Rich
Rides Out
This
site is a chronicle of my motorcycle tour of the Americas. It is
primarily designed to keep friends and family up to date with my
journey but if you have stumbled across this in some other way, a
brief introduction:
My
name's Richard, I'm a 33 year old Brit until recently gainfully
employed with a good salary, a house, and at least some of the
trappings of moderate middle class success. But I jacked it all in
to follow a dream I've had for a few years. I've bought a motorbike,
am shipping it across to the States, then riding it down through
Central and west coast South America right ot the bottom, and up
again round the east coast to Brazil, where my old school mate Steve
lives with his wife Vanessa and 2 kids.
This
is my motorbike, almost fully loaded:
Its
a 2002 BMW F650 GS Dakar with ABS, heated hand grips and BMW top
case. The main luggage is a pair of 41 litre aluminium Zega cases
from Touratech, mounted on a Touratech frame, plus a tank bag with
side pockets totaling another 45 litres. Which gives me a carrying
capacity of about 2 large rucksacks, plus what I can strap on with
bungees.
Packing list and other detail on the bike is here
Follow
the links below for my diary:
Postscript: back home
Stage Sixteen: Northern Brazil and the Amazon August 15 - September 7
Stage Fifteen: North East Brazil July 21 - August 14
Stage Fourteen: Central and Eastern Brazil May 20 - July 20
Stage Thirteen: Southern Brazil Apr 4 - May 19
Stage Twelve: Uruguay Mar 18 - Sao Paulo, Brazil Apr 3
Stage Eleven: Argentina Feb 25 - Mar 18
Stage Ten: Chile Feb 13 - 24
Stage Nine: Bolivia Feb 6-12
Stage Eight: Ecuador Jan 20 - Peru Feb 5 2004
Stage Seven: Guatemala to Panama Dec 30 - Jan 20 2004
Stage Six: Cabo San Lucas to Comitan Dec 15 to 29 2003
Stage Five: San Diego to Cabo San Lucas Dec 7 - 14 2003
Stage Four: Las Vegas to San Diego Nov 27 - Dec 6 2003
Stage Three: New Orleans to Las Vegas Nov 17- Nov 26 2003
Stage Two: New York to New Orleans Nov4-Nov 16 2003
Stage One: Chicago to New York Oct 27-Nov4 2003
Build-up:
March-October 2003
You
can contact me at: richardbeaumont@postmaster.co.uk
Into
the great wide open, under the skies of blue. Out in the great wide
open, a rebel without a clue. (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers –
Into the Great Wide Open)
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