Martin Gastanaga

• Terrible custmer service @ Sierra Yamaha is bringing me back 2 blogging I know u think it is all going via tweets but it is not going to be! #

Several months back my wife suggested that I take my friend Kay Vetter up on his offer to take me through Baja on my dirt bike, to which I of course said “I would love to do that”. Thus began the adventure. The first thing that I needed to do was purchase a new motorcycle, after all my 2000 Yamaha WR 400 was worn but still a great bike with 8,000 mile and 8 years of riding on it. I just did not feel comfortable about taking it, after all, during much of the trip I would be hundred of miles from a road, civilization or even water, so it was decided it was time for a new bike.

After selling my bike, I was off to Sierra Yamaha in Chilkoot California to purchase a new 2008 Yamaha WR 450. Of course, when you get a new bike you also need all the accessories for it too. I proceeded to purchase a new helmet, goggles, hand guards, GYTR AIS kit and a larger fuel tank from IMS for the Baja trip. I was stoked, the shop gave me a great price on the bike but that came at a cost off course, I guess it was a wash. (More on that in a future post)

Once I got home I also proceeded to get some additional accessories for the bike such as a skid plate and a RAM mount for my Garmin GPS. With the bike now in the garage the preparation began. I started with the easy things first like the hand guards and skid plate. After that I headed over to Kay’s house where he has a lift for motorcycles which made the next job of the GYTR AIS kit much easier.

The GYTR AIS kit was no small job, requiring the removal of the rear wheel, sub frame and shock of the bike just to get to the carburetor, 5 hours later, the bike was back together and started first try. I proceed to test refine and do shake down on rides with the new bike over the next several weekends leading to the departure. On every ride the bike ran great, it had a small stutter/stall if I hit the gas to fast at idle. Heck if it did hit when I wacked it wide open I would be on my back so that is a safety feature I figure.

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So that sums up the bike prep, next post will be the carry along items.

• @sterlingdoak shiner? Did you lay that monster bike down? Or was it a bar fight? #

Terrible custmer service @ Sierra Yamaha is bringing me back 2 blogging I know u think it is all going via tweets but it is not going to be!

@sterlingdoak shiner? Did you lay that monster bike down? Or was it a bar fight?

• just had the absolute worst customer service experience in my life at sierra yamaha. #
• Still pissed @ the way I was treated yesterday @ Sierra yamaha according to them there is nothing wrong with my brand new motorcycle #

Still pissed @ the way I was treated yesterday @ Sierra yamaha according to them there is nothing wrong with my brand new motorcycle

• Just scheduled my 12k tune up 4 my GS @ Sierra BMW they fit me in May 29 I think speed is not part of their brand strange for motorcycles? #
• Looking @shiftingleaves just was looking @ your flickr photos & I can not beleave how big your kids have gotten where does time go #
• Time to move to tequilla brrrpbrrrrrrrpbrrrp #
• Bike is fixed pinched breather tube causing backflow which threw oil and made it run like crap we will see on test drive #

just had the absolute worst customer service experience in my life at sierra yamaha.

Bike is fixed pinched breather tube causing backflow which threw oil and made it run like crap we will see on test drive

• @edadkins I was beat incomplete
  I’d been had, I was sad and blue
  But you made me feel
  Yeah, you made me feel
  Shiny and new #
• Like a virgin
  Touched for the very first time
  Like a virgin
  When your heart beats #
• @edadkins no but I have a green hawaiian floral moomoo that look good when I roll around on the floor #
• @justinsullivan cuz I am making a super cool/sexy video and I am warming up my voice #
• @dukeanddiz only if you can do imax format I think that is the format that will sufficiently show off my moves & truly support the audiance #

Time to move to tequilla brrrpbrrrrrrrpbrrrp

Looking @shiftingleaves just was looking @ your flickr photos & I can not beleave how big your kids have gotten where does time go

Just scheduled my 12k tune up 4 my GS @ Sierra BMW they fit me in May 29 I think speed is not part of their brand strange for motorcycles?

@dukeanddiz only if you can do imax format I think that is the format that will sufficiently show off my moves & truly support the audiance

@justinsullivan cuz I am making a super cool/sexy video and I am warming up my voice

@edadkins no but I have a green hawaiian floral moomoo that look good when I roll around on the floor

Like a virgin
Touched for the very first time
Like a virgin
When your heart beats

@edadkins I was beat incomplete
I’d been had, I was sad and blue
But you made me feel
Yeah, you made me feel
Shiny and new