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Laurent would have to give me permission of course. If it isnt doable, then i will just return it and finding something in the UK
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Maybe get there next year. Trying to plan a trip to Spain with a tour group, then keep the bike and head north into UK to see some "friends". You know, those online peeps you've talked to for years but never seen face to face. Plus a couple that i have met face to face.
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Wow! nice photos!
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Heading back to that area first week of September. Might even stop in Tin Cup this time, but they have great hot dogs in Pitkin
Last time we were up Cottonwood, they hadnt paved the west side down to the reservoir. Huge surprise to go thru there a few weeks ago and see the new asphalt. reminded me a little of Stelvio Pass!. Gravel in the curve is always fun, too.
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5 hours ago, Earache said:
Pretty much sums it up.
Never understood why someone would want to pay for a "tour" when it's just as easy to set out on your own and wander around....and lots cheaper, too.
In countries where you dont speak the native language, it can be a great help. Same goes with unfamiliar areas when you have limited time. Sometimes it is not knowing where to research points of interest. I've taken two Edelweiss Tours, both of them well run, fun and great motorcycle roads experienced. Have also done two tours with Ride in Tours, which is a one man outfit (Laurent Dozias) who knows France inside and out, as well as a couple of other countries. Laurent has very reasonable prices and is freaking crackup to be around. Looking forward to one next year that takes me back to Spain!
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12 hours ago, Earache said:
It's about the ride more than anything else. We always pack in as many miles as we can get done in a day. Dinner at night is secondary - I skipped dinner 2 nights this week as everything was closed by the time we got to the hotel.
Check out the attached pic of the route and start / stop times. We started riding at 7:00 AM and just got to the hotel at 9:25PM, Not everyone's cup of tea, I get that. But it's what we like to do.
Where most of these fine lads hail from, that distance would take them thru at least 3, possibly 5 countries. You're barely out of one state :).
Love that part of the country!
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22 hours ago, Earache said:
The straight kline on tghe above pic is where the phone lost signal. But that area was 120 mikles of nothing but curves and smooth, void of traffic road. Best ride I've had in years. We railerd along at a steady 80 mph through there. I didn't take a lot of pics as I was just into the ride too much...
Shhhh, dont tell anyone about Hwy 12, where my brother has been directed to spread my ashes.....
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43 minutes ago, XTreme said:
You got an XT660 with you Rick?
We took a guided tour from EpicoMoto (Ricardo and Alejandro are great peeps!) and his main stable includes several XT660s. He has a BMW 800GS, and some others. But, the trip we took was mostly off road so the Yammy's were perfect!
For the ride pictured, our buddy Dennis was in Colombia on his GS, ridden down from California, for a group called Motorrad Angels. Tom Palmer created the group and he decided to retire and ride around the world. To make it even more worthwhile, he delivers water filters to villages, wherever they go. All donations go straight to buying the filters, Tom finances everything else. They've responded to the earthquake in Mexico City a couple of years ago, as well as on Puerto Rico, delivery water filters and solar lights after that hurricane wiped out electricity in most places.
He also helps groups set up their own local chapter of the Angels. The last big effort they were involved in was aiding the Venezuelan refugees flooding into Colombia. Ferrying doctors to the border, providing shelter, clean water, shoes and bus trips back to other shelters. If you are of the donating types, your money goes a long way with that group.
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1 minute ago, BusBoy said:
You are the exception that proves the rule regarding fully kitted out beemers btw.
you dont have to tell me.
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2 minutes ago, XTreme said:
What got you into boats in the first place Bruce?
I think it was the promise of all that sex. He just didnt realize he was a receiver.
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Great pics. Did you do Glacier and Going to the Sun Road?
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Love those old buildings!
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32 minutes ago, Grasshopper's Ride said:
SIGNED, SEALED & DELIVERED..... Damn @alfalfa those are some awesome photos of some motorcycle epicness..... . I would like to know the stories.....I'm sure there are a few.
Lots of stories!!! It starts with us discovering Colorado, especially the passes around Silverton, Ouray and Lake City. Then it just goes nuts from there.
Throw in some Moab and White Rim Trail, and Colorado BDR riding. A little Mojave Desert riding and you get most of those pics. Look up March Moto Madness - Tellico Plains, and Ribfest - Centerville, TN and you will see the crazies that make me do these stupid things
Better yet, meet me halfway and we can play in the dirt and sit around the campfire telling tall tales. I see from your own great pics you look like someone who wanders off the pitch? (that's foreign word for asphalt. Just for them whot dont speak amurican here)
Also, have to blame @JBEAN for starting this madness, too
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the GPS mount on Flames broke a couple of rides ago and i havent gotten around to fixing it. Besides, i dont really like crutches like that, except for maybe following a BDR, or the CDR. So, i let Lu ride, an adventure all on its own. I'm not sure what skill you need to correctly use a GPS, but i'm pretty sure that skill is either missing, inverted, or broken in Lu. But, we usually seem to have the most fun following his lead, anyways. Lu is on the right, GT (from Nashville and now my brother's neighbor) is on the left. This is in front of brother's main garage.
some of the brother's acreage, looking west. His shop is just visible on the left side of the pic.
The gem of this little 10-acre piece is the shop. The former owner built dragster motors, so he needed some elbow room.
(brother has a bike sickness, which is contagious. i'm not sure how many he has now, but it has hovered around 12 for quite some time. he is lucky in that his wife rides and some of these are hers)
View looking northeast
We had a great meal at the neighbors, lots of laughs and then finally off to bed. I think. I might have been overserved and am mis-remembering details. But, who cares.
Next - mother nature tries to remind us that this is the year of whatever can go wrong, will............
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Stand by your beds, Wales is OPEN...........
in RIDE REPORTS
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Oh, and you. I forgot about you. I was really referring to my riding friends. Not the wanna be skippers.