Tom, It looks like a lot of stuff, but it was actually pretty minimal. I did bring some "indulgence" stuff like lots of books, since for my new job I'm going to be living in the woods for a while. Once I found out that my exhaust was melting the contents of my saddle bags, I had to move more stuff up to the hiking backpack strapped across the back, so the saddle bags were virtually empty. I stopped along the way and tried to clean my reserve out, but I must have some rust in the tank and it keeps getting clogged. With my tiny gas tank and long empty stretches of highway out west, I had to add the gas can to my setup in order to make it between gas stations. All told, by the end of the trip my bike wasn't exactly handling wonderfully. I can't tell you how awesome it was to unload all that gear and ride my bike around Yosemite! To remember how a motorcycle is supposed to feel.
Now that I'm at the end of my journey, I think I'm going to try some Evapo-rust and see if I can fix that reserve issue once and for all. I'm also going to leave behind some of the heavy luxury camping items when this job is over, so hopefully wherever the road takes me next, I'll be getting there with grace. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
