We use the 2002 BMW K1200LT for this 11 days trip.
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The start mileage ono the bike was 58.260miles and we are expecting to turn the 60.000 mile on this trip.
This is our stuff for the trip
Two side bags, one trunk bag and one top duffel bag.
On the trunk bag goes most of our clothing.
One side bag for tools and electronics
One side bag for toiletry and medical.
And the top duffel for camping gear. (2 sleeping bags, 2 mattress, tent and small parts
Day 1 was hot. Very hot. We had most of the trip over 100F, and the record were in Baker at 113F
We slept at a hotel in Mesquite, NV. Too hot to camp (was 102F at 10PM).
It was I-15 during all 5:30 boring hours and totally uneventfully
The second day start great. I love to cross the Nevada,Arizona,Utah canyon on I-15.
We were on the road about 6:30AM and today wasn't too hot. The max was 103F, but most of the day we had around 95F
When we got to St. George we saw this dense smoke on the air. Was hard to bread on the open motorcycle. I'm not sure from what fire it was, but was really bad.
Guess what?!. After 500 miles and we had to cross a rail road and the train was there. A very long one. We count 108 cars, but some of them had already passed. The diesel locomotive were in the middle of the train (or it had some on the front and those 4 more in the middle).
Then the view start being what we came for. Gorgeous.
But was too good to be true. I found a leaking on the valve cover of the bike and we had to cut short the day. Stop in Vernal and I try to fix it, but seams like I do have a big problem: one screw stripped the hole housing on the engine block.
Tomorrow I will check at a local MC dealer if he can do something else.
There is the bike at the York Motorsports of Vernal. Josh was the mechanic guy and he worked very good doing a helycoil fix on the valve cover. I brought the bike already naked so it took him about an hour to do it. He was so nice gave me oil from his personal
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