Vincent, that is a great collection! Thank you

Thank you for the pictures and stories. The variety and age of machines that are ridden in Europe is so much more interesting than in the USA.

Quite an expedition - Congratulations! You have a skilled and determined team. Thanks for the pictures and stories.

Thank you! Great photos aid interesting about the ABSAF engine. It's amazing what people can do.

Thank you for the compliments! I too love photo stories. And it is a real adventure - very enjoyable.

I've edited the posts to include 5 videos from the ride. The links are now in the posts but I've also included them below. I hope you like them.
Ride into the Oregon Coast range on day 3: https ...

Thanks Nev. It did look like on cylinder got hotter than the other so difference in timing may have contributed.

We could have followed the interstate corridor where all the cities have congealed into a 100 mile metropolis but decided to follow the Chehalis river west and then turn north at Elma ...

We rode through more farmland and then into the coast range and through the community of Timber. The Timber road is winding and climbing with some 2nd gear corners and good pavement. Great fun.
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We eventually made it to the Columbia River ferry to take us ...

Brian noticed the paint on the Norton cylinder head between the sparkplug and exhaust port had turned light gray and pulling the plugs showed it had gotten too hot. He attributed it to lugging the twin up some of yesterday's hills. He raised the needle and installed colder plugs.
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Thank you Nev.
Last full day of the rally was a Friday and many were leaving but a cold wet weather system was blowing through north of us blocking our way home. Snow levels predicted to drop to 5100' (1550 meters) with rain and high temperatures in the mid 50sF (12 C) for our destination. We weren ...

Karol, it is so fun to see your pictures and read of your travels and success with the challenges. Well done! Thank you for posting.