4 Days, 1400 Miles on the Speed Triple

[Kanaka]

I just finished a 4 day ride with a buddy on my Speed Triple. I left Boise on Friday and headed up to Missoula over Lost Trail pass. Then Saturday was up through Glacier Natl Park and into Alberta. Sunday was over into British Columbian and then we took the border crossing into Eureka MT. Then we headed down past Lake Koocanusa and down into Libby and over to Sandpoint. Then we headed south to Lewiston for the night. Monday we left Lewiston and headed south to Joseph Oregon then over to Hells Canyon and back to Boise.  

[Kanaka]

[bizarro]

Awesome. How did the bike feel?

[Kanaka]

Awesome. How did the bike feel?

The bike was amazing! Not that I condone this but it will run a 20 mph corner at 60 with my fat ass and my luggage on the back and be stable. I did put a Sargeant seat on it and that helped a lot. I did have to do some work for the luggage. I bought a rack from Twisted Throttle that was made for the Triple and hard luggage. Then I bought a sheet of diamond plate, cut it down to 1' x 1' and painted it black and mounted it to the rack. I now can put my tailbag on that and still get my seat on and off if I need to.

[bizarro]

Excellent! It's amazing how capable a sport-tourer the Speed Triple is. It's a total sleeper for that application.  

[MisterSmooth]

That Speed Trip is one of the few bikes that looks good in white.  

Is that the spiral highway in Lewiston?

[Kanaka]

That Speed Trip is one of the few bikes that looks good in white.  

Is that the spiral highway in Lewiston?

It's the Old Lewiston Road, that goes from Lewiston up the hill and connects with the highway heading up to Moscow.

[desert_rider]

Nice report and great pics!  

[XLR8]

Cool.

You guys are going to wear those things out!  

[Kanaka]

Cool.

You guys are going to wear those things out!  

They aren't meant to sit in the garage and be looked at.  

How bout lunch some day. I haven't seen Dave in a while, I heard about his arm.  

[bizarro]

They aren't meant to sit in the garage and be looked at.  

f'n-A.

[Kanaka]

f'n-A.

hell Biz I'll extend the lunch invite to you but you have to come down to Boise.  

[bizarro]

hell Biz I'll extend the lunch invite to you but you have to come down to Boise.  

I have five days off starting Sept 7th.  

[XLR8]

They aren't meant to sit in the garage and be looked at.  

How bout lunch some day. I haven't seen Dave in a while, I heard about his arm.  

They just look so cute and small I didn't think anyone actually rode them.

 

Lunch, yea sure, let's get some emails going.