Some more to share....

The meeting of Horizonsd in Viedma was the perfect test ride for my rebuild engine.With the windy ruta 3 i could take a real average on many consumptions.
The most important one for me being oil.for 1000 km she took only 200cc.I am very happy with it.
The meeting was great and could met again people from last year.We had plenty of time to talk,drink and eat.
In all my bike is again in 100% shape.She can run constant up to 130 km/h with the paniers.But i keep it only up to 100.Whats the point of speeding when your travelling.
Poor Javier,he forgot to look at the oil level of his trusty africa.The result of it came in a terrifing sound of a jammed engine!
One vehicle i found very atractive there is the "BEAST" a 4x4 Landy from the UK armed forces.Greg and Alexis are moving with it all the way to Alaska.
Tom and Christine made some tasty falafel.First time for me!
I had also the first can of "Heinz baked beans" from Andrew and Maia.
Now i know why he was so desperate to get some on hand.Phill was the lucky bringer.He put 18 cans into a spare tire........
Now in february i will be travelling in Cordoba and San Luis again.

A day to remember,a perfect sunday in LA POSTA from Pollo.This place is an obligated pass for bikers and ciclists.From Japan to finland.All pay a visit to Pollo and his wife Monica.
You can feel in the atmosphere all the travellers that passed here and left a mark,in form of a grafity in the wall or an object of their own.
Pollo is upgrading the place for making it more and more comfortable.A new boiler will be installed for run on wood.He is expanding the space at the back for an office and a bigger wash room.
Sheldom seen today such an humble couple.Willing to help anybody for nothing in return!
Pollo and Monica,you are so great people!!!!

Javier took this picture today in front of his shop.You can see the tappered handlebar.Raisers made and put there too.Still lacking the handprotectors and windshield.

Now my bike is ready!A big overhauling was done indeed.
Not only the engine,the bearings from the shoks, a new handle bar(tapered type)extensions and a Tank cover.
I drove it today and wowwww she is 100% there again.
Soon more pictures!

Javier is assembling the engine.Not very speedy but steady.
The new piston and rings are there(0,25 from standard) and the piston rod too.
The head with new valves and retainers too.The cilinder has been burnished.
The cam chain , tensioner and guides are there.Dumper too.
So we will have a buisy week!

So the new driveshaft is there!sprocket and lock too.All Honda Japan.
It looks like the crank is gone too,to much wear(expensive little piece).
Piston and rings will be replaced too.
More pictures.......

Today,Javier took the engine from the frame.Men this one was dirty!
Oil and grease from decades,hahaha.But he enjoyed cleaning it with steam.
What can i say,BOYS TOYS.

So my trusty bike is in DAKARMOTOS NOW!
First steps where taken and the periferial things dismounted.Tank,chain,skid plate,etc.
The drive shaft and sprocket looked like Beirut after the bombing!!!!!
Completly worn out and imposible to use!
Here the first pictures.
Javier got his new working toy.A hidraulic ramp!
More to come

I like to pay a visit to the land that started my traveller spirit.
It is a mixture of weather(semidesertic) and human spirit. The geographie of mountains is the one i like most. Mixed that with RIPIO and good weather and i feel like a child with candys.
Not to speak of good food. And i mean natural grown things. Chickens that eat what a chicken should do! Allmost everything taste so good!
From tee to soup.The water has no chemical adds.
Bread is done by some Comechingon indians.They call it "caserito" and means home made.One of those with good mate and dulce de leche.......is the best way to wake up in the winter mornings.
Our house there has no gas.So we need to cook our stuff with the old iron stoven.
It has a serpentine conected to the water pipes in order to heat the warm water tank.After a few days all your stuff and clothes smell like smoked!!!!!
This time i decided to take the little C-90 up to the sierras in LA POBLACIÓN.A smal town 10 miles from SAN JAVIER.
It is a quiet allmost boring place.You can reach many natural beauties from there.I decided for two.Los Chorros and the Rancho from Chicho Ferreyra.
The first one was ok,nice little spring in the moutain base.But the Rancho was far better!
This family lives like 100 years back in time.No electricity,no water lines,no alarms(hahahah)just them and theyr sheeps.
As i allways do when visiting special people like them i bring a few edible items as a gift for their hospitality.Mostly dryed pasta or Yerba.
The rancho is very nice and clean.Roosters and chickens walk all around.It is protected by a heavy fence of espinillo(thorn bush)and wire.Pumas are regular visitors at nigth.
I will be visiting them again in the summer with my XR.
We had beautyfull days of a warm winter.Cold at nigths but dry and sunny.

So so, slowly but surely my next longer trip is beginning to take form.
I decide to go to Bolivia in september 2007.
As today it will be a solo or two bike trip. as long as four weeks.Maybe a slip into Peru? it depends on time and weather.
But first i need to do some things on my bike.
Take the engine down and replace the worn out parts that apear in the process.
73.000 miles on the 650 cc!
This days of cold are excellent for this task.So Javier we will be drinking a lot of mate and eating a few facturas.Hahahaha.
Soon other update.