Shortly after the last blog post I broke my thumb while riding around on my WR450 supermoto. Ended up getting two beautiful pins 'installed' which limited my ability to work on the r1. Although the R1 was running, it didn't seem to be running 100% and with more than 6k miles planned I didn't want to chance a break down.
With not being sure if the r1 would be up for the task, I went out and purchased a new 2012 Kawaski ZX10R on June 26th.
I've got the first oil change done on it, brand new set of Michelin Pilot Road 4 tires, GPS mounted and wired up, luggage thrown on for a ride and have a double bubble windscreen waiting to be put on once I get home from work.
I also booked my flight with SkyThrills.com earlier this week! Going to go fly the above stunt plane on July 9th and do all sorts of cool tricks/stunts. This has to be the the thing I'm most excited for, well besides the road trip! :)