Iain Glynn Finishes 8th at the Baja Rally!
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Iain Glynn, Touratech-USA staff member and Chief Riding Officer spent the past 4 days participating in the second annual Baja Rally.
Month: September 2014
Archambault’s Angle: Love Your Feet
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Socks are one of the least glamorous, and often overlooked pieces of riding gear. Hidden away in boots, no thought is given to socks unless they don’t work.
How Do You Say “Motorcycle” in Spanish?
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More important than wrenches, spare parts, waterproof bags, or GPS units, COMMUNICATION is going be the most used tool during our trip through South America.
DriRide Breathable Seat: Video
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The reception to DriRide™, Touratech’s ‘Game Changing’ Breathable Seats, has been terrific industry-wide!
Did You Know?
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Our friends, photographer Shawn Thomas and rider Jason Houle, were at a recent Rawhyde event and set out to prove….
It’s Baja Rally Time
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Iain Glynn, Touratech-USA staff member and Chief Riding Officer is spending September 24 – 28 participating in the second annual Baja Rally. It, of course is being run in the heat of the rugged Baja, California region. He’s down there with a team of riders and technical supporters from the Seattle area.
Braced For Adventure
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The factory lower crash bars for the water-cooled R1200GS and Adventure model look great, but lack a critical rear brace. If your motorcycle takes a hard fall, the factory bars can fold right into the engine, causing damage to the valve cover and the cylinder of your water-boxer.
Riding With Giants
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Every so often, I hatch a scheme to escape my everyday life and hit the road for a while, alone, on two wheels. This year that meant leaving my home in Seattle, to explore the stunning coastline, rugged mountains, and comically large trees of Northern California.
Parked Out Front: Martin
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Martin stopped by Friday. Earlier this month he flew to Los Angeles from his home in Argentina and bought a 2014 Kawasaki KLR650. He didn’t get any luggage with it so he strapped on a giant Rubbermaid container, gave it a snakeskin duct tape wrap and headed up the coast to Seattle and Touratech-USA to pick up a Zega Pro Pannier System.
Willson 120: How To Raise Money For Your Dream Ride
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While we could have created a Kickstarter campaign or put feelers out for sponsorship money, that just didn’t feel right to us. This is our dream trip, an extended vacation if you will, so we didn’t feel it was right to ask for anyone to pay for it but ourselves. As for ways to save up enough money for a 4-month trip, here are a few of the things we did: