barnesontour
Husqvarna
B Class
I originally posted this in "Now that you got the TR650 where ya gonna go?" But as we have been on the road for 7 weeks now I thought an update on how the bikes are doing and a new thread was in order."
My buddy Lee and I left Portland Oregon on 30 September riding 2 brand new Terra's. We rode down PCH to San Fransisco to visit friends before hopping over the Sierras to Alabama hills then rode through Death Valley to Joshua Tree. We had the oil changed and the coolant burped at Malcolm Smith's before heading over to Tucson to visit the man behind Wukkaking, the perfect solution to the TR fuelling problems. Then we headed South, our destination is Patagonia. We crossed Mexico in 12 days and are now in Guatemala enjoying a few days in Spanish school before we head for El Salvador. The bikes have almost 8000km on the clock and the OEM Metzelers are about to be replaced with Conti TKCs. You can follow our progress here [url="http://www.southwithhuskies.com or follow us on Facebook but don't expect daily updates, we are all about riding the bikes first and foremost. Phil Barnes."
As of today we are (temporarily) stuck in Costa Rica because my ride buddy Lee is suffering from Chikungunya Virus. We have been waiting a week and his blood test results today suggest he may need a little longer to recover.
The bikes were just about new when we set off, one showing 32 miles the other about 11. We switched over to KMs when we entered Mexico and are now approaching 10,000 kms. We fitted scottoilers before we set off and the chains are less than half worn, we also fitted 15t front sprockets here in Costa Rica. The bikes wear a mixture of SW Motech and Touratech luggage and protection with Barkbusters handguards. They were burped in LA but they still run a little hot. We didn't touch the airbox and will review that decision when the bikes are serviced in Quito, Ecuador at about 12,000 kms.
The brake pads appear about half worn and one bike has had the clutch adjusted. The Metzeler Saharas lasted over 7000 kms and still had at least 1000 left when we swapped them out in Guatemala. We are now running TKC80s and putting up with the head shake which limits top speed to about 65mph. The Metzelers were superb for Mexico, where our route was probably 90% on and 10% off-road but they would have been a problem further south.
We hope to be in Cusco, Peru by Christmas and I will try to provide a further update then, in the meantime please check out our blog or you can follow us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/southwithhuskies which has more frequent updates.
We wonder if the TRs may be the first Husky's to be ridden all the way from mainland USA to Ushuaia and would be interested to hear from anyone who knows of any others.
My buddy Lee and I left Portland Oregon on 30 September riding 2 brand new Terra's. We rode down PCH to San Fransisco to visit friends before hopping over the Sierras to Alabama hills then rode through Death Valley to Joshua Tree. We had the oil changed and the coolant burped at Malcolm Smith's before heading over to Tucson to visit the man behind Wukkaking, the perfect solution to the TR fuelling problems. Then we headed South, our destination is Patagonia. We crossed Mexico in 12 days and are now in Guatemala enjoying a few days in Spanish school before we head for El Salvador. The bikes have almost 8000km on the clock and the OEM Metzelers are about to be replaced with Conti TKCs. You can follow our progress here [url="http://www.southwithhuskies.com or follow us on Facebook but don't expect daily updates, we are all about riding the bikes first and foremost. Phil Barnes."
As of today we are (temporarily) stuck in Costa Rica because my ride buddy Lee is suffering from Chikungunya Virus. We have been waiting a week and his blood test results today suggest he may need a little longer to recover.
The bikes were just about new when we set off, one showing 32 miles the other about 11. We switched over to KMs when we entered Mexico and are now approaching 10,000 kms. We fitted scottoilers before we set off and the chains are less than half worn, we also fitted 15t front sprockets here in Costa Rica. The bikes wear a mixture of SW Motech and Touratech luggage and protection with Barkbusters handguards. They were burped in LA but they still run a little hot. We didn't touch the airbox and will review that decision when the bikes are serviced in Quito, Ecuador at about 12,000 kms.
The brake pads appear about half worn and one bike has had the clutch adjusted. The Metzeler Saharas lasted over 7000 kms and still had at least 1000 left when we swapped them out in Guatemala. We are now running TKC80s and putting up with the head shake which limits top speed to about 65mph. The Metzelers were superb for Mexico, where our route was probably 90% on and 10% off-road but they would have been a problem further south.
We hope to be in Cusco, Peru by Christmas and I will try to provide a further update then, in the meantime please check out our blog or you can follow us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/southwithhuskies which has more frequent updates.
We wonder if the TRs may be the first Husky's to be ridden all the way from mainland USA to Ushuaia and would be interested to hear from anyone who knows of any others.
