Travel Tips & Words of Wisdom
In anticipation of our upcoming trip through West Virginia, I thought it appropriate to address some great travel tips provided by the American Motorcycle Association. I first saw these tips mentioned at Keep The Rubber Side Down. This will be our first 5-day tour (we have done several 3-day weekends), so it is shaping up to be quite an adventure!
Here are the “insider tips,” with a little commentary from Mrs RC on each:
1) Eat at weird times. Everyone and their dog eats around 8 a.m., noon and 6 p.m. To get in and out of restaurants in a hurry, don’t be hungry then.
Like you can control when you are hungry! LOL Seriously, this is great advice for avoiding long waits.
2) A short metal cable with loops on both ends (like those made to keep people from stealing bicycle seats) is perfect for securing a jacket and helmet to your bike’s helmet lock.
We have one of these. Jay put it together at Home Depot with help from one of the employees. It cost about $3 including the little Master pad lock, and it works great! You just pull the cable through your sleeve and hook the padlock around your helmet strap fastener.
3) Carry a spare key. Zip-tie or duct tape it somewhere hidden on your bike, or better yet, give it to a traveling companion.
Neither one of us even HAS a spare key to our bikes (they only came with one). Maybe we should look into that.
