Day 1: 0 miles :'(
After viewing, refreshing, re-refreshing, and having multiple weather sites open, plans have adapted to head out tomorrow morning and head South first (as opposed to West). So, I figured I would do a little "Gear overview"
First...the ride:
Obviously, a Yamaha Super Sweet Ace Tenere of the 2012 vintage. Though work and other travel didn't allot much riding since picking up the bike last year, I still had time to farkle away. Typical electronics of:
- Garmin 665 - Thus far, not impressed for a +$700 piece of poo. Had to send it back already once. Trying to get the blue tooth to sync up is a hassle and a hoff. It does enjoy freezing every now and then, plus the unit does not like to shut down at times. Hopefully, the motorcycle mount will do better. Mounted to the Touratech mount...which is mounted to WASP's adjustable bracket, aka, the bees knees.
- PC 8 - First time actually soldering and wiring, but with much planning, I think it came together well
- Eastern Beaver 3CS - hooked up as well for heated gear only and jack for battery tender
- Touratech side mounted fog lights - great side light and lighting up right in front
- Baja Designs Squadrons - Because Night is not a noun in my vocabulary
- Yamaha OEM heated grips - I used some electrical tape around the left side and seems to help with heat loss on the left side. Both hands cook at an even temperature thus far
- ABS Switch - Simple on/off relay. I am carrying the stock fuse just in case this does not work well, but it is sturdy and functions at the moment
- Two Gerbings permanent mounted dual controllers - I like things all together and the HDB top mount clamp had the holes for it
- SPOT - Why not?
- JC Whitney Voltage meter - power is everything and nothing at the same time.
- Bags GS tank bag with POWERLET power to it. I bought the bag and didn't want to jump through the hoops of the electrified tank ring. So, powerlet FTW! Plus the powerlet is ~$60 vs the Bags Connection tank ring is ~$150.
Not-so electrical goodies:
- Altrider kit - Skid plate, heel guards, rear rack, foot pad
- SW Motech pannier racks and Trax panniers
- Givi E55 with ADmore lighting kit
- Admore 8 inch brake light
- Pyramid rear hugger
- Motopumps motorcycle pump with tire patch kit
- Hippo hands
- Pazzo levers
- H&B shifter with extension and folding peg
- TT ABS guards and side switch guards
- Techspec and Holster's clear tank protection
- Bags connection dry bag - I just want to say that I already broke a hook to this bag. all plastic mounting hooks are a no-no for packing up
- Twisted Throttle D66 (only using the D34)
- Bark Busters with Strom guards
- Kaoko throttle lock
- TT headlight guard
The Wearing Gear:
- Olympia X-Moto jacket and pants - I originally got these last year..thinking that they would suffice. After some cold rides and rides in the rain, they were good, but I wanted to heated >
So, I am only using the shells now. Next gear buy will probably be shells only, as I like to layer as needed. Great ventilation on the jacket and pant, but wish the camelback was integrated into the jacket and not a separate zippered backpack thingie. Sometime the backpack straps get tangled.
- Full Gerbings jacket, pants, boot sole
- Powerlet heated glove liners - for my test run, these get warm quick! I would have purchased the Powerlet jacket as well, but they do not have an access for pants
- Held Warm and Dry gloves - a bit small, so look for a FS soon
- Held Sambia gloves
- Arai XD3
- SMH-10
- Arctiva Windbloc Balaclava
- Sidi Adventure Rains
- RevIT Pacific H2O rain suit.
I think that about covers it. Now for the ::006::
Motopump in Altrider Rear rack
Side boob shot
Touratech Gas tank and Pyramid hugger
Switches for Fog and Squadrons
Cockpit view (the red button is the ABS switch, the knobs are for heated gear)
Light it up!
Highway pegs for...the highway
H&B shifter, TT Side switch, Altrider foot pad and rear hugger
