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I have one just like it....somewhere.

Getting back to the topic; we could also do a ride in Colorado only and just camp out at our house for a week - day rides mostly and maybe 1-32 overnights away. Wouldn't get much cheaper than that.

I always heard that Minnesota blows, now it's confirmed.

It's not far off the Route 66 portion in Illinois !

Iowa? Used to live there - never thought of it as a motorcycle destination though. What's there that you wanna see?

Some artist did it - dunno why. Also called Cadillac Ranch, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Ranch There are usually a bunch of spray paint cans there in a box so you can paint the cars a bit yourself.

Some Route 66 pics - this was around Tucumcari area. Lots of old, bombed out gas stations, motels, etc., with 200 miles of flat, featureless riding in between towns. The CarHenge pics are obviously from Amarillo...

Yellow was always faster....

Damn - a perfect match!

That makes sense. But you'd be sick of it after the first day and would re-route to find something interesting. Most of the road from Chicago to Amarillo, TX has been dug up and replaced with interstate highway. Off the highway in Texas, some of the original road still exists. I took a guy from Scotland over parts of it once as he was dying to see it. I'll see if I can dig up the pics for you.

That and it's the worst possible route across the USA. It was laid out when vehicles weren't capable of going across mountain ranges, etc - so it follows the path of least resistance - if that makes sense. Can't understand the fascination of it. Portions from around Santa Fe, New Mexico and westward aren't too bad, but anything east of there is complete shit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_66#/map/0 It routes through the busiest part of each city along the way .... places I usually try to avoid. A better route would be Route 50 - The Loneliest Road - if you wanted to a cross USA trip on 2 lane roads. But even that is going to be pretty boring for 1,000's of miles. But, if it's been a life long dream, then ya oughtta do it.

Craig has always had red Ducs and I have always had yellow Ducs - so yellow is always better. Although he did have one yeller one once....

I'm so bored that I'm thinking about next summer's rides already. Now that my bud Craigster (DesmoDog) is on board and has a new scooter, time to think about a nice cruise for next summer. And should any of you Europeans or persons from anywhere else want to come along with us, we'd love to have you! It'd be the cheapest guided tour of the US that you'll ever have. The bad news is, Craig and I are the tour guides - so there's that. So, where would you like to go? I'm thinkin Rocky Mountains to Northern California and back - see route in pic. About 3,000 miles - easily done in 7-10 days...or longer if you wish. Any other ideas?

We have all winter to plan a great ride for next summer. Where ya wanna go? NorCal maybe?

Shoulda got the yellow one.

Finally! Some recognition which I so richly deserve! About time...

I use a DSLR camera - and shoot with my helmet on most of the time (Ahaa! There's your problem) so I rarely even get shit in frame, either! Need to rethink how I shoot pics. But the DSLR is great for pics while on the move and at least 50% of my pics are shot on the fly in the saddle - see the camera resting on my tankbag in attached pic? Works well, just not for cockpit shots.

Cop pulled them all over at once. Lots of car clubs come to our area as the roads are good for driving, ( curvy, elevation changes, etc). Cops must have heard about it and decided to play as well.

Fuckin' overachiever.

CSP caught 10 Porsches doing 40 mph over the limit just down the road from my house. I'm amazed that all 10 actually stopped for him. If it were bikes, he might have caught 2 of them. 40 over is gonna be in the area of $450 each.

I always try to get a "from the cockpit" pic when I go out on rides, but always seem to mess it up; outta focus, wrong focus, nothing in the pic, etc. Will keep trying though - gotta get lucky some day....

Best of luck with that MooN - sounds like no fun at all.

Howdy Mateiro !

Voted for Tym's Tomos - Just a cool bike

I have bikes so I can pick up hot chicks. Hasn't worked so far, but I still have some faint hope that it will....someday.