Having owned an iridium for years, having used it mostly in the marine environment, when it works, can’t beat it, when it gets flaky I want to smash into the wall. All this being said, I like the ability to talk to rescue personnel directly, and have!
Having not been on a bike for the past 20 years, now planing a trip from Los Angeles to Alaska next spring. My first thought was buying a Harley Sportster and doing a Then Came Bronson tribute. Next thought was a 1150GS, not planing on off roading, and a bit larger than most duel purpose...
As someone who's in the Baja every few weeks, I'll quote what I tell everyone "I feel safer in Baja then in L.A."
The only thing to remember when traveling anywhere in the world, don't be flashy.
Here is an article with what my old boss called a Primary Visual Aid. Cheap inverters put out modified sine wave, better on put out pure sign waves. For anything that needs 60 cycles, better inverters are required...
Funny, perhaps PalmSurf should think about becoming an advertiser here. It's one of the failures of the whole social media movement, as Wavy Gravy should have said, Capitalists, what a concept, think they can get free media.