MotoSlow

30 days to travel x-country on motorcyles. San Francisco, California to New York City, New York. No rush, no worries, no freeways. It's moto slow. All of us are riding small old bikes, no windscreens, no set itinerary. ** click on photos to see full size

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Burger Me This...

Zena wolfs down her $1.95 hamburger at a restaurant in Cambridge City, Indiana . Actually, she got the deluxe version with veggies so make ...

Monday, September 04, 2006

Arch de Saint-Louis

Zena and Dave Kaleidoscope

Gateway to the Midwest

Little did I know that one could ride to the top of the arch and peer out the tiny windows. Little did I know that it symbolizes the expansi...

Sunday, September 03, 2006

Day 18: Alton, IL to St. Louis, MO to Maryland Heights, MO

Total Miles: 45 Total Number of Times a Clausterphobe Would Have Freaked: 35 Total Times Crossing the Mississippi: 1 We crossed the Mississi...

LIfe as a Hamster

Dave gets a fresh perspective on hamster life. He's about 150 feet off the ground in a steel tunnel. Next time he plans to wear knee p...

Saturday, September 02, 2006

Day 17 Bloomfield, IA to Alton, IL

Miles Ridden: 254 Number of Times we Crossed the Mississippi: 1 It was a leisurely day on back roads with a long breakfast where we met a re...

Friday, September 01, 2006

Bee Sting #2

Why me? Kevin inspects his sensitive nipple just after being stung by a bee while riding. Is it the red riding suit? Does he look like a h...

Thursday, August 31, 2006

Day 15 McCook, Nebraska to Lincoln, Nebraska

Miles Riden: 270 Number of Deep Fried Twinkies Eaten by Zena: 1 We made it to Lincoln, Nebraska (state capitol) and home of the famous Nebra...

Miss August 2006

Zena poses for the "Go Army" calendar as Miss August 2006.

Go Army!

The US Army Recruiters were displaying their tools of the trade at the Nebraska State Fair. This is a 1987 Hummer complete with a gun turr...

Bumper Ninja

No really, if you look at the hood of the bumper car you can see that it has a name....Ninja. No other cars are even around him 'casue...

Funnel Cake

No fair is complete without a classic funnel cake. White dough deep fat fried layered with powdered sugar. YUMMY in the TUMMY. (feels more...

Moto Heads Unite

Dave, Zena, & Dave pose with one of the Globe of Death riders inside the globe of death. She was riding a 100cc Honda motorcross bike....

Globe of Death

It's a bit hard to see, but that's a guy on a moto inside the globe of death riding in circles. He is currently at the top of the ...

Circus Show

Dave waits patiently in the grass for the Giraldo Troupe to begin their tight rope act, motorcycle stunts and other craziness. It was a fr...

Let's get Sick

We each paid $2.00 to experience the "Vortex." It's a catwalk surrounded by a rotating tunnel of different colors and patte...

BINGO!

At 25cents a card, why not double up each round. The Lion's Club of Lincoln Nebraska sponsored a 'straight bingo' tent. Kevin ...

Freshly Fried Twinkie

Zena accepts her "freshly fried" twinkie from a young and fit employee who said, "I've already had three of these mysel...

Death by Twinkie

If you think twinkies are bad for you with, how about a deep fried one. Zena whipped out her $3 as fast as she could.

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Day 14 Denver, CO to McCook, Nebraska

Miles Riden: 24o Number of Times Kevin got stung by a Bee: 1 With bags packed with fresh laundry, we headed east to begin our Midwest Conque...

Bee Sting #1

While driving out of Denver on route 76, a bee flew up the left arm of Kevin's red super suit. It sneaked in the space between his glo...

Friday, August 25, 2006

Peaches Grow on Trees

Zena eats from a tree of life. It was a self pay, self pick orchard. They provide bags and a scale, post the cost per pound and trust people...

Panoramic of Hwy 12 view

We moto'd around the corner to be presented with this. Everyday we discover new things about America

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Moto Camping

Sunset Campground at Byrce Canyon National Park

Kevin & Moto in Bryce Canyon

DAVEEEEEEEEEE Wake Up!

I want to go see Byrce Canyon

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Do you Know Where We Are?

Neither do we. It's 3:45pm, Wed Aug 23rd. Dave's Moto has a inoperable cylinder so we are trying to jerry rig it until we get to the...

Big Skies of Utah

Life on the road. Any Complaints?

Moto Art

Kevin's shadow, Zena in the rear view, blue skies and billowy clouds

How Cute Are They?

Dave and Zena riding tandem through the Red Canyon Tunnel on Hwy 12 on the way to Bryce Cannyon National Park.

Sunday, August 20, 2006

Day 4 St. George, UT to Zion National Park, UT

Total Miles: 40 Departure Time: 3pm Temperature: 103 Degrees Helmet Law in Utah: Optional It's was mellow day of riding. We actually spe...

103° in St. George Utah

Zena is drenching herself before our departure at the local waterfall in front of the Bank downtown. Wind will keep her cool & she'l...

Saturday, August 19, 2006

Mid-Nevada

Dave with cows that were chillin on the road until we got closer. It's so unpopulated, why waste money on fencing off the highway.

Bone Chopper

We meet Bebos who is residing at the clown motel for a few weeks. He builds motos from bones he gathers from road kill. Check him out at beb...

CLOWN MOTEL

Tonopha, NV. It was a bit surreal.

Zena out cold at Clown Motel

Motel pillows are too hard, so Dave's shoulder fills in.

Day 2 - End of Day Wrap up

We made it to Tonopah, Nevada. Total mileage today = 302. We went over Tioga pass & spent 2 hours in Tuolome Meadows, Yosemite Park. Dav...

Friday, August 18, 2006

Day 2 / leg 1

We've made it to the foot hills of the sierra's. Yosemite is about 50 miles away. We've had to bump start Zena's moto twice...

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Day 1 - Thursday August 17th

It’s are first day of riding and we already hit double digits at 89 miles. Wow, we rode all the way from Redwood City California to Mod...

Kevin has changed to a 1970 BMW R50 /5, it's August 2006, it's 3,000 miles to NYC from SF, CA, and he's got 30 days to do it. Wh...

Here's the first Group Shot of the MotoSlow 3. From left to right: Dave - 1976 Honda 750 four Zena - 1984 Honda Ascot 500cc Kevin - 19...

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