I was riding South today towards Ushaia when the connecting link on my chain snapped. I could hear something clacking near the tire but I assumed that it was the annoying plastic mud guard coming a part again after just fixing it. Did I mention that my speedometer quit working yesterday and my neutral light will not turn off today. If you are doing a grand voyage do not take a post 2000 F650! I am going to post up a picture of how dirty and chewed up my hands look from working on the bike every day.I took my rear tire off and placed it a few feet behind the bike because I did not want the kids to mess with it. (In Colombia a guy used my rear tire as a chair.) One of the kids went over and picked up my tire while I was concentrating on the bike and I ran over and stopped him just before he was about to put the rotor on the ground. After that all of a sudden the kids took off and they made off with most of the tools in my tool kit.
Wow, was I ever surprised that people would have the nerve to rob you of your tools when your bike was broken down! Some people truly are heartless!
I am going to stay here in La Rioja a couple of days and try to track these kids down. The more I look for them, the more I think I will not be able to find them. I know that 2 of the kids have lip piercings so that makes conducting a search worth it, but this city is a lot bigger than I had thought intitally.
All in all, I would rather risk being friendly and having something like this happen rarely than being an jerk and just telling the kids to go away. I guess next time I will keep a closer eye on my stuff though.

































