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Re: Go West Young Man! - 32 Days On My CB550
« Reply #25 on: October 22, 2009, 10:58:45 AM »
You guys are also my heroes
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Re: Go West Young Man! - 32 Days On My CB550
« Reply #26 on: October 22, 2009, 10:59:56 AM »
Great photos of the Grand Canyon  - reminds me of when we went there....







Looking forward to hearing more!

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Re: Go West Young Man! - 32 Days On My CB550
« Reply #27 on: October 22, 2009, 02:08:06 PM »
Thanks B.O.X.N.I.F.E. 
This is great! I'm looking at 3 inches of snow outside, so thanks for the distraction!
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Re: Go West Young Man! - 32 Days On My CB550
« Reply #28 on: October 22, 2009, 07:11:47 PM »
I flew over the Grand Canyon twice last week. Is this a real time trip or did I miss you ;)

I waved ;D

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Re: Go West Young Man! - 32 Days On My CB550
« Reply #29 on: October 22, 2009, 07:32:06 PM »
I flew over the Grand Canyon twice last week. Is this a real time trip or did I miss you ;)

I waved ;D

Not in real time, I got home on the 18th - a month and a day after I left. Wish I could have done it on the road, that would have been cool. Looking back is probably best, you would have gotten some pretty manic posts in real time, especially what's comming up next.

Great shots Andy!
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32 days and 5,536 miles on a CB550...

http://kerncountykid.blogspot.com/

and a couple years later, 38 days and 9,102 miles...

Forever West

... and all of it in a 4 mintue video

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Re: Go West Young Man! - 32 Days On My CB550
« Reply #30 on: October 22, 2009, 08:44:21 PM »
I commend you on the effort to post all this.

I know how much time it takes sifting through photos and then attempting to write in a clever tone ;)
You have mastered it 8)

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Re: Go West Young Man! - 32 Days On My CB550
« Reply #31 on: October 23, 2009, 06:14:21 AM »
I have been looking at thes repoerts and living vicariously through them. I see a book here. Each trip is different. Between all of you there is a lot of very interesting reading.
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Re: Go West Young Man! - 32 Days On My CB550
« Reply #32 on: October 23, 2009, 10:59:38 AM »
Ok, we left off around 10pm of the same day we saw Lake Powell and the Grand Canyon. We blew past every campground in southern AZ and are heading south. It becomes clear Gord and I have made a misjudgement. At the base of the mountains leading out of Prescott is the desert. Not an arid expanse of several miles, but the desert you see people staggering around in in the movies. We reach the outskirts of Wickenburg and I spy two sheriff's deputies lingering behind the ONLY gas station in these parts. I roll up and kill the bike. Cop #1 unholsters his gun and cop #2 orders me to kill my light and shines his in my face. They do not like me. I turn on the Arkansas charm.

I forgot to mention I can turn on the stereotypical Arkansas thing like a light switch. We're poor but we aren't morons (most of us anyways). I start rambling like a hillbilly "Uh, we uh rode these motorcycles from Arkansas and can't find no where to sleep. We were thinkin about sleeping in the desert but it don't seem safe. We need yer help." Tell any cop you need their help, let em dominate, and the guns go back in the holsters.

Turns out sleeping in the desert (which we did actually think about) is a bad idea around here. There are snakes, scorpions and some of the people apparently will kill you and take your stuff if they see you. They tell us about a small state park (!) heading towards California. Jackpot! We get directions and head West on state HWY 60 towards Wenden and Alamo Lake state park.

Someday I will die. When I die I will either go to heaven or hell. I don't know what heaven looks like, but I have been to hell. Hell is the ride to Alamo Lake state park in southern Arizona. We are blasting through the desert and see exactly one car and, believe it or not, a guy on a chopper on the entire ride from Wickenburg to Wenden. We reach Wenden and see this sign: Alamo Lake State Park 38. Gord looks at me with a wild eye, it was bizarre. I'm officially in a bad acid trip. It's about 1am and we head towards Alamo Lake.

The ride out is 38 miles North into the interior desert. No houses (other than I think one or two empty abandoned ones), no services of ANY KIND including cellular, narrow two lane road with cattle tracks every mile and sinkholes that bring your stomach into your mouth. 38 miles doesn't sound like much, but we were rocketing into the pitch black, away from any kind of civilization with total abandon. It really felt like a death march.

We finally made it, pitched the tent in the first campsite we saw and started a huge ass fire. There was a log clearly left for sitting on that we burned. It burned all night. In the morning we woke to find we were in some abortion of a state park. This was an attempt by the state to create a recreation area that went totally awry. People of AZ, your tax dollars are keeping a state park running at the gates of hell. Also, at 6am wild quail surrounded the tent making the most annoying call I've ever heard. On 4 hours sleep we got up, packed and exploded out of the park. I did at least 75 every inch of the way back to the highway. We stopped for a couple pics. Enjoy the sport pants, I didn't give a crap any more.









Having made it out of that debacle we stopped for some fruit at a tiny grocer in Wenden. Local youth give us the eye and an old lady tells me, verbatim, 'you boys don't want to be broke down around here'. Rolling out of town we see a sign for camping in the city limits. I am disgusted.

Riding through the warm desert air in my sport pants we hook up with i-10 and California suddenly reveals itself. We have made it. My family can all kiss my butt, I made it to California on my old ass motorcycle.



Gord made it too. But Gord doesn't make it to Los Angeles...
« Last Edit: October 23, 2009, 11:02:57 AM by B.O.X.N.I.F.E. »
1974 CB550

32 days and 5,536 miles on a CB550...

http://kerncountykid.blogspot.com/

and a couple years later, 38 days and 9,102 miles...

Forever West

... and all of it in a 4 mintue video

<a href="Not a valid vimeo URL">WWYY?[/url]

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Re: Go West Young Man! - 32 Days On My CB550
« Reply #33 on: October 23, 2009, 11:40:50 AM »
Aint AZ grand? ;D

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Re: Go West Young Man! - 32 Days On My CB550
« Reply #34 on: October 23, 2009, 12:15:08 PM »
Aint AZ grand? ;D



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1974 CB550

32 days and 5,536 miles on a CB550...

http://kerncountykid.blogspot.com/

and a couple years later, 38 days and 9,102 miles...

Forever West

... and all of it in a 4 mintue video

<a href="Not a valid vimeo URL">WWYY?[/url]

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Re: Go West Young Man! - 32 Days On My CB550
« Reply #35 on: October 23, 2009, 01:39:03 PM »
My Dad was stationed in Blythe for awhile during the war. It is like an oasis in the middle of the desert.
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« Reply #36 on: October 23, 2009, 07:04:44 PM »
"Gord made it too. But Gord doesn't make it to Los Angeles..."

I saw this twist coming ;D

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« Reply #37 on: October 23, 2009, 08:03:40 PM »
There aint no FREAKIN way I would go 35 miles off course that time of night.. I would just keep going  (towards the goal) till a rest area or truckstop, and crash there, or the next morning.. (what an Ahole place that you found :o)

 some things in life are overrated, like sleeping every night...

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Re: Go West Young Man! - 32 Days On My CB550
« Reply #38 on: October 23, 2009, 08:19:17 PM »
See, you are showing your age and experience. Boring ! When you are young, things have a whole different look to them. They are what make the tale so much more interesting. Like burning the large log that was definately a seat and sneaking up on the cops at night. ;D Only the young would come up with some of this stuff and live to tell about it to us old sh!ts. Be honest folks, you'd love to have gone on this venture. Ah to be young again and be able to see the world in this sort of way.
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Re: Go West Young Man! - 32 Days On My CB550
« Reply #39 on: October 23, 2009, 09:13:43 PM »
Exit 217. This is where Gords trip ends.

8 miles from the center of the desert I notice Gord has vanished from my rearview. I pull off exit 217 and wait. I try calling. About five minutes later I spot him, chugging down the shoulder of i-10 at a brisk walks pace. We exit together and pull into a cutaway in the desert. He tells me the bike has hit a wall and just won't accelerate beyond 2k rpms. Idles beautifully, death bogs with any throttle applied.

We see a road sign in the distance but can't quite make it out. Gord zooms in for us with his Nikkon:



Desert Center 8
Indio 57
Los Angeles 184

This is the last photo on Gords camera.

We yank the bowls, no jet issues we can see. Test the electronics, coils firing and stator passes fine. For the second time a tow truck hauls the CX in. His insurance covers a ride to Motorcycles Plus in Indio. A guy on a Gold Wing stops and gives us some water while we wait for the tow and I feel bad for the joke Gord and I had been telling on the trip, "Nice Gold Wing, you should get a motorcycle".

The next two days are spent at the Palm Tree Inn. We go through the bike from top to bottom and cannot get it. We check vacuum on the carbs/petcock, full electrical, carbs... to no avail. The owner of the hotel offers to store the bike for us in an abandoned restruant they own. Justy, our buddy in Glendale comes to gather our corpses. I ride back to LA behind them, 120 miles. My arrival is bittersweet. I did it, but didn't hold up my promise to Gord of "if we can get the parts I can fix anything that happens on the trip".

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I'll try to digest this into a paragraph or two. We spent 4 days in LA trying to get the CX going. 3 trips back to Indio (!), 1 to Ventura to nab a new petcock diaphragm, coils and a CDI. That CDI was dead and cost us 1 trip to Indio and 120$. We sourced a second one only to discover his was in fine shape to begin with. I can't recall all the indignities, but we tried so hard and never caught a break. Finally forum member Queeg answered the call and brought the CX to Glendale. We gave it one last college try, completely disassembling the carbs and electrical. Epic fail.

Here is Gords single solitary break. His boss worked in Arkansas but lived in LA, and had recently decided to move East. He was headed home that weekend with a half full semi truck. Gord hitched a ride home, bike nestled in with the furniture and we sadly parted ways. Goodbye Gord.

« Last Edit: October 23, 2009, 09:16:55 PM by B.O.X.N.I.F.E. »
1974 CB550

32 days and 5,536 miles on a CB550...

http://kerncountykid.blogspot.com/

and a couple years later, 38 days and 9,102 miles...

Forever West

... and all of it in a 4 mintue video

<a href="Not a valid vimeo URL">WWYY?[/url]

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Re: Go West Young Man! - 32 Days On My CB550
« Reply #40 on: October 23, 2009, 11:40:24 PM »
Did you pass that damn water tank in the Sonoran Desert that indicated you were like 286 feet BELOW sea level?! We saw that sum#$%* in August a couple years ago. That translates into 1200F. I learned my lesson. I can be one dumb bastard! At least you saw ONE other biker. And to think I wondered why!? I don't know whats worse - I-8 or I-10 in August! Did I mention I can be one dumb adverturous bastard?!
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Re: Go West Young Man! - 32 Days On My CB550
« Reply #41 on: October 24, 2009, 12:10:03 AM »
I was wondering about our elevation but never saw a sign. It was 108 according to the guy on the Gold Wing. Thats the last week of September. The eastern CA/ western AZ desert aint no joke!
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32 days and 5,536 miles on a CB550...

http://kerncountykid.blogspot.com/

and a couple years later, 38 days and 9,102 miles...

Forever West

... and all of it in a 4 mintue video

<a href="Not a valid vimeo URL">WWYY?[/url]

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« Reply #42 on: October 24, 2009, 09:03:05 AM »
See, you are showing your age and experience. Boring ! ............ Be honest folks, you'd love to have gone on this venture. Ah to be young again and be able to see the world in this sort of way.

Hahaha you and Frank (754) are funny. You dont need to be young to have adventures like this. You just need to swing your leg over a motorcycle and head off into the great unknown. Seaweb (Derek) has proved this and Im sure Jerry has a few adventures up his sleeve. Plenty of others who are no longer age-young have done these kinds of things and more....all it takes is to be young at heart ;-).

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Re: Go West Young Man! - 32 Days On My CB550
« Reply #43 on: October 24, 2009, 09:53:19 AM »
See, you are showing your age and experience. Boring ! ............ Be honest folks, you'd love to have gone on this venture. Ah to be young again and be able to see the world in this sort of way.

Hahaha you and Frank (754) are funny. You dont need to be young to have adventures like this. You just need to swing your leg over a motorcycle and head off into the great unknown. Seaweb (Derek) has proved this and Im sure Jerry has a few adventures up his sleeve. Plenty of others who are no longer age-young have done these kinds of things and more....all it takes is to be young at heart ;-).

cheers
Andy


Oh I'm young at heart and old of body. After the last cycle vs truck battle, things just don't work as well any more. And the responsibilities keep getting in the way. Damn, let me hit the lotto and you would see.... ;D ;D See my A$$ that is, as I ride off into the sunset to nowhere and anywhere.
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Re: Go West Young Man! - 32 Days On My CB550
« Reply #44 on: October 24, 2009, 10:37:52 AM »
 ;D ;D ;D ;D

I hope so Ray!

Hope you are having a good weekend ;-)

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1. CB750K4: Long distance bike, 17 countries and counting...2001 - Trans-USA-Mexico, 2003 - European Tour, 2004 - SOHC Easy Rider Trip , 2008 - Adirondack Tour 2-up , 2013 - Tail of the Dragon Tour , 2017: 836 kit install and bottom end rebuild. And rebirth: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,173213.msg2029836.html#msg2029836
2. CB750/810cc K2  - road racer with JMR worked head 71 hp
3. Yamaha Tenere T700 2022

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Re: Go West Young Man! - 32 Days On My CB550
« Reply #45 on: October 24, 2009, 10:42:40 AM »
Thanks Andy. Had the bike out last sunday, wednesday, thursday, and hope tomorrow. Getting some in before the bad stuff hits.
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Re: Go West Young Man! - 32 Days On My CB550
« Reply #46 on: October 27, 2009, 02:20:59 PM »
This is October 3rd. Justy and I loaded up our bikes, the first time for Justy. He inherited the gear that Gord left behind; a good bag and sleeping pad - thank God. He was hell bent on roughing it and was going to do his part of the trip without a pad. I learned coming out that you'll say 'i'll deal with the cold when it comes, I can handle it.' But that's all talk. You really need warm clothes and something to sleep on if you're camping for more than a night. The toughest dude cannot ride for 8 days in the cold. I decided to switch from my leather vans to a ratty old pair. My feet ended up freezing half the time.

Riding out of LA, at 5pm! Crap! We head West on 101. I do a chain adjustment at a gas station full of fancy cars and come really close to getting hit by a runaway hubcap on the highway. We make it to Refugio State Beach. The campgrounds are the most expensive we've seen on the trip and are all full anyways. We ride through anyways looking for a break. It's dark and we see a large group of people at the group campground sitting by a fire. I consider walking up and asking to give them a few bucks to let us camp on the outskirts of their site, but someone beats me to it. A really nice guy flags me down and asks if we need somewhere to sleep. Good Karma! We pitch up and when we finally shut up I realize just how close we are to the beach. The waves crashing was amazing. I walked down and sat on the beach for a while. It's my favorite part of the trip up to this point.







Shortly after sunrise, Refugio






In the morning they fed us breakfast burritio's and orange juice. Justy and the guy talked sports and we gave them the firewood we were carrying as a thank you. Awesome people! We snaked up Highway 1 towards Morro Bay, hitting our first wineries which Justy was stoked about. I don't drink wine because it tastes like blood, so I was only mildly interested. We made a stop in Pismo. I spent a lot of time here as a kid playing on the beach and saw humpback whales off the pier once. It's a great place when the beaches aren't too crowded. Boogie boarding here was always a blast.











I picked up a post card, gassed up and we headed towards Morro Bay. I lived in Atascadero for a couple years and Morro Bay is my all-time favorite place to visit. Justy and I actually came here together when were about 12 years old. I have a picture of myself in front of "The Rock" at just about every age, and a little chunk of granite sitting over by my door right now here in Arkansas that I swiped years ago. I hit up the Shell Shop where I always buy my girlfriend a shell ring, which somehow she manages to make last just until I make it back there (she broke her last one during this trip.) There was a street fair going on so I skipped the taffy this time.















Being a smartass with the kelp






Justy got a line on a good resturant off the strip after talking to a local. We ate amazing Mexican food and soaked in the vibe.




I called my folks in Atascadero and got the OK to come visit and stay the night. We had a nice ride over. I wanted to stop at the avocado orchard but it was getting late. We made it to Atascadero. I drove by my old house and called my folks again. We ended up having a very interesting evening...









1974 CB550

32 days and 5,536 miles on a CB550...

http://kerncountykid.blogspot.com/

and a couple years later, 38 days and 9,102 miles...

Forever West

... and all of it in a 4 mintue video

<a href="Not a valid vimeo URL">WWYY?[/url]

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Re: Go West Young Man! - 32 Days On My CB550
« Reply #47 on: October 27, 2009, 05:39:36 PM »
There must be a back story on you and your parents :-\

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« Reply #48 on: October 27, 2009, 05:47:08 PM »
There must be a back story on you and your parents :-\
oh, haha, folks means family. Not parents. hahaha, that would be funny. They're plenty crazy, but's it's my aunt & uncle. I guess folks is a southern thing.
1974 CB550

32 days and 5,536 miles on a CB550...

http://kerncountykid.blogspot.com/

and a couple years later, 38 days and 9,102 miles...

Forever West

... and all of it in a 4 mintue video

<a href="Not a valid vimeo URL">WWYY?[/url]

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Re: Go West Young Man! - 32 Days On My CB550
« Reply #49 on: October 27, 2009, 05:50:55 PM »
Between you, Derek and Andy and other trip reports I have read, I smell an SOHC book here.
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