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

Thursday, March 19, 2009
















My right pannier was miraculously repaired in Penom Penn.
At Bankok BMW, I met a couple traveling from the Netherlands to Australia overland on an older BMW.




My place in Bangkok for $18 per night. Near Victory Monument where everything is.



Killing time working out at Lumpini Park waiting for BKK BMW to service the bike.




Sunday, March 8, 2009

I Was driving thru a village outside Sen Monoram when I spotted a man with a sewing machine. He stitched up the main zipper that secured the tank bag to the tank. Good as new for less than a dollar.
Driving out from Sen Monoram at dawn.
It took these two fellas over an hour to wash all the mud that was caked all over the bike.

Coming out of the Death Highway. That was tough. The bike went down about 6 times in all.






The Stump. Coming from the other side, it was camoflaged.




A bummer but well worth the adventure. Also damaged or lost were right and left engine guards, rear mud guard, rear tool compartment door, and my tank bag zipper. I'm heading to Penom Pen for repairs. Its amazing what mechanics from this part of the world can do.


Some Friendlies my guide and I met on the trail.


The route.



Covered in dirt and beat down by the trail. Only halfway there.




Despite the knobbies, it was very easy to lose traction because of the weight of the bike.


I am riding the Death Highway,, 200Km from Ban Lung to Sen Monoram. The route consist of ox cart tracks thru mud, deep sand, creeks and some little hill climbs.


River crossing at Lumphat, just south of Ban Lung.








Small moto shop. I always try and use a local shop for even really minor repairs because its cheap, they are very enthusiastic, and your working out of the sun and off the dirt.


A broken throttke cable. Good thing this didn't happen on the trail.


My Guide for the death hwy.