I must confess that the inspiration for this trip came from the Cannonball Run 2010. The route we have chosen follows much of the same route as the CBR. For the most part...we are not stopping in the same towns as the CBR.
My wife (with some encouragement from me) was talked into doing this partly because:
1. She did not want me racing across the country with a bunch of other "crazed scooter nutz" (sorry Bagel)
2. She did not want me to borrow her scoot for the trip (she has a GTS250 and I normally ride a BV500 which is outside of the rules for the CBR)
We have attracted a number of additional riders to our cause. We are members of Oregon Scooter Club and once word got out that Karen and I were doing this, we had a number of people ask "can we go too???? PLEEEASSEEE?" We now have 7 riders.
Scooter prep. Much has been said about this on this bbs, but each prep has its own wrinkles. In our case, we are camping coast to coast. That means quite a bit more stuff to bring along. It was critical to me that the bikes all ride well despite the about of gear we were taking along. If you look at the pictures below, you can see that we ended up with a pretty tidy setup.
I'll try to get an MV ride report up tomorrow. Really fried tonight. We are in Helena MT with two riding days in the rearview mirror.
Looks like I'm gonna have to figure out how to change the map picture in my signature area again.
I have setup a Facebook page for those who would like to keep in touch with the riders.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/P2P-Scooter-Trip/142777725741710?ref=sgm
My wife's GTS all suited up for the trip. Tent is on the front rack. Topcase only has very light stuff in it. Suitcase is a Tourmaster seat
mounted bag, medium size. We really like this bag.
My BV500 all suited up. Note GPS on the left handlebar, Suite case is a Tourmaster Seat mounted bag, medium height. Sleeping bag on top. One side case contains the air mattress and pump. Other side case contains food and pan kit.
