Category Archives: Motorcycle Trips

Memorial Day 2022 Ride

Day 3 Time to get up! We’re going to head up rt 50 and home today. I intend on stopping at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison park to show Samantha. Plus we’re going over Monarch Pass which is at … Continue reading

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Memorial Day 2022 Ride

Day 2 The Studio 6 was actually pretty nice in general. The problem was I’d laid the Camelbak on the bed last night before heading to Outback and it leaked water on the foot of the bed. As such, I … Continue reading

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Memorial Day 2022 Ride

Day 1 Samantha (my daughter) and I have been planning a couple of rides for the past several months. She attended a motorcycle repair school down in Florida and has ridden standards and cruisers a bunch of times so has … Continue reading

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Pre-ride Checklist

Going on a ride again after a couple of years of Covid and this time I’m taking along my daughter, Samantha. And she’ll be on the Hayabusa and I’ll be on the Concours for the short trip and maybe the … Continue reading

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June Trip Final Details

Here are the final details of the trip with the map plus the actual costs and such. Miles: 5,022. Remember we bailed on Canada due to rain expectations. Rooms: $1,140.96 Gas: $375.06 Food (meals): $768.52 This didn’t include snacks when … Continue reading

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Wyoming: Burgess Junction to Colorado: Longmont

I must say, the bed at the hotel was probably the worst night’s sleep I’ve had in some years. I was tossing and turning and getting up and laying down. I was tempted to grab the top cover and wrap … Continue reading

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Montana: Billings to Wyoming: Burgess Junction

Bailed Billings at 7:15 as a roughly long day was expected. We are headed for Bear Tooth Pass and The Medicine Wheel. General riding is good. Comfortable temps and light traffic. At one point a guy on a Harley came … Continue reading

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Montana: Polson to Billings

Today was a long long loooonnnng boring ride on 90. From Polson to Missoula on 93, then 5 hours on 90 to Billings. Just riding. On the slab. Squaring off the tire. 80 mph though. Still Zzzzzzzzzzzz On the plus … Continue reading

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Montana: Polson and Glacier National Park

We’re planning on staying here for the day and leaving tomorrow so we got up when we wanted, had breakfast, and got the bike ready. I took a few minutes to decorate the bike of course. First stickers 🙂 We … Continue reading

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Washington: Walla Walla to Montana: Polson

Left Walla Walla at 7:30. Got to Polson at 7:30. Man, what a long, hot day. The morning ride through Washington was quite pretty. Lots and lots of wheat. Just miles and miles of it. Must take weeks to harvest. … Continue reading

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