Icefields Parkway Run

[Steel Toed Tank]

HAhahaa, too funny, I love the mad max look to it, but sadly I didn't add the side panels or custom seat, all PPO work.
I DO have all the missing parts I need coming soon though, the seat, proper tank, side panels and name plates, even fenders that haven't been sanded and very poorly repainted.
So once I get all those parts, and do a little painting and polishing it will once again look like the 750T that it's suppose to look like.
Mechanically though it's sound.
Everywhere I ride around here is full on 100km/h+ and usually an hour or more away, because of that keep it running safely and soundly is more important than how it looks.

Tank

[Wizard]

,,.. but wait!, there's more!,,..
James Bond: The Spy who Loved my Bike
James Bond: From Radium with Love
James Bond: Die Another Day (I'm tired of riding right now,,..)
James Bond: On Her Majesty's Delivery Service
James Bond: Live and Let the Poor Bike Die Already
James Bond: The National Park is Not Enough
James Bond: Tomorrow Never Dies, but it will be Hung Over
James Bond: A View to A Lookout
James Bond: The Man with the Golden Brake Caliper
James Bond: Metzlers are Forever
James Bond: Casino Reserve
James Bond: GlassEye (after the accident)
James Bond: For Your Butt Only

Hey, this is fun,,..

Indiana Jones and the Tour of Doom

Family calling me to beach,,.. gotta go,,..

[Steel Toed Tank]

LOL, where do you come up with these?


As promised, here are pics of my hillbilly saddle bags. Total cost was free!
I still need to get another black one, as that yellow one is broken and well, NOT black.


The two outermost bolts hold it onto the bike where the grab bar would normally mount. The center hex head bolt only holds the crate to the bar, and keeps the crate from rotating. They look like they are on quite the angle in the pictures, but with the bike off the center stand and me sitting on it they look much more level.
Also the 'tilt' of them keeps them from hitting the bottom of the shock.


Just because there will be gas cans and gear in these I came up with this solution to make it nearly impossible for the bottoms of the crates to get anywhere near the rear tire. I leaned hard on the outsides of the crates and could not get them to flex much at all. They are very solid and 'in place'.



Only two more days left!

Tank

[tkent02]

You should paint them green, as nobody will believe it's not a KLR 650 anyway.

[Vmass]

Sounds like a road trip that would make a great documentary.......is there a videographer biker in the house, up for a road trip?

[Wizard]

If this was Indonesia, you'd have yourself a Taxi there.
Or an RV with MotherInLaw Suites.

Don't put your Salmonala Sandwiches in there over the pipes, unless its a Queersnose style Toasted Sub.

When you say "lean hard" would that include dragging plastic, on corners.
Might grind the edge off, lose stuff.
Trail of bread crumbs?
You won't get sparks, but maybe some smoke? Cool.
You could screw on a few Donor Bolts in the outer corners, make a shower of sparks.

Desperation is the Mother of Invention, love it.
If ya really want a match, I got a yellow one in the garage, free!

Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Empties (those are a nickel each!)

[Steel Toed Tank]

You should paint them green, as nobody will believe it's not a KLR 650 anyway.

Lol, they would look more at home on my friends KLX, but not enough HP for the extra weight. He already taxes it with his 260lbs!

Sounds like a road trip that would make a great documentary.......is there a videographer biker in the house, up for a road trip?

I bet it would be a good documentary, but no videographer sadly. My camera will take videos, but they are of sub par quality. I decided to bring my laptop with me as the milk crates provide much more room than I thought we'd need, so I should be able to post pictures along the way!

If this was Indonesia, you'd have yourself a Taxi there.
Or an RV with MotherInLaw Suites.

Don't put your Salmonala Sandwiches in there over the pipes, unless its a Queersnose style Toasted Sub.

When you say "lean hard" would that include dragging plastic, on corners.
Might grind the edge off, lose stuff.
Trail of bread crumbs?
You won't get sparks, but maybe some smoke? Cool.
You could screw on a few Donor Bolts in the outer corners, make a shower of sparks.

Desperation is the Mother of Invention, love it.
If ya really want a match, I got a yellow one in the garage, free!

Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Empties (those are a nickel each!)

Hahaha, wizard you make me laugh.

By "leaned on it" I meant I pushed down hard on the outside of the crates to see if they'd come anywhere near the rear tire.
I like your idea of the bolts though, what a sight that would be!
I haven't been able to find a black milk crate either so I could probably use a yellow one! Looks like I'll be going mismatched, haha.



Went on a 120 mile/200 km ride today to get some supplies and test out my mileage after the mods I did.
Got 34 MPG, a very nice improvement!
Bike ran great the whole time, no foreseeable problems.

I installed a 12v power outlet with a switch and fuse on my bike for running the cooler bag, and charging cell phones and my laptop.

I have a bluetooth ready HJC helmet with little mesh pockets for the bluetooth earphones but since I can't afford an intercom right now, I put headphones in there so I can listen to MP3's while I ride.

Got 16 AA batteries for the camera and LED flashlights.

We are almost done packing up, won't be long now and we will be off!!



Tank

[tkent02]

When will you be in Banff?
I'm leaving Tuesday for Seattle, Banff is on the way, isnt it?

[Steel Toed Tank]

I will be getting to Lake Louise (very close to Banff), AB on the 23rd and the 24th, and for the early morning of the 25 when we head south.
Where are you going to Seattle from? If it's from Colorado then it is definitely not on the way.
Although you are one guy I would like to meet up with sometime.
Your posting style reminds me of a couple of my friends.



This is going to be awesome.

Tank

[tkent02]

Where are you going to Seattle from? If it's from Colorado then it is definitely not on the way.

I got almost a week to get there...

Hmmm.. It's mountains all the way to the coast from there, right...

I like mountains...

[Steel Toed Tank]

Day 1


We left at 10 am instead of the planned 6am.
We slept in after a few beers the night before, plus the time it took to console my friends soon to be wife and assure her that no one was going to die, and that we would return home.
We caught the edge of a storm when we pulled into Edmonton, but after half an hour and a greasy burger at McDonald's the clouds passed and away we went.
On our way through Edmonton we passed the edge of the Edmonton Indy and got to hear the indy cars power shifting and revving up. Made my bike sound like a Honda 50!
Our next stop was some small road side gas station, and between that station and Niton, while we traveled along the south side of a lake, we had two lanes of highway in one direction, all to ourselves for 50 or kilometers. It was pretty awesome.
We arrived at Hornbeck Provincial Campground in Edson Alberta after 563kms.
That's our day so far.
Here's the pictures so far.
Since today was mostly riding, and not really any sight seeing, there isn't many.


This is our bikes this morning right before we left.
Packed up good and heavy!!
You can see my buddy Pony Boy in the picture, and his worried bride too.
The duffel bag on top of the Budweiser bag is a 12 volt powered cooler.
I wired a 12v power plug socket into my bike with a switch and a fuse.
The switch is the same one used as exterior switches on transport trucks, so It should be tough enough to survive me.




My spedo before we left. I will post another when we pull back in the driveway.




This was an A&W along the way, in Niton I think. I haven't seen a retro style one in years, so I took a picture. Also, two Papa burgers for $7.




This is just after we pulled into Edson, we stopped to try to figure out where the beer store and campground were, and I looked in my rearview and saw this.
The highway actually turns into the main street and then back into the highway.




We found the beer store! Good news is that the cooler bag will hold an entire 15 pack of cans.




And we found the campground.




The campground was 16kms past Edson, and we missed the firewood truck by 5 minutes so I ran back into Edson to get some from the gas station.
I went in and paid for the smallish load of wood and then rode my bike over to the far island to get my wood from the bin.
I had a burning smoke in my mouth when I pulled up to the wood bin, and a guy pumping gas across the island from me asked me as I dismounted if I would be so kind to put my smoke out while he pumped his fuel.
I said Sure, of course and flicked my smoke a good distance away.
He smiled as if to say thanks, until I pulled my 10 inch knife from it's sheath on my belt and stabbed it into the upper most chunk of fire wood, and dragged it back towards me to split the wrapping holding all the wood together.
He looked nervous for a second and then said "I'm glad your a nice guy".
LOL.
I didn't mean to make him nervous, but I did find it funny since I'm huge and scarred and tattooed.




Tank and Pony were here. 2012.

[bccap]

Thanks Tank. Glad you're taking lots of pics.

[tkent02]

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Classic photo. You sure that's not a KLR?

Edit, I forwarded this pic to a KLR forum, someone was looking for inexpensive panniers so I thought he could use this idea.

[Charlie G]

STT,

I'm going to tag along for your adventure. Thanks for the pictures.

cg

[Wizard]

How goes The Great HillBilly Tour of '12?
Is that a Beer Holder on your Gas Tank? Have Kokanee, will travel,,..
Better not deface anything in the National Parks. Those are Special Places.
I'm not kiddin, I'll go All Federal on your ass.
Pack out everything, including your cigarette butts, leave nothing except foot prints and take only photos.
If you're Very Lucky, you might stand in the same place, a Quarter Century from now, and it'll still feel like no one has been there before.

And now we return to our regularly scheduled Satire;

Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Alcohol
One flew over the Saddle Baskets
Its a Wonderful Park
Saving Private Parts
A Clockwork Orangutan
2012 A Spacial Oddity
Indiana Jones and the Last Coors
No Country for Old Bikes
Butch Cassidy and the GS Kid
Pirates of The Caribbean - The Curse of The Black GS
Star Trek - The Wreck of Khan
SlumDog Hundredaire
Lock Stock and 2 Smokin Exhausts
There Will Be Bud
Monty Python and the Holy GS
Apocalypse Soon