Moab Diary: Day Zero.4.1

So I couldn't help myself. I got the new windshield mounted, and I mounted the rack and the new Pelican box. I love it.

So far everything went pretty smoothly. The CalSci windshield seems to perform well with little to no buffer. I need to take it up to some high speeds and see, but so far everything seems right. Now I'm off for a little moto through the mountains... You know, just to test my new equipment :)

Moab Diary: Day Zero.4

Delivery number 2 and 3 showed up today: my new CalSci wind shield and my rear cargo rack. I'll unpack the rack and get it on the bike in the next couple days. I got the CalSci wind shield on pretty quick... In the parking lot of my po box actually!! But I'll tighten everything up and give it a proper test and review. You can see it still has the plastic wrap on it to keep the bugs off while testing. Nice touch.

Moab Diary: Day Zero.3

Last month I was browsing around Cycle Gear in Gilroy and they had this UClear Bluetooth headset in sale. I've wanted to pick up a communicator but I've always been put off by the crazy prices. This UClear was on sale and overall I'm very happy with it. It connected easily to my iPhone and I slipped the speakers into my helmet speaker pockets. It's plenty loud without earplugs and its just loud enough to hear with my plugs in. I like that I can put on my MLB app and listen to the Giants while I'm riding home from work. I haven't had a chance to actually use it as a communicator yet since I don't have any friends with a UClear, but I plan on getting another one for my wife. She just got her Arai helmet and I'll fix that up with one this weekend and take her for a long ride.

Here's what it looks like on my helmet:

Moab Diary: Day Zero.2

I just got my first piece of Moab-related equipment. I've always wanted a Pelican case for my F650GS but I already have the side panniers and couldn't justify another box... But now I have a reason!! So I ordered the Pelican 1550 box through Amazon and it arrived today. I have a rack on order also, and I'll bolt it all up this weekend.

Moab Diary: Day Zero.1

I can't seem to stop thinking about this Moab trip... it has me in its grip.

I've been thinking a lot about the route and the amount of time we have planned to make it happen. Unfortunately, we only have a week. That wouldn't be bad, except half that time will be spent getting there and back. So I'm considering all the adventure in between. I don't want to race there, take a few pictures and race back. That's not what I love about these adventures...

The other thing that has me occupied is this blog... I think it would be nice to take my time and actually do some writing and video as this trip unfolds. Writing is a lot like riding... I enjoy the space between the words, the time when I get to ponder.

So, I hope you enjoy this blog. Feel free to comment and get in touch. I'll do my best to stay connected.

--Mash

Moab Video Diary Day Zero

I'm going to try to keep a video diary for the Moab trip. Hers my first entry, day zero.

Moab Trip Planning

It's late August, 2013, and I just got a txt from my brother John. He has a few days off at the beginning of October and we are thinking about a moto trip out to Moab, Utah. I did a quick google maps route and this looks exciting! I'll post more as the trip starts to come together, but here's a snapshot of the possible routes.