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« Reply #20 on: November 19, 2009, 04:29:25 AM »
A great read with excellent photos! It's good that UFO put it on the front page, as I would have just stumbled upon the report, much later. Smile
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« Reply #20 on: November 19, 2009, 04:29:25 AM »
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« Reply #21 on: November 19, 2009, 08:26:48 AM »
Thanks for the time you took to share this with everyone... Great job and a great looking couple (bikes too)....
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« Reply #22 on: November 19, 2009, 05:03:15 PM »
Thanks for posting this report. I rode a lot of the roads you did at the end of June. I'm not very good about taking pictures while i'm riding, but these brought back a lot of good memories.

Like it being 34 degrees and sleeting on the Beartooth Pass. The Peter Norbeck Highway was so much fun, I rode it both directions. The Crazy Horse site and Museum was incredible.

Yellowstone is too crowded for my tastes, and the roads south were torn up then.

For a flatlander like me, being out west was like being on another planet.
I can't wait to go back!
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« Reply #23 on: November 19, 2009, 05:31:43 PM »
Thanks for posting a great report. I really enjoyed it. (made me want the new 'strada even more than I already did somehow...)

And thanks to the Skip for putting this on the front page else I wouldn't have read it.
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« Reply #24 on: November 19, 2009, 07:21:03 PM »
Very nicely done report. I'm an east coast guy, and I've always wanted to ride in open land like the Black Hills. Something about being able to see for miles and miles while you're riding is amazing to me.
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« Reply #25 on: November 20, 2009, 06:36:23 AM »
Excellent report  Thumbsup
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« Reply #26 on: November 20, 2009, 08:11:13 AM »
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« Reply #27 on: November 20, 2009, 11:31:34 AM »
 Thanks for all the wonderful feedback!  It makes the time it takes to put these together very worthwhile!

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« Reply #28 on: November 20, 2009, 12:20:39 PM »
Great report, and great trip!!!

Don't let the size of those tunnels fool you, busses fit just fine:

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t163/blackhills_2007/IMG_0691.jpg
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« Reply #29 on: November 21, 2009, 07:14:57 PM »
All I can say is wow.  Fabulous ride report.  Anyone whose significant other rides with them is indeed blessed.  It looks like beautiful country, great pictures, and btw nice bikes.
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« Reply #30 on: November 23, 2009, 10:28:09 PM »
Glad to see you posting your reports over here. That's one of things I miss at Multi.net since I traded the MTS away....but I guess I could always stop through every so often. As usual Dave, excellent report.  Thumbsup You guys gotta do an east coast trip soon.

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« Reply #31 on: November 25, 2009, 08:00:04 AM »
The strange object above the rev counter is my leg resting on the kickstart. A kickstart was an intermediate step in motorcycle design which came between energetic pushing and electric starters. In the case of the Ducati, the slightest problem with ignition timing would break your leg.
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« Reply #32 on: December 03, 2009, 03:40:12 AM »
Great ride, fabulous report, beautiful pics and Multi's!  Thumbsup  Thumbsup
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« Reply #33 on: December 03, 2009, 01:50:00 PM »
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Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.....
I went back and traced the route on my trusty Nat Geo ADV map. Highlighted the route. I do believe that this is in the running for our honeymoon.   Ship the bike to Denver and go north west.  Do you think I could get from Denver, Rocky Mountain Nat park, estes, out to Wy completing your trip and make it back in 7 days total without redoing part of the trip two times like you guys did? Thanks for the great write up. I appreciate your time. tanks
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« Reply #34 on: December 16, 2009, 11:28:05 AM »
For sure. The distances aren't all that great, I see no reason why you wouldn't be able to run that route! Smile

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« Reply #35 on: December 16, 2009, 11:58:19 AM »
Quote from: canyonchaser on December 16, 2009, 11:28:05 AM

For sure. The distances aren't all that great, I see no reason why you wouldn't be able to run that route! Smile

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+1 It's 6 hours from Denver to Rapid City. 6 hours From Rapid to either Cody, WY or Red Lodge MT. You should have plenty of time to enjoy the roads Smile
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« Reply #36 on: December 16, 2009, 06:50:58 PM »
Excellent report!  Thanks for the share.  
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« Reply #37 on: December 16, 2009, 07:16:30 PM »
Wow this has been an excellent report.  I love the multistrada, thanks for the words and pics!
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« Reply #38 on: December 22, 2009, 03:50:46 PM »
Nice report!  Myself and three other riders were about three days ahead of you.  We rode to Yellowstone via the Bighorn Mountains and stopped in Cody.  We rode Chief Joseph Hwy (my favorite) and spent a couple days in the park before leaving through the NE exit and over the Beartooth Pass.  I was back in Saskatchewan on the 14th.
The year before we had ridden into the Black Hills, at the same time of year, and rode Spearfish Canyon, Iron Mtn Rd and the Needles Highway.  
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« Reply #39 on: December 26, 2009, 05:56:39 PM »
Fantastic report!  

My list of places to ride to just got longer... Smile
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