Suspension update after 7 years

Time sure does fly by, it was nearly 7 years ago when I bought my Honda Africa Twin and a month ago it became obvious I needed new front/rear springs/coil.

The AT is in the shop at the moment and “should” be done in a few weeks.

I’m really looking forward to an improvement from the OEM springs and will write an update once it’s back home.

Supermassive color of Metacycle shipping?

A recent photo on the Sondors Metacycle portal shows the black (or supermassive) version being assembled for delivery so what does that mean to us folks who ordered one? Not much I’m sure, there have been no shipping updates and my questions to Sondors get met with a form letter. Only 2,000 to ship and they can’t seem to communicate effectively to their customers. Becoming more and more disappointed in their rollout.

I understand the delays caused by the pandemic, shipping, chips, etc., but when you don’t communicate often enough people start to imagine the bad, not the good. There are many people who just troll the company (and likely don’t even have an order in), but there are also many of us who have an order, are in the first round, and just want more information on where OUR Metacycle is within the production and delivery lifecycle.

A photo from the Sondors Metacycle portal showing bikes ready to ship.

I’ve written twice to try and get some sort of status and the same auto response from “Rigo”. The first one seemed legitimate, but when you get the exact same content on the second request you know they are not applying themselves to fully supporting this product or their customers. I feel like this was a bad way to spend almost $6K. Oh well.

2021 Route Idea

This year I’m hoping to get back to a reasonably long ride and HOPEFULLY Canada will reopen to us if numbers are down and vaccinations are up among those who have resisted science and caring about your fellow human.

Really hoping we can get into Canada again! I miss it!

Get vaccinated if you can!

The route from Spokane, WA to Rapid City, SD takes many small highways and state roads and not Interstate Highways. This route is almost entirely new to me so I’m looking forward to seeing new parts of western US.
This route HOPES that we’re able to travel info Canada. If we’re still not able to travel into Canada I’ll have an alternate route south through CO/UT/OR.

If Canada isn’t open, this is the possible route:

Alternate route if Canada isn’t open.

2019 Ride

In July of 2019 I rode from Spokane, WA to Harvey, ND for a family reunion. On the way home I rode the old Highway 2 in ND, through MT to visit Scobey, MT where my Father’s blood family lived for a few years, then north into Canada to visit Assinaboia, SK where I saw a few photos with city signs in the background.

Distance was about 2,200 miles

I’ll add additional photos and notes below.