Motorcycles + Photography + Travel = Motojournalism

Discovered this great blog. 

Anthony (another Canadian) does an excellent job bringing together bikes, travel, and photography.
BTW....his e-books on photography are excellent....

Check it out....
Motojournalism

History of the BMW GS......

Originally got these links from my favorite site www.expeditionportal.com. Excellent overview of the history of the BMW GS. Enjoy..
Part #1

Part #2

Part #3

The ultimate 2 wheeled adventure tent......

Well...after a soggy adventure last September in northern Ontario I have finally decided to purchase a bigger tent with more usable space. No more trying to figure out where to put my wet gear, struggling with trying to get dressed...and as a bonus it has a space to keep the bike out of the elements or use as a vestibule for cooking and drying stuff out...
After speaking with Kevin Muggleton at Nomad Tent Company (www.nomadtent.com) I have gone ahead a purchased 3 tents for me and a couple of riding buddies. We will do a proper evaluation of the tent as soon as the snow melts and we can get out ...stay tuned.

Land Rover Defender ....becoming an icon.

This is not a motorcycle story but is a great article about the history of the Land Rover Defender D-90. The D-90 is definitely becoming a very rare vehicle. I have been lucky to find one of the few original 94 Defender 90 that were imported specifically into Canada. The Land Rover Defender has been an icon for the Land rover brand for decades...
Article link





My 94 Defender in the Canadian snow ;-)

Awesome Overlanding Magazine

This is probably the highest quality magazine for anyone interested in Overlanding whether it be 2 wheels or 4 wheels..... www.overlandjournal.com

My BMW luggage setup.. Caribou Cases

A few people have sent me emails from the advrider.com site asking how I like my luggage system on my BMW. I did alot of research and finally decided on the 36L cases from Caribou Cases (www.cariboucases.com). I had originally purchased a nice used set of Touratech aluminum cases but found that they did not give alot of storage room and were not totally waterproof.

The Caribou system matched with the Hepco Becker quick release rack system were PERFECT!!!. It was a very very solid system. The cases locked very securely, were totally waterproof, and were easy to take on and off. They are also INDESTRUCTIBLE!!! I went down with a fully loaded bike a couple of times (parking lot incident and a low speed gravel drop) and they handled it easily. They even protected the bike very well and prevented even more damage.

The installation was very easy with the instructions. Most of my time was taken up just getting the BMW factory rack off.

After installing my cases I had some room to put a toolkit that I made our of a 5 inch ABS pipe and also a little rack for my stove fuel bottles. It worked perfectly. The center of gravity and balance on the bike was great. My toolkit was waterproof and very secure.

This was a great system. Money very well spent. They cases will last a very long time.
Give Roger a call or email at Caribou and he will definitely take care of you.

Found some pictures!!

Just found some pictures while cleaning up my laptop...first couple are from Banff, the islands are the north shore of Lake Superior and then Alaska near Hyder.

Summary of Mileage

I did a quick summary of the daily mileage for the trip.
Total Mileage was 10503 km.

Day 1 - Home to Batchawana Bay ON = 931 km
Day 2 - Batchawana Bay ON to West Hawk Lake MB = 1167 km
Day 3 - West Hawk Lake MB to Medicince Hat AB = 1202 km
Day 4 - Medicine Hat to Calgary to Banff AB = 418 km (tire change day)
Day 5 - Banff AB to Jasper to Prince George BC = 660 km
Day 6 - Prince George BC to Hyder Alaska = 699 km
Day 7 - Hyder Alaska to Williams Lake BC = 934 km
Day 8 - Williams Lake to Revelstoke to Banff = 780 km
Day 9 - Banff to Grenfell SK = 1001 km
Day 10 - Grenfell SK to Vermilion Bay ON = 764 km
Day 11 - Vermilion Bay to Batchawana Bay ON = 1016 km
Day 12 - Batchawana Bay to Home = 931km

Total Mileage = 10503 km

Finally home and dry!!!

Got home late yesterday. I will do a quick update later.

Rainy riding.....but almost home

Spent all day yesterday riding the northern Ontario area, in the rain
with temps at around 8c.
Not as bad today leaving Lake Superior and on the home stretch.
Will be home today:-)