Biker Attic

Quaker Steak Bike Night

2009-07-17T16:11:00.000-07:00

Wednesday night bike night at Quaker Steak in St. Pete 7/15/09 (FL). There must have been 2,000 people there. A couple won a free trip to Sturgis complements Attorney Fran Haasch.

Here are a few of the standouts:

(I hope that wasn't beer those cops were drinking. I'm pretty sure it was coffee.)

2008 FXDF FatBob Muffler Change

2009-01-25T16:14:00.000-08:00

I wanted to keep the stock pipes and change out the mufflers for better performance and sound. I went with the Khrome Werks slip-on mufflers because of their deep bass rumble. I bought them off the internet at http://www.mandmcycles.com/ at a very good price of $219 plus S & H which came to a total of about $240.00, quite a deal. I contacted Mark at M and M Cycles (e-mail MBK30072@aol.com) and he had them shipped out in a few days.

The mufflers arrived with easy to understand instructions and I simply removed the stock mufflers, and installed the new ones using the original bolts and clamps. About 10 minutes to get the old ones off and 10 minutes to put the new ones on and a little time polishing the chrome.

I then went on an all day 300 mile ride where I was able to test the difference in performance and sound. I could tell there were a few more horses and the sound was incredible. The stock pipes go unheard at highway speeds, the new Khrome Werks mufflers let other drivers know you're coming or riding along side. Apparently the onboard computer can adjust to the new mufflers without the cost of a computer software download from Harley-Davidson. If I had changed out the air filter at the same time then the download would have been mandatory for proper performance.

All in all a good experience!

Palm Harbor Motorcycle Fest 11/08

2008-11-30T09:45:00.000-08:00

4 Park Ride

2008-09-07T17:39:00.000-07:00

We haven't posted for a while, though we still do our weekly motorcycle rides. I thought it might be an idea to start logging our short trips.

Today we did a tour around 2 of the local counties here in Florida (Pinellas County and Pasco County) and visited 4 county parks. It's still plenty warm here in Florida for beach goers. I think it was about 92F or more today. Not so humid as in July/August though.

I put together the pictures into a little video montage for easier viewing.

Enjoy!

-Phil

Equipment Evaluation

2008-06-19T12:21:00.000-07:00

2008 Harley-Davidson FXDF FatBob: (http://www.jimshd.com/) The best bike I've owned hands down! What a pleasure it was to be able to ride fast and hard and put the bike away wet without even a miss fire. That bike can run and didn't get its legs until it was in 6th gear at seventy five miles an hour where she held steady hour after hour. Fifty-three miles to the U.S. gallon at that speed and she didn't use a drop of oil for the entire 3400 mile trip. Now I couldn't say that about my 1971 FX, or any of my Sportsters and my 58 Sportster used to drink oil like I drink tea.

Now I'm a rider and not a loafer so putting on a windshield was against my better judgement but boy did I thank the gods that I did decide to use one. I would have been bug splattered and tuckered out after the first hundred miles. It was an easily removed shield so I went to Port Dover sans the shield only to discover that eighty per cent of the bikes were sporting one.

2008 Yamaha Raider: (http://ridenow.com/clearwater) I've ridden this bike and its a tree puller with 113 cubic inches! Smooth, fast and gone before you could think "twist of the wrist." We were planning on using it on the farm to plow the fields in the off season. Phil chose the smaller shield and rightfully so because we saw another Raider with the large shield and it looked like a bull moose in heat. But the smaller shield did give Phil more of a fight in high winds. His bike got about forty-eight miles to the gallon, which is very respectable.

Road Master Luggage Rack (http://www.motorcycletravelrack.com/) Well I was the best dressed and up first in the morning and ready to ride because of the ease in which I could load my Kuryakyn bags on the bike by simply placing them and buckling the straps. The rack held my equipment in place no matter what paces I put my bike through. I did put a couple of hose clamps on just for safety sake and peace of mind. It even held firm through "The Tail of the Dragon" 318 hairpin turns in 11 miles. The bumps in the road, which seamed to be every few miles, would bounce me around but the bags didn't move a hair.

Frogg Toggs: I know Phil mentioned that I burned through my rain pants by touching them to the pipes. Here's the lesson learned, "Don't put your rain pants on when it's windy and always dress away from a hot bike." Simple enough! They worked perfectly, it was me who failed them not the other way round. Couple of tire patches and they're good as new.

The Wholefood Farmacy (http://www.revital.wholefoodfarmacy.com/) Nutrient dense survival food that tastes good and fills you up and keeps you full! Both Phil and I ate Phi Plus while traveling to and from Canada. We only ate in a restaurant once on the way up and once on the way back. Why eat fake food that makes you fat when you can eat nutritious food which is fullfilling and gives you energy. I continued eating Phi Plus and drinking a mix of AmpliPhi and DetoxiPhi in the morning to start my day. The food stayed fresh and tasted great.

Here's my video from the photos and videos I took with my Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX30, 7.1 megapixel camera. I carried this tiny camera strapped on my belt within easy reach so that I could pop it out and start shooting. I'm always amazed at the quality of the video and photos as well as the sound for a camera that fits in the palm of my hand.

Paul Turnbull

Guinness World Record(?), Zoom Zoom and We're Home

2008-06-19T05:17:00.000-07:00

Port Dover, Ontario, Canada: "Friday the 13th has roared into the record books as the largest single-day parade of motorcycles, says a Norfolk tourism official, and estimated about 25,000 motorcycles made their way into the tiny town by mid-afternoon yesterday. She also speculated that attendance this year may have surpassed last year's 150,000 people, which would set another record." -thespec.com

After the Port Dover Bike day was over we decided it was time to head home. Also, we hadn't tested the rain gear and we heard there was plenty of rain and storms south of us. Early Monday morning we headed out early and by Tuesday we were in the thick of it.

West Virginia and Virginia had the heaviest rain, which sometimes came up fairly quickly as we rounded a mountain. There were times when it poured pretty intensely.

The rain gear worked very well, keeping us dry and somewhat warm.

Once we were through the rain we kept up a good pace, around 75 to 80 (and sometimes a bit better) all the way home. The bikes handled superbly.

When we hit South Carolina it was monstrously hot. Must have been over 100F. By mid-afternoon we were toast, so we packed it in and found a motel. We got up around 3am and hit the road to avoid the heat. It was perfect. Nice and cool, less traffic, and relatively smooth sailing. It did heat up quite a bit later but we managed to land at home around noon, so missed the worst heat of the day.

We had one newspaper and one magazine follow our trip. We may have some of our pictures featured in one. We'll let you know if that happens.

There are still some pictures and comments we'll add over the next few days as the dust settles.

Thanks for following. We love the comments.

Best,
-Phil

Port Dover Bike Day, June 13, 2008!

2008-06-14T16:28:00.001-07:00

Port Dover bike day! It was packed. Every street was completely full with bikes and bikers. By noon it was shoulder to shoulder. Paul and I got there early, about 6am. Paul knew a back way into town so we could avoid some of the traffic. We got great parking spots right downtown, near the water.

I learned something about Ontario, Canada: Women are allowed to go topless,, legally! And yes I learned this by personal observation. Yowza!

OK, the bikes. There were bikes of every type, size, and modification. Incredible. I'm not sure how many people were there but I heard estimates of over 100,000. In spite of the crowd there wasn't a single instance of 'trouble' that I noticed. Everyone was friendly and well behaved.

We took lots of pictures and rather than put them all in here we did a couple of short montages.

The first is a bit of Port Dover ambiance, and me with the Hooter's girls.

Next is the bikes.

And here's some video of the constant stream of bikes into, and through, and around the town.

There were plenty of 'characters' there as well. Here's a shot of Paul with a costumed couple.

There's lots more but we'll try to get more up onto the site over the next few days or so.

The last leg of the trip is coming up. We'll be heading out on Monday through upstate NY and into Pennsylvania.

Thanks for following along with us. We love to get your comments.

Best,
-Phil

Port Dover Preview

2008-06-09T17:39:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we visited old friends and met new ones. Our first stop was at Poole's Harley-Davidson where Paul started his motorcycle adventures in 1965. He thought it was was great to see his old friend Bill Leslie and talk about old times.

Then we rode to Port Dover and our first stop was a Mr. B's for a natural bison burger and sweet potato fries! The natural nutritional craze that is sweeping North America landed in Port Dover in April 2007. We had a good chat with Brenda, John and Jen and swapped some more stories. The "I'm at home feeling" is ever present at Mr. B's and you can tell right off that you are welcome and can stay as long as you want.

We introduced ourselves to Lynn Sonnenberg at the Port Dover Maple Leaf Newspaper and told her about our trip from Florida. She's been following our blog and was impressed with what we had done to get to Friday the 13th. There will be over 100,000 people attending so get there early, you might even consider going a day early and camping out.

And there is no hope for those that go to Port Dover and not take photos of the beach, so here's one. Did you notice the man standing in the window in the house on the hill in the background?

-Phil

Arrived in Canada!

2008-06-08T16:50:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we rode up through Pennsylvania (all back roads) and then stopped for a civilized lunch in Aurora, NY at the Roycroft Museum/Restaurant.

Then around mid-afternoon we crossed the border into Canada and shortly after arrived at Campark Resorts in Niagara Falls. They also have a blog with some great hints and tips.

The resort is only 2 miles from the falls. We took a tour around town last night and stopped for some Italian ice cream. Lots of Italian heritage here from back in the canal and hydroelectric plant building days.

Today was a quiet day. Cleaning bikes, and catching up on rest.

-Phil

Day 6. Great riding. Hot.

2008-06-06T17:20:00.000-07:00

I thought we'd left the heat behind in Florida but it's been in the 90's yesterday and today. We rode up through the Shenandoah Valley, VA and then up through West Virginia and into Pennsylvania. All back roads. Fantastic riding. We should arrive in Canada tomorrow sometime mid-afternoon.

With all the back roads we've taken it's added over 400 miles to the trip but it's been worth it. Met a lot of nice people and yes,, all the waitresses call me 'Hon'.

We got invited to line dancing tonight but decided to forgo it. We thought they might be after the bikes. After all those young girls couldn't be after two old farts like us.

Ok, even hard riders have to take a rest sometime.

-Phil

Day 4 and 5, What a Ride!!!

2008-06-05T16:40:00.000-07:00

Awesome riding yesterday and today!!! We did the Foothills Parkway, Dragon's Tale, and Blue Ridge Parkway.

Yesterday we drove through the Foothills Parkway and then did the Dragon's Tail. '11 Miles and 318 Hairpin Turns'. There were a lot of bikes and some were sure hot doggin' it. Amazing to see some of the sport bikes zipping around those bends.

We settled into a nice cabin in Gatlinburg, TN. We rented it from Mike Duff at Jim's Harley-Davidson in St. Petersburg, FL. Pool table, hot tub,, very nice.

This morning (June 5th) we rode most of the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was some of the best riding anywhere. The views were spectacular. The roads just the right mix of winding up and down hills. And no stop signs, or lights. Very little traffic and it was like having our very own road.

Ok, now here are some shots, well, just don't try this at home boys and girls. I was doing about 50mph (or so) and grabbed the camera for some pics and vids.

,, and video:

Tonight we're in Virginia and heading north tomorrow.

-Phil

Georgia Country

2008-06-02T06:27:00.000-07:00

Hiram, Georgia. We put the bikes in the barn and decided to stay a few days.

It's just beautiful here. The weather is perfect. To earn my keep I raked out the horse corral and fed the horses. This was a moment of tranquility for me. Today we're heading into town to find a nice place to have lunch.

We're in Georgia!

2008-05-31T16:43:00.000-07:00

Day one on our trip. We stopped at Perry Georgia after 350 miles of unbelievable heat. I thought Clearwater was hot but when you get away from the water and move inland and north it gets hotter. Both of us got a little odd even though we were already a bit off.

The good part is we're not eating crap food. We both brought Phi Plus from the WholeFood Farmacy and we snack on that at each gas stop. Bike's are running unbelievable well and we're making good time.

I'm off to get a tatoo, just a black mark on my forearm to mark day 1.

Tomorrow we're staying with Drs. Jane and Harvey Fish in Hirham, GA which is outside of Atlanta.

We met a guy in southern Georgia who said he was 'double retired' and lived on his bike. We weren't sure what double retired meant but it sounded appealing if he could just ride around on his bike all the time. He was heading out to Arizona, California, and then up to Canada and across to Buffalo, which is where he was from. Nice guy. We rode with him for a while before he turned off for his stop.

-Paul

Ready to Ride!

2008-05-28T17:06:00.000-07:00

Took my bike in for the 2500 service and asked for Syn 3 Oil so that she's already for her first long ride. Canada here we come!

One thing is for certain the service at Jim's is top notch with everyone watching out to see that I was happy with my entire experience. No doubts there.

I got to watch a bike on the dyno being tuned to perfection as well as sit with the fellas and tell a few yarns. Probably the reason I'm going all the way to Canada and back is because I've run out of fresh stories to tell.

Part of our trip will be in the Smoky Mtns and up the Blue Ridge Parkway through the Shenandoah valley. We're staying one night in Gatlinburg, Tn at Mike Duff's cabin. There's another thing Jim's offers, you can rent one of their bikes and rent a cabin from Mike at the same time.

We almost left today instead of Monday because we can't wait to get on the road.

The following video is one that Phil put together after Bike Night at the Wing House.

Motorcycle Security

2008-05-24T10:20:00.000-07:00

Security for a motorcycle is about layering. When on the road this is doubly important. First and foremost the bikes will be covered. It's the old 'out of sight' maxim.

We'll also be using a Bully disk brake lock. These things are virtually indestructible. We've got a Bully reminder cable as well so that we don't mistakenly drive off without unlocking.

Finally we had our good friends at RideNow Clearwater install a Scorpio alarm. This has a remote/pager so that in the event someone is messing with the bike it will alert us even if we can't hear the siren going off.

The rest is just alertness and making sure we park in relatively safe, well lit areas.

-Phil

First Canadian Motorcycle

2008-05-23T10:07:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of the first Canadian motorcycle built in Algonquin Park before Canada became an industrial nation. I spoke to the builder and he told me an unknown fact that more people are killed by moose in Canada than bear. He also told me if you're going to build one of these rides you need to run him to water to slow him down before you mount him. Don't try to tie the ropes on first, always mount the moose and then tie the ropes on.

Comparison 1971 FX - 2008 FXDF FatBob

2008-05-21T05:09:00.000-07:00

I know it's not fair comparing a 1971 FX to a 2008 FXDF FatBob but you can see from the pictures that they have some simularities and a lot of differences. The 71 is 74 cubic inches and the 08 is 96 cubic inches, plus it's rubber mounted so your teeth don't shatter. I don't have an original photograph of my 71 but here's a reasonable facscimile of a stock one. Like I said before, I took off the tank, bobtail fender with seat, front fender and the exhaust and put on a Sportster tank, cobra seat with sissybar, chrome front fender and shorty exhaust. It was a real hit when I drove it to Port Dover in the spring of 1971.

2008 FXDF FatBob is like a 1971 FX

2008-05-20T16:58:00.000-07:00

What got me about the 08 FXDF FatBob is it reminded me of the 1971 FX I bought from Poole's HD in the winter of 1970. I’m sure you remember the one. It had the Sportster front end and headlight, big tank and the boattail fiberglass seat and rear fender. I saw one in the classifieds a month ago for $20,000 untouched it said. My Dad knew I can’t leave a bike stock and although the boattail was an evolutionary approach I was more a revolutionary. My dad used to go nuts when I’d pay $3,000 (same price as a full sized car in those days), drive it home and tear it apart in the garage and make it right. Well, like I told you I was an advanced child and I learned my lessons well. This time I decided to leave it in the dealership and do the work there over the winter. Funny thing is that Percy Poole let me do it but now that I think about it he was trading me a primered peanut Sportster tank, off the shelf shorty exhausts, and the use of his shop part time because I did all the fabricating at home, in trade for the brand new decker tank, the boattail with seat and exhaust system. I thought he was very kind to such a young and impressionable boy like me. I certainly learned a lesson on that one.

Underneath that boattail was a half fender or splash pan and I took the flip-up portion off the rear fender of a 47 Harley and welded it to the splash pan to create a Bobbed fender. I sanded down everything and then gave the parts six coats of hand rubbed black paint. I put on the shorty exhaust and a cobra seat and we were ready to go. Of course I didn’t have a speedometer now because it was built into the tank the same way they are now. Oh yeah, had to have a sissy bar on the back.

Now I’m talking about a real radical chopper for 1971 in the spring when I drove it home. One other thing, I took the big Sportster front fender off and put a chrome small one on. I get home and my dad doesn’t know what I’ve done, cause I’m not telling, and he thinks the bike looks great. Then he says “hang on,” runs into the garage and comes whipping back waving a hack saw and makes like he’s going to saw the front fender in half. I’m screaming at the top of my lungs “It’s finished! It’s finished!” He goes, “we’ve got to do something, let’s just hack it a little.”

Well he was just pulling my fat right leg and having a laugh on me. Believe it or not I had to learn how to drive that bike expertly under all kinds of conditions. Willie G. had failed to change the gearing on that bike and it was set-up to haul ass on a bike that was maybe three hundred pounds heavier than mine, you know a full decker with bags, gigantic seat, and a very solid steal front end. I would start out on that bike and give the throttle a twist and the front end would fly up in the air and the gas cap would hit me in the forehead. At times like that I learned to just get it going in first gear and do all the fancy footwork in second, third and forth. In second it would fly up to about sixty degrees, third was about forty-five and fourth it would do a nice how do you do hop. A friend of mine had one and he did a complete summersault and I learned from his lesson and that was pretty cheap for me.

Well I loved that old FX. I drove all the way from Hamilton to Atlanta, Georgia with a friend of mine on the back. That motor was bolted right to the frame and at seventy miles an hour teeth would fly out of your mouth all on their own. I still have gaps in my molars from that ride.

The following video will give you more reasons why we should meet up at Port Dover on Friday June the 13th.

History of Friday 13th, Port Dover

2008-05-19T11:51:00.001-07:00

When I turned sixteen in 1965, I told my parents that I had to have a Sportster to keep up with the guys going to Port Dover. They believed me. Maybe that was the first lie on the subject of motorcycles but I doubt it. Percy Poole of Pooles Harley-Davidson sold me a used 1958 Sportster H. I loved that bike and it made me look like an advanced child. How many kids can say they went to high school on a Harley in the 60’s?

Now it wasn’t all pleasure. That bike near killed me a half dozen times. Sometimes when I was kick starting it, it would kick back and throw me over the handlebars and I’d land in the rock garden! Those were hard times! You had to kick start the bike. Now at sixteen I figure I weighed about a hundred and fifty pounds soaking wet. So I couldn’t just throw a leg over, jump once and bingo she was running. I had to stand on one side, put my knee on the seat, put my right foot in the stirrup and then jump up in the air with all my strength and then come down on my right leg as hard as I could. She may or may not start. I’d do that over and over again until it started. For years my right leg was twice the size of my left. Sometimes I would wind up, throw all my weight into it, and the pedal would go all the way through with no back pressure and I would dislocate my knee. But like you, in those days I was a real man! I would hop around in the yard until the knee went back in and would have another go at it. Now a days I go to a chiropractor just to handle all the abuse that old girl gave me.

In November 1981 the first bike night at Port Dover was celebrated and the following video will give you a view of the resort town in it's natural habitat and then show you what happens to this sleepy port on Friday the 13th.

Full Throttle 11th Anniversary

2008-05-19T08:25:00.000-07:00

All this happened by accident. I was out on a ride with the guys from Jim's H-D when we ended up at the Full Throttle 11th Anniversary. When I saw the set-up I went into Director mode and put together a photo shoot which resulted in this video by Phil. I even entered the slow race against an old guy riding a 4 wheel electric cart. Of course he won when I lost my balance.

First Photo Shoot

2008-05-19T07:21:00.000-07:00

I mounted my rack and bags and headed out with Phil to do our first photo shoot. We're taking all our photo and video gear with us so that we can document our adventures on the back roads. We're heading up highway 75 to Atlanta and then taking 575 up to the Dragon's Tail. After that we are heading around the Smoky Montains by way of the parkway to stay at a cabin in Gatlinburg. The following day we'll be riding back over the mountains to the Blue Ridge Parkway. The rest of our ride will be on backroads all the way to Buffalo, NY.

Rain Gear

2008-05-17T11:11:00.000-07:00

For rain gear we're bringing a few different items to test.

Frogg Toggs
Lightweight and breaths well so won't get too hot when wearing it. A bit baggy but should do the job.

Jafrum Motorcycle Rain Gear with heat shield on legs
Packs up small and has heat shield on inside of legs to protect from engine and pipes.

Seal Skinz socks
Space is very limited so instead of overboots we'll bring a pair of Seal Skinz socks. No motorcycle boot is truly waterproof and if it's going to rain all day I want dry feet.

-Phil

Getting Ready for the Big Ride

2008-05-17T06:05:00.000-07:00

Last week I got three necessary items:

My double travel rack from Road Master Motorcycle Luggage Racks (www.motorcycletravelrack.com) The first thing I appreciated was the quality of the build and the paint work, excellent in my books! I bolted it onto the rack I already have on my FatBob and it doubled my capacity to carry bags.

I then got my Kuryakyn Trunk Bag from (www.Motorcycle-Luggage.com) which again was high quality and it looks like it has a lot of capacity. I simply placed it on the rack and tightened down the straps into the camp buckles and it was there to stay. I already had another Kurakyn bag so I strapped it down on the front of the rack. The first thing I noticed is that there was a space between my passenger seat and the rack so I strapped a T-Bags tank bag that I had been using on the Harley rack. Now I have three removable bags for the trip. Sweet!

I went to Jim's Harley-Davidson in St. Pete (www.jimshd.com) and got a clear quick removable windshield for the FatBob. I've never had a motorcycle with a windshield but we plan on travelling over 3000 miles and I've been told that a shield is a necessity. Now on my first day out I found that the wind buffetted my helmet at about 55 miles an hour on up but it settled down and was bearable at around 70. I checked and this is suppose to be normal. I spoke with a biker friend and he said he had his cut down two inches at a body shop and that did the trick. With mine I could lower it about an inch and a half but it only got worse. So it looks like it is something I have to get used to. I would appreciate any suggestions.

The whole idea is to be able to remove all of this quickly when I get to my destination in Canada so that I have a clean bike when I attend the Port Dover Bike Day.

Today I'm ordering travelling food. If I were to eat in all the fast food restaurants along the way I would be guaranteed to gain 20 lbs in a month so I'm ordering raw nutrient dense whole foods from The WholeFood Farmacy (www.revital.wholefoodfarmacy.com). I've been consuming this type of food for over a year and find it tasty, satisfying and convient. I can store a couple of one pound bags of Phi Plus in my bike bags and eat that whenever I get stuck for good food. I used their product line to lose over 35 lbs of unnecessary fat and I don't want to gain it back. You all know it's easy to gain weight and a bitch to get off.

Next week we're going over to Greg's Custom Cycles (www.gregscycles.com) to see if we can make Phil's Raider look unique! If he does do handlebars or something radical I'll let you know. As they say in the North "Film at 11:00!"

I don't see what else I need to get but I'm open to suggestions.

Paul Turnbull

The Bikes

2008-05-09T14:08:00.001-07:00

The bikes we'll be riding on this trip are:

Harley Davidson FXDF "FatBob" 1584cc

Yamaha Star Raider 1854cc

Port Dover Bike Day

2008-05-09T05:09:00.001-07:00

I'm off to the Harley shop to pick up my windshield and get any other necessities for our trip to Port Dover, Ontario Canada from Clearwater, Florida.

Every Friday the 13th between 20,000 and 40,000 motorcyclists show up at Port Dover to celebrate Bike Day. Friday the 13th could land in Feb or Dec or whenever but fortunately this year it is June 13th which happens to be my birthday. So we're travelling all the way to Canada to celebrate my birthday in a resort town where I spent my summers and where I was first introduced to the magic and power of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

I was very fortunate to grow up with a friend, Don McIver whose older brother Ken was the drag strip champion and the mechanic at Poole's Harley-Davidson of Hamilton, Ontario. In the summer we would ride up to the cottage at Port Dover on their Harleys and when we got there they would let us ride the bikes whereever we wanted to go. So at a very young age, I was riding a 1947 with a suicide shift off to pick up my girlfriend.

When I turned sixteen I told my parents that I needed a Harley so I could keep up with the guys going to the cottage. I bought a used 1958 Sportster H model and started the big adventure of riding and customizing Harleys.

I'll warn you, I have a lot of stories that may be hard to believe but I swear they are all true except where I get creative for the sake of telling a good story.

Upcoming Road Trip

2008-05-08T18:57:00.001-07:00

Paul and I are getting all the preps done and gear chosen for our 3,000 mile road trip. We'll have reviews, pictures, videos and more. Stay tuned.