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Lots of great rides being talked about here. AB, BC, Northwest US and the coastal Hwy, Baja to Cabo. Bucket list stuff for me, still have a few years til I retire. Keep the pics and tales coming guys.
The other half of the fleet.
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04-06-2020, 02:22 PM
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That is awesome....better than flopping around the each with a bunch of tourists!!!!
Do you fly to Southern California and then rent?
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Nope, my own bike, drove down to El Centro staying in hotels using reward points, took 3 days.
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04-06-2020, 11:02 PM
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04-07-2020, 05:51 AM
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Nope, my own bike, drove down to El Centro staying in hotels using reward points, took 3 days.
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One thing that bugs me but given the fact that you travel down in the dead of winter understandably.....trailering....guys have mentioned a road trip and I pop up then they say we trailer our bikes for four days then ride around a 100km area and the trailer back....not for me.....
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04-07-2020, 06:45 AM
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the wife and i happened to be in florida during biketoberfest so we headed to daytona beach for a couple days . there were lots of trailers in the campground with florida plates on them . i had a couple beers with one of them and told him i thought he was nuts for trailering his bike for two hours just to ride around daytona beach . he told me i was nuts for riding all the way down from canada . turns out were all nuts . it all depends on what floats your boat i guess .
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04-07-2020, 07:27 AM
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Figure I'll toss in my ride to keep this non-covid conversation going . Yamaha Star Venture TC. Got it last year. Didn't get as much riding as I wanted because of all the rain but did manage to do about 5K all the same. Everything from commute to work to a nice ride out to Rocky Mountain House and back along Brazeau Reservoir. 
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04-07-2020, 07:46 AM
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Will have lots of time now to work on this Ironhead. A build for my grandson which I hope to have ready for him for when he's 16 (2 at the moment ). He loves to wrench on it with me. Hope to have it at least on the road ( not finished of course ) this summer for a little two wheel fun. Other than that it will be local rides to the foothills, S. Eastern B.C and maybe a run to the island on the couch.
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04-07-2020, 08:07 AM
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the wife and i happened to be in florida during biketoberfest so we headed to daytona beach for a couple days . there were lots of trailers in the campground with florida plates on them . i had a couple beers with one of them and told him i thought he was nuts for trailering his bike for two hours just to ride around daytona beach . he told me i was nuts for riding all the way down from canada . turns out were all nuts . it all depends on what floats your boat i guess .
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well said...we are all nutz to have two wheels on the ground in todays traffic...but we still do. 
I bet that place was just packed eh? Pics.....keep'em clean. 
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I think riding season is canceled this year , by looking outside it is still snowy and cold.
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04-07-2020, 08:09 AM
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Figure I'll toss in my ride to keep this non-covid conversation going . Yamaha Star Venture TC. Got it last year. Didn't get as much riding as I wanted because of all the rain but did manage to do about 5K all the same. Everything from commute to work to a nice ride out to Rocky Mountain House and back along Brazeau Reservoir. |
oh my what a beauty.....eye balled this seriously a few years ago....but I am faithful and loyal so my ol'girl will have to do....2005 Yamaha Silverado 1100...many memories and more to come on her....
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04-07-2020, 08:11 AM
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I think riding season is canceled this year , by looking outside it is still snowy and cold.
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I'll do laps in the garage then kinda like that guy who ran a marathon distance in his backyard.....
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04-07-2020, 08:27 AM
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Will have lots of time now to work on this Ironhead. A build for my grandson which I hope to have ready for him for when he's 16 (2 at the moment ). He loves to wrench on it with me. Hope to have it at least on the road ( not finished of course ) this summer for a little two wheel fun. Other than that it will be local rides to the foothills, S. Eastern B.C and maybe a run to the island on the couch.
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Good god man, your grandson is one lucky young fella ! Awesome Ironhead !
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04-07-2020, 08:29 AM
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well said...we are all nutz to have two wheels on the ground in todays traffic...but we still do.
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if i remember correctly they were reporting over 100,000 bikes .the main arteries had cops directing traffic they would hold the bikes back till there was 20 or 30 then stop traffic for everyone to go . it was deafning . this was about ten years ago . i had a flip phone , no camera . but yeah , there was some scenery .
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04-07-2020, 08:46 AM
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Will have lots of time now to work on this Ironhead. A build for my grandson which I hope to have ready for him for when he's 16 (2 at the moment ). He loves to wrench on it with me. Hope to have it at least on the road ( not finished of course ) this summer for a little two wheel fun. Other than that it will be local rides to the foothills, S. Eastern B.C and maybe a run to the island on the couch.
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Sweet bike. Had one similar to that, I eventually switched to a larger tank.... was getting like 130km per tank. Love the look though.
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04-07-2020, 09:21 AM
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oh my what a beauty.....eye balled this seriously a few years ago....but I am faithful and loyal so my ol'girl will have to do....2005 Yamaha Silverado 1100...many memories and more to come on her....
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Thanks. Had been away from riding for a while but wanted a nice bike for me and my wife. Still can't believe she told me to go get a bike when I started that conversation and even harder to believe she told me to get the Venture over the Indian. The Venture is a big bike but sure rides smooth.
Ride what you enjoy is the way I look at it. Sure we take a risk in riding. But everything has risk. There's nothing like the freedom of the open road. Well... Maybe that perfect cast or buck or.... Well you guys all know what I mean. Enjoy life and keep on living. We might be relatively stuck at hone these days but it will pass eventually.
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04-07-2020, 09:42 AM
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oh my what a beauty.....eye balled this seriously a few years ago....but I am faithful and loyal so my ol'girl will have to do....2005 Yamaha Silverado 1100...many memories and more to come on her....
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B.C. Trip....stopped to stretch the legs...had a sangy and took in the scenery.
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04-07-2020, 09:48 AM
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3 ladies....enjoying the sun.
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need a side car for my girlfriend....she knows when the bikes come out and pouts a bit.
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04-07-2020, 10:31 AM
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No plans for me yet. I have my bike for sale however I may just keep it and enjoy it as no one is buying squat these days 
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04-07-2020, 12:19 PM
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B.C. Trip....stopped to stretch the legs...had a sangy and took in the scenery.
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Nice. Kind of what I was looking at for a number of years before the boss gave me approval to get serious.
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04-07-2020, 02:12 PM
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Good god man, your grandson is one lucky young fella ! Awesome Ironhead !
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Thanks. Yea the little guy will work for this machine but for now he has one wrench and he can fix anything on the bike and doesn't drink all the beer. My kinda helper!
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04-07-2020, 02:39 PM
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Thanks. Yea the little guy will work for this machine but for now he has one wrench and he can fix anything on the bike and doesn't drink all the beer. My kinda helper!
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ya gotta git'em a few of those lick'en stick tat's....with guns like that ya gotta compliment'em!
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As soon as the snows off the front street I'm gone.
No plans, I just go where the bike takes me.
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My buddy and I stumbled on a OBB (one broken biker) rally, not even positive it was theirs, but they were out there, in Longview one day in 2018. These photos don't really do it justice. Both sides of the street were packed with bikes. Thinking of Longview, we have been wanting to turn west on hwy 541, travel to the Highwood Junction and then north to the casino at the trans Canada. I have traveled the road in my truck and it would be a great ride on the bike.
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04-07-2020, 07:22 PM
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ya gotta git'em a few of those lick'en stick tat's....with guns like that ya gotta compliment'em!
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LOL. Yea, he's a tank for sure.
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04-07-2020, 07:52 PM
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Hwy 12 thru Escalante, Utah and all the sheep trails to get there coming from the north. Wasatch Mtns, Utah, Hwy 89 thu Wyoming .... so many great ways to go. Did I mention Chalis to Stanley Idaho? Lolo is over rated and over patrolled - got a ticket from the Idaho speed tax collectors for 10 mph over limit. To eat miles I have an aversion to grandpa glides, sorry. Ride a Triumph Tiger. Great topic thank you all so much for getting my mind off life today.
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04-07-2020, 08:59 PM
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grandpa glides ???
and so it begins .....
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04-07-2020, 09:39 PM
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But they're all in the shade....?
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4 Wheels are for moving the body
2 Wheels are for transporting the soul
This is a picture of my therapist a couple of years ago
https://imgur.com/a/E8Kv5w2
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04-08-2020, 08:11 AM
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4 Wheels are for moving the body
2 Wheels are for transporting the soul
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Like the saying but the therapist was a no show....... 
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want to do this..... IMG00657.jpg
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