My Machine

My Machine
My fourth and current "ride" is a 2002 BMW 1150GS. My first bike was a kawasaki kx80 that I got when I was 12 years old.I rode that around the neighborhood until it died than bought a honda xl350 when I was 16 and rode that until "finished" than went onto the Kawasaki KLR 650 which I had for 10 years and thru my first trip to Asia.

Equipment Lists

  • Garmin Zumo 550 GPS
  • Jessie,Rear Compartment Box
  • Jessie,Odyssey Pannier System
  • Throttle Meister Cruise Control
  • BMW Tank Bag
  • Skid Plates
  • Hand Guards
  • BMW Crash Bars
  • BMW Adventure Fog Lights

Blog Archive

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Ban Lung, Ratanakiri Province, Northeast Cambodia. Jumping off point for water falls, lakes, trekking etc. Also a gem mining area.
Yeak Lom, a crater lake.













I had a man with a lathe modify the latch mechanism of my right pannier so it secures tighter. I think he charged me less than a dollar.
Ten dollar room in Strung Treng enroute to Ban Lung. No fire code here cuz the window bars dont open.

The mighty Mekong.


My right pannier intermitently bottomed out scraping metal.








750 km, from Siem Reap to Ban Lung. A beautiful ride.





Im wearing a cooling vest that goes under my Aerostitch Darien Riding Jacket. You charge the vest by immersing it in water, absorbing up to a gallon. As the water from the vest evaporates inside my jacket, it creates a cooling effect. Works pretty good.








The stone path leading to Prasat Prear Khan.
Nobodies here.

Prasat Preah Khan is a remote temple complex located about 200 Km from Siem Reap on route 66. It was very difficult to get there having to negociate deep sand, single track and unmarked route. It was a long day.






Ankor Wat


Ankor Wat








Ankor Wat at dawn.




This faulty spark plug wire was causing my bike to run crappy since Bangkok. Of course it has to be BMW, and of course theirs none around for thousands of miles so I had to DHL it from BKK to Penom pen for $80 plus another $70 for the part.





Penom Pen Hotel.



My dog kept falling off.




First night 10$ for the room near in Koh Kong.
CAMBODIA

Crossed the Southernmost Thai/Cambodian Boder. Hat Lek/Koh Kong


Moto Transport Service.



Bike started running really funny about an hour out of Bangkok and I didn't want to ride it like that so I called BKK BMW which I had visited earlier to send a tow.