An Unlikely Motorcycle Adventure on the TAT - Brendan O'Leary
Adventure Rider Radio – Motorcycle Podcast
Adventure Rider Radio | Adventure Motorcycling
4.9 • 961 Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2022
⏱️ 62 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Riding the Transamerica Trail across the United States can be a challenge in itself. |
| 0:05.5 | But add to that challenge, a motorcycle that is so unsuited to the task that it would almost be considered insane to tackle. |
| 0:12.7 | At this point, Brendan O'Leary walks into the picture. |
| 0:15.6 | He's an engineer by trade with a tremendous passion for working on small motorcycles, Honda motorcycles. |
| 0:21.6 | Brendan decides he's going to buy a brand new Honda Trail 125 and ride the TAT. |
| 0:27.0 | And there begins the story. |
| 0:28.8 | Brendan putting his plan into action, starting with logistics and preparation, and then setting out on his first |
| 0:34.7 | perhaps absurd motorcycle adventure. I'm Jim Martin, this is Adventure Rider Radio. Stay with us, |
| 0:40.4 | we got a good one for you. What's greater than the great outdoors? |
| 0:47.0 | The Great Outdoors, |
| 0:50.0 | the Great Outdoors, plus a Honda. |
| 0:52.0 | A Honda gets you where you want to go. The great outdoors plus a Honda. |
| 0:53.0 | A Honda gets you where you want to go. |
| 0:55.0 | The four stroke 55 cubic centimeter overhead valve engine gives zip and power. |
| 1:00.0 | Yet at 45 miles per hour, it's like riding on silk. |
| 1:04.0 | A Honda doesn't gulp gas, just sips it. |
| 1:07.5 | 225 miles to a gallon. |
| 1:10.0 | Honda, world's biggest seller. Honda World's Biggest Seller Souther. |
| 1:13.0 | Best rest product is the maker of the Cycle Pump, the best tire inflator for motorcyclists. |
| 1:24.0 | It'll inflate your flat tire in less than three minutes. |
| 1:26.0 | Made in the USA comes with a lifetime warranty. |
| 1:28.0 | They also distribute Google Tech filters Cycle Pump. |
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