Time marches on.... and just about there

Well the lack of progress on “the shed” has been bothering me lately. I have either been very slow at doing “stuff” or have been frustrated by the lack of parts. I can only work on her at weekends so if a bit is missing then it’s a weeks wait. Well, this weekend was different, got loads done and “the Shed” is looking damn fine just now. Got all the tank work completed, new hopefully comfier seat and the Panniers fitted. It looks like it is fit for purpose now.

However Saturday morning was a different story. It was the first time I had connected the battery and powered her up. To my complete surprise only half the electrical stuff worked. It took me two hours to sort this out. Oh how I would love to tell you it was a complex problem of missing earths and complex diode issues, but I have to admit I had missed connecting one wire near the starter motor……. Bugger.

Anyway she looks good now and lights, horns etc work.

So what’s next? Well only 12 weeks or so to departure, I need to complete the build on “The Shed”, cosmetics and intercom then get at least 2,000 miles on her in the way of a shake down before we go.

March will see (hopefully) some of the documentation needed for the adventure to make us legal. Road insurance for the bike for Canada and the US for instance. If you think we have it bad in the UK some of the quotations I have had for 120days in North America are mind blowing and wallet emptying.

I can see Sandra is getting more and more excited as the time gets closer. We are both like a couple of kids working each other up by randomly stating the number of days left and this oddly has us jiggling about with excitement.

We have been in contact with fellow motorcycle travellers in Canada via the Horizons Unlimited web sit. This site brings all motorcycle travellers from around the world together to share stories, information and advice. I could not believe people’s generosity offering routes and recommending things to see, even offers of nights stays in their homes.

So time marches on things need to be done lets just hope we get it all complete in time.