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Rode from Albuquerque to Castle Rock Saturday missing the snow. Then left Colorado state line on Monday and arrived in Buffalo Tuesday - warm with clear sunny skies all the way.
. . . two days Colorado to New York, on St. Patrick's Day, and with the wife on the back.
I never thought ground transportation could be so accomodating.
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« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2009, 12:19:35 PM » |
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Nice ride.....can't wait for mine ;-)
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« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2009, 02:00:57 PM » |
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AHHHHHHH Next weekend we will have a breakfast for the vrcc member of Québec province. It Will be the First time this year!  It will be my first ride. Thank god winter is almost finish. Pierre  |
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« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2009, 02:22:23 PM » |
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Its early - we were lucky to have the weather.
We are planning to ride to Labrador in August if we can get there. Maybe we can connect in Quebec.
I spent much of my youth in the bush West of Maniwaki.
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« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2009, 07:59:52 PM » |
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After purechasing my I/S in the middle of this years winter I finally got her out fo rthe madien voyage......all I can say is AWESOME:) I have put on just under 300 miles and I don't know which is bigger the bike or my smile. Hopefully spring has sprung here in SE Idaho.
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« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2009, 09:59:59 PM » |
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s/e idaho ?
heck i'm gonna be having breakfast with nogrey in s/e idaho on may 24th.
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« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2009, 11:09:09 PM » |
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wow dude....i used to own a trucking company and that is some ride...from n.m to n.y in two days....driver please pull around back and bring in your pillow.....lol...that is what the scale house would tell a driver like you......lol.... but that is an aw some ride....great job...in some ways i do miss driving..but on the other hand i do like sleeping in my bad at night..the one that don't bounce....waking up in a different city every morr. was great too...i still get the bug every now and then..i just take a long ride and then lay in my bed and i remember one of the reasons i stopped driving besides they made me.....lol...said i couldn't do my trained profession.....7 yrs. industrial maintenance and 10 yrs as a trucking company owner and driver and couldn't do either one so i just decided to become a stay at home guy.....but oh well life goes on....ride safe...Charles
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« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2009, 06:46:48 AM » |
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Welcome Dude! That sounds like a great trip.
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« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2009, 10:08:44 AM » |
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Rode from Albuquerque to Castle Rock Saturday missing the snow. Then left Colorado state line on Monday and arrived in Buffalo Tuesday - warm with clear sunny skies all the way.
. . . two days Colorado to New York, on St. Patrick's Day, and with the wife on the back.
I never thought ground transportation could be so accomodating.
Sounds like one of those trips that one talks about for a lifetime! Pretty "fast and furious" but full of views and events that probably are only now catching up with you. I think you've found the right forum here. Most of us have had that same mind blowing life changing motorcycle experience from riding the valk. That was a really long ride. Welcome to the forum. |
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« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2009, 04:51:58 PM » |
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NoG,
Breakfast the 24th and no invite? Man someone must be scared:) It's a good thing I will be out of state of I would come bash your party.
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« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2009, 06:05:34 PM » |
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NoG,
Breakfast the 24th and no invite? Man someone must be scared:) It's a good thing I will be out of state of I would come bash your party.
Scared? The only thing I'm scared of is that I won't be here on the 24th. My wife and I will be flying home on the 24th and will miss Rodeo by a matter of hours. The 25th is Memorial day and I'll be home then, but I think Dennis said he can't stick around that long. I feel bad about it as I've looked forward to it for quite some time. I think it'd be great to meet you too! I'd love to come that way as well sometime and ride the road to Jackson hole and on to Yellowstone. That'd be awesome. I work for a company that requires I submit my vacation a year in advance, so had it all planned out prior to owning the Valk, but will try to do better next year. I was able to schedule a week to go down to Grand Junction this year and am looking forward to that. I know, we should try to meet in Sun Valley some saturday for a lunch. If I remember right, that's about 3 hours for both of us. I'll see if I can drag Duckwheat along. |
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« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2009, 06:54:49 AM » |
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Yes, this forum is the best place to share experences, and you guys know what I mean when I say that I/S is "one moving piece of iron".
Don't get me wrong though - it was NM to CO on day #1. Day #2 was CO to St. Louis, and day #3 was St. Louis to Buffalo . . . and at the time it didn't feel like it was a stretch. I swear that rolling down the highway at 85 mph the I/S feels like I'm sitting on a diesel locomotive.
The big deal was being successful threading the needle on the weather: spring comes late in WNY, and to happen to hit a few hours of warm sunny air on St. Patrick's Day was a miracle. Of course it was also through 2 time zones so I was in recovery mode the whole day after.
What I didn't tell you about (yet) was what I was up to when I was in CO. I'm waiting for the wife to download a couple of images so I can tell you about it.
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« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2009, 08:21:54 AM » |
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You go from Grand Jct to Twin in one day? Let's see, that means I'd need a 4 day weekend.... I wonder....
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« Reply #13 on: March 23, 2009, 09:18:51 AM » |
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I went from Denver to Lawrence KS (got there for dinner)
then from Lawrence to Columbus Ohio (wife's cousin had dinner waiting) day 2
and then on to my house 30 miles north of NYC the last day (yep wife had dinner waiting)
I just averaged around 75 rarely exceeding 4000 rpm except for going uphills which for some reason I just love going faster and passing those double trucks especially in Colorado.
But I did get to Eureka Springs Arkansas in 2 days but again did not miss a meal : )
The wind effect from being behind a truck was much worse at higher elevations than at sea level Wonder why that was
My best recollection is I was getting in the low 32-34 mpg range that trip, I had the big red bag on the trunk and rode solo. My hat is off to you riding across the cross winds of kansas at that speed. I found that if the wind caught the windshield right it was tough to stay in one lane at that high a speed
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« Reply #14 on: March 25, 2009, 01:28:54 AM » |
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