Bilco's Alaska Adventure

[Colban]

Dawson City.A day off for R&R.Beer,Floozies and Dirty Gerties Burlesque show.
I went out taking pictures;including this one.
Be afraid;be very afraid........

 

[Colban]

Toad Hall at Toad River.Paul has already posted a couple of pictures.
No outside skin to the building and more pine inside than an Ikea store.
Room-mate Ken calls out to me "would you mind lending a hand here with the bike".
"No problem" i say wandering out on to the stairs expecting to help shove or hold something (ooh-err missus).
But what do i find when i view the scene....a red-faced Ken struggling to lift his GSA before some bastard with a camera captures the event....he was not successful..........
It's amazing what adrenalin can do for you i thought as i watched Ken lift the bike while i took the picture.
Now;which IAM group should i email it to?.

 

[Packer]

Room-mate Ken calls out to me "would you mind lending a hand here with the bike".
"No problem" i say wandering out on to the stairs expecting to help shove or hold something (ooh-err missus).
But what do i find when i view the scene....a red-faced Ken struggling to lift his GSA before some bastard with a camera captures the event....he was not successful..........
It's amazing what adrenalin can do for you i thought as i watched Ken lift the bike while i took the picture.
Now;which IAM group should i email it to?.

How cruel Colin putting a picture like that up.

I think it's the Lothian group by the way

Final tally of dropped bikes for the trip was I believe:-
Gordon 1200GSA = 4;
Mike 800GS = 1;
Ken 1200GSA = 1

To be fair Gordon did have an armour plated puck fixed to the bottom of his side stand and the bike was the only one carrying camping gear and two spare tyres as well as 10 litres of reserve fuel attached to the pillion footpeg brackets.

Mechanicals for over 8,000 miles in four weeks:-

1 failed indicator = 1200GSA;
1 fractured screen mounting = 1200GSA;
I failed rear inner tube = 800GS;
1 jammed fuel pump = 800GS; (fixed at road side)
1 lost screen bolts = 1150GS;
1 lost screen bolt = 1150GSA

These bloody BMW's are so unreliable

 

[Nobbyspiles]

Evening gents, 20:28 over here. Have been on me own a week now, miss you all loads.....

Actually Col, you may be interested to know I took the bike round the back of the no8 cabin at the Aspen Inn to wash it after you guys left. Sitting up on the main stand, the ground went soft after it got wet and guess what...yep. it fell over....and bent the right pannier....lthough no one was about to take a picture, so I guess it doesn't count, eh? (speaking Canadian fluently now) Fortunately, being the precisioon engineer I am, a block of 4x4 timber and a small sledge hammer sorted that one out.

Am back in Canada..again.... ho hum, and should be in Vancouver tomorrow evening. Here is a link to the blog so far.

http://gbwill48.blogspot.ca/

Have been to Teton National Park, and Yellowstone. Yes, I really was that excited to see it.... (Looks like I kept the hammer from Aspen in me pocket, see pic)

I am in Creston in BC tonight staying in a real dive,, as can be seen from the pictures on the blog.

Weather still up in the high 30''s, will it ever end eh?

Kev, add in another 2 headlight bulbs to the total.... one for me and one for Ken.

On the plus side though, I only drop the bike when I stop.......lol...

 

[Sgt Bilco]

Bikes all loaded and on their way home

 

[casperfelix]

Room-mate Ken calls out to me "would you mind lending a hand here with the bike".
"No problem" i say wandering out on to the stairs expecting to help shove or hold something (ooh-err missus).
But what do i find when i view the scene....a red-faced Ken struggling to lift his GSA before some bastard with a camera captures the event....he was not successful..........
It's amazing what adrenalin can do for you i thought as i watched Ken lift the bike while i took the picture.
Now;which IAM group should i email it to?.

And I got a lecture from this 'riding God' over how easy it was to pick up a GSA on your own if you know the correct technique. How gullible am I?

 

[casperfelix]

Bikes all loaded and on their way home

Is that one of my straps being used to tie Paul's machine to the container?

 

[Jon]

Bikes all loaded and on their way home

Surely you could have squeezed a couple of those CHiP RT's in, now they don't want them.........

You'll be glad to know its raining as I type this.........

 

[oftheantarctic]

Dialect

After yet another brilliant day's ride, we get into our evening ritual of beer and bollox in typical tosser style We were joined by some Chinese ladies who were staying at the motel. The girls were studying at Seattle and their mother was over on a visit from China. She is very high up in the coal industry over there and didn't speak one word of English. We did our best to cement international relations and some of us went that extra mile The sum of the evening is we have an open invite to China if we are ever allowed to get the bikes in

Yes Boatman looking very at home with I've Chinese dialect - Bet they did not understand him either

 

[oftheantarctic]

Well done. When do we meet for a beer and catch up???

 

[Jon]

As Gordon's still out there, here's a link to his blog http://gbwill48.blogspot.ca/

 

[Nobbyspiles]

As Gordon's still out there, here's a link to his blog http://gbwill48.blogspot.ca/

Thanks Jon, see post 164 above though.........


Got into Vancouver tonight after hitting the biggest freakin storm I ever rode through....bike was blown all over the place. Wind seemed to come from nowhere then rain and lots of it. Scary and exciting at the same time.......

Gordon

 

[garfield]

Is that one of my straps being used to tie Paul's machine to the container?

it's ok to share....

 

[garfield]

Evening gents, 20:28 over here. Have been on me own a week now, miss you all loads.....

loving your blog....

 

[casperfelix]

Thanks Jon, see post 164 above though.........


Got into Vancouver tonight after hitting the biggest freakin storm I ever rode through....bike was blown all over the place. Wind seemed to come from nowhere then rain and lots of it. Scary and exciting at the same time.......

Gordon

Gordon, you were imagining it. Be more positive - "It's sunny, birds are singing and everything in the world is wonderful": There, it never happened did it?

 

[casperfelix]

During the trip there was a lot of discussion over who had seen what animals - and nobody believed me when I said I'd seen a herd of Elephants!
I've now realised they weren't Elephants at all: They were Mammoths.
Should I notify the Alaskan authorities?

 

[Jon]

Thanks Jon, see post 164 above though.........8-

I was concerned the guys mighta missed it

 

[boatman]

Well done. When do we meet for a beer and catch up???

Aye need tae catch up !!!!!!!! oi will ping you !!!!

 

[Packer]

Is that one of my straps being used to tie Paul's machine to the container?

Probably, the two red ones look like mine. Chris probably had to use the best available to stop it wobbling about. I'm having nightmares about him (Garfield) running across the road in front of traffic in Santa Rosa

 

[Packer]

Gordon, the blog is looking good. Is there a way to zoom in on the images for a higher definition?

Drop 4? Grab the link from earlier post or look here http://www.flickr.com/photos/25883184@N06/7492020192/in/set-72157630307001126

Ride safe my friend and keep the round black things down. For a change