2021 SCBR

[eneal65]

Is anyone else doing the Scooter Cannonball Run this year?

 

[G19Tony]

No, but I'd like to.

 

[Msfitoy]

If it's in WA...no

 

[eneal65]

If it's in WA...no

Maine to California.

 

[eneal65]

No, but I'd like to.

I'm thinking tools for a tire change should be all I need. What say you? I can't think of anything else that could go wrong with a bike this new? I am going to put a tool pouch together with a couple of allen wrenches. So far, 5mm is all I have found that I may need, and I would probably get away with the one under the seat but I like longer handles and one long handled allen key weighs nothing in the grand scheme of things. I always carry zip ties and duct tape. I have a patch kit and tire irons--and a compressor (LI battery operated). Space won't be an issue as I'll have a support van (wife) meeting me every evening. Just making sure I am covering all the PROBABLE hiccups. I'll have a 1 gal Rotax can so 200 mile range is a safe bet. Will be riding 450-500+ miles a day for 10 days. Gonna bring an oil change kit too and Norco battery tender in the event I experience any battery issues but I'll keep that stuff in the Van of course. Anyway, just thinking out loud. Would appreciate any feedback. For the record, my longest ride was 10K on my GS (2000). Did a 7K to Prudhoe Bay, AK and 4K to six countries in Europe in 2007 (I rode Passo Stelvio a LOT!). Not a moto newbie but definitely haven't riden a 125 4000+ miles . . . yet!

 

[r80rt]

Spare spark plug and wrench.

 

[Msfitoy]

Maine to California.

Cross country on a 125? Wow...that's a challenge to the butt...

 

[FL352rider]

There is a similar ride from California to New York called Monkey on Cannonball, both events sound interesting. Will you be documenting your trip? How are you outfitting your bike?

 

[AZ7000']

 

[G19Tony]

I'm thinking tools for a tire change should be all I need. What say you? I can't think of anything else that could go wrong with a bike this new? I am going to put a tool pouch together with a couple of allen wrenches. So far, 5mm is all I have found that I may need, and I would probably get away with the one under the seat but I like longer handles and one long handled allen key weighs nothing in the grand scheme of things. I always carry zip ties and duct tape. I have a patch kit and tire irons--and a compressor (LI battery operated). Space won't be an issue as I'll have a support van (wife) meeting me every evening. Just making sure I am covering all the PROBABLE hiccups. I'll have a 1 gal Rotax can so 200 mile range is a safe bet. Will be riding 450-500+ miles a day for 10 days. Gonna bring an oil change kit too and Norco battery tender in the event I experience any battery issues but I'll keep that stuff in the Van of course. Anyway, just thinking out loud. Would appreciate any feedback. For the record, my longest ride was 10K on my GS (2000). Did a 7K to Prudhoe Bay, AK and 4K to six countries in Europe in 2007 (I rode Passo Stelvio a LOT!). Not a moto newbie but definitely haven't riden a 125 4000+ miles . . . yet!

When I'm out on my own, I carry a lot. Being alone in the desert, is no place to have a mechanical and not be able to fix it. I carry a tool roll, compressor, tube, all the stuff to change a tire. And water. Lot's of water. It's my opinion, that as soon as you leave the pavement, you're in a survival situation. I also carry a SPOT and a PLB.

 

[eneal65]

There is a similar ride from California to New York called Monkey on Cannonball, both events sound interesting. Will you be documenting your trip? How are you outfitting your bike?

I would definitely like to document the ride. Just not sure how or with what. Open for suggestions. I'm comtemplating a GoPro but my experience watching other people operate on a ride was not promising. Dead batteries and not knowing if they were filming or not, uploading vidoes everynight, running out of memory, etc. Lots of pull overs for GoPro. I know there are ways to operate remotely via cell phone but, nah. Not feeling that. Having said that, I definitely want to video some of the ride and if GoPro is the way to go then I might have to suck it up and buy one. Or borrow one.

Ruby will wearing the following:

MotolordD Windshield (all parts from Beez)
SKA stainless steel air filter (just because and I put K&N in all my bikes. Makes a big diff (especially on my 1150)
Crash Bar Guard V2. Has the mesh screen.
Barkbusters (Black)
Bracket to mount Rotopax 1 Gal on left side over tool box
Garmin Zumo XT

Not that you were asking but . . .

Riding gear:

Motoport Kevlar pants and Marathon Stretch Jacket (Motoport.com). Gortex liners in jacket/pants. Arrives in the next two weeks. I haven't bought new gear in 20 years. It was time.
Going with a Gerbing heated base layer (Lith Ion Batt)
Couple of pairs of my trusty old gloves (warm, marginally warmer , and light weight for hot days)
My Ituzzi authentic Italian moto-Carabinieri boots (gift from Capt Cossimo Decarlo, Gaeta, IT Captain of local station, and great story over a beer). I've had these boots in the box they came in since 2007! Could not bring myself to wear them because they were such a nice gift. That was until I priced a new pair of GS boots to replace my 20 year old road dogs! Wore them today for the first time! They are badass.

I'm going to have a support vehicle of sorts. Wife will be-line from evening check point to the next, so I don't need to carry very much gear other than some tools. The route is apparently a navigational challenge if you are to hit all the checkpoints and bonus checkpoints. The shortest day is 377 miles and longest is 520ish, and that's IF you don't get lost. There will be unpaved roads and Ruby will dominate when on them!

The windscreen might not have very much value. I was WOT today at a screaming 42-52 mph and I didn't feel it, so the windscreen might be for looks and to keep bugs off of my GPS. We'll see. I rode Ruby today to test my Gerbing heated jacket on the alternator. Test UNSAT. Kinda. . . . the jacket worked great. Was toasty. Initial VDC battery reading was 12.20. Post ride--11.76. And that was after several stops (local Honda dealer for oil plug crush ring. Five cost me $16 and some change. WTF?). She started up with ease every time. Then I got home and when I went to unplug the connectors (I use Norco Genius 1 tenders with proprietary connectors) they were melted together and the inline fuse was toast? Would have thought the fuse would go before the connectors melted but nope. So that's why I'm going with the battery operated base layer. I'll only have my Zumo hard wired to the battery for this ride. I might try to run an SAE battery line and run it straight to my jacket before I spend $169 on a heated base layer.

So excited I can't wait!

 

[r80rt]

When I'm out on my own, I carry a lot. Being alone in the desert, is no place to have a mechanical and not be able to fix it. I carry a tool roll, compressor, tube, all the stuff to change a tire. And water. Lot's of water. It's my opinion, that as soon as you leave the pavement, you're in a survival situation. I also carry a SPOT and a PLB.

You are absolutely right. I carry enough gear that if I have do spend the night on a trail I can do it, maybe not comfortably but I won't be hungry, wet or cold. In my younger days ( way before cell phones) I had to do that three times, I make sure I'm not going to be miserable if I do. I carry a complete set of tools to repair a flat, a spark plug, first aid and my cook kit along with two canteens and three Mountain house meals. I get into a lot of places where there is no phone service, and it's a long way to find help.

 

[Msfitoy]

I would definitely like to document the ride. Just not sure how or with what. Open for suggestions. I'm comtemplating a GoPro but my experience watching other people operate on a ride was not promising. Dead batteries and not knowing if they were filming or not, uploading vidoes everynight, running out of memory, etc. Lots of pull overs for GoPro. I know there are ways to operate remotely via cell phone but, nah. Not feeling that. Having said that, I definitely want to video some of the ride and if GoPro is the way to go then I might have to suck it up and buy one. Or borrow one.

Ruby will wearing the following:

MotolordD Windshield (all parts from Beez)
SKA stainless steel air filter (just because and I put K&N in all my bikes. Makes a big diff (especially on my 1150)
Crash Bar Guard V2. Has the mesh screen.
Barkbusters (Black)
Bracket to mount Rotopax 1 Gal on left side over tool box
Garmin Zumo XT

Not that you were asking but . . .

Riding gear:

Motoport Kevlar pants and Marathon Stretch Jacket (Motoport.com). Gortex liners in jacket/pants. Arrives in the next two weeks. I haven't bought new gear in 20 years. It was time.
Going with a Gerbing heated base layer (Lith Ion Batt)
Couple of pairs of my trusty old gloves (warm, marginally warmer , and light weight for hot days)
My Ituzzi authentic Italian moto-Carabinieri boots (gift from Capt Cossimo Decarlo, Gaeta, IT Captain of local station, and great story over a beer). I've had these boots in the box they came in since 2007! Could not bring myself to wear them because they were such a nice gift. That was until I priced a new pair of GS boots to replace my 20 year old road dogs! Wore them today for the first time! They are badass.

I'm going to have a support vehicle of sorts. Wife will be-line from evening check point to the next, so I don't need to carry very much gear other than some tools. The route is apparently a navigational challenge if you are to hit all the checkpoints and bonus checkpoints. The shortest day is 377 miles and longest is 520ish, and that's IF you don't get lost. There will be unpaved roads and Ruby will dominate when on them!

The windscreen might not have very much value. I was WOT today at a screaming 42-52 mph and I didn't feel it, so the windscreen might be for looks and to keep bugs off of my GPS. We'll see. I rode Ruby today to test my Gerbing heated jacket on the alternator. Test UNSAT. Kinda. . . . the jacket worked great. Was toasty. Initial VDC battery reading was 12.20. Post ride--11.76. And that was after several stops (local Honda dealer for oil plug crush ring. Five cost me $16 and some change. WTF?). She started up with ease every time. Then I got home and when I went to unplug the connectors (I use Norco Genius 1 tenders with proprietary connectors) they were melted together and the inline fuse was toast? Would have thought the fuse would go before the connectors melted but nope. So that's why I'm going with the battery operated base layer. I'll only have my Zumo hard wired to the battery for this ride. I might try to run an SAE battery line and run it straight to my jacket before I spend $169 on a heated base layer.

So excited I can't wait!

My wife be like have a nice time and be safe...no I'm not coming...

 

[eneal65]

When I'm out on my own, I carry a lot. Being alone in the desert, is no place to have a mechanical and not be able to fix it. I carry a tool roll, compressor, tube, all the stuff to change a tire. And water. Lot's of water. It's my opinion, that as soon as you leave the pavement, you're in a survival situation. I also carry a SPOT and a PLB.

Yeah, same here. I'll have what I need to patch a tire, a tool roll, zip ties, duct tape. Worst case scenario for this ride would be waiting a few hours for wife to rescue me. That's a good place to be in for a ride this long. Gonna be epic!

 

[G19Tony]

You are absolutely right. I carry enough gear that if I have do spend the night on a trail I can do it, maybe not comfortably but I won't be hungry, wet or cold. In my younger days ( way before cell phones) I had to do that three times, I make sure I'm not going to be miserable if I do. I carry a complete set of tools to repair a flat, a spark plug, first aid and my cook kit along with two canteens and three Mountain house meals. I have a concealed carry permit so I'm always armed. I get into a lot of places where there is no phone service, and it's a long way to find help.

The spark plug is a good idea. I think I'll toss the OEM plug into the kit, also.