Lamonster's Ride to the Red Carpet Blog

[Lamonster]

Guess I might as well start mine now. I worked on the Spyder till 10:30 last night and woke up wide awake at 2:30am ready to roll. I hope I can get some sleep tonight as BajaRon and I are pulling out at 4am Monday morning. I know I won't be sleeping Sunday night :shocked:

Part of the fun of a trip like this is getting ready to go. We spent a lot of time working on Ron's Spyder and I think he's good to go now. He finally got his cruise control working and mounted up the way he likes it. That was a 4 day project along with a few other mods like more No Magic lights. :doorag:

I'm bringing my trailer of course and have packet enough tools to do some pretty major repair if needed. I figure if I bring enough stuff I won't need any of it.

I changed out my water temp gauge yesterday and turns out I have a bad gauge.:gaah: The sending unit is not the same as the old gauge so I had to swap it out for the old sending unit. When I did that I went ahead and drained all the coolant and added some Water Wetter to the system. Installed the old sending unit and put the wire on and I knew it didn't feel right when I tightened it up. Sure enough my sending unit is bad:gaah: and I don't have time to order a new one and get it here before I leave. :sour:
Not a big deal but I will have to drain the coolant and fix it when I get back.

All I have left to do now is install some of the cool new billet Spyder pegs from No Magic and I'll be ready to go. I did some adjustments on my CHAD and worked on a few other things just to perfect the long ride ahead. :doorag:

I'll be posting the videos on YouTube and my MobileMe account and I think I'll use SmugMug for most of the pictures because I can GeoTag those so you can see where the pics were taken on a map. :doorag:

Here's the link for the videos on MobileMe
http://gallery.me.com/lamonster#100002&view=grid&bgcolor=black&sel=1

Here's the link for pics on SmugMug
http://lamonster.smugmug.com/gallery/8621616_r88NP#568842940_95CA3
When you look at a picture you'll see a Tool Bar above, click on the "Map This" link and it will show you where the picture was taken.

I'll use this post to document the rest of the trip if you want to follow it. :doorag:

 

[Greg H.]

Lamont: Have a wonderful trip! I know, many like me, wish we could make that trip. But, you're the finest representative, I can think of for the Can-Am Spyder. And, please tell Jay we all said hello! :thumbup:

Right now; Jean and I are looking forward to the 'Spyders in the Smokies' event in September. It will be really nice to finally meet you, and some many other Spyder riders.

 

[bjt]

:thumbup:

Based on your theory...

I figure if I bring enough stuff I won't need any of it.

How about you pack an umbrella?

 

[northramp]

Ride Safe Bro... BTW that photo and map of where it was taken is way cool!! we will be ridin with ya

Northramp:doorag:

 

[RoHo]

:clap: Have a great trip. Just wishing I could be there with all the rest of you. Will have kind thoughts for you anyway!

RoHo

 

[vt228]

:2thumbs: Have a great trip.and be safe take lots of photos so we all can injoy :agree: ride boys ride kep shiney side up :2thumbs: your friend Don...........

 

[jima1153]

Have a great ryde. I'm going to try and meet you in Effingham, Il in the morning to say hi. hyea::thumbup:

 

[IMRU3]

Lamonster, don't forget your ever dependable duct tape...:2thumbs:

:thumbup:

Based on your theory...

How about you pack an umbrella?

 

[FANG]

Have a great ryde Be safe and be blessed on your journey. ray:

 

[tatt2r]

Have a great ride I envy you all arrr but someday ....

 

[jimclarkf1]

Keep Safe

Thanks for everything, and looking forward to the pics:thumbup:. as I get more comfortable on the HWY, hope to meet ya in the future. Ill keep praying for your sons too

 

[Lamonster]

I got some sleep last night but I had some bad pizza that's been tearing me up all day today.

Got up and packed a few more things before church. Went to church and remembered it was Fathers Day. This was the first Fathers Day that I didn't have a Father to call. My Dad passed Oct. 10 of last year. Once again I was reminded how much I miss him.

Got home and decided to do a once over on the Spyder and make sure I had everything ready to go. Got that done and decided to set my clock on the Spyder. Well I got the clock set but somehow I switched it to metric and I can't get it back for nothing. When I hold down the S button nothing happens. :gaah: Guess I'm riding to Hollywood in killometers.:sour:

So then I run to town to top off the tank and when I get back I shot a little video to upload. I went to do it wifi but my internet was all hosed up. I called Comcast and we found that it was a router issue and not a Comcast issue. So they gave me the numer to Linksys.

I call Linksys and after being on hold for 20 min. I get some Indian guy (dot not feather) and I swear he was just sitting there laughing at me till I decided to sak for someone else. He says he'll transfer me and that's when the call dropped.:gaah: I call back and get this realyy sweat gal and she spends two hows with me fixing everything. I had to give her remote access to my computer and pay 10 bucks but it was well worth it. Turns out my boy is the one who caused all the problems when he hooked up another router. :chill:

So now I'm back online and ready to finish up the details and head out this morning at 4 am. I did post a little video just before everything went to pot.

Happy Fathers Day :doorag:

 

[Big Arm]

Happy Father's Day to you too. Ride Safe !!!

 

[SpyderMonkei]

Bad Pizza in TN?

Go figure!

 

[spyder3rdr]

I hope you have a safe and scenic ryde to the Red Carpet :thumbup: and happy Fathers day :clap:

 

[Smylinacha]

Ride safe - have a great trip - looking forward to pics and movies!:2thumbs:

 

[Roaddog2]

:2thumbs: Have a great trip.....

:agree::agree::2thumbs::2thumbs:

 

[8LEGS]

Ryde SAFE and remember ..... don't ryde faster then your guardian angel can fly! Have a great time, take LOTS of pictures.

 

[Trickie Dick]

Ride safe. I know you will represent us all very well.:2thumbs:

 

[Lamonster]

Thanks to Roaddog2 I got my gauge fixed last night. Turned out the magnet in the button had popped out and that's why it wouldn't switch modes. Thanks Bro :doorag:

Well the time is hear. I said goodbye to my family about 11:30 last night and went to bed. My son Nathan has been here for the last few days and will be deployed in a few days to the sandbox. It was hard to say goodbye to him as I'm not sure when I'll see him again and I worry about him there.

I set my iphone alarm to 3:20 and I woke up at 3:19....that was cool. :doorag:

Next stop Oklahoma. :yes::2excited:
So what are the chances of the "Late" BajaRon showing up on time?