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Date: 1-7-2003
Subject: Punky, Lew & Achi 2 back in Azul, Argentina
Hi everyone: After the rally in Azul, we had an enjoyable ride south to the lovely town of Tandil with a group including my good friend, Ricardo Rocco Paz of Quito, Ecuador. At Tandil, we were welcomed to a Parrilla (BBQ) of a gut busting bunch of great Argentine meat. There we met the most famous Argentine motorcyclist, Carlos, who won 149 dirt and paved oval track races in the 70's. He is now a Honda rep. Went to visit him at his shop. He showed us Che Gevarra's old 50's Triumph. Looked like about a 125 cc. Che, an Argintine, toured South America on a motorcycle and wrote a book about it, before going to join the revolution in Cuba and then trying to export Cuba's communism to South America. Met an ex-green beret major in La Paz, B.C. Sur, Mexico in the late 70's, who claimed to be part of one of the 2 search teams that hunted down Che in Bolivia. Not sure if the Triumph is the one Che used for his tour. We plan to ride to Buenos Aires Thurday and have a mechanic, who has a bike repair shop there, look at Critter to try to find out why the temp guage indicator needle is in the mid range and sometimes a little higher, while at speed on the highway. Normally it should be in the quarter range. The radiator core was replaced with a bronze one made in Lima. The radiator is full of water and coolant. I suspect poor circulation in the radiator. The original core is aluminum. Maybe there is some chemical reaction going on plugging up the radiator? The '97 KLR650 with 30,000 miles, that Ricardo just bought from Chris Bright, is consuming mucho oil. He will have it checked in Buenos Aires as well. Anxious to get to Uruguay, Paraguay, Iguazu Falls and Brazil.
Later, amigos & Amigas.
Punky, Lew & Achi 2
Americas Motopaseo
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