Kawasaki Concours Forum
Riding => Rides and Stories => Topic started by: tweeter55 on February 13, 2015, 04:49:31 AM
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Little brother & I are heading to the Smokies after attending his daughter's wedding late July.
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Nothing firm yet, however, the MotoGP at Indy is on top of the list.
I went a few years ago and it's a great event, plus the Indy Mile, on the same weekend, was iceing on the cake . (no Indy mile this year >:()
It's a bit early for me to start planning as I'm retired, so as long as there isn't a big family event I'm good to go.
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I planned to ride back East for my nephew's wedding then do a CC50 on the way back. It's a bucket list thing for me. That ain't gonna happen THIS year.
Another one of my customers is getting inducted into the Bike Builder's Hall of Fame this year in August up in Sturgis. That happens about 10 days after my nephew's wedding, so riding to both is out of the question due to time constraints. I have avoided Sturgis like the plague but I need to go this time...
Probably slide up to the Concours Rally in Cortez for a day or 2 also
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So want to go to the rally in Cortez. Only an easy day from my home in Colorado Springs. But I'm working a new job in Austin TX with limited vacation so I doubt I'll make it.
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I hope to do my usual 10-15 thousand mile summer from the mountains to the seas and a lot of places in between (http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j180/stevewfl/bigthumb.gif)
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Steve, your driving me crazy! Want to ride to the rally and put a few thousand miles on my C14. Want to hop on my DR650 (or better yet get a new KTM 690) and ride the rockies from NM to MT camping along the way. Want to finish assembling my RV-3 and fly the continental US rim. But this whole making a living thing is getting in the way!
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Biking (bicycling) in France in May, lots of little motorbike rides in the summer, yearly jaunt down the Blue Ridge Parkway in September (between hurricanes).
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No firm plans. Have several invites to ride out to the west coast to finish my lower 48, but the best time to ride WA, OR, falls across my 30 year anniversary. Can't talk her into going with me, or meeting me out there. She had a scalp injury this past year that make a helmet very uncomfortable.
I may add some vacation time on my next work trip to NM, and at least hit southern California.
I have lost many of my riding buds to injury, disease, relocation for work, grandchildren, and retirement. The retired ones travel when they want which doesn't line up with when I can.
I have traveled alone, and will continue to do so, but sharing a great view or road with someone else is a better experience.
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Planning on buying a home over the next few months so probably just one long one this year. Friend of mine from back east is hoping to come down in May and we plan on The Dragon, Smokies (he's never been) and then on into Kentucky I think.
If I can make it work, would like to make it up to Arkansas as well at some point this year.
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Nothing firm yet, however, the MotoGP at Indy is on top of the list.
Those Indy folks definitely know how to put on an event. We've gone every year it's been held. Saw the Indy mile when Kenny Roberts made a couple of laps to start the event. That was really something! Last year was the first year we went downtown to see the bikes. Should have been doing it every year. We'll be there again this year.
Also going to the Superbike races at Road America. Also an annual event.
Other than that mostly just lots of day rides around the area, scouting out new and old favorite roads. Outside chance of going to the Speed Week event in Bonneville again at the end of the summer. Awesome trip with the Black Hills, Bear Tooth Pass, Chief Joseph highway, etc all along the way.
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I have traveled alone, and will continue to do so, but sharing a great view or road with someone else is a better experience.
That's why my brother is going. He's never been there, I lost my wife last August, and we're not getting any younger.
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Going from Vancouver BC to Cortez CO for the rally then on to San Fransisco to visit family then up the coast home. The second trip will be the Rockies with the wife.
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I'm planning on heading to Missoula, then to Hells Canyon and around the Idaho, Oregon and Washington area in May or June. Not likely able to be in the area for the COG NW Bun Cooler ride.
Also to the BMW MOA Rally in Billings then Beartooth Pass and Yellowstone. Not sure whether I will take the C14 or the K12GT to the BMW rally.
I've not been to a rally of any kind before and I usually ride alone. I expect it will be an experience.
The avatar picture is in the parking lot of the Ranger station at Lolo Pass, by the way. About ten feet of snow at that time.
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I'm planning on heading to Missoula, then to Hells Canyon and around the Idaho, Oregon and Washington area in May or June. Not likely able to be in the area for the COG NW Bun Cooler ride.
Also to the BMW MOA Rally in Billings then Beartooth Pass and Yellowstone. Not sure whether I will take the C14 or the K12GT to the BMW rally.
I've not been to a rally of any kind before and I usually ride alone. I expect it will be an experience.
The avatar picture is in the parking lot of the Ranger station at Lolo Pass, by the way. About ten feet of snow at that time.
I rode across Oregon several years ago and it was FANTASTIC! Route 26 through John Day then on to Hell's Canyon and down to Twin Falls.
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I'm planning on heading to Missoula, then to Hells Canyon and around the Idaho, Oregon and Washington area in May or June. Not likely able to be in the area for the COG NW Bun Cooler ride.
Also to the BMW MOA Rally in Billings then Beartooth Pass and Yellowstone. Not sure whether I will take the C14 or the K12GT to the BMW rally.
I've not been to a rally of any kind before and I usually ride alone. I expect it will be an experience.
The avatar picture is in the parking lot of the Ranger station at Lolo Pass, by the way. About ten feet of snow at that time.
Great avatar. Would have been truly impressive if you'd have been suited up Rollie.
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Too cold for that. "ten feet of snow at the time"
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I'm packing up my camping gear on my 06 C10 and heading to the American West for 6 mos beginning mid April. I've been riding and camping in the West since 1975. I rode out to The North Rim and to Yellowstone on a Suzuki GT750, the Water Buffalo and I was hooked. I've made many trips to the West since then but the constant has always been limited time. The longest trip has been 5 weeks but most have been 2 or 3 weeks with a few 1 week trips to Colorado, even a 1 week trip to Idaho and back. This time I will have time, as much as I can stand, I'm planning on 6 mos I could make it more.
I'm not planning a route, I'm not planning destinations, I'm just researching possibilities and I'll make my decisions daily as to where and when.
Hope you all enjoy your rides this summer, I'm looking forward to having a blast.
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Sounds awesome, Roadhound!
I'll be headed to Cortez with the COGgers this June for a week. And I'm trying to put together at least a 3-4 day trip with my son. Probably a Michigan UP ride.
I've got 4 weeks of vacation and another week of personal time to work with. Trouble is I'll be tempted to spend as much of it as I can riding, but have a wife that breaks out in hives even looking at my bike. She'd sooner have a hysterectomy, using a butter knife and no anesthesia, than take a ride around the block with me. And no, it's not me. :-X It's the bike.
I'll also be turning 60 this August, and am literally counting the days until I can retire.
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Judy and I (retired last year) are planning to attend the COG National in Cortez.
(We vacation at the National almost every year, and then see what is nearby to use it as a "side trip" on our way home.)
Haven't decided on our side trip yet.
If all goes as planned; After we return from Cortez (and rest), we're planning to fly to Germany to ride with this years "Over the Pond Traveler".
While there we'll meet the Past (GCE) "OtP "Travelers in Germany etc and stay with a few.
Ride safe, Ted
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I'm packing up my camping gear on my 06 C10 and heading to the American West for 6 mos beginning mid April. I've been riding and camping in the West since 1975. I rode out to The North Rim and to Yellowstone on a Suzuki GT750, the Water Buffalo and I was hooked. I've made many trips to the West since then but the constant has always been limited time. The longest trip has been 5 weeks but most have been 2 or 3 weeks with a few 1 week trips to Colorado, even a 1 week trip to Idaho and back. This time I will have time, as much as I can stand, I'm planning on 6 mos I could make it more.
I'm not planning a route, I'm not planning destinations, I'm just researching possibilities and I'll make my decisions daily as to where and when.
Hope you all enjoy your rides this summer, I'm looking forward to having a blast.
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Riding from home outside Anchorage Alaska to Bellingham with Brother-in-Law. Son meeting me there and we are traveling through Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah before heading back to Bellingham. Solo back home in Alaska.
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Riding from home outside Anchorage Alaska to Bellingham with Brother-in-Law. Son meeting me there and we are traveling through Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah before heading back to Bellingham. Solo back home in Alaska.
Sounds like a little bit more than a long weekend, huh? :thumbs:
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Riding from home outside Anchorage Alaska to Bellingham with Brother-in-Law. Son meeting me there and we are traveling through Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah before heading back to Bellingham. Solo back home in Alaska.
Wow,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Ride safe, Ted
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Sounds like a little bit more than a long weekend, huh? :thumbs:
Allowing 5 weeks. I will be leaving one bike, probably the Concours in Bellingham so I can do some solo touring over the next few years. Decided to give the new KTM 1290 Super Adventure a try. Just hope it gets here before I plan on leaving for the trip end of May.
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Planning to ride from San Francisco to Sturgis and back, in the first week of august. sturgis is in bucket list, so I'll see it for a few days and back. Other than that, just day or overnight rides for me this year.
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Leaving in a couple of weeks after a wedding in Ohio & heading down to stay at Ironhorse for a few days of riding. Looks like we'll be running south on 75 to Knoxville then picking up 129 to IronHorse. I need the help of some locals to find a better (meaning not on the Dragon on a Sunday afternoon) way to get there if possible. I'll have 1 bike on the truck & pulling another behind. Thanks in advance with any help you can give me.
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Too hot this summer. Waiting for fall weather before any trips can be made. 99% humidity with heat index of 105 means the body can't cool from evaporation.
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Judy and I (retired last year) are planning to attend the COG National in Cortez.
(We vacation at the National almost every year, and then see what is nearby to use it as a "side trip" on our way home.)
Haven't decided on our side trip yet.
If all goes as planned; After we return from Cortez (and rest), we're planning to fly to Germany to ride with this years "Over the Pond Traveler".
While there we'll meet the Past (GCE) "OtP "Travelers in Germany etc and stay with a few.
Ride safe, Ted
Departing home (Houston) Wednesday to meet Al and Charlie in Frankfurt Germany.
Ride safe, Ted
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Just finished a week of riding the Colorado Rockies with my son and 2 of my brothers. No new roads, I think I've ridden every paved mountain road in Colorado but did find a few new breweries. Unfortunately I wasn't on my C14 but my old 97 Valkyrie borrowed from my son-in-law. Had a blast except for 20 minutes in Wolf Creek Pass riding on hail covered roads going down hill. Couldn't stop, just had to make sure we didn't slow down, speed up or any turn other than the turn of the road. All four made it down without misshap. Luckily there was a nice brew pub restaurant in Pagosa Springs called Riff Raff Brewing to sooth our nerves. I'd add some pic but no Concours and mostly just the four of us at various brew pubs. Nice vacation!
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Heading to the Smokies this Sunday.
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Heading to Nova Scotia next month to ride and see my new grandson.. ;D
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This thread implies we don't vacation year round? Is that that due to weather or such?
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Plans are in the works for a Lil trip to California in October.
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All my trips are pretty much over...
Did a full family trip in the cage the last week of June into July. 9 days. PA to Cedar Point Ohio to 5 days in Ottawa.
The following Wednesday I took my son up to Montreal for a Video Game tournament. Met up with Rich (SailorRich) for a day of riding up there while Jr watched the tournament. Great city, great people and great food!
Got back Sunday night and the following Friday the Mrs and I along with a few friends went up to NH on the bikes. Stayed at the same place the fall rally was at last year. Right in the middle of everything and inexpensive.
Next trip will be this years fall rally in Lake George. Seriously thinking of getting up to Montreal that Saturday for lunch. Once you've had Poutine it kind of gets in your blood. You must have cheesy gravy fries!!!
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Just got back from 3 days in N.C. Had the obligatory ride on the Dragon (x3), Cherohala Highway, Blue Ridge Parkway & Wheels Through Time in Maggie Valley. Stayed at Iron Horse and enjoyed it all with my younger brother. His first time, my third. And before this attended his daughter's wedding in Ohio.
WHEW!! :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana
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Plans are in the works for a Lil trip to California in October.
Nice! And hopefully with a detour to rail and torture the bike in the twisties through the Rockies ;D
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Nice! And hopefully with a detour to rail and torture the bike in the twisties through the Rockies ;D
Any suggestions Steve? I am going to ride out to San Diego then up to San Fran. From there I was going to go by Hoover dam. Then...
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Any suggestions Steve? I am going to ride out to San Diego then up to San Fran. From there I was going to go by Hoover dam. Then...
The rockies in Oct can be fantastic but can also be snow and ice in the high country when you least expect it. In fact just a few weeks ago in the middle of July had about 20 minutes of terror through Wolf Creek pass with ice.
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Natchez Trace in October