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Just returned from my second long trip on my 2015 Stryker, "The Lizard"... just under 7000km. Two years ago I rode to Tijuana, Mexico on the Stryker... that thread is somewhere without any of the pictures I uploaded, so I was kinda demotivated to take many pics.
This one the wife snapped of me loaded up on the way out.
The week prior The Lizard had been talking to me. Weird glitches on the electronics... so knowing that electrical issues are 99% related to the battery I got a new Yuasa. Installed it and 2 mins later the headlight blew - I had probably been running under voltage for a while. Replaced the headlight with a nice LED... and The Lizard snarled in approval.
Left Vancouver Island on the ferry 10 minutes after work finished on a Friday evening. Most motorcycles I have ever seen on the ferry. Must have been almost 30.
I was 200km from the Yukon border by Monday evening camp, so I was hauling. My first bear sighting was Just north of Kitwanga, where the Cassiar Highway begins. An oncoming pickup broke a pitman arm, swerved crazily down the road towards me but managed to stop in a smoking heap. Just then a black bear wandered onto the road directly in front of me. Crazy how crazy stuff happens in sequence on the road.
It rained the first 2.5 days. Good rain gear, I didn't care. And miraculously kept getting campsites with canopies. Just by askin'... also lots of places wouldn't let tenters stay because of the Corunka Virus (no bathroom, so only RV's) but I always found someone who rolled their eyes at the hype and told me 'just go over there and throw me $15 bucks'.
The rain broke as I hit the Alaska Highway. The tobacco chewin' dude at the lone gas station gave me a "scary as **** book" which occupied my evenings. It was actually pretty good.
Headed towards Whitehorse...
This one the wife snapped of me loaded up on the way out.
The week prior The Lizard had been talking to me. Weird glitches on the electronics... so knowing that electrical issues are 99% related to the battery I got a new Yuasa. Installed it and 2 mins later the headlight blew - I had probably been running under voltage for a while. Replaced the headlight with a nice LED... and The Lizard snarled in approval.
Left Vancouver Island on the ferry 10 minutes after work finished on a Friday evening. Most motorcycles I have ever seen on the ferry. Must have been almost 30.
I was 200km from the Yukon border by Monday evening camp, so I was hauling. My first bear sighting was Just north of Kitwanga, where the Cassiar Highway begins. An oncoming pickup broke a pitman arm, swerved crazily down the road towards me but managed to stop in a smoking heap. Just then a black bear wandered onto the road directly in front of me. Crazy how crazy stuff happens in sequence on the road.
It rained the first 2.5 days. Good rain gear, I didn't care. And miraculously kept getting campsites with canopies. Just by askin'... also lots of places wouldn't let tenters stay because of the Corunka Virus (no bathroom, so only RV's) but I always found someone who rolled their eyes at the hype and told me 'just go over there and throw me $15 bucks'.
The rain broke as I hit the Alaska Highway. The tobacco chewin' dude at the lone gas station gave me a "scary as **** book" which occupied my evenings. It was actually pretty good.
Headed towards Whitehorse...