To Guatemala and back on a 1982 Goldwing Aspencade

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To Guatemala and back on a 1982 Goldwing Aspencade

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As a forewarning this isn't so much of a road report, at the most it will be a few blurbs about my recent trip this past summer down to the border of Guatemala and back up to Canada and my 1982 aspy.
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Passing through the Grand Tetons on the tail end of my trip back to Colorado
Passing through the Grand Tetons on the tail end of my trip back to Colorado
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To be honest, I was completely skeptical about how this trip would go. I had spent the 2014/15 winter going through my goldwing. Complete disassembly, with the exception of removing the swing arm and taking apart the suspension. Granted I'm not nearly as knowledgeable about these bikes as I know many of you are, I felt that I had a good understanding of proper maintenance and care for most of the components of the bike. 12 hours after my last class for the semester got out, on April 31st 2015, I left for the Grand Canyon in hopes of crossing into the Baja Peninsula on day 3.
The bikes all put together and dialed in (except for the headlight :D)
The bikes all put together and dialed in (except for the headlight :D)
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Gregory Pass on the way out...Cold morning
Gregory Pass on the way out...Cold morning
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looks like fun
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Great stuff ..... more pics action1 :mrgreen:

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I agree, great stuff! I bet a few more pictures might tell us how you have a broken windshield in your first picture.... :)
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I didn't have any Panniers or hardbags, so I used an old hockey bag mounted atop a skateboard for stability to carry all my necessities
my ridiculously loaded down goldwing in Sedona AZ (couldn't figure out how to rotate the damn picture)
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After a small detour, I crossed into the Baja via Tecate Mexico. Very nice to see the Pacific again, just south of Ensenada
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On the Coast
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Kept pushing further south through the vast desert, nearly 110 Degrees Fahrenheit!
Cactus Forest
Cactus Forest
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Then I bumped into some Oaxacans on their return trip home and rode south with them for about a hundred miles. I felt like the ugly duckling amongst all the new decked out beemers with gps and LEDs
Met some GS riders from Oaxaca on their way back home.
Met some GS riders from Oaxaca on their way back home.
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I felt like the ugly duckling amongst all the new decked out beemers with gps and LEDs
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HOTT wrote:
I felt like the ugly duckling amongst all the new decked out beemers with gps and LEDs
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Sidenote: You may notice that my front fender seems to have disappeared in some of the photos. Well it did. I was driving through Ensenada after a light storm, and all I ever saw was my front fender make two sudden rotations around the tire and then shoot 30 feet into the air as I was driving. Happened quicker than I can comprehend and I was on a busy highway, so I just kept driving.
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commitedskater15 wrote:Sidenote: You may notice that my front fender seems to have disappeared in some of the photos. Well it did. I was driving through Ensenada after a light storm, and all I ever saw was my front fender make two sudden rotations around the tire and then shoot 30 feet into the air as I was driving. Happened quicker than I can comprehend and I was on a busy highway, so I just kept driving.
second instance i've come across for a gl1100 front fender suddenly letting loose, without any warning
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Lesson to check and tighten nuts we might not think to even check. Vibration....I imagine.
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Great story. Looking forward to more installments.
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Great stuff ......

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