15,000 Miles with John Sulkosky Part 2

On this episode of Road Show Podcast we are proud to present Part 2 of our interview with John Silkosky. Oddly, for travelers nowadays Silkosky does not blog and rarely e-mails. Unfortunately that makes our postings a little incomplete because we do not, at this point, have any pictures to share with you. To the best of my knowledge Silkosky is now back in Alaska spending the holidays with his family and has promised to send me a photo CD with images of his travels. Even though the story is told very well in the audio portion it is hard to get an idea of the extent of his journey. I will be adding more to it as the content becomes available. In the meantime you can check out the following link.

Kind of gives you a feel for the enormity of the journey.

On another note...

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Thanks to my friend Grant Johnson at http://www.horizonsunlimited.com I was recently put in contact with one Simon Gandolfi who will be featured on an upcoming podcast. Until then, check out his blog and links at.

http://simongandolfi.blogspot.com/


Things have also been very busy here at Road Show Central. With me slugging it out at MMI and the Wrench Wench helping to make ends meet at her job it has been hectic. Of course the holidays have had something to do with that as well.

Speaking of MMI (Motorcycle Mechanics Institute) that is one strange place and I am still not quite sure what to make of it.

More about that HERE.

15,000 Miles with John Silkosky

In April of 2008 John Silkosky a native of Fairbanks, Alaska who is also stricken with Cerebral Palsy set out from his hometown on a custom built tryke with a Voyager kit on it for what turned out to be a 15,000 mile trip around the U.S. Along the way he totaled his bike hitting a deer, spent time working at the Quantum Learning Center and overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles to eventually arrive in Scottsdale, AZ in November. I recently sat down with Silkosky at a Scottsdale Starbucks where he outlined his journey. Part one of which is presented in the latest Road Show Podcast.

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John Silkosky poses in front of his custom Honda Shadow



Silkosky was kind enough to fully load his bike for the Road Show photo shoot



Check out the powerful electrical solenoid attached to a switch on the handlebars that allows Silkosky to shift normally



Bottom Center is the custom crutch box built by Silkosly's father