The Great Mountain Escape

[EdChen]

Looks like he made it, just forgot about us, thread here: http://www.winnipegheights.com/forums/showthread.php?t=219220

[tulebox]

Glad to hear he made it ok!! Too bad about the rain, though. Thanks Ed.....

[ohgood]

the OP should post this on ADVRider. haven't noticed many ride reports featuring GS's. 

[skimhitz]

Whoooooooooops.

Yeah, sorry about that guys. Here's actually what happened. I couldn't figure out how to post on this site from my blackberry, and figured there must be something wrong with the mobile version of the site. Then after I got back from the trip, only THEN did I realize this whole time I just wasn't logged in. Yes, I am mildly retarded like that. At that point since I hadn't made any updates I thought it would be weird to post everything at once, so I just kind of put it off...kinda like when you forget someone's name, but it's at the point where it's too late to ask...

Yeahh.....but the trip was great. You can check out all of the posts on my blogspot account here:

http://greatmountainescape.blogspot.com

Most of the pictures can be found here as well:

http://picasaweb.google.com/106675983569221628634/TheGreatMountainEscape?authkey=Gv1sRgCIG7p8rbrqruUA&feat=directlink

Overall the trip was great and the GS did very well. I mentioned in the blog that the GS is burning oil, and after further investigation I've determined that it's not burning it, it's actually leaking oil. Whenever I park the bike after riding it for a while, it builds up a few drops of oil on the ground. At first I thought it was chain oil, but the chain oil is black and this is brown like engine oil. It looks like it's leaking from the side of the oil pan but it's really hard to tell. Unfortunately since I don't have a garage and the season is close to over for this Winnipegger, it will probably be a project for next year. When that time comes I'll definitely be asking the fine people here for some help diagnosing and fixing the issue.

So once again, sorry I didn't make any updates, but thanks to those who were concerned and followed along anyways.

P.S. How did you find me on winnipegheights?

[tulebox]

Man, cool trip! I'm jealous,'redneck and all!! Been a long time since my last big road trip, and this got menthinking hard about another. glad you are ok and had a good overall trip! Thanks!!!!!

[Trwhouse]

Hi Skimhitz,

I was worried about you, too, man, and I don't even know you.
It sounds like you had a great trip.
Nice to meet you, bub.

Best wishes,
Trwhouse

[toothless]

woohooo! you made it! nice write up and pics!  That's a lot of miles to cover in 11 days