anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

[cowboyup3371]

No it did not; but I took your link and opened it in a separate window.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/z6V35bOLINnpKFWi2

[Steve]

No it did not; but I took your link and opened it in a separate window.


https://photos.app.goo.gl/z6V35bOLINnpKFWi2

That didn't work, either.

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[cowboyup3371]

That didn't work, either.

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Interesting; just opened up for me here again....

Things that make you go hmmmmm

[allojohn]

It's good here.

[dorkburger]

Went for a fun ride in the rain today - I oddly enjoy doing local rides in the rain as long as its not a downpour and its not cold. While going around a bend, I ran over a stick laying in the road. When I hit it, the front stepped out and shook for a a brief instant. I think the stick rolled as I ran over it. Gave me a bit of a scare.

[Steve]

You are absolutely right, there is nothing like rolling over a little stick in the road to get your attention.





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[dorkburger]

Stick? Heck, thats nearly a small log. Yikes.....

[Burque73]

I made a last ditch effort to complete the work week but after two jobs fell through, I suddenly had a four day weekend ahead of me. Bike maintenance freshly done, nice weather, and a live in house sitter (son home from college) I said screw it and blasted over to Flagstaff, AZ. So nice here, 60 degrees F now and I swear I saw snow on the mountains still!
Tomorrow I may head North and eventually wind up in the four corners area. Need to plot a course yet. Man, what a nice ride here. No wind, overcast to block setting sun as I rode west for 300 miles.

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Tiny pic is better than no pic.

[kerrfunk]

Hot diggity I got a new state: Alaska! I rented a V-Strom 650 in Anchorage and took my brother up the Glenn Highway for a five hour ride, 250 miles, to the Matanuska Glacier.

[Jedz123]

I've been exploring new route options into work... Found one that works really well, I'm grabbing a steady 100-130 miles in... I come out to some awesome views of the sun rising over the Green Mountains...

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Now that the house is done and paid for and my hunny do list is dwindling I have a feeling August is going to be my biggest month!!! It usually is...

[Burque73]

Hot diggity I got a new state: Alaska! I rented a V-Strom 650 in Anchorage and took my brother up the Glenn Highway for a five hour ride, 250 miles, to the Matanuska Glacier.

Fantastic! Man, how cool is that? Three reasons to envy (or, I mean be glad with you)
I've always wanted to see Alaska. Must be beautiful....

The V-Strom looks like a blast to ride.... (do you think my wife would be comfy on it?)

No brother, just a sister. But I do take her on the bike from time to time.

Thanks for sharing. Seriously, I'm glad for you!

[dorkburger]

Kerry, thats great! Enjoy.

Careful with that new bike. You may find your GS lacking when you get home.

[Buffalo Bill]

I made a last ditch effort to complete the work week but after two jobs fell through, I suddenly had a four day weekend ahead of me. Bike maintenance freshly done, nice weather, and a live in house sitter (son home from college) I said screw it and blasted over to Flagstaff, AZ. So nice here, 60 degrees F now and I swear I saw snow on the mountains still!
Tomorrow I may head North and eventually wind up in the four corners area. Need to plot a course yet. Man, what a nice ride here. No wind, overcast to block setting sun as I rode west for 300 miles.

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Tiny pic is better than no pic.

Roger, I could have used your help up here all summer long. Have not been able to lift up the phone without somebody begging me to come over, or promise to call them when I can!!!!

[kerrfunk]

Fantastic! Man, how cool is that? Three reasons to envy (or, I mean be glad with you)
I've always wanted to see Alaska. Must be beautiful....

The V-Strom looks like a blast to ride.... (do you think my wife would be comfy on it?)

No brother, just a sister. But I do take her on the bike from time to time.

Thanks for sharing. Seriously, I'm glad for you!

We have had a beautiful time. Epic. The purpose of our trip was to "collect" my Dad's fiftieth state and for him to get his fiftieth state riding bicycle in as well! I now have thirteen states on motorcycle.

The V-Strom 650 was fine, but I miss my GS650GL. The VS was topheavy. I think I figured out that the fuel injection made the throttle very sensitive, which was not to my liking, but you'd get used to it. Also there's a toggle switch that toggles the display for odometer, Trip 1, Trip 2, and gas mileage. The toggle switch got toggled accidentally every time I pulled the clutch in all the way (design flaw), and sometimes when I reset the turn signal too. Sometimes the display told me the time, sometimes the temp. I didn't know how to select that.

My brother had a fine viewing position and he had grab handles too. It was bulky for him to mount the bike with me on it and the sidebags. We rode for 5-6 hours, so he was up there a long time. I was able to get 195 miles on the tank, with two grown men riding highway speeds.

I look forward to my 650GL and to collecting more states! Oh, this rental was about $150, 24 hrs, unlimited miles.

[Redman]

Kerry.

Sounds Good. Great.

(I was wondering why all pics had one bike. Ah.... I see.)