Alaska: Ready to Roll

The GS is packed and ready to make its run for points north, aimed at the garage door and armed with nice new Tourances. If I were to give you a closeup of the tires, you could tell by the succulent rubber tits that they haven't even touched pavement yet. Danny and I just mounted tires (on both bikes) over Memorial Day weekend.


With that spare tire up top, it seems like quite a load, doesn't it? In truth, it's a lot less weight than your typical Harley fat chick.


I decided to forgo vanity for safety's sake and applied some reflective tape to the rear of the bike (on the panniers and the possum-scraper). Carrying that load, the reflective piping on my jacket is blocked from view to the rear, causing me to worry about getting rear-ended by ignoramuses with cell phones firmly implanted in their ears. I'll be much too far from home to be injured, stuck with a damaged bike, or D.E.A.D.


The PIAAs should take care of visibility to the front.


For those who are interested, here's a cockpit view: Zumo GPS, iPod, and cupholder all RAM-mounted in place. I'll be seeing a LOT of this in the coming days.

Won't be long now. Needless to say, I'm anxious to be underway.

Is it time to go yet?