Author Archives: Freejack

BMW 100,000′ Altitude Ride (Sorta)

Posted on August 5, 2006 by Freejack

415 Miles Yea, sorta. Lemme Explain. The original plan was for Rita to take her new bike on a first longish day and me to take my new bike. This would let Rita take it easy and let me hit … Continue reading →

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Trip to Tulsa

Posted on July 15, 2006 by Freejack

Round Trip to Tulsa Ok Around 1500 Miles A little background. A couple of years ago while working in Athens Greece, I saw lots of various types of bikes/scooters. Within the numerous bikes were three specific ones. An Africa Twin … Continue reading →

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Rita’s New Bike – 1997 Kawasaki Ninja

Posted on July 8, 2006 by Freejack

Rita spotted this on Craigslist yesterday. We called them and arranged a meeting this morning. After making sure it was mechanically ok (starts, lights, no smoke, etc, etc, etc), Rita dickered with them and came to an agreement. I hopped … Continue reading →

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Riding Canaan Valley

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Freejack

227 Miles When I woke up I had to make a decision. Either go for the ride (and it’d be a push to get there on time), or just take my time and just go on a ride, perhaps taking … Continue reading →

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Panther Creek State Park TN to Canaan Valley Resort WV

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Freejack

429 Miles Leaving the state park I headed up Rt 11 until I got to 81 and headed on up looking for 19. I stopped and got a couple of pics of the bike with Chili and Lucky in their … Continue reading →

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Deal’s Gap to Panther Creek State Park

Posted on June 13, 2006 by Freejack

32 miles (8 runs) +138 miles to campsite So bright and early I arose, got dressed and wandered around for a bit. The breakfast opened at 8am so I got my bike ready and tied Chili in place ready for … Continue reading →

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Village Creek State Park AR to Deal’s Gap NC

Posted on June 12, 2006 by Freejack

531 Miles I packed all my gear up and got suited up. The suit was still on the heavy side but not chilly. I checked out the bathrooms in case I wanted to hit the showers but they looked like … Continue reading →

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Lawton OK to Village Creek State Park AR

Posted on June 11, 2006 by Freejack

661 Miles Since it was the first night on the trip and I was sort of intruding, I spent the night dozing rather than really sleeping. It really kinda sucks because Russ was nice enough to let me hang there … Continue reading →

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Broomfield CO to Lawton OK

Posted on June 10, 2006 by Freejack

689 Miles The day was supposed to start at 4am but as I said previously, with DantesDame arriving and me getting ready, I didn’t get to sleep until 11pm. Not a good time for starting at 4am so I reset … Continue reading →

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Ride Preparation

Posted on June 9, 2006 by Freejack

Ok, earlier this year I made plans for my yearly multi-week ride. This time I wanted to go to Labrador in Canada. Specifically I wanted to go down the Trans-Labrador Highway. I’ve been taking my bike down the occasional dirt … Continue reading →

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