Ride_Slow2004
Northwest
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who68 wrote:Set off today at 6-45am to meet up with the Charlie Boorman ride at Oxford.
Awesome, I will be following that ride. Thanks for letting us know.
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arthurn
Beltsville, MD
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who68
Sounds like a cold ride. I am not sure what you are riding, but if you don't have heated gear, then you don't know what you are missing. My wife got me some heated gear this winter. Though it was cold outside, I was toasty all winter. Of coarse my winters aren't like yours. Ride safe and enjoy
Arthurn
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92lowrider
Bothell, Wa.
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Rented a bike in Kauai last wednesday, Good Day for a ride! I saw the Garden Island HOG Chapter riding during the weekend, I rented a 2007 Road Glide,Its has a different feel then my FLSTC. It has the Rigid front fairing and Sits a little higher. I reccomend the Kauai H.D. if your planning to go there.
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jiobst
Denver, CO
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Just over 600 miles in about 24 hours... Denver, CO to Gunnison,CO for a friends daughter's college graduation (about 200 miles) then the long way home. Wokeup to find snow on the tent and bikes and then crossed some 11,000 + foot passes
Huge Fun
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Ride_Slow2004
Northwest
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Sometimes, you just need a burger, and only Dicks will do.
Dicks Drive in
Only 64 miles, left the house at around 11pm, and back by 12:30, but the craving was met. Dicks on 45th was busy, and I was not the only rider there. Good night for a short ride, just beat the rain to my garage.
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Ride_Slow2004
Northwest
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So, wife is working in Salem, Oregon, and I am working in Des Moines WA. Not good. She calls me up and says might be able to break for dinner, want to come down? Call my partner at work, see if he will cover for me, and off I go. Cruised down I-5, and took a side trip to see Mt. St. Helens. Well, not really to see the mountain, but to ride that wonderful road up to the visitor center, and back. Next day, left Salem, rode over the Coast Range, up 101 to Tillamook, and then back over the Coast Range to Portland, across the Columbia on 5, then over to Vancouver Lake to watch my oldest daughter compete in a rowing regatta. Just cruised back home on 5. Have some decent pix, will post up one of these days. Heading out for the 4th with the family, will be back in a few days.
Happy Fourth of July!!
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VFR_Mike
Edmonds, Wa
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I just took a great 3 day from Kirkland, Washington around the northwest part of the state in into Oregon and then back. I posted my write up with photos here: Clicky
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04VN2000rider
Commonwealth of MA.
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All you guys riding around the Great Northwest are making me so jealous! I lived southwest pf Portland OR for 20 years and rode many of the roads you speak of on my 1975 Honda 750 K model. Now I'm on the other coast about an hour south of Boston. (don't ask me why)
Anyway, riding is still the best way I know to blow the cobwebs out of the old noggin. I'll post a couple of routes when I get more time.
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kpapa
Johnsburg N.Y.
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GOD sure made America beautiful. Seems like no matter where you ride in the USA
there is always beautiful scenery. Thank you VFR Mike for the photos of the
northwest. GOD, I love this country. Everybody have fun and ride SAFE.
kpapa
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4-Bike Dave
Michigan
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Place: Michigan - Steed de Jour: Yamaha FJR1300
I took I75 up to M57 to avoid the traffic snarls in SE Michigan. I'm not a fan of the slabs, but the FJR was made to eat them up, and this was my shake-down ride after having some pretty major repairs made to the bike. I was hit by a cage in 2006, then my uncle Mike hit a deer on it in 2007. The front end wasn't pointed in the proper direction any more. A nice 20 miler on the slab confirmed that the bike was rock-solid at 150% of legal speeds. That being determined, it was off to the side roads!
Exit at Clio (my old home-town), and West on M57 planning on picking up M66 North to Big Rapids. Made a last minute decision to use US127 simply because I have never ridden that particular stretch. Probably never will again. 127 North to Mt Pleasant at M20 West. Made a short stop at a Yamaha dealer in Mt Pleasant to kick a few tires and shop for street boots not designed by the Marquis de Sade. No luck - only cruiser-wear.
West on M20 to M66 (much better than US127), then North to Barryton. West at Barryton to Chippewa Lake, where a fellow rider had phoned to say he was out of cigars. Stashed the stogies in the boat house, and returned to the bike. North on back roads to Evart, fueled up (getting 45 MPG - not bad considering I am spending a LOT of time passing cages just for the sport of it), then East on M10 to M66 again. North on M66 to M61 through Harrison, Gladwin and Standish. M61 is where I have hunted the elusive Michigan White-tailed deer from the time I was 14. Can't tell you where, but it's mostly all State land, and the swamp rats are plentiful. Stopped at a Country Meat Market in Standish and bought some home-made sausage for lunch. I'd tell you where, but the sausage was pretty forgettable. South out of Standish past Bay City to a little spot in the road at the intersection of M46 and M15 called Richville.
Now Richville has very little to offer the traveling biker, but those of us in the know stop at the Citgo station just 100 meters North of the intersection for a hand-dipped ice cream treat. Men - get the single, and order a "Baby" for the little woman sitting behind you. They are more than generous with the helpings, and the quality of the goods is very high. I had the Mackinaw Island Fudge today, and didn't regret it for a second. Back in the saddle, and East on M46 to Sheridan Road - one of my favorites within an hour of my home.
Sheridan runs only to the South, and has more twists and bends than typical of a mid-thumb road. At some point it becomes Henderson Road, and stays paved until Otter Lake road at which point you the faithful rider need to make a decision: Left to M24 or right to M15. I turned right for a pretty mundane ride back to home in Clarkston.
Total Miles: 380. Miles before a sore butt: 300. Where do I find a saddle good for more than 300 miles? All my factory saddles seem too soft. Thanks for riding along. Hoped you enjoyed it.
Ride safe. Ride often. Ride in the rain just to say you can.
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