Bogotá, Panamá

I support the BM Riders Club

Bogata, Panama

10th June 2006	Hotel staff in Bogotá seeing me off	Me, Pedro and Juanita having farewell drinkies	Lovely Carolina at the cargo place in Bogotá	Another day, another warehouse
10th June 2006	Proof of weight loss
12th June 2006	Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal	Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal	Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal	Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal
12th June 2006	ID please?	Monument to Gaillard (who engineered the Cut)	Oil pump - 'Nuff said	Oil pump - 'Nuff said
9th August 2006	Night out at the Panama Motorcycle Club with Hubert and Luna	Night out at the Panama Motorcycle Club with Hubert and Luna	Night out at the Panama Motorcycle Club with Hubert and Luna	Night out at the Panama Motorcycle Club with Hubert and Luna
	Caribbean	Caribbean	Caribbean	Cuba, allegedly from 6,000 feet. Make up your own mind
	Cuba, allegedly from 6,000 feet. Make up your own mind	Streets turn into rivers when it rains
11th August 2006
19th August 2006	Funky Panamanian buses	Funky Panamanian buses	Funky Panamanian buses	Funky Panamanian buses
	Funky Panamanian buses	Funky Panamanian buses	One for the ladies. Nearly as fetching as Colombian police riders.
	Joyce Brown RIP Not part of Cynthia's trip but below is a record of the funeral of long time BMW Club member, Joyce. Photo quality isn't good but it's all I have.

	Replacement engine arrives - Three days via Miami and Guatemala. Must be some sort of record. Anyway, received with MUCH thanks (pix attached). And as it seems such a shame to waste John's Amazing Crate, it's coming back (by slow boat, through the Canal) with the "old" engine. I'll let you know shipping details as and when. It'll take a couple of months, I think. I've swapped the sump plate, oil pickup/screen filter, oil pump and pressure switch (as they're new), flywheel, dipstick (as mine already has the appropriate bend for the tank). I'll be swapping the conrods as well, I think. I now have a complete set of replacement bearings - standard, +0.25mm and +0.50mm. It also means I know the small ends will be OK. The "old" engine has a stripped stud but otherwise is, as far as I know, sound apart from the pressure problem which is probably, as Phil surmises, the rear main rotating in its housing and blocking the oilway. It'll be interesting to find out, and also what, if any, damage was done considering I've done nearly 10,000 miles with it in this state.