Monday, November 30, 2015

Day II 2016 LaB2V challenge

This was the weekend of the annual AMA Dist. 37 LA to Barstow to Vegas (#LAB3V2016) EVENT!  OF THE 600+ riders, quite a few GS Giants (#gsgiants) took on the two day challenge of about 450 miles of desert and mountains.   The link. below, takes you to my facebook thread from day two.  What follows is an excerpt from the beginning of the day.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10207077107902592&set=gm.894975973926023&type=3



Pre dawn, somewhere... the rumble of snoring is is slowly muffled by groans, slurps of java and the klink of wrenches busting knuckles into the second day of the challenge. Welcome to Day-Two of the 2016 LA-B-!
Jeff Kurtz If you would... any Giants with trackers that we didn't have details for (which is most of you...) Please PM a link to me. Meanwhile I'm headed back to zzz-land to prepare for a grueling day behind the keyboard(s). Have fun for us!
LikeReplyNovember 28 at 6:59am
Kyle L. Brandenburger Do they follow the same track (route) as last year?
LikeReplyNovember 28 at 7:01amEdited
Eric Hall Hard to say. Some tracks will be the same
LikeReply1November 28 at 7:05am
Ian Schmeisser Due to environmental reasons, there's a general route but they do alternate from year to year. This used to be a huge *race* until the desert tortoise people made that not possible.
LikeReplyNovember 28 at 7:55am
Jeff Kurtz
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Jeff Kurtz dunno. and they won't know until roll charts are passed out this morning.
LikeReplyNovember 28 at 7:01am
Brian C. Englund Some same, some different. Red Rock Canyon is a staple.
LikeReply2November 28 at 7:02am
Kyle L. Brandenburger So you have some advantage to doing it every year, besides the experience.
UnlikeReply2November 28 at 7:04am
Eric Hall Hard to without my computer
LikeReplyNovember 28 at 7:05am
Kyle L. Brandenburger Since it's "not a race" stop and give us some update photos and video as you go.
LikeReply1November 28 at 7:24am
Jeff Kurtz
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Landon Norman Jeff Kurtz do you have my tracker link?
LikeReplyNovember 28 at 7:12am
Jeff Kurtz Nope. Please send. Tnx
LikeReplyNovember 28 at 7:22am
Jeff Kurtz I remeber GoodSquad... where do I find it?
LikeReplyNovember 28 at 7:38am
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Kevin Moto Red Rock sets apart the men from the boys!

That is exactly where Landon Norman became my hero last year. ...See More
UnlikeReply4November 28 at 7:16amEdited
Brian C. Englund Crying now. Goddamned bad Mexican food!
LikeReply1November 28 at 7:19am
Kevin Moto I know you're the king of excuses.... But really? That's weak!
LikeReply1November 28 at 7:20am
Jeff Kurtz Let's not have a visual on that.
LikeReply1November 28 at 7:20am
Kevin Moto Brian hopefully you packed properly!
LikeReply2November 28 at 7:21am
Brian C. Englund Imma ride poopy drawers and rock it, just to spite Kevin Moto. You're not hard till you kill it in Red Rock with a load in your shorts!
LikeReply2November 28 at 7:21amEdited
Jeff Kurtz What bikes are you guys on? The audience is growing and needs to be edumacrafted.
LikeReplyNovember 28 at 7:26am
Kyle L. Brandenburger Guess. Brian on F800 Kevin on HP2 and the rest on those little fussy orange things.
LikeReply1November 28 at 7:28am
Kevin Moto Brian C. Englund Landon Norman there were no pics of beers being consumed at the Barstow finish last night. What happened?
LikeReply1November 28 at 7:29am
Landon Norman Everyone pretty much crashed out, you weren't here to keep everyone going.
LikeReplyNovember 28 at 7:42am
Kevin Moto #ashamed
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Who said loading a bike was hard work and a dirty job?
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Sunday, November 8, 2015

Installed the SuperDeck III

This was an intereting week.   Drove the truck to Hadley, PA and picked up my AmeriDeck SuperDeck III direct from the factory.  Their installer was away that day so I went door-to-door pitching the deck and looking for someone to lend a hand making the installation.

Over near Youngstorn, OH I was refered to two guys in an old Texaco station that took up my offer and let me do the install there.   While they finished a truck they were working on, I found shade in a carwash stall and managed to un-buncle the power cables and get a head start ont he wiring.  I ran the battery cables over the bulkhead and under the cab to the truck battery.  Bill at the garage mounted the 60amp breaker and made the connection to the positive terminal.  The other lead went to a ground and the deck was alive!

We pressed the "Down" button and the deck lifted off the truck and onto the pavement behind the truck.  We drilled two 1/2" holes through the deck where required and bolted the SuperDeck III in place.   Had we knows what we were doing in the first place we could have been done in less than an hour.

I no sooner started down the interstate toward home when I saw a Harley rider on the shoulder working on his 1973 bike.   Pulling over he explained that one cylinder had failed and now he's 20 miles from work and 20 miles from home.   We rolled the bike onto the deck and headed to his place.   Here's some footage fro the day:




I'm sure you gasped when the bike rolled away from the bulkhead...   Looks like more tie-downs are in order.  Good suggestion... add a strap around the front tire to anchor it to the bulkhead, first thing.

Also I picked up two heavy duty 'anchor points' to place in the center of the deck at the front and back.  That will make it easier to tie two bikes ini place beside each other.  My plans include adding extra tail lights and a caution flasher to be used while roadside...   The company can also sells wheel chocks but I'll shop for those online eventually.  A little anti-skid paint on the deck is certain to be a good idea for wet weather.

Give me a call if you need a lift or have questions about getting an AmeriDeck SuperDeck III for yourself!

Jeff    717-620-9676
AMeriDeck Dealer
www.AmeriDeckMidWest.com
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Thursday, October 22, 2015

Relatives to Hand Held devices...

Here are a few things that are standard equipment in cars and trucks…  These are features that require the driver to take their eyes and at least one hand OFF THE ROAD!  Why aren’t they all converted to voice actuated?  
Push Button Radios / physical CD’s
Cup Holders vs camelback’s
Lip Stick and vanity mirrors?
Air conditioning controls
Instrument clusters (soon to be incorporated into motorcycle helmet screens.

No wonder, “I didn’t see him.”
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