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Not much else happening in town...

Another weekend of good riding in southern Colorado. Started off on Saturday with a cruise through Cripple Creek, CO where I was viciously attacked by a herd of wild donkeys in the middle of town. Okay, they're "wild" only in that no one owns them and they roam freely. Not all that vicious either...

@Max GSSR - what a cool website! Just spent about 15 mins on it and will get back to it later.

5C here this morning. Waiting on a little more warmth before setting out.

Hope it warms up a bit though - only 51F / 10C here now. Should be better tomorrow though.

I'm gonna ride like my hair is on fire and my ass is catchin' ! Gonna hit up an old abandoned train station, some old train cars, gold mines that are outta business and then have whiskey and whores at the hotel tomorrow night. It's all true except the whiskey and whores part.

I saw that - how freakin' stupid is that? Wearing chaps in the first place is pretty dumb and this is a way to make it even more dumb.

Nope - but I do now! Always thought they were cool on gunbelts, holsters and on some leather pants....

Can there be too many conchos? Methinks not.

Gotta hand it to the Nazi's - they had the coolest, best looking uniforms ever.

How much of an asshole do you have to be for Hitler to hate you!?!??

Didn't hang out with the coolest people , either

I think a tour of the ghost towns, haunted areas and old gold mines around here would do well. There are lots of local ghost tours that are popular . The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park is one of the more famous ones: https://www.stanleyhotel.com/night-tour.html . It's the hotel that inspired Stephen King to write "The Shining" . But there are loads of ruins, etc that could make up a week long riding tour.

Seems to happen just before every major election. Maybe the ammo manufacturers keep supply limited to keep prices up?

A man amongst men.

Depends on what your goals are - if you want to just stay in Colorado / Utah and ride some mountains, some desert and relax, shop, etc - 7-10 days would be about perfect. But if you want to see Colorado , Montana and some other states, you'd need a lot more time due to the distances involved. Sample Trip: Day 1 - arrive Denver, get bike sorted, sleep Day2 - Denver to Breckenridge - see Rocky Mtn National Park, ride some passes Day 3 - Breckenridge again. ride Passes to Aspen and back, shopping , etc Day 4 - Vail, CO - ride Leadville, Cottonwood Pass, etc Day 5 - Ouray, CO - Ride Animas Loop (easy off road), Silverton area, train ride Day 6 - Durango CO - Ride 550 (Search Million Dollar Highway) and others in the area Day 7 - Gateway, CO - Ride route 141, visit museum and hang at the resort pool Day 8 - Moab, Utah - Arches National Park. Route 128, etc Day 9 - Hurricane, Utah - Ride Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park Day 10 -head back to Denver, drop bike, etc Could shave off a night in Vail and stay two in Gateway or Moab if you'd rather, etc. But all of these days would only involve 300 miles or less - which can easily be done in 6 hours of riding. The last day - getting back to Denver - would involve more riding, but not a whole lot more.... especially if you were to head back to wards Denver a day or two early. If you wanted to do some specific things, let me know and I'd see if I could work a plan for you. The above has great riding each day. I should atrt a thread about it and post pics of each area.. maybe if I get soem time this week.

A great bunch of pics - thanks for posting them!

Toss it on a boat and bring it over sometime!

Sure, I do that every time I ride. ? Some people have a lot of time on their hands.

I got on there in 2003 and have 450 posts or so - have far more here in a few months! I go there to read ride reports and that's about it. But the levels of pretentiousness is unreal. Much better here, where if you're a dickhead, several people will call you a dickhead and you can make amends for your dickheaded ways. Hope that makes some sense.

Not boring at all - I like it! Swooping along, it's like snow skiing on wheels.

I'd agree with you and Pete - taking an overweight pig of a expensive bike into a swamp makes no sense at all. They're good for pavement and dirt roads and that's about it. A fuckin' chore to take them anywhere else. And what's riding them while standing on the pegs for no reason like it's a dirt bike? Feckin' wankers.

Answers: 1) The tires are the Dunlop Trailmax Missions - the rear I like as it lasts a long time, not so sure about the front. It wanders, loud noises and I've skidded it a couple of times on the street while doing moderate braking. My guess is that in a panic stop, it's not going to do well. 2) R1200GS - yes, have ridden them. The Tenere seems to handle better although it weighs more. I'm a bigger guy so the weight doesn't bother me too much. GS' range on fuel seems to be better as well. 3) Our area doesn't suck! Wish the riding season was longer, but it's great when we can get out.

It is kinda odd why you're blocked from seeing so many pages - dunno why.

Drag that KLR out here and we'll go do some exploring on the dirt roads. One of my favorite kind of rides!