anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

[gtem]

Didn't take a single pic but bwringer and I rode out to the Tulip Trestle railroad viaduct over near Bloomfield IN yesterday (the largest of its kind in the world it turns out!). Brian was on his FJ-09, I was astride my Bandit 1200. It was a fast fun ride, grabbed some lunch at the YoHo General store. Perfect weather, a lot of freshly paved twisty roads, and a few pretty bombed out ones best ridden on a dual sport. So now my new rear tire is nicely broken in for the ride down in Bedford in a few weeks! Looking forward to meeting some folks there.

 

[93Bandit]

I hear you. I rode 32K miles the year before my daughter was born and was only able to ride 11K miles last year after she was born. This year though I'm already on track for back to my average of 20K miles (hopefully) a few very big MC weekends of +3000 miles will help... Getting daycare lined up 4 days and Grammy visits on Monday evenings (after child care) means I can ride to and from work. Grab the cage and pick her up after. Cheers and good luck!

Wow, you ride far more than I do, even more than I drive my car in a normal year! Thanks for the good luck wishes, we'll see how it goes! Unfortunately my bike is down right now for new clutch and valve adjustment. But soon as that's done I'll be back at it hard.

 

[Burque73]

Haven't ridden much this year, other than a quick hop acrossed town, but an opportunity arose so....

I love getting "welcome to" signs for the states I ride to. Nevada has been hard to get since I'm usually on I-40 or I-15 and neither signs are accessible. Yesterday I crossed the border on NV hwy 56 and found this for my collection.

https://flic.kr/p/2oD5tJA

Can't believe how steady the fjr is above 100. Unfortunately it drinks a lot more at speed. Barely limped into Tenopah on fumes after flying through the nothingness in Nevada.

Empty roads, cool temperatures, no wind. I was loving it!

Took this last night near Benton, CA on my way to Ridgecrest.

https://flic.kr/p/2oD5a96

 

[2BRacing]

While you guys are getting ready for your riding season, ours is now starting to close. Due to a recent relocation from Wellington to the coastal town of Onrus, near Hermanus in the Western Cape, I did not go on many rides during our peak riding season.

I look forward to many rides in this new area which has mountain views as well as sea views. It is a popular tourist area in winter when whales calve in the calm waters of the bay about 2 km east.

 

[Redman]

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I look forward to many rides in this new area which has mountain views as well as sea views.

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Good to hear from you Ben.

ANd I look forward to your mountain and seaside pics (maybe your next riding season) in your new location. Your prior location seemed nice for photos too.

 

[Redman]

Looks like Mr Ron 1978GS750E went for something of a ride.
Well, at least pushed 4 nice bikes out of the garage and into the sunlight, and took pics and vidio

https://www.thegsresources.com/_for...811-random-photo-thread?p=1721396#post1721396

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[Redman]

Trevor.... Trevor...... Calling Trevor.....

Hows your west coast ride (Vancouver to US west coast, to ?LasVegas?)

You usally find some great scenic places for a pic or two, and other pics to show the adventure.

(or have I missed it someplace else?)

 

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Yes Dave, you missed it. Trevor started a thread here with some beautiful Scenery:
https://www.thegsresources.com/_for...s/1721175-victoria-moab-las-vegas-la-victoria

 

[trevor]

Yes Dave, you missed it. Trevor started a thread here with some beautiful Scenery:
https://www.thegsresources.com/_for...s/1721175-victoria-moab-las-vegas-la-victoria

I still have lots to add the the thread....and a pretty cool story of a "brush" with celebrity in Bel Air Ca.

 

[Rich82GS750TZ]

This pic of Roger’s deserved to be bigger. Awesome.

2023-05-26_11-07-44 by burque_73, on Flickr

 

[Burque73]

This pic of Roger’s deserved to be bigger. Awesome.

2023-05-26_11-07-44 by burque_73, on Flickr

Thanks Rich!
I was pleasantly surprised when the light changed to that golden color just after I pulled over. Only lasts a few minutes so I got lucky.

 

[RichDesmond]

Was down in the tail of the Dragon area this past week. weather was perfect, good group of guys, and of course phenomenal roads

Packed and ready to go:

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[RichDesmond]

From an overlook on the Cherohala:

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[RichDesmond]

Little Tennessee River, after a Dragon run:

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[RichDesmond]

Stream along Wayah Rd, which is phenomenal!

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[Carter Turk]

6.5 20 minute sessions at the Ridge. S
Some shoddy patch repair attempted in corners from wear of cars lapping slower turns (6 corners).
Survived the day.
Ended up being a terrible patch work, actually worse than before.
Couple of ambulance incidents, one on a smaller bike passing bigger bikes, with sheer corner speed on slicks, but met his demise eventually in an abrupt chicane highside.
Speculation, but clearly enjoying passing bigger displacement bikes while using slicks & corner speed, ended abruptly for his prowess.

 

[Buffalo Bill]

6.5 20 minute sessions at the Ridge. S
Some shoddy patch repair attempted in corners from wear of cars lapping slower turns (6 corners).
Survived the day.
Ended up being a terrible patch work, actually worse than before.
Couple of ambulance incidents, one on a smaller bike passing bigger bikes, with sheer corner speed on slicks, but met his demise eventually in an abrupt chicane highside.
Speculation, but clearly enjoying passing bigger displacement bikes while using slicks & corner speed, ended abruptly for his prowess.

What is the limit of fun? Just before it ain't fun.

 

[cowboyup3371]

My second ride of the year today was 130 miles with my neighbor. No pictures but it was nice to shake off the cobwebs on some of my favorite roads that I had to lightly twist his arm to go try (he is strictly a straight but "back road" kind of guy).

 

[Burque73]

The trip from Farmington, NM to Ridgecrest was amazing! Sure wasn't expecting so much snow along the way. It was warming and melting off quite a bit, so not freezing by any means, but an insulated jacket would have been a good idea. I had my rain gear and a hoodie under my vented riding jacket which helped a lot though.

Instead of taking the long way home to Albuquerque, I pretty much just blasted straight down I-40. Still a fun ride. Leaving Ridgecrest at 4:30am and stopping in Seligman, AZ for a couple of hours still put me home before dark.

20230529_114211 by Roger, on Flickr

I think the spill in Indiana my son had on this bike bent or just misaligned something. I found I have to keep light pressure pushing with my right or pulling with my left hand. Letting go with both hands I need to lean off the right side of the bike to keep it straight. Hard to notice on short trips around town but after a couple of 16 hour days it gets annoying. It's about due for tires so maybe I can loosen everything up and tweak things a bit. The ergos of this bike still don't fit me, but it's a great machine. It's a bit too far of a reach, in spite of the bar risers, and the forward lean puts weight on my wrists. Keeping the windshield down and the speed up helps with that haha. Also, I found if I shift my weight off to one side for a minute, then the other, I can get another hour or so before the stock seat feels like a brick again.

I thought I'd have some time to ride with my son and daughter in law. His monster Harley and her Triumph would've dwarfed the GS, so I rode the FJR. Not that the GS couldn't keep up, it's just more work to stay at speed. I'll say the FJR has nothing on the comfort the old GS provides though.

 

[trevor]

Yesterday ,,, …