June-August 2023: GS Across America | MKL Sportster

June-August 2023: GS Across America

Departing from Clear Light Coffee in SATX 6-10-23

A few hundred miles later, I discovered some of Shawn Brown's handiwork.....

Stopping for gas in Sierra Blanca, Texas. The GS is still clean! 6-10-23

GS finally getting dirty, somewhere in NM 6-11-23

The Scenic app's "extra curvy" route to Show Low, AZ 6-11-23

Starting out on Bear Mountain Road in Silver City, NM 6-11-23

Initial long stretches on Bear Mountain Road 6-11-23

Peace & quiet on Bear Mountain Road in Silver City, NM 6-11-24

Onward on Bear Mountain Road, the sand got deep indeed! Things are about to get rough.... 6-11-24

Dropped the GS 7 times on Bear Mountain Road in the deep sand, and each time required disassembly to pick it up! 6-11-23

Exploring Route 180 in Glenwood, NM 6-11-23

Prior to dinner in Springerville, AZ. It was an exhausting day! 6-11-23

3 old bikers approached at dinner, and told me about their youthful adventures.... 6-11-23

Damage from Bear Mountain Road was minimal. 6-12-24

Fixed up in a few minutes in Show Low, AZ 6-12-23

Merkin Vineyards Tasting Room and Osteria in Cottonwood, AZ - owned by Maynard James Keenan of Tool! 6-12-23

Inside Merkin 6-12-23

Entry to Merkin's bathroom 6-12-23

View of Merkin from the back 6-12-23

Treats in production at Merkin 6-12-23

Exotic cheese platter at Merkin 6-12-23

More Merkin deliciousness 6-12-23

"Third Eye Ice Cream" at Merkin 6-12-23

Leaving Merkin, en route to Jerome! 6-12-23

Arrival in Jerome, AZ, hometown of MJK 6-12-23

View from Hampshire Ave in Jerome, AZ 6-12-23

The Scenic app "extra curvy" route toward Escondido, CA

Whole lotta nothing in Imperial, AZ 6-13-23

That moment where a 25 mile detour leads to a dead end in Imperial, AZ 6-13-23

Along Imperial Highway in Ocotillo, CA 6-13-23

Arrival at Motoport in Escondido, CA. The Holy Grail of moto-gear! 6-13-23

After 8 years, my Motoport Marathon backpad pouch was wearing thin... 6-13-23

Good as new! 6-13-23

Now at home base in San Diego and reunited with my Honda Trail 125, Scenic came up with this route on 6-14-23

My (former) Trail 125 in Julian, CA along the Scenic route 6-14-23

It was so great to ride the Trail again! 6-14-23

Packed up and ready to roll out with the Simpson KTMs 6-15-23

Exploring Santa Ysabel, CA 6-15-23

Our route on 6-15-23

The stunning Alcazar Garden in Balboa Park, San Diego CA 6-16-23

A $26 sandwich in Balboa Park 6-16-23

Israel House in Balboa Park, SDCA 6-16-23

A Honda Monkey at the San Diego Automotive Museum 6-16-23

More San Diego Auto Museum 6-16-23

Rare and interesting motos at San Diego Auto Museum 6-16-23

Gaslamp Quarter, SDCA 6-16-23

The beach at Hotel Del Coronado in Coronado, CA 6-16-23

The famous Hotel Del Coronado 6-16-23

GS poses in front of Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial 6-16-23

Checking out the Pacific in La Jolla, CA 6-16-23

More Pacific views - Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve 6-16-23

Boots in the Pacific Ocean! 6-16-23

Time to leave my generous hosts in San Diego 6-18-23

Hash House in SDCA is THE breakfast heaven 6-18-23

Portions befitting a king! 6-18-23

Visiting customers with my sales team 6-21-23

GS parked outside the office in Anaheim, CA 6-22-23

Parked outside the Baked Potato in Studio City, CA waiting for DANNY CAREY 6-22-23

Danny's thunderous Sonors on display inside - I'm sitting 6 feet away! 6-22-23

More Danny drum porn 6-22-23

Another angle of the Sonor kit 6-22-23

The GOAT getting ready to play 6-22-23

Meeting Danny Carey! He wanted to talk GSs - he has one too! 6-22-23

Visiting the BMS factory in Ventura, CA 6-23-23

At BMS with Greg Drevenstedt, Rider Mag Editor In Chief

My lowered custom BMS seat fitted on the GS 6-23-23

Filling up in California is no joke! 6-23-23

Quite a bit of Cali exploration so far!

Entering Yosemite National Park 6-24-23

Wawona Hotel in Yosemite 6-24-23

Exploring CA's magnificent sequoias on foot! 6-24-23

Grizzly Giant, the most famous tree in the Grove. 209 feet tall! 6-24-23

Wafting through Madera, CA 6-24-23

First view of Lake Tahoe 6-25-23

Boots in Lake Tahoe! 6-25-23

Lake Tahoe 6-25-23

Exploring Mount Rose Hwy in Incline Village, NV 6-25-23

Temps plummeting as we head up the mountain 6-25-23

Next stop - Reno, NV!

Our trade show booth in Reno, NV 6-26-23

Meeting fellow BROSA rider Robert Wotring in Carson City, NV 6-26-23

The Enchanted Cat Cafe in Reno, NV 6-29-23

View inside the Cat Cafe 6-29-23

Heading east! Near Twin Falls, ID 6-29-23

Getting closer to Yellowstone National Park 6-30-23

GS arrival at Yellowstone 6-30-24

Every view in Yellowstone is a postcard 6-30-23

Along Grand Loop Road in Yellowstone 6-30-23

Progress so far...

Devil's Tower in WY 7-1-23

Entering Sturgis, SD 7-1-23

The Famous Wall Drug Store in Wall, SD 7-1-23

Entering Badlands 7-1-23

Weird shops in Wall, SD 7-1-23

Badlands view - I rode it twice, both directions! 7-2-23

Progress so far....

Now booking it east.....

Now THAT'S a properly dirty GS! River Vale, NJ 7-5-23

No surface was free from bug guts! 7-5-23

More filthy GS views 7-5-23

The giant Givi bags got it the worst.... 7-5-23

Reuniting with my Sensei Juan Berrios at Englewood Krav Maga 7-6-23

Perkins Memorial Tower in Bear Mountain, NY 7-8-23

The GS near Lake Welch in Stony Point, NY 7-8-23

NY exploration on 7-8-23

The GS at rest in NJ 7-10-23

Getting a much needed new rear tire at Frank's BMW in Essex, VT 7-22-23

The GS rode VT's famous Route 100 north to south and back again 7-22-23

The infamous "Middle Finger" statue in Westford, VT. Indeed! 7-25-23

Night riding on wet packed dirt in Wheelock, VT 7-25-23

Cows at dusk in St. Johnsbury, VT 7-31-23

More VT exploration 7-31-23

Random lunch in Le Roy, VT 8-1-23

My Lee Parks DeerTour gloves finally wore out with only several hundred miles to go before home in SATX 8-4-23

Final tally - 9,300 miles coast to coast loop! 8-4-23

The GS arrives home after the 9,300 mile tour 8-4-23

The final overall coast-to-coast GS Route

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