About 150 km we turned onto the gravel road which was the "shortcut skipping Tegucigalpa" (very near to olancho). Most of the road was pretty bad... We hesitate to even call it a road. We had a lot of fun though.
Huge washout section, dont get too close to the edge!
A slippery clay section.
We had the intentions of making it to Catacamas but we were forced to stop in the small dusty town of Juticalpa for a 4 hour repair job which involved re-lacing Kyles rear wheel with all new spokes. 5 of the 9 spokes that were fixed in Mexico broke again after the rough road. Alex had brought new heavy duty spokes to Roatan thankfully!
Just cut the remaining spokes.
Just finishing up as dusk was settling.
The entire time we were at the repair shop there was a crowd of onlookers. Shop owners to random people passing by. No less than 20 people at any given time. Kyle followed one of the employees to a welding shop to get a small crack in the rim welded. There was a lot of trust placed on the small moto shop. However, in the end the rim seems straight and true. Not bad for a $25 repair job. In Canada it would have cost several hundred.
The next morning oiling our chains. Still havent been able to find proper chain lube.
The next morning we headed towards the Nicaragua border.... Not 20km down the road Trevor was passing a car and hit something sharp. 100 meters later he coasted to a stop with a flat front tire.
First flat of the trip.
2km down the road the plug came out. Trevor burnt his hand on the muffler while repositioning the bike.
Thankfully some locals used a natural remedy on it, fresh Aloe Vera.
Back on the road again.
We crossed into Nicaragua without a hitch.
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