Day 164-166 – Miraflores, PE
February 4, 2011 8 Comments
Day 164-166 – Miraflores, PE 02/01-03/11 Mileage: 0
I spent the last three days running errands, getting a haircut, laundry, working on the blog and giving the KLR some much needed TLC. I’ve been riding mostly dirt for the last 10 days through southern Ecuador and northern Peru and in the last few days especially the bike has really taken a pounding. I changed the oil and filter, changed both front and rear brake pads, adjusted the chain, cleaned the air filter and a few other odd and ends.
NOW I feel like I’m back in civilization…a Starbucks!
Next time I’m taking this rig. You don’t have to pack light and local parts are always available!! 🙂
Wednesday night I met some fellow bikers and (ADV’ers) who have been stranded here in Lima with two dead bikes.
Alberto (aka – betitolara)and Naomi (aka – svensmanager) started from their home near Vancouver, Canada on their new BMW F800’s who’s engines both essentially self destructed north of Lima. Bad gas is suspected, but nobody can say for sure yet. They’ve been working with the local BMW dealer, their Canadian dealer and BMW in Germany to get their bikes fixed, and BMW Canada finally came through for them and is going to pick up the tab for repairing the bikes. That is great news for them! I hope they are back on the road soon so perhaps we can share some miles down the road.