Quiksilver
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Well ive finally done it(i think), an IBA saddle sore, 1000 miles in less than 24 hours. My plan was to ride from moore mafia to the dragon and then the natches trace to home.
I flew in from new orleans and landed in greenville sc. It was raining and cold when I got there. I ubered to the nearest cycle gear to pick up a few things needed for the trip.
Unfortunately a few of the essential items needed for the trip were out of stock. Then l ubered again to moores place and same thing, raining and cold.
I got my bike sorted and got my gear on and headed to the nearest gas station and fueled up. After calling a few cycle gears the nearest place with the stuff I needed was almost two hours away. I had about 45 pounds of stuff in my backpack (bad back) and the rain was very heavy so that made the ride seem twice as long. My boots were perforated and were fairly wet along with my "waterproof" gloves. I arrived at the cycle gear in columbia sc and was relieved to find out they had everything i needed. I should have purchased some new waterproof gloves but the bill was already high. I bought the bilt large tank bag, a small air compressor, metric tool kit (awsome), tire plug kit, and some waterproof boot covers.
There was a ihop close so i stopped by grabbed some grub, I was starving from not eating all day. My phone was dying and could not charge due to getting wet the from ride.
I found a close motel and got settled in. Got my clothes spread out to dry and starting trying to figure out where to work on my bike, as there were no vacancies on the bottom floor.
The rain let up and I got to work installing the wego III I got from boost by smith. Such an awsome guy to deal with and the harness was extremely easy to install. I wanted to get some datalogging on the way home to try to modify the fuel maps and also tap into the pcv autotune. I was going to try to set the pcv mapping by gear but didnt have a way to get the bike off the ground safely to set the pcv parameters. I got the wego harness sorted then started installing flashing equipment.
It took some extra time installing the flashing harness as I was being extra cautious. I loaded ecu editor and hit flash ecu out not thinking and a few minutes later it seemed successful. Went to start and never heard the fuel pump prime and she didnt fire up when I tried to start. Instant fear I bricked my ecu, commense hot head and sweat. Well I left the flash box on flash and not engine data, flipped the switch hit starter and voila bike is running, extreme relief.
I went through ecu editor and made the neccisary changes and reflashed without issue. I buttoned the bike up, went inside to organize things in my bags and dry my clothes the best I could.
I had planned to leave at 4am but didnt leave till 8am or so from staying up late. The rain was gone but the chill was there, almost perfect weather, a little windy, but a beutiful day to ride.
I stopped at the closest station, fueled up and took the needed picture for the IBA, got something to drink and I was on my way.
6 states, 1000+ miles, 22hours, hungry, cold and solo, It was serene and solitary ride. I should have brought/bought winter gear but I made it. The cold almost broke me but I pushed through it. I've wanted to do this for 10 plus years and have accomplished something on my bucket list.
I didnt take as many pictures as I shouldhave than others needed for the certification. Between planning and keeping in touch with family I didnt have much extra time.
It's upsetting to not visit the dragon but weather said there was a 90% chance of rain and temps were low. Being my first time that would'nt have been the best condition's to take that ride. I will meet the dragon, one day....
I flew in from new orleans and landed in greenville sc. It was raining and cold when I got there. I ubered to the nearest cycle gear to pick up a few things needed for the trip.
Unfortunately a few of the essential items needed for the trip were out of stock. Then l ubered again to moores place and same thing, raining and cold.
I got my bike sorted and got my gear on and headed to the nearest gas station and fueled up. After calling a few cycle gears the nearest place with the stuff I needed was almost two hours away. I had about 45 pounds of stuff in my backpack (bad back) and the rain was very heavy so that made the ride seem twice as long. My boots were perforated and were fairly wet along with my "waterproof" gloves. I arrived at the cycle gear in columbia sc and was relieved to find out they had everything i needed. I should have purchased some new waterproof gloves but the bill was already high. I bought the bilt large tank bag, a small air compressor, metric tool kit (awsome), tire plug kit, and some waterproof boot covers.
There was a ihop close so i stopped by grabbed some grub, I was starving from not eating all day. My phone was dying and could not charge due to getting wet the from ride.
I found a close motel and got settled in. Got my clothes spread out to dry and starting trying to figure out where to work on my bike, as there were no vacancies on the bottom floor.
The rain let up and I got to work installing the wego III I got from boost by smith. Such an awsome guy to deal with and the harness was extremely easy to install. I wanted to get some datalogging on the way home to try to modify the fuel maps and also tap into the pcv autotune. I was going to try to set the pcv mapping by gear but didnt have a way to get the bike off the ground safely to set the pcv parameters. I got the wego harness sorted then started installing flashing equipment.
It took some extra time installing the flashing harness as I was being extra cautious. I loaded ecu editor and hit flash ecu out not thinking and a few minutes later it seemed successful. Went to start and never heard the fuel pump prime and she didnt fire up when I tried to start. Instant fear I bricked my ecu, commense hot head and sweat. Well I left the flash box on flash and not engine data, flipped the switch hit starter and voila bike is running, extreme relief.
I went through ecu editor and made the neccisary changes and reflashed without issue. I buttoned the bike up, went inside to organize things in my bags and dry my clothes the best I could.
I had planned to leave at 4am but didnt leave till 8am or so from staying up late. The rain was gone but the chill was there, almost perfect weather, a little windy, but a beutiful day to ride.
I stopped at the closest station, fueled up and took the needed picture for the IBA, got something to drink and I was on my way.
6 states, 1000+ miles, 22hours, hungry, cold and solo, It was serene and solitary ride. I should have brought/bought winter gear but I made it. The cold almost broke me but I pushed through it. I've wanted to do this for 10 plus years and have accomplished something on my bucket list.
I didnt take as many pictures as I shouldhave than others needed for the certification. Between planning and keeping in touch with family I didnt have much extra time.
It's upsetting to not visit the dragon but weather said there was a 90% chance of rain and temps were low. Being my first time that would'nt have been the best condition's to take that ride. I will meet the dragon, one day....
