Recent content by SherpaT

Well try to finish this up for this year. I left Penticton and headed south going through Princeton and over a pass into Hope and the Fraser valley. Bike ran good although it does have a bit of a stumble under load and around 3500RPM. The only thing I'm really worried about is the timing chain...

So a few updates. I've been busy Riding! I got the two engines on the garage floor and as I didn't have parts for the original engine yet I decided to throw the 79' engine in and see if it ran etc. lifted the spare engine in and decided to drop the oil and check the screens...... And immediately...

So I got a ride to my parents house and got the 79 parts bike engine out. It looks rough. Oil seep at the head gasket and top of the valves are wet. I’m headed back to where my bike is and my valve hasn’t shipped yet. I will probably throw this engine in and try it out while I wait for the...

Well I made it to my destination Seymour Arm at 3200km. Last 40k was gravel again. I did a little maintenance and then drove another probably 300km with no troubles. Today I went to a friends house about 5 km. Bike ran good pulled out of his place onto the highway and accelerated to about 60 and...

Thank you for all the encouragement I’m 34 and furloughed so I though, when will I ever have time to do a bucket list trip again. Day 5 Medicine Hat to Fernie BC Woke up with the sun in Medicine Hat And put the bike back together with the repaired boot and extra wire holding the carb into the...

Day 4 Kenosee Saskatewan - Medicine Hat Alberta 450miles or 712km. My longest day on the bike Woke up with the sun headed for Weyburn for gas and breakfast and some earplugs! Pushed through to Assinaboia for gas again and then another push all the way through to Cadillac sask mostly because I...

I have made it to bc took about 5 days to hit the border and then took it easy and enjoyed the mountains etc. Day 3 I Woke up excited. I planned to visit a friend flying Agricultural planes out of Neepawa. Upon leaving the campground I rolled the bike over 15000 miles and followed the perimeter...

So here’s a video link about the first few days of the voyage. I’ve been doing these on the trip as I go. Easier than typing it all out on my phone. https://photos.app.goo.gl/6Td8uRXdjyj2mkqGA

As far as gearing goes I would go with 17-33 for most things on a 19” wheel as has been stated by many experts on here I think maybe 17-32 is good on a smaller 16” wheel maybe? There are threads. I don’t regret running 32 but it is high and hard on the clutch in town. On the highway it was a new...

So I’m trying to post some videos up but I’ll start from the beginning as I’m having Troublr uploading them. Day 2 I left Fort Frances and headed for Emo. I wanted to get gas there however it’s quite religious there and the gas station was not open until 12 on Sunday’s. So I continued on to the...

Thanks for the offer, we’re these boots for VM carbs or the BS series ? Do you have a link by chance ? I’m going to order some new ones to BC

So I’ve got a whole story to post up with lots of stuff but today i made it to Medicine Hat Ab. having issues... the bikes been hard to start hot starts perfectly cold and when hot needs lots of cranking and throttle. I had the right side carb get backfired off the flange and the boot is torn...

No dog haha she’s not particularly fond of motorcycles. I’m about an hour and a half into day two on the side of the road waiting for the JB weld to cure on a pinhole in my gas tank... Haven’t even gotten out of Ontario yet! I knew it would be an adventure...

Not sure if this is the right place to post rides but I can move/delete it if need be. I’m on day 2 of my ride which is planned to be about 5-6000 km. Bike has been a project for a couple years now. Bought it for 300$ originally and rebuilt it on a budget. It’s basically stock with 79 carbs, uni...

Thanks for the offer! I am technically only doing half the country this time. I'm in Thunder Bay On and planning to head west to BC leaving sometime in the next few days.