Always trouble! Find out what was wrong with my motorcycle, ride the scenic Dolores Triangle Safari Route from Utah to Colorado with me and enjoy a stay in Gateway Colorado - including a visit to the famous Gateway Auto Museum with a collection of american cars!
Traveling is about accepting the challenges along the way. It’s the choice to keep moving, no matter how big or unexpected the obstacles are. We chose to move forwards, to leave Moab and travel to beautiful Gateway in Colorado, where we visited an amazing auto museum and explored the surroundings on the back of a horse. But even leaving Utah was more difficult than expected - because my Yamaha Tenere refused to start.
Due to the unexpected foot injury, our plans changed several times - we were not able to stay in Moab any longer because everything was booked, so our new travel companion decided to first drive back the rental bike of my injured travel partner to the next rental place in Grand Junction Colorado - and we would all leave Moab on different ways and meet again in the small town Gateway to spend two more days together before our paths finally would separate.
While the other rider of our group dropped the motorcycle at the rental place, I had to deal with some new issues. The broken switch of the sidestand of my Yamaha Tenere 700!
It was Sunday morning, all shops were closed and I needed a solution for this problem. I watched several Youtube Videos - and decided that my motorcycle needs a little surgery.
Afterwards I took off from Moab and I followed Highway 128, which went on a beautiful curvy road along Colorado river. And turned off on the beginning of La Sal Loop Road.
To reach the town Gateway in Colorado you don’t follow the paved La Sal Loop though, but continue on the so called Doloroes Triangle Safari Route aka Gateway Road, that soon turns into a packed gravel road. Enjoy views on Fisher Mesa, Bull Canyon and John Brown Canyon.
If you want to know why Gateway is so special and see some amazing american cars of the Gateway Auto Museum tune in - we will as well change perspective and exchange the 75 hoursepower of my Tenere to 1!
// A roadtrip that dreams are made of: join my journey through the United States of America. From Los Angeles in California on the westcoast to Miami in Florida on the eastcoast.
9,000 kilometers,
13 states,
28 days,
1 motorcycle
// NEW EPISODE OUT EVERY THURSDAY 19:30 CET
// Time of the journey: May-June 2021
// Welcome to the journey! I am Lea Rieck, a journalist and author and I want to take you with me on a motorcycle overlanding adventure to all the wild and beautiful places in the world!
// I circumnavigated the world solo from 2016-2017 and now I am going to all other places I have not seen yet. On the channel: my motorcycle trip around africa/ the first stage of the journey through westafrica, my motorcycle ride from Germany to North Cape "Expedition North" and the best places to do a roadtrip to in Europe. Cureently on the channel: CROSS-COUNTRY USA
// Riding a Yamaha Ténéré 700. Bought the motorcycle myself from the press fleet of Yamaha USA (thank you Yamaha USA for making this possible. Ténérés were short on stock at all dealers I required one at)
Watch the review of my european Yamaha Ténéré 700 here:
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//Equipment & Gear:
- Touratech Companero Summer Jacket & Pants (given to me by Touratech after my old suit got stolen on the ship from westafrica)
- BMW GS Gloves (self bought)
- Alpinestar Toucan Boots (self bought)
- Klim Krios Pro Helmet (self bought)
- Leatt Neckbrace (given to me by Leatt as my self-bought neckbrace was still in Africa)
- BMW Cooling Vest
Watch the review for my helmets here:
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//Filmed with:
Drone: DJI Mavic 2 Zoom
Camera: Sony Alpha A7 rIII
2 x Go Pro Hero 8
DJI OSMO Pocket
Iphone 12
Tripod: Manfrotto BeFree
Tripod Iphone: Joby GorillaPod
Editing Program: Final Cut Pro X
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