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Classic Car Show, Lansing, Michigan

Hi there. Jan has had a couple of days rest, caught up with laundry and even had a day out at the Classic Car Show held in downtown Lansing. I’ll add the photos here and, where I can the descriptions...

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TTFN USA

The final days were spent with good friends and Moto Guzzi experts Larry and Brian of GT Motors. They made the week special – with our day out to see the classic cars and bikes, taking me to a Thai...

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A Plan Comes Together

NOT, the original plan and not anything like previous plans – but a plan all the same! For a number of reasons I won’t go into, I found I couldn’t do the whole two months of the trip and very nearly...

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Let’s Call This, ‘Plan A’

Things are moving; we now have the bike insured with Motorcycle Express. I’ve provisionally planned the first half of the route… Plan for the first part of the route. Click to enlarge.

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Departure

Just coming up to 6am and we are about to leave the house for Heathrow Airport; Jan’s flight to Detroit leaves at 10am. Both feeling a bit emotional; it seems strange I’m not flying out with him at the...

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Departure

Time to set off for Heathrow Airport. Jan’s flight to Detroit departs at 10am; I will follow him in 14 …Continue reading →

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Ohio – Bikes, Bites, n Breaks

Hi everyone, apologies for the delay in updating the blog but I have been away, up north, to see my family before leaving. From Jan: Leaving Lansing, Michigan: “I left Lansing at about 0945, and got on...

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Creeping Up Fast & The Nerves Are Kicking In!

Jan should be setting off sometime today; I wish him good weather, very few (preferably, no) roadworks and, most of all, a very safe ride. I have just booked a shuttle to take me from Las Vegas airport...

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Hard Times – Iowa to Wyoming

Would you believe it? I go out to empty the bin and miss Jan’s phone call. Message on the answerphone:  Pulled in to fill up. Heavens opened again , so bought a slice of pizza to pass a half hour in...

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St George, UT to Ely, NV

Thursday evening, there was nothing we could do other than have a couple of beers sitting on a comfy rocking chair in front of the motel and watching the sun set. Jan was just hoping the man from Car...

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2016: A New Road Trip

Hello everyone. It has been a while – nearly 14 months, actually – since the not-so-great end of our last trip. Jan had developed a pretty bad case of labyrinthitis and was unable to stand upright, let...

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The Start

After an eleven hour flight, Jan arrived in Las Vegas early evening. It was too late for the Shuttle to take him to Cedar City, where the bike was stored. I had booked him into a hotel close to where...

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Finally, The Trip Is About To Begin.

Sunday 11th September I’m sitting in Euston Station, London, waiting for my train to Manchester where I’ll spend two nights with my family before heading to Manchester Airport at 0700 on Tuesday. Life...

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Bye Bye Blighty; Viva, Las Vegas.

Day 1: 13th September, Manchester, UK. It was an early start; the alarm didn’t wake me at 0530 because I was already awake. Caroline and I took the dogs out for a quick walk and watched a beautiful...

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A Damn Big Dam; The Hoover Dam

Our return ride to Boulder was in a lovely, golden dusk so we decided to stop at the Hoover Dam before returning to the motel. From WiKi: Hoover Dam, once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete...

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Boulder City, Nevada

The Old Town On our second day in Boulder City, we needed to ride to the outskirts of Las Vegas, only about 27 miles away. When Todd had sorted out the exhaust gasket he had told Jan he needed to check...

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Boulder City; 2

The land upon which Boulder City was founded was a harsh, desert environment. Its sole reason for existence was the need to house workers contracted to build the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River...

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Return To Base. Boulder City to Mesquite.

As much as we liked Boulder City, the hotel was quite expensive and so, after two nights, we set off back to Mesquite which is turning out to be a good base for visiting our four favourite states, NV,...

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In the words of Brett Carroll

Erstwhile, I have come to know that riding a motorcycle is the purist form of therapy possible, and that you get to see the world while riding all the better. You get feelings, sensations, smells, and...

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2016: Horseshoe Bend, Arizona

We met up with Jan back at the motel and Tedz had a little play 😉 Following a much needed rest, Tedz picked us up again late afternoon and off we went to Horseshoe Bend, a perfect horseshoe turn in the...

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