California to Montana: Day 5 – Riding the slop

I awoke the following morning at my standard time of 6AM, and was getting pretty good at leaving myself completely packed before I went to sleep, save for the phone and ipod chargers, one for my alarm, the other to keep the tunes going for the minimum requisite of 12 hours a day in the [...]

California to Montana Day 4: Heading Further North

I awoke the next morning, having already heard the spatter of rain on the motel roof, and on the asphalt outside, glad my bike was parked directly outside my door under the eaves, since I’d run the battery tender cable out through a window to recharge the battery just in case. I got dressed, prepared [...]

California to Montana: Day 3 – Five Digit Elevations

My apologies for the long delay in the write-ups… it’s been a great, busy holiday season, so without ado, here goes the next part of the trip As morning broke on Colorado, I stepped outside of the motel to find a light drizzle coming down, put my rain gear on and headed off. Stopped to [...]

California to Montana Day 2: Discovering Utah

Hello again, hope you all enjoyed Day 1 of my Ride Report,  so I’ll continue on! On the morning of day 2 of my trip, I woke up to a planned “short” day of 492 miles. The morning brought cool, crisp temperatures at 7200 feet, so I put on 2 layers under the Gerbings, and [...]

California to Montana on an Aprilia RSV – Day 1

Greetings, everyone! Imagine my surprise when I was asked to talk about my recent road trip by the Fuzzmops and post it up here… quite an honor I must say! To give you a little bit of background about myself: I was born to a poverty stricken family of chicken handlers in rural Mexico, where [...]