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Westward Distraction '07

Looking for the start of my 2007 summer motorcycle trip- Westward Distraction?

Click here:
http://trainwiththom.com/2008/01/13/westward-distraction-day-one/
this will send you to the begining, when you want to go to the next day, go back to the top and click ” Westward Distraction: Day Two” and so forth… enjoy!

Westward Distraction: Aftermath

As I pulled into Waseca on the last day of my trip, I thought I heard a severe grinding noise coming from my final drive. I wrote it off as just being too tired and all of the day’s road noise and such. The next day we were to travel to Katie’s apartment in Iowa [...]

Westward Distration: Trip Totals

Total milage: 3890 miles
Total hours that the bike was moving: 73:38
Highest altitude camp: 5256 ft – Vernal, Ut
Lowest altitude camp: 9 ft – Oregen
Longest day: Day seventeen – 800 miles
Shortest day: Day four – 250 miles
Best gas milage – 62 mpg
Worst gas milage – 42 mpg
Biggest highway encountered – 6 lanes, Salt Lake City, Ut
Bike [...]