We went to the shop in the morning to get my bike fitted out. I'm riding Scott Lee's (Owner, Colorado Motorcycle Adventures) personal KTM 890R which is completely tricked out with heavier suspension, valving, and all the bells and whistles. Ash (Lead guide & my brother-in-law)  threw on a new rear tire and we attempted to adjust some of the modifications Scott had made to the bike. Scott is nearly 6 ft 5 in, quite a bit larger than me at 5'10, and probably 100 lbs heavier.  We had hoped to remove things like the bar risers, adjust the foot pegs, etc, to make the bike fit me better but that wasn't something we were able to do. So I will just have to adapt and ride the bike as it is and adapt to the heavy springs. I don't think it will be such a big problem .

The riders started to trickle in this afternoon. Scott brought the rental bikes to the hotel, one rider is on his personal BMW GS 1100. We met for dinner down the street at a steakhouse and then returned to the hotel for the paperwork and pre-ride briefing. I am pleased to see there are just six riders, I was expecting a full 12, so that makes life a lot easier.

All is set, we meet at the bikes at 8:00 a.m. and leave at 8:30 in the morning. Looking forward to getting underway.