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07-05-2011, 05:46 PM | #1 | |
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My husband would agree with you. I was fine taking my BMW but he was adamant that I do this trip on a Harley. I am not an idiot. I told him if you insist I want that military green Nightster. |
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07-05-2011, 06:14 PM | #2 | |
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I am with you. I wish I had much more time than 2 weeks. There is so many dirt/gravel roads out west that a Harley just wouldn't be as fun.
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07-05-2011, 10:19 PM | #3 |
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I here you. We just got the Butler's backcountry discovery map for WA that I need to find time to do and I heard they were working on one for Utah.
http://www.butlermaps.com/Motorcycle...iscovery-Route |
07-10-2011, 09:23 AM | #4 |
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10-16-2011, 09:29 AM | #5 |
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This is a great thread, love the ride.
You can enjoy dirt roads with a Harley once you get past the fear of scratching the paint and chrome and be able to pick up your bike. You just have to relax, enjoy the ride. I ride the rock/ sand roads down here in Florida all the time would estimate about a thousand miles a year. They run from lime rock to packed sand, in the wet season they are grooved mud bogs, in the dry season they are sand pits. Yea once in a while you are going down, you laugh about it, spit on the scratches and move on. |
10-16-2011, 03:23 PM | #6 | |
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10-16-2011, 04:18 PM | #7 |
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Hey harley cruiser... WELCOME!
Great pics! |
10-23-2011, 12:38 AM | #8 |
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Welcome. That is a really cool shot My driveway is gravel so if I want to ride any of my bikes I have to start and finish in the dirt
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10-24-2011, 01:30 PM | #9 |
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Me too.
Guys like him are exactly why I laugh at all the "ADV riders" that feel they need a special, specifically designed, $15,000 bike just to get outside the painted white lines.
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10-24-2011, 01:41 PM | #10 | |
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You can take any bike off the road (SV in the motard race), I just like the bike I chose for all the things I do. Same probably goes for the harley riders. Last edited by Trip; 10-24-2011 at 01:43 PM.. |
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