No sleep ’til Brooklyn

There comes a time in two perfectly reasonable people’s lives when they decide that driving cross-country to New York is a sensible thing to do. “Now wait a minute” I hear you exclaim “Aren’t you driving to Argentina? That is quite a lot further away from Alaska than New York and therefore a slightly madder […]

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Motorcycle Maintenance in Santiago

Several thousand miles of dirt, dust and sand, and some bad batches of fuel somewhere between Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and northern Chile have given Betty (my bike) a terrible cough.  She struggles to get up hills and has developed a… Read More ›

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Brian and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Brian does some much needed work on the bikes while we are staying with Roberto and family in Cuenca – including changing tires, changing brake pads, changing spark plugs, etc. He spends parts of 3 days changing all the tires… Read More ›

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Bent, Buckled, Bashed, Bruised and Bemused…!!

Which pretty much sums up how both the Big Fella and I currently feel after our epic journey… I spent the day after getting the Big Fella from the airport, carefully unpacking my panniers and other kit which I had carried around the world. I took my time doing so, as each item I handled...
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Five Maintenance Tasks to do Prior to Your Next Adventure

Some of these maintenance tasks might seem obvious. Some might seem a little over the top.  However they all can play a vital role in keeping a truck reliable and ready for a long trip where the demands will be high and our thoughts will be on other things.
Bottom line? If you lean on...
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TLC for Panda

One of the reasons we decided to drive to the US quickly was that Panda was in desperate need of some tlc. We decided to give her that in Bellingham, Washington. We had had a flat tyre on the Dempster highway, which we repaired with a canister of fix-a-flat. We never thought that would...
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