Recent content by fudgypup

Flew home for my mom’s funeral and my rally. HD sponsored again. Less people this year most likely due to higher gas prices but we raised a record $61/rider! Charity is Motorrad Angels.

Want to do a fly and ride? Selling the 900 now and may get the new Ducati Desert X. New rotors, pads, chain, sprockets and a gear change arm.

20k miles and got some new parts: New gear changing arm (yanked out from riding in a mud trench), 3 rotors (front 2 bent by tire installer in Costa Rica; rear ruined by me riding pads too low), chain and sprockets. My second battery in 2.5 years so I think I need to re-wire a usb plug to a...

Got my visa, have an apartment here and recently started a new remote gig so all is well. Flying to CA Sunday for a charity event (moto rally) I host annually. Should be fun. Sponsored by Harley Davidson Pan America again (second time). There was this “Dusty Wheels” event I went to recently...

Some good news out of these videos...  a guy on FB saw it and is familiar with this type of problem.  He recommended I report my bank's denial of my claim to the US "Comptroller of the Currency."  I did that two weeks ago and this morning I saw my bank balance $6800 (99,340 zar) bigger!  Drinks...

Met a video journalist here in Colombia doing a story on the problem of people (men and women; tourists and locals) being drugged and robbed. I know there’s a protocol for embedding a YouTube video but I’m on my phone now and using TapaTalk.  I’ll try and edit later when on my laptop. Part 1...

Back in Colombia after a crap-ton of covid vax documentation travel nonsense I’d rather not get into. An admission… those Death Valley pics in my previous post were from me car camping and not on the moto, lol. But!!!  I did return a week later on the 990 and had some epic rips in the dirt I...

Baja done.  Time for Death Valley! This guy [emoji115] is a douchebag This guy was cool Nothing like Death Valley This is James doing it right.  I met him five years ago on a super tough trail and told him “don’t ride here alone” which he put into practice.  He remembered this and...

Did some riding in Baja last week.  Got the suspension serviced on the 990 and the conditions combined for an epic ride. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Back in SoCal for the holidays and prepping the 990 for Baja next week.  Had to air up and get my rear rack back on but going light this time with just a tail bag. Also need to get my suspension serviced. While I’m here, I’ll be getting a new left front brake rotor and shifter part for...

Couple more things… Did a trip (2 up) and didn’t set my preload up front to max like it was before (it was at 6 clicks) and scraped pegs way too easily in the turns and even scraped the skid plate on a uphill bump in the road.  Right side scraper pin came out at some point.  I really would...

Did some more things… Met another couple who ride and made plans to ride north to San Bernardo del Viento and Isla Fuerte but the other woman had a death in the family and they had to return. Nice hotel in San Bernardo del Viento but Beach not as nice Next day at Isla Fuerte.  Much better...

Suspension guy here has my forks apart and said the left side wasn’t repaired properly in Panama (no surprise).  He’ll get it sorted. I’m also having him try and get me some stiffer springs all around.  Not sure how long that will take. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

On IG I use xladv for moto and fudgypup for more personal stuff (even though there’s still a lot of moto stuff there) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Full disclosure:  Triumph gave me quite a nice discount on a press bike because I’m an influencer with a large IG following (and forum).  So the bike was $17,600 but about $10,000 to mw with about 800 miles and a broken hand guard and mirror. The dealer in Guatemala refused payment as did the...