Bikes guns and shine - Page 3

Rabbot · 08-14-2012, 04:43 PM

Also worth mentioning to anyone considering what kind of hard luggage to buy, Pelican cases appear to me made from the same material as the indestructible black boxes that they put on 747's.

5 stars, no complaints.

colodak · 08-14-2012, 04:48 PM

ah yes, Mosquitto Pass, what a lovely "road", courtesy of our mild winter, you lucked out and it was open, following a normal winter, it is snow covered til mid August

advtenn · 08-14-2012, 05:22 PM

Billys place in Redstone Co. Put this on your places to visit in Colorado.

Meet Billy the owner..He literally left the light on for us.

The view from the Crystal club, looking across the road.

Because Billy knew Rob, he offered us a place under the stars.

Oh...and the free mud facial that Rob was telling you about.

Cuttle · 08-14-2012, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Rabbot

now that's some real talent

Rockin Rollin · 08-14-2012, 06:27 PM

E.T.???

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Originally Posted by advtenn

E.T.???

ElinzDog · 08-14-2012, 06:33 PM

Big bike for real lol!

Kyle B · 08-14-2012, 06:37 PM

Enjoyed the photos and ride report! Yes, that rocky pass did look steep!

Rabbot · 08-14-2012, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Kyle B

Enjoyed the photos and ride report! Yes, that rocky pass did look steep!

Dude we are only 3 days into 3 weeks of riding. Lots more report to come.

advtenn · 08-14-2012, 09:19 PM

Bye bye Redstone!

Kebler Pass

Lost Lake

Moving along to Cottonwood pass and a lunch stop.

This place was covered up with Humming birds.

View from the top!

Al Tuna · 08-14-2012, 10:53 PM

All I can do is shake my head and thank god... I don't know you FFs

Rabbot · 08-15-2012, 06:13 AM

No pictures of Kebler pass. I did take some of/at Lost Lake which was a side spur we took from the top of the pass as an after thought.

Think Todd is trying to pinch one out in this picture.

Got to Crested Butte for fuel and saw this cool old truck.

Bought some high quality zip ties in the hardware store to hold my luggage on after the locks failed in the tip over. Shot up the street to an outdoor store to see if they had a core lock for a Yakima style rack that might fit the locks that hold the luggage on my bike. No Luck, onward, Left CB and headed up the Taylor River road towards Cottonwood pass, then took a detour to the small town (almost a ghost town) of Tincup. Stopped there for lunch. I was convinced we could get to Buena Vista through St Elmo ( a true ghost town) via some pass not on my map. That pass turned out to be TIncup Pass and almost everyone told us we could not do it with our bikes. Last time I heard that was Mosquito Pass so after lunch we bypassed Tincup Pass and headed to Cumberland Pass and Pitkin.

Humming birds were everywhere.

The Summit of Cumberland Pass. My skid plate made a racket on the ride up this. Need to figure out what is going on and fix it.

Rabbot · 08-15-2012, 06:22 AM

Found this side spur off of Cumberland Pass, It looked promising like it could take us over the range to Buena Vista. The only name we saw for it was Alpine Tunnel. Turns out is was and old RR grade most of the way and not too hard. Very Scenic particularly near the top.

Second on of these we have come across on this trip. Old water filling station for steam locomotives.

This is right after the hardest pitch on the whole climb. It's around the corner behind us. The trail forked right looked really hard. The sign indicated the Alpine Tunnel was to the left. That works, onward.

Took these a little farther up the pass. Within a half mile of the summit and the tunnel. I remember looking up at the top of the ridge and thinking, "thank God there is a tunnel." There is no way we are going to make it over this thing.

advtenn · 08-15-2012, 06:44 AM

More pics headed up to Alpine tunnel.

Rabbot · 08-15-2012, 09:02 AM

Todd, thought you would have filled in the part where we got to the top and the "tunnel" was closed. Uggghhhh! Down we go.

Headed to Salida via Pitkin and Monarch Pass. Stayed at a youth hostel. I was able to repair my shaky skid plate with a great deal of assistance from Todd and the Hostel owners vice.

Funny thing was a lot of people left the hostel very early in the morning like 4a. We may have been snoring in 3 part harmony all night and could have been the only ones who slept.

shallowskiff · 08-15-2012, 11:07 AM

loving the report

08-14-2012, 04:43 PM	#31
Rabbot ^OP rain+superbike=adventure Joined: Jul 2008 Location: Asheville NC Oddometer: 528	Also worth mentioning to anyone considering what kind of hard luggage to buy, Pelican cases appear to me made from the same material as the indestructible black boxes that they put on 747's. 5 stars, no complaints. __________________ "Red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme". SELL ME YOUR MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY BUSINESS http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=778564

08-14-2012, 05:22 PM	#33
advtenn Beastly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2009 Location: East TN. Oddometer: 1,242	Billys place in Redstone Co. Put this on your places to visit in Colorado. Meet Billy the owner..He literally left the light on for us. The view from the Crystal club, looking across the road. Because Billy knew Rob, he offered us a place under the stars. Oh...and the free mud facial that Rob was telling you about. __________________ bikes guns and shine "My body thinks my brains gone crazy" ..........Corky McMillian advtenn screwed with this post 08-14-2012 at 05:30 PM

08-14-2012, 06:33 PM	#36
ElinzDog Elinz Electronics Joined: Aug 2012 Location: Australia Oddometer: 2	Big Bike Display Big bike for real lol! __________________ Caravan reversing cameras

08-14-2012, 06:37 PM	#37
Kyle B "Dirty Jobs" Joined: Aug 2010 Location: Lost in the hills of SW VA/ Winter in SW Florida Oddometer: 469	Enjoyed the photos and ride report! Yes, that rocky pass did look steep! __________________ Migrant worker by choice---usually just lost on a motorcycle....> Suzuki 2006 DRZ400s BMW 2009 R1200GS BMW 2004 R1150RT

08-14-2012, 09:19 PM	#39
advtenn Beastly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2009 Location: East TN. Oddometer: 1,242	Bye bye Redstone! Kebler Pass Kebler Pass Lost Lake Moving along to Cottonwood pass and a lunch stop. This place was covered up with Humming birds. View from the top! __________________ bikes guns and shine "My body thinks my brains gone crazy" ..........Corky McMillian advtenn screwed with this post 08-14-2012 at 09:27 PM

08-14-2012, 04:48 PM	#32
colodak Adventurer Joined: Jul 2012 Oddometer: 77	ah yes, Mosquitto Pass, what a lovely "road", courtesy of our mild winter, you lucked out and it was open, following a normal winter, it is snow covered til mid August

08-14-2012, 10:53 PM	#40
Al Tuna PUI Offender Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Moran Nation Oddometer: 8,298	All I can do is shake my head and thank god... I don't know you FFs __________________ Southeast Weather Map "I might as well keep going, there's no 'effing way I'm going back the way I came" Moran Nation 21 Club.

08-15-2012, 06:13 AM	#41
Rabbot ^OP rain+superbike=adventure Joined: Jul 2008 Location: Asheville NC Oddometer: 528	No pictures of Kebler pass. I did take some of/at Lost Lake which was a side spur we took from the top of the pass as an after thought. Think Todd is trying to pinch one out in this picture. Got to Crested Butte for fuel and saw this cool old truck. Bought some high quality zip ties in the hardware store to hold my luggage on after the locks failed in the tip over. Shot up the street to an outdoor store to see if they had a core lock for a Yakima style rack that might fit the locks that hold the luggage on my bike. No Luck, onward, Left CB and headed up the Taylor River road towards Cottonwood pass, then took a detour to the small town (almost a ghost town) of Tincup. Stopped there for lunch. I was convinced we could get to Buena Vista through St Elmo ( a true ghost town) via some pass not on my map. That pass turned out to be TIncup Pass and almost everyone told us we could not do it with our bikes. Last time I heard that was Mosquito Pass so after lunch we bypassed Tincup Pass and headed to Cumberland Pass and Pitkin. Humming birds were everywhere. The Summit of Cumberland Pass. My skid plate made a racket on the ride up this. Need to figure out what is going on and fix it. __________________ "Red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme". SELL ME YOUR MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY BUSINESS http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=778564

08-15-2012, 06:22 AM	#42
Rabbot ^OP rain+superbike=adventure Joined: Jul 2008 Location: Asheville NC Oddometer: 528	Found this side spur off of Cumberland Pass, It looked promising like it could take us over the range to Buena Vista. The only name we saw for it was Alpine Tunnel. Turns out is was and old RR grade most of the way and not too hard. Very Scenic particularly near the top. Second on of these we have come across on this trip. Old water filling station for steam locomotives. This is right after the hardest pitch on the whole climb. It's around the corner behind us. The trail forked right looked really hard. The sign indicated the Alpine Tunnel was to the left. That works, onward. Took these a little farther up the pass. Within a half mile of the summit and the tunnel. I remember looking up at the top of the ridge and thinking, "thank God there is a tunnel." There is no way we are going to make it over this thing. __________________ "Red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme". SELL ME YOUR MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY BUSINESS http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=778564

08-15-2012, 06:44 AM	#43
advtenn Beastly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2009 Location: East TN. Oddometer: 1,242	More pics headed up to Alpine tunnel. __________________ bikes guns and shine "My body thinks my brains gone crazy" ..........Corky McMillian

08-15-2012, 09:02 AM	#44
Rabbot ^OP rain+superbike=adventure Joined: Jul 2008 Location: Asheville NC Oddometer: 528	Todd, thought you would have filled in the part where we got to the top and the "tunnel" was closed. Uggghhhh! Down we go. Headed to Salida via Pitkin and Monarch Pass. Stayed at a youth hostel. I was able to repair my shaky skid plate with a great deal of assistance from Todd and the Hostel owners vice. Funny thing was a lot of people left the hostel very early in the morning like 4a. We may have been snoring in 3 part harmony all night and could have been the only ones who slept. __________________ "Red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme". SELL ME YOUR MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY BUSINESS http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=778564

08-15-2012, 11:07 AM	#45
shallowskiff Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2011 Oddometer: 204	loving the report

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