Alaska and Back, on a Hayabusa - Page 2

MachTen · 07-24-2012, 10:03 PM

Thanks for sharing your most excellent adventure. Really an amazing ride!

Mike_drz · 07-25-2012, 01:14 AM

Ah, that's where I also want to go

River Rat · 07-25-2012, 02:09 AM

awesome ride, thanks for sharing, goes to show the 'busa is a very versatile beast in the right hands

Christian RA40XT · 07-25-2012, 02:15 AM

Great Pics... Great Report....And...... Fantastic Hair Colour !

BluNozr · 07-25-2012, 03:33 AM

Great ride report. Thanks for sharing.

Twistn'roads · 07-25-2012, 04:30 AM

Well done Shnizzle! I like Alaska ride reports.

~TR~

DaFoole · 07-25-2012, 05:10 AM

GREAT report!!

Thanks for sharing and...

a 'Busa to Dawson...

...didn't you know you have to have an "Adventure" bike....

Ninjaalentejano · 07-25-2012, 05:12 AM

RESPECT!!

zilla · 07-25-2012, 06:05 AM

Great ride report!

ricohman · 07-25-2012, 06:11 AM

I like solitary reports like these. May have to try one myself one of these days. Well done!

tcourdin · 07-25-2012, 06:44 AM

What an EPIC adventure!!! Thanks for sharing!

walkergreenlabel · 07-25-2012, 07:04 AM

I'm very impressed you did that ride on that bike! what is the tarp and pole you have?

danh600 · 07-25-2012, 07:30 AM

One of the sub-forums has this in the title.

Quote:

Is it an adventure if you ride a street bike?

I think you answered that question.

mark444 · 07-25-2012, 07:35 AM

I'll look for your ride in the upcoming 2013 Guiness Book..............!!!!!!!!

theshnizzle · 07-25-2012, 08:11 AM

Thanks all,I really appreciate the positive response. I was kinda nervous to post up a RR. Upon reviewing I see that a couple of pics are missing but the corrasponding text is there,sorry. I am not techy and I had to type into my tablets Supernote,add the picture numbers,then email it to my son,who posted it for me.

Hey, when I look at my busa,I think I see adventure bike!!.....LOL.

The tarp and poles came as a set advertised as a "sunshade" from Crappy Tire. I set it up in the yard then held the hose full blast on it and no leaks. The poles collapse into 3 parts they are heavy steel,so not the lightest by far....BUT....the tarp and poles I bought on clearence for 30.00!. The tarp when I use the full configuration is big.

Doing that trip on my own,battling rain wind ect,ect and ,I neglected to add,significant arthritis in my fingers wrists and elbows,hips and one knee,with my torn rotator cuff to boot was another obstacle to manage, Oddly, my shoulder started to feel better the more I rode. See.....motorcycle physical therapy,its good!

I tried to stay away from painkillers,only when I had trouble keeping the throttle open and using the levers,did I pop a couple,just over the counter Advils ect.

I am a much more confident person now, I feel like I have something to offer and I have applied to become a Big Sister. I overcame a husband who walked out after 16 years, leaving me with 5 children and no real work skills, I had been a stay at home mom,coupled with 2 immediate family suicides, as horrible these experiences were,they are part of the fabric of who I was, I guess, and who I am now.

I am very proud of myself for completing this journey because you know its not just a physical journey now is it? It's such a exploration of the inner you that can be suppressed and ignored.But that other you is in there and what a great personal reward when that person emerges through good and bad experiences.

I am especially proud that I did it on my own with no riding partner or group. And not take the easy way out either,with motels and restaurants. Maybe this was my own custom " Outward Bound".......? ( Ummm...no offence to those who motel and eat out,btw,it just wasn't in my budget)

I hope that one young girl somewhere in the Big Sisters program will look at me and know that despite the shit that you get dealt in life sometimes,you either curl up in the fetal position and hide under the bed, or pull yourself up by the bootstraps and get on with your life.

I know that I didn't traverse the world or go on a particularly exotic adventure,but it was MY mountain on a bike that everyone said would be a complete folly and I overcame the my trepadations,tried to turn negatives into positives...( I tried, OK....I tried...!!!) and came out the other end a better person.

umm...that all a bit heavy isn't it.......so ,hey, when I bathed in the lake,that water was fucking COLD!!!!!!......LOL

07-24-2012, 10:03 PM	#16
MachTen Must go faster... Joined: May 2012 Location: Denver, Colorado Oddometer: 2	Thanks for sharing your most excellent adventure. Really an amazing ride! __________________ '12 BMW R1200GS (Long Range Bomber) '11 BMW K1300S (High Speed Interceptor)

07-25-2012, 02:15 AM	#19
Christian RA40XT Don't Panic! Joined: Jan 2011 Location: Ruhrpott, Germany Oddometer: 119	Great Pics... Great Report....And...... Fantastic Hair Colour ! __________________ Blog Iceland 2012 Blog Nordkap 2011 Schottland 2010

07-25-2012, 03:33 AM	#20
BluNozr Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Nov 2010 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Oddometer: 472	Great ride report. Thanks for sharing. __________________ Len www.earthwindandtires.ca

07-25-2012, 04:30 AM	#21
Twistn'roads Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2008 Location: Cambridge, Ont., Canada Oddometer: 376	Well done Shnizzle! I like Alaska ride reports. ~TR~ __________________ ~Somewhere on two wheels~ "Farewell To Nova Scotia" - 2010 Maritime Tour "My Slightly Past Mid-Life Crisis Gold Rush Tour 2009"

07-25-2012, 05:10 AM	#22
DaFoole Que la Chinga?! Joined: Jun 2004 Location: BFE, SW Oregon/SF BayO'rea Oddometer: 3,140	GREAT report!! Thanks for sharing and... a 'Busa to Dawson... ...didn't you know you have to have an "Adventure" bike.... __________________ "...when I handed the 40 ouncer to him, he got that far off stare that a cat gets when it just gets done licking its ass for the last 15". Yeah, THAT stare." -WTF-Over DaFoole screwed with this post 07-25-2012 at 05:16 AM

07-25-2012, 01:14 AM	#17
Mike_drz Banned Joined: Jul 2012 Location: somewhere near the beach Oddometer: 402	Ah, that's where I also want to go

07-25-2012, 02:09 AM	#18
River Rat Greybeard Joined: Nov 2007 Oddometer: 3	awesome ride, thanks for sharing, goes to show the 'busa is a very versatile beast in the right hands

07-25-2012, 05:12 AM	#23
Ninjaalentejano Adventurer Joined: Apr 2011 Oddometer: 23	RESPECT!!

07-25-2012, 06:05 AM	#24
zilla Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2006 Location: People's Republic Of Illinois Oddometer: 1,519	Great ride report! __________________ " The lesser of two evils is still evil"

07-25-2012, 06:11 AM	#25
ricohman Marinoni man Joined: Aug 2008 Location: Saskatchewan Oddometer: 1,858	I like solitary reports like these. May have to try one myself one of these days. Well done! __________________ Saskatchewan to Prudhoe Bay ride report 2010

07-25-2012, 06:44 AM	#26
tcourdin Resident Spooner Joined: Apr 2008 Location: Arkansas Oddometer: 9,027	What an EPIC adventure!!! Thanks for sharing! __________________ 09 DR650 09 Harley Fat Bob 07 BMW1200GS 07 Yamaha WR450F 07 Yamaha YZ450F My SPOT

07-25-2012, 07:04 AM	#27
walkergreenlabel Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2010 Location: Oakville, ON Oddometer: 144	tarp? I'm very impressed you did that ride on that bike! what is the tarp and pole you have?

07-25-2012, 07:35 AM	#29
mark444 Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2010 Location: Heart of Dixie........Alabamie Oddometer: 387	I'll look for your ride in the upcoming 2013 Guiness Book..............!!!!!!!!

07-25-2012, 08:11 AM	#30
theshnizzle ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2011 Location: Canada eh? Oddometer: 314	Thanks all,I really appreciate the positive response. I was kinda nervous to post up a RR. Upon reviewing I see that a couple of pics are missing but the corrasponding text is there,sorry. I am not techy and I had to type into my tablets Supernote,add the picture numbers,then email it to my son,who posted it for me. Hey, when I look at my busa,I think I see adventure bike!!.....LOL. The tarp and poles came as a set advertised as a "sunshade" from Crappy Tire. I set it up in the yard then held the hose full blast on it and no leaks. The poles collapse into 3 parts they are heavy steel,so not the lightest by far....BUT....the tarp and poles I bought on clearence for 30.00!. The tarp when I use the full configuration is big. Doing that trip on my own,battling rain wind ect,ect and ,I neglected to add,significant arthritis in my fingers wrists and elbows,hips and one knee,with my torn rotator cuff to boot was another obstacle to manage, Oddly, my shoulder started to feel better the more I rode. See.....motorcycle physical therapy,its good! I tried to stay away from painkillers,only when I had trouble keeping the throttle open and using the levers,did I pop a couple,just over the counter Advils ect. I am a much more confident person now, I feel like I have something to offer and I have applied to become a Big Sister. I overcame a husband who walked out after 16 years, leaving me with 5 children and no real work skills, I had been a stay at home mom,coupled with 2 immediate family suicides, as horrible these experiences were,they are part of the fabric of who I was, I guess, and who I am now. I am very proud of myself for completing this journey because you know its not just a physical journey now is it? It's such a exploration of the inner you that can be suppressed and ignored.But that other you is in there and what a great personal reward when that person emerges through good and bad experiences. I am especially proud that I did it on my own with no riding partner or group. And not take the easy way out either,with motels and restaurants. Maybe this was my own custom " Outward Bound".......? ( Ummm...no offence to those who motel and eat out,btw,it just wasn't in my budget) I hope that one young girl somewhere in the Big Sisters program will look at me and know that despite the shit that you get dealt in life sometimes,you either curl up in the fetal position and hide under the bed, or pull yourself up by the bootstraps and get on with your life. I know that I didn't traverse the world or go on a particularly exotic adventure,but it was MY mountain on a bike that everyone said would be a complete folly and I overcame the my trepadations,tried to turn negatives into positives...( I tried, OK....I tried...!!!) and came out the other end a better person. umm...that all a bit heavy isn't it.......so ,hey, when I bathed in the lake,that water was fucking COLD!!!!!!......LOL

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