This is the planning page for the upcoming trip to Labrador. I’ll be stopping to visit family as noted in the pic plus a stop at the STN National Meetup in West Virginia.
Preparation:
These are things I need to do to the bike to get ready for riding season.
- Pull the clutch cover to replace the seal. There’s a leak somewhere. (todo)
- While I’m in there, replace the front sprocket (todo)
- Respring the front forks (todo)
- Install the new horn (todo: can’t find a good spot; not a lot of room)
- Install the gps cable (done)
- Get longer screws for the tank and gps (todo: hard to find stainless steel ones)
- Get right sized screws for right side bars (todo: hard to find stainless steel ones)
- investigate fuel cell
- Install luggage rack (done)
- Build plate for fuel tank/luggage rack connection (done)
- Install new fuel cell (got a Tour Tank) (done)
- Replace the front brake lines with steel braided (done)
- Check and replace brake pads (front and rear are peachy)
- Replace brake fluid (front done; still need todo rear)
- Install voltmeter (done)
- Install fuse box (done)
- Install fuse box Part 2
- Install fuse box Part 3
- Install fuse box Part 4
- Install 12v plug. (done)
- Build riding music list (vs regular list; more rockin, singalong songs; basically ones I can hear while riding) (todo)
- Test setup on a day or two day ride (todo May 27th)
- Get new tires before trip (todo: june 4th)
Camping Places (estimated/targetted)
| State | Day | Arrive | Accomodations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR | 2 | Sat | Ozark National Forest | |
| TN | 3 | Sun | Laurel Hill Wildlife Management Area | Watch out for hunters |
| TN | 4/5 | Mon/Tue | Deal’s Gap | $12 a night, first come, first served |
| WV | 6/7 | Wed/Thu | Canaan Valley Resort | Reservations made |
| VA | 8/9 | Fri/Sat | Erich’s Place | King’s Dominion Sat with Samantha |
| VA | 10/11 | Sun/Mon | Jasmine’s Place | Lunch Mon with NASA folks |
| CT | 12/13 | Tue/Wed | Ed’s Place | |
| QU | 14 | Thu | Riviere-du-loop Motel | |
| NB | 15 | Fri | Beresford Hotel | |
| NS | 16 | Sat | North Sydney Ferry | Must be at ferry Sun Morning at 8am, depart 9am, 6 hour ferry |
| NF | 17 | Sun | Gros Morne National Park | Lomond would be a good campground. Leave at 6am[period] |
| AT | 18 | Mon | Goose Bay Ferry | Lomond to St. Barbe. Arrive Cartwright at 7pm arrive Goose Bay Tues 8am |
| AT | 19 | Tue | ||
| AT | 20 | Wed | ||
| AT | 21 | Thu | ||
| AT | 22 | Fri |
