YES! ONLY 200KM TODAY!
We've been burning it over the last 10 days or so so we can finish up early, we have done 400km of more most days for that time, and it was nice to have a leisurely ride for once!
We even stayed within the same state for once and didn't even have to stop for fuel! Amazing how small things seem like a big win at this stage of the trip.
We arrived in Bangor after a couple of hours, and the first order of business was to check out Stephen Kings house which luckily was only 4km form our hotel, and the second was to make a dent in the mammoth task of cleaning our bikes down for Australian customs.
We rode the very short distance to Stephen Kings house, which seemed large-ish from the street , but when you walked along the road a bit could see that extended a LONG way back from the street with a number of other 'additions' out the back. Unfortunately, there was no Storm water drains to hide in while wearing a clown mask!
We posed for a couple of rare 'selfies' while pulling stupid faces outside his house. there were at least about 4-5 other cars pulling up while we were there... and this was a week day! I'm sure the neighbours LOVE all the traffic in the street, and all the dickhead tourists taking selfies in front of the gate! We spent about 15 minutes here generally being a public nuisance, borderline trespassing, and examining all the cool gargoyles on the fence.
It was then the time to get back to the Hotel and start the shit (SHIIIIIIT!) task of cleaning the bikes for transport.
Last time we spent a whole day cleaning a multitude of dead bugs and encrusted filth off our bikes in Ireland, and I was not keen to repeat the performance, deciding to split it up a bit over a couple of innings.
3 hours later, the bikes were a little bit cleaner, and mostly dead body free, however there is still quite a lot of calcium carbonate encrusted to the underside on the stands, from all the road works we have ridden through. This shit is a bastard to clean off, and sticks like glue. It's really weird. If you're reading this, and planning a motorcycle trip across the US, I recommend applying WD-40 regularly to the underside of your bike, possibly every couple of days, Just to provide a barrier to stop this stuff from sticking.
We got the bulk of it done, with just a little more scrubbing and a liberal (LIBERAL!) application of WD-40 to get off all the tar spots and to shine all the metal so it looks new.
We also needed to off-load a few things, including our 10L Jerry cans that we had carried the whole way from Australia. We left them in the Hotel car park, along with some spare oil, left a 'FREE' sign on them and posted on a biking forum that they were there and waiting. who knows what became of them...
Shit. Laptop screen just died. Gonna have to finish this on my phone!
We've been burning it over the last 10 days or so so we can finish up early, we have done 400km of more most days for that time, and it was nice to have a leisurely ride for once!
We even stayed within the same state for once and didn't even have to stop for fuel! Amazing how small things seem like a big win at this stage of the trip.
We arrived in Bangor after a couple of hours, and the first order of business was to check out Stephen Kings house which luckily was only 4km form our hotel, and the second was to make a dent in the mammoth task of cleaning our bikes down for Australian customs.
We rode the very short distance to Stephen Kings house, which seemed large-ish from the street , but when you walked along the road a bit could see that extended a LONG way back from the street with a number of other 'additions' out the back. Unfortunately, there was no Storm water drains to hide in while wearing a clown mask!
We posed for a couple of rare 'selfies' while pulling stupid faces outside his house. there were at least about 4-5 other cars pulling up while we were there... and this was a week day! I'm sure the neighbours LOVE all the traffic in the street, and all the dickhead tourists taking selfies in front of the gate! We spent about 15 minutes here generally being a public nuisance, borderline trespassing, and examining all the cool gargoyles on the fence.
It was then the time to get back to the Hotel and start the shit (SHIIIIIIT!) task of cleaning the bikes for transport.
Last time we spent a whole day cleaning a multitude of dead bugs and encrusted filth off our bikes in Ireland, and I was not keen to repeat the performance, deciding to split it up a bit over a couple of innings.
3 hours later, the bikes were a little bit cleaner, and mostly dead body free, however there is still quite a lot of calcium carbonate encrusted to the underside on the stands, from all the road works we have ridden through. This shit is a bastard to clean off, and sticks like glue. It's really weird. If you're reading this, and planning a motorcycle trip across the US, I recommend applying WD-40 regularly to the underside of your bike, possibly every couple of days, Just to provide a barrier to stop this stuff from sticking.
We got the bulk of it done, with just a little more scrubbing and a liberal (LIBERAL!) application of WD-40 to get off all the tar spots and to shine all the metal so it looks new.
We also needed to off-load a few things, including our 10L Jerry cans that we had carried the whole way from Australia. We left them in the Hotel car park, along with some spare oil, left a 'FREE' sign on them and posted on a biking forum that they were there and waiting. who knows what became of them...
Shit. Laptop screen just died. Gonna have to finish this on my phone!
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| Stephen Kings house. You can feel the weirdness from here. |
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| You can see it goes further back from the road |
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| Bike washing... what a fucking pain in the arse... |
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| Fare thee well Jerry cans. May you be a pain in someone elses' arse from now on. So glad I won't have to strap you on and off my back seat every day. Or have you dig in to my back, or snag my boot getting on and off the bike in fact - Die screaming mother fucker. |
NOOOO!
ReplyDeletedon't know if they sell it over there, but if you can get it, try some ct-18 truck wash. should help with the cleaning
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