have so much stuff that I have no idea where I would put a milk crate. My 20 degree sleeping bag has a sheet pinned inside with an egg crate mattress pad under it. I have a sweat suit to wear as pajamas, thermal underwear, and a ski cap for cold situations. I have Roadgear leathers and Combat touring boots all water resist treated as well as layered clothing and a rain suit which can be worn with or without the leathers. I have light and heavy leather gloves as well as rain over-mittens and rain booties. I intend to do relatively short hops and refrain from driving at night as much as possible. It is very dangerous where I'll be going, not to mention colder. I will have to use touring tires for the first leg of the tour to Canada. When I approach areas where I can expect hundreds of miles of gravel roads, then I should have the proper tires to handle those conditions. The archives are full of varied opinions on which is best. Take your choice. When I am in Latin America I expect the choice will be very limited unless I don't mind waiting and paying (I do mind) for international shipping. I am hoping to minimize chain and sprocket problems by using a D&D and a steel 16 tooth front sprocket with a Scott touring oiler. If it turns out to be a waste of money I'll let everyone know. I will have an electric vest and 12 volt auxiliary outlet. My understanding is that the stock alternator/battery will work fine if you don't use the lights. I will also use a 55/90 watt H-4 headlight. Again, I don't expect to travel much at night anyway. I am considering taking an emergency starting/12 volt camping battery along with an inverter and a small battery (AA, AAA, C, D and 9 volt) charger. Will charge low batteries during daily bike runs. I have a camp lantern, AM/FM CD player, Olympus water resistant camera and a fan, all of which are battery operated. All batteries are nickel metal hydride rechargeable. A guy in Pennsylvania posted a y2k klr650 with 850 miles like new for about $3500. Wish I was ready. You are right about decisions not to take things. Some smart soul said "If you are trying to get away from it all, don't try to take it all with you." Knowing that, I still keep buying more stuff and the pile gets bigger. Enough for now. Lew Waterman Punky & Lew's Americas Motopaseo

[Mark St.Hilaire, Sr]

> This is the guy who e-mailed notices of the CD to a bunch of us.

I'm glad he didn't get me to buy a copy. I'd hate to pay for what *I* wrote, the FREE website seems like kind of an overcharge... (Laughing) Mark KLR650 Motorcycle Pages: http://klr6500.tripod.com/ HomePage: http://home.adelphia.net/~msaint/index.html My Adelphia Email can be "iffy." If you don't get a response, please try: KLR6500@...