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Discussion in 'Pull up a chair and sit for a spell' started by chucktx, Jul 1, 2010.

  1. chucktx

    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    chucktx, Jul 1, 2010
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    I was thinkng I would do it if I had the time and money. cash in on the 500-g's and retire................oh....oh....I am awake now
    ironhorse, Jul 1, 2010
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  4. chucktx

    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    i think they averaged between 1000/1100 miles a day.......................wow , and nearly 8 full days..
    chucktx, Jul 1, 2010
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    that's a lot of miles in a few days iron butt for sure :eek:
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    Only for the young....this old body can't do 1000 miles back to back any more and don't want to. Those roses are smelling pretty good anymore.
    FLHTbiker, Jul 2, 2010
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  7. chucktx

    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    agreed!!!
    chucktx, Jul 2, 2010
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    I did 750 miles the 1st day last year on the ride to Big Bend state park.
    Over 4 days we did like over 2300 miles.

    A lot has changed in the last year too.
    cardboard, Jul 2, 2010
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    To put that many miles on in that short of time is crazy, but I guess that is die hard. I have thought to myself that before I die, I would like to travel the country, on a bike, and with my wife. Not for money though, sounds like that get a little dangerous and stupid.
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  10. chucktx

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    ya forgot to tell us ya didnt see any thing either............to busy riding:) but by god ya did 2300 miles!!!!!!!!!!!:roflmao:
    chucktx, Jul 2, 2010
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    But I got Pictures and know I am going back

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    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    great pics!!!!!!!!!!! to bad there all from a motorcycle moving at 90mph!!!!!!! lol lol

    got any more to post??
    chucktx, Jul 2, 2010
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    It was a trip when I hit kerrville the speedlimit hit 80mph.
    cardboard, Jul 2, 2010
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  14. FLHTbiker

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    Love that one pic of the road, sheet looks like it goes no where after it goes up, some banking.:)

    Yea, I've done over a thousand miles in a day before, only to get where I was headed in a hurry. Last long one day ride I did was from Salt Lake City to Portland OR. It was great through Utah and Idaho at 80-85 average speeds but god I hit the Oregon boarder and 55 was posted. The state cops are lined up down the freeway to catch all those speeders coming in from Idaho. God, feels like your standing still after you hit Ontario Oregon on the boarder with Idaho.
    FLHTbiker, Jul 2, 2010
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    cardboard Well-Known Member

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    Its going somewhere that is totally different.
    Said to be the last American Frontier.

    Know these pictures has been showed before, But I never git tired of the memory of them. And I will go back

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    cardboard, Jul 3, 2010
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    Last week when we were in Kayanta, AZ we ran into 2 of the guys doing this run, they said they were in the top 50. One guy even had a spare tire and wheel strapped on to the back of his bike. They looked beat even then, and it was about 105 degrees that day. They were headed toward Monument Valley going to Rock Springs, Wyoming for the next check in point. Forgot to take pictures until we were about 50 miles down the road.
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    I really like those pictures. What state were they in?
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  18. FLHTbiker

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    Where in Texas was this area? Looks hot and is the river full of Crocks.
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    from Marathon Hiway 385 goes down to Big Bend State Park
    from Alpine 185 goes into the middle of Big Bend State park.
    And lower Hiway 170 goes around the Rio Grand river, you want to make sure you call and Hiway 170 is open.
    170 goes over to Presido from Terlingua, this is a killer ride.
    You can't ride all of Big Bend State Park in a day.
    And unless you go in the HOT summer, take leather with you.
    In the middle of may it can be 48* in the morin and 85 during the day or hotter.
    Go in the Spring or fall. But the place is full of bikers all year long.
    And they have the Terlingua Chili Cookoff on a Rench.

    I want to make this one year, its really big, its the grandaddy of all chili cookoffs
    http://www.chili.org/terlingua.html

    There is a motol down one of the ranch roads that you want to stay in.
    You can git up on a hill there and see for miles and miles into Mexico

    Map of Terlingua, Texas by MapQuest
    cardboard, Jul 3, 2010
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  20. chucktx

    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    in the pic of you and the ol'lady in front of roy beans place.....you sure do look all refreshed and relaxed and cool................:roflmao:
    chucktx, Jul 3, 2010
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    I had ridden from Alpine at 12:00 pm to Langtry, Tx, and it was super Hot, and I was tired.
    We left there headed across the Pecos River to Del Rio, Tx.:D
    cardboard, Jul 3, 2010
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