After months of prepartation Stuart's Yammy is now on the long journey to Anchorage, Alaska, leaving the offices of DOF Subsea Norway today. The first half of the trip will be via ferry to London Heathrow and the home of James Cargo. They have the unenvious task of ensuring the bike is safely delivered to Anchorage by plane in time for my arrival on 31st August. For those interested, my bike has had the following modifications made to an otherwise stock XT660R motorcycle:
- Belly pan
- Scott Oiler
- Airhawk seat
- 26L fuel tank
- Larger screen
- Acerbis hand guards
- Trail Tech Vapor o/b PC
- Hepco & Becker stengthened pannier frames
Strapping the bike and my panniers down onto two pallets and putting everything on the back of a truck was only marginally less stressful than the summer of 2006 when I undertook 8 metrologies for the Ormen Lange field development! And trust me, that was a stressful time! But there is suddenly a sense of reality about the fact that the bike has now left the country. TransAmericas became very real at 1400 on Friday 15th August.
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