Forum: Ride reports
08-30-2011, 06:37 PM
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Oh! Hi-O
Hey tmills, Thanks for sharing about your KLRX2 outings. We recently got back from our annual ride, again with T.H.E. Herm (and Dave, another long time riding friend), following the Ohio River valley...
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Forum: Ride reports
12-06-2010, 05:03 PM
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Replies: 36
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Foghorn (Leghorn)
Ah, memories. And moments. This picture, although MOST important because it's my wedding day and I'm with my lovely wife Sue and surrounded by loved ones AND motorcycles, also captures when I was...
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Forum: Ride reports
11-19-2010, 07:33 AM
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Bring It On Home
Its been 4 months since we did the CO 2010 Redux. Frost was on the pumpkin and now said pumpkins are either squashed in the street or ready to made into pie. Drawing out the report on this trip was...
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Forum: Ride reports
11-12-2010, 08:47 AM
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Roots
Entering Iowa, Herm enters a nostalgic realm of his family's history. The family farm, thoughts of aunts, uncles and cousins, the accumulated memories of a lifetime of visits give special meaning to...
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Forum: Ride reports
11-12-2010, 08:36 AM
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Respite Stops
At least once or twice a day on such trips, we try to find a place away from whatever elements are in abundance, be it wind or sun or rain. It's usually an enticing park sign in a small town that...
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Forum: Ride reports
11-12-2010, 08:21 AM
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The Great Plains (not so plain)
We start out on I-80 to make a beeline to breakfast....but that darn wind is waiting for us for with an early morning workout! Until you ride for hundreds (and hundreds) of miles in a steady and...
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
11-04-2010, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 173
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Ray's MC Garden
Here is an entry and some pics from a Ride Report made last year on a mechanically (and emotionally) challenging trip to Colorado. We came upon this place in Ft. Collins because we sought wisdom from...
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Forum: Ride reports
11-04-2010, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 36
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Cat Got Your Tail?
The young girl said her cat/rabbit/cabbit (which may be genetically a no-go, even though rabbits do it, well, like rabbits) hopped around a lot. From the internet (always true): "The Manx is a ...
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Forum: Ride reports
11-04-2010, 09:00 AM
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Replies: 36
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Eastward Ho
Making time and miles to go before we sleep. Basically once we leave the last mountain pass or valley, we've shifted our mode to bring it on in. Tried to include as much 2-lane action on the route...
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Forum: Ride reports
11-04-2010, 08:41 AM
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GPS vs M.A.P.
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss60/tgill/CO%202010%20Pictures/IMG_0080.jpg
Pic from a trip a few years back...every mile and moment helps weave the fabric of friendship and connection with...
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Forum: Ride reports
11-03-2010, 09:35 AM
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Replies: 36
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Rocky Mountain High
Starting to think of putting the setting sun at our backs and making motions for the Midwest again. But doing so from a different perspective. After a few days, an extended trip becomes less of a...
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Forum: Ride reports
11-03-2010, 09:16 AM
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Replies: 36
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Ya, Good Eatin'
Of the many iconic travel moments, "Breakfast On the Road" is right up there. Especially after logging some miles and made oh-so-more special when its really good food fare. With a name like "The...
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Forum: Ride reports
11-03-2010, 08:56 AM
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Replies: 36
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Frosted Now, Almost "Dusted" Then
Real Time Thought: It's November 3 as I write this entry. Frost "on the pumpkins" and elsewhere is the norm. Whacked out procrastinating geese chattering overhead remembering, "oh yeah" time to...
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Forum: Ride reports
10-02-2010, 12:17 PM
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Replies: 36
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Visceral Responses
The visceral response to the stimuli around us--visual, auditory, smells, etc., is collected and stored somewhere in our beings, our souls, and we have access to this goodness at later times in our...
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Forum: Ride reports
10-02-2010, 12:00 PM
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Replies: 36
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Open Road Thoughts
Continuing on, a few thoughts about the Open Road and it's effect on our psyche. Out of familiar comfortable or even challenging situations back home, our realities have melded with this new...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-09-2010, 07:53 AM
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Replies: 36
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Telluride
"ToHellYouRide" we've read, but the edge to that statement fades a bit when strolling manicured streets past upscale shops. Arrived in Telluride, not by riding tall in the saddle down main street,...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-09-2010, 07:45 AM
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Replies: 36
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100 per and Gentleman's Adventures
90+mph kinda happens sometimes. It's like a coupla horses galloping fast and faster, just because they can. Playing. Only a twist of a wrist for us of course, but MC'ing has always had a cowboyish...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-06-2010, 03:39 PM
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Replies: 36
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Lame Camping but a Great Mt. Pass
Finally got to camp, though threatening weather kept us from "heading into the hills." Found this rather lame campground just outside of a small town, but it had a crick (if not a full creek) for...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-06-2010, 03:21 PM
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Replies: 36
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Altitudinal Adjustments
Found a river to follow, always a good idea. Cooler temps, knowing the rest of the week was for playing around, no pre-planned stops or agenda. On the '05 GS, note the $20 toolbox I use as a trunk...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-06-2010, 02:48 PM
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Replies: 36
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Connecting with the Vastness
Riding along with the Plains behind and starting to enjoy a few hills when suddenly cresting one more hill changes everything. We've crossed into The Vastness. Something inside me seems to rush...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-06-2010, 02:18 PM
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Drips of 2009
After last year's mechanical challenges, we kept a close eye on the bikes...Dan's oil cap had a bit of seepage which was easy to keep on top of, but you hate to every look down and see anything that...
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
09-05-2010, 07:06 AM
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Replies: 212
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That Kind of Bear
In White River, Ontario Canada, they lay claim to the beginning of the legendary Winnie-the-pooh. Parents, if you haven't cuddled up with your kids yet and read the masterful wisdom of WTP, get to...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-05-2010, 06:53 AM
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Replies: 36
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Getting there...
First new day on the road has us in Nebraska--nuff said! F----n hot! Mid nineties all day, then caught some 100+ digits posted on bank signs, topped at 104. Draining, with the wind added in. Bikes...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-05-2010, 06:41 AM
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Making our Way West
Once in Iowa, played some on & off with I-80 to make time but try and keep things a bit interesting. Normally, on our trips we try to 2-lane it all the way, but the "carrot" was Colorado and we both...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-04-2010, 06:27 PM
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Replies: 36
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Yup
And nice synopsis Herm. To see last year's ride and perturbations all condensed into a few sentences is strange...I think that last trip worked on us for the whole year, through all 4 Wisconsin...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-04-2010, 06:21 PM
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Replies: 36
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"I owe a" visit to the new museum
'Bout 240 miles in, our "traditional" first stop in Anamosa, IA, home to the really cool National Motorcycle Museum, recently moved to a new place and somewhere we've got to return to sooner rather...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-04-2010, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 36
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Mile: 0, Friendship Years: 37
Met Dan (aka Herm) 37 years ago and knew from the get-go that we'd share life adventures from then 'til the end. From the early days of putting bicycle hi-rise handlebars on a '67 305 Honda just...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-04-2010, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 36
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CO 2010 Redux
Feeling like it's time for some armchair MC'n. Back now 2 months from our trip Out West, and missing the daily dose of road rewards, thought it time to 'get it down and out there'. To share some...
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Forum: The Garage
04-19-2010, 09:23 AM
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Replies: 7
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Pictures really help!
Great thread for us "do-it-ourselvers"...I'm a friend of Herm and we did a lot of head scratching looking at the monstrosity of the full-bedded lift he first considered....Now seeing the ideas shared...
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Forum: Road warriors
09-23-2009, 05:17 PM
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Replies: 20
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Uping the Ante
To the last poster....how about a liquid-cooled Yamaha XT 660 motor?
I came across their site and gasped (then felt for my wallet, which was a bit thin....). Then a few weeks later, Buell-B-Gone,...
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Forum: GS Boxers
09-23-2009, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 480
Check Out MCN current issue
Hi,
I just subscribed to and received first issue of Motorcycle Consumer News which has an article on rebuilding seats along with some info on where to get foam. I can't seem to find my copy right...
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Forum: GS Boxers
09-04-2009, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 55
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And for the Red Riders...
One more thing...Sears has some nice tool boxes which all include the "craftsman red" so GS'ers with red paint may find something to work with there.
My friend Herm also has a missing left...
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Forum: GS Boxers
09-04-2009, 08:44 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 8,144
Gold GS Owners Rejoice!
If you have a gold GS (mine's an '05), read on: A friend showed me this thread and I got excited, but then realized it was an old thread and Target, nor Home Depot had the boxes listed...I kept...
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Forum: Ride reports
08-20-2009, 06:34 AM
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Replies: 39
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Addendum and Afterthoughts
Not to linger on things morose, but I found another, better picture I had of the Colorado blight. These trees are basically done living. The whole hill which is probably also the entire forest or...
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Forum: Ride reports
08-17-2009, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 40
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Digging the Dirt
Wow, and aahhhhh. Liked seeing your pics for how well they captured the allure of what is just beckoning us at all times on a motorcycle: the roads, the choices (left, right? leave the road?), the...
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Forum: Ride reports
08-16-2009, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 39
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Agree about the Agreements
FZ! Matt--I'd say ALWAYS hard to put into practice! The occasional times where it all really flows, we get to experience how it affects everything: relationships, self awareness, the feeling of...
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Forum: Ride reports
08-16-2009, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 39
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Last Stretch
Last leg of trip. Sunday morning. 2-lanes and loving it. Opted for breakfast roadside with my PB&C (Peanut Butter and Coffee). Note the bread that was with me all week and got reshaped....
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Forum: Ride reports
08-16-2009, 12:32 PM
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Replies: 39
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Independance Day
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Riding along on Hwy 30 in Nebraska looking for a non-chain mom-n-pop diner. Everything was closed as it was July 4th. Then I passed...
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Forum: Ride reports
08-16-2009, 11:56 AM
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Replies: 39
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Trading Mountains for Clouds
Made my way back up to Wyoming just for kicks and to ride different roads. Was in a valley so had mountains on one side and foothills on the other. The velvety shadowed texture of the foothills was...
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Forum: Ride reports
08-16-2009, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 39
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Color of Fun
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Owned my bike a year now, but just realized that the color of the tank and beak is the same as the Double Yellow Lines I so enjoy. That...
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