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Photo by Helmut Koch, Vivid sky with Northern Lights, Yukon, Canada

I haven't been everywhere...
but it's on my list!


Photo by Helmut Koch,
Camping under Northern Lights,
Yukon, Canada



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South to Argentina on a Victory Motorcycle

How can I even be thinking of riding that big old thing all the way to the bottom of the world? Don't I know that as soon as you leave the U.S. (or Canada, Austrailia or Europe) there are no roads, chicken and donkeys are everywhere and everyone looks like this.


I guess I like a challenge.
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The motorcycle:

For some reason I keep buying wrecked Victory V92 bikes at salvage auctions. these are the bikes that Victory orphaned back in 2005. I fix them and ride some, sell some to buy more. Usually you can't see the mileage before you buy so when it has low mileage, you win and sell it, when it has 65,000 like this one.
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You ride it to the end of the world.

So after selling anything of value on it and setting it up the way I like. It looked like this



The preperation: Preperation? we don't need no stinkin preperation.

Tires: The best ones off the the bikes I had Rear Metzler ME880 with most of its tread and a front Michelin Commander II with more than half its left.

Custom seat.


When I bought my daily driver for $400 from a Pakistani Cabbie, it was there so I cut it to size.
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Not sure I want to think about it's former location. Got an Alaska Sheepskin But Pad to go over it.

Got myself a nice set of Ortlieb panniers. Took them on a trip to the Adirondacks with the Chai (Life, not Tea)
Riders MC on my yellow Victory Sport Cruiser and melted the right one with the exhaust . Gorilla tape to the rescue.

Tank bag and the Texsport yellow dry bag that survived my Mexico trip.
Off to Meet the Jews in LA then Mexico | Adventure Rider

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Looks like this is going to be an "interesting" trip!

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Oh, so who the hell am I? I'm Mitch, 55 years old and needing to do this adventure sooner than later. I've got a very understanding wife, Parents that encourage this sort of thing and 2 kids going to college.


Me with my more HU acceptable ride. This is a one way trip for the bike and I'm not parting with my Wee (Strom the is).

There's a thread here about whether one gains or loses weight on these trips, I sure hopes it's lose in my case.

This trip was supposed to be a Father & Son trip with my oldest, but he got an unexpected acceptance to a very selective Bio-Chem program. I'm very proud of him and we'll do another trip when he has his degree.

This ride report is in real time so if I'm passing your way and you want to extend some hospitality, I'm ok with that
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Bram from Holland rode down from Massachusetts to join me until the middle of Mexico. He's riding his father's 1988 BMW R100GS. 5 min to go.
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We made it to the Horizons Unlimited meet in North Carolina and had a great weekend. the organizers, the venue and the presenters made it memorable as did all our fellow riders. Thanks
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