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New Trip! Michigan Upper Peninsula Adventure Trail (UPAT) and North Wisconsin Adventure Trail (NWAT) Sep 2025
It is that time of year again where we look at vacation schedules, review ADV bike routes, ride bikes when time allows and watch countless hours of ADV bike YouTube videos in search of the next challenge. No pun intended, but this year we are switching gears on the approach of the next big adventure.…
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Shipping Day!
No turning back now! Federal Motorcycle Transport just stopped by the house and picked up the bike. It should arrive to my friend Matt’s house in the next couple weeks. He just happens to live on the trail. Bikes are ready, gear packed and now we have another month before this thing starts. I’m on…
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18 Days Out – Summer Trip 2023
Two years ago today I was riding a fire trail in northern WI and 11 months ago I was on the Continental Divide Adventure Route headed north to Canada. For this year, the original plan was to head back out west for one of the Backcountry Discovery Routes, but I had a couple people drop…
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The 2023 Replacement… 2023 Yamaha Tenere 700
So I may have done a thing earlier today. The local dealer only gets three of them a year so they were guessing March/April. There are two other reservations ahead of mine. https://www.yamahamotorsports.com/adventure-touring/models/tenere-700 Not sure if I’ll keep the WR or sell. It’s such a great bike. 30 more days until we hit the trail!…
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Time to Ship the Gear
This morning we went through all of our gear to make sure we each had everything we could possibly need but at the same time not have too much. Tried to keep the overall weight down and balanced. It was a good opportunity to check tools, cold/hot weather gear and electronics. Our gear was based…
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Shipping Day! 1 Month & 4 Days Out…
Got the call yesterday that the shipper would be by today to pick up the bike. From here the bike will go to a large distribution center in Ocala, FL then this weekend will begin its journey to TX. I hid a GPS tracker on it so I can guess when it will arrive. Marco…
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1 Month and 17 Days Out….
I’m not much of a planner, but something such as attempting the 2700 mile Continental Divide Adventure Route on a dirt bike requires months of detailed planning, coordination, extra parts, modified stock parts, heated grips, extreme cold/hot desert camping gear (finally found a use for all the old issued OSI gear – if you know…
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