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ST.N Ride Reports
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Join some of our members below as they make their own adventures!
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Lighthouse Tour of Northern NB | 08 Sep 18 |
08:09:51 by Acadian Rider | Views: 2581 | Comments: 10
Last year I started to take pictures of lighthouses in the Maritime Provinces on the bike. I got most of those that were accessible in PEI and some in my home province of NB. This week I spent two days to ride up to the Acadian Peninsula in NB and back home in Moncton and got eleven of them. If a lighthouse was located on a private road I tried to get some pictures from a public road nearby if I could see it. Some were only accessible by water and since my bike doesn’t float I didn’t get them. My rule when I take a picture of a lighthouse is that the bike and lighthouse have to be visible in the same picture.  ...
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...to Norway [mostly photographs] | 31 Aug 18 |
18:44:36 by Daniel Kalal | Views: 2023 | Comments: 12
 I've wanted to circle around the Scandinavian Mountains for years, so finally put it on the schedule for mid-summer. I wasn't sure how far north I'd want to ride before crossing over the mountain and returning, but, I built enough slack into the calendar that I could wait to make that decision along the way.  Europe Motorcycle Trip #20 For some reason, I've always assumed I'd make this trip by riding in a large clock-wise circle; and, that's what I did. Beyond that, I carried a map showing previous trips across Germany that I could use as a reference to make sure I didn't repeat any roads either coming or ...
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...to Ireland [mostly and many photographs] | 25 Jun 18 |
22:29:11 by Daniel Kalal | Views: 2280 | Comments: 12
 This is a ride from Italy to Brittany, ferry to England and Wales, ferry to Ireland, and then ferry back to France and Italy. Several years back (in 2013), I did a ride that was something similar, but took a direct ferry from France to Ireland and skipped England and Wales, altogether. That one was done with just eleven days of riding. I'll have more time on this ride; there will be less rushing about. Yes; this is the same ride that I started last year, but that one was cut short. Not wanting to leave things unfinished, I planned to complete that ride this year. Europe Motorcycle Trip #19 I've made th ...
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The Center of the World | 25 Jun 18 |
06:07:30 by SunDevil98 | Views: 7200 | Comments: 7
Getting the bike ready for an August trip from GA to Alaska and back. It's been a few months since I've been on the bike, and now I'm trying to get back into it. My buddy and I took a 3 hour ride yesterday and visited the Georgia Guidestones, and The Center of the World. It was a typical day here in the southeast. Hot and humid. The temperature was hovering around the 90° mark with about 90% humidity, and no rain. During this ride I also had the opportunity to try out my new Bead Rider seat cover, Mob Armor phone mount, and my Tour Master Epic Air boots. I'll give a review on all the stuff later when I have more time using them. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones https://www.roadsideamer...
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2700 Twisty Miles Through, VA, NC, TN, WV and OH | 24 May 18 |
16:16:18 by kendenton | Views: 7724 | Comments: 9
2700 Twisty Miles Through, VA, NC, TN, WV and OH
I had such a great time riding the roads around Sparta, NC for the first time on last year’s ESTO meet that I planned another trip down there this year. I had 7 open days before I wanted to be at an event at King’s Island near Cincinnati OH so, with the help of some folks here, I laid out a leisurely route from NJ to OH by way of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia and Ohio. Joined, as I often am, by Dave and Peter (nearlyseventy and gasgauge). Peter was eager to explore more of SE Ohio’s roads since you may recall his bike got run over by a tow truck last year after one day in the area and was totaled. I took the usual route from southern NJ to get to Front R ...
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...to Judith Gap, Montana [mostly photographs] | 17 May 18 |
10:30:09 by Daniel Kalal | Views: 8777 | Comments: 15
 Judith Gap is between two mountains in central Montana: the Little Belt Mountains and the Big Snowy Mountains. It is the natural north-south route that has been used for centuries, perhaps most famously by Chief Joseph and his bands of Nez Perce during the Nez Perce War of 1877. Montana-191 is the highway over the gap; it's a road I've not ever ridden. That's my goal for this trip. The rest of this seemingly random route was just avoiding rain (as best I could), although I did manage to hit a few more stretches of roads that were new to me (especially in North Dakota).   ...
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Global thermonuclear ride; Mt. Rushmore, Badlands and Devil’s Tower | 25 Dec 17 |
17:26:56 by jspringator | Views: 9954 | Comments: 11
My 60th birthday was on the horizon. The big six zero is a reminder that I don’t have all the time in the world left; you should not not put off things that you are able to do now. Originally this ride was scheduled to be in early June. It got pushed back to July. I already had scheduled the days off, so I went to the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Moki Dugway, Valley of the Gods and Moab in the convertible with my wife. When this ride was scheduled in July, I could take the time off, so I did. I don’t know if I will ever have the opportunity to go back. This event was organized by the guys from the Nighthawk forum. Tim, Nick, Guy, Gary and I attended. Great group of guys to ride with. This was a trailering event. The distance ...
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2017 Year in Review | 29 Nov 17 |
15:27:23 by Acadian Rider | Views: 9011 | Comments: 5
Well, the 2017 riding season is now officially over for me. I started riding on April 10 and my last ride was on Oct 31st. Altogether I did 14,464 kms (8,987 miles). Not great numbers but I plan to do more than that in one trip next year. I’ll have more on that later. As I did last year, I am sharing some of the highlights of the year just ended. I will try to keep it as short as possible. I will also talk about some off topic highlights and include some pictures. Some of the pictures that I am posting for this report were posted in previous threads but thanks to Photobucket, they are all gone from the interwebs now. NEW BIKE After years of riding mostly paved roads I decided to make a change t ...
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- How often do you use the off road capabilities of your bike? Gravel counts here!
 Never-I bought a GS to look like Ewin Mcgregor- 7 (9%)
   - 10% of the time. (Do you know what it costs to dry clean a stitch?
- 22 (30%)
- 20-30% of the time. I like to get dirty on occasion
- 8 (11%)
- 30-50% of the time. No bike polish in my garage
- 21 (29%)
- over 50% of my riding is done on gravel or dirt because I am a dirty boy/girl
- 14 (19%)
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