Bikes and stuff

After 700km in a day, you start look for new positions on the bike to stretch out. This is comfortable enough to ride like for a while.
Sunset.
Tired and worn out. Although waking up and going motorcycling is still way better than a job.
Highway rain, passing a big old truck.

Somewhere along the way we found a tiny Kawasaki dealer, where the guy let us pull off the clutch cable from a brand new bike on the floor. Turned out to be perfect timing because two days later Scott's jerry-rig fix broke for good. I guess it lasted a few thousand kilometers, so can't complain. We've gone over 13,000km which is about 3 average Edmonton season's worth of riding. Also being fully loaded is hard on the bikes. We've done one oil change each, Scott has broke a choke cable and a clutch cable. He seemingly had a plugged main jet on his carb, too. I broke a chain and almost lost my license plate. There are a few minor things here and there, too, like a bent pannier rack. Also, I've got a little bit of an oil consumption problem. Today I put in my 16th litre of oil since the beginning of the trip. My motor only holds 2.5 litres of oil, which means I've burned over 6 times capacity. Tires are getting worn, too.

So far we've been in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunwick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachussets, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyvania, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wyoming. We've got a few more to go!