boboneleg Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 That bit of road looks dodgy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfalfa Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 12 hours ago, Earache said: It's about the ride more than anything else. We always pack in as many miles as we can get done in a day. Dinner at night is secondary - I skipped dinner 2 nights this week as everything was closed by the time we got to the hotel. Check out the attached pic of the route and start / stop times. We started riding at 7:00 AM and just got to the hotel at 9:25PM, Not everyone's cup of tea, I get that. But it's what we like to do. Where most of these fine lads hail from, that distance would take them thru at least 3, possibly 5 countries. You're barely out of one state :). Love that part of the country! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 1 hour ago, alfalfa said: Where most of these fine lads hail from, that distance would take them thru at least 3, possibly 5 countries. You're barely out of one state :). I think Eric said he was likely to do about 4000 miles. To us that would be the equivalent of travelling from the UK to Afghanistan going through 12 countries! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 On 07/08/2020 at 07:47, boboneleg said: That bit of road looks dodgy It didn't look dodgy when I rode over it as I didn't notice it. But that is a bit sketchy looking. You can see where the hillside has fallen down the hill and probably took the orginal road with it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Back to coming down Beartooth Pass; Midway down on the west side is a road, Route 267, that heads to Cody, Wyoming. Freakin' brilliant road - no traffic, smooth surfaces, loads of twisties and a small hole in the ground. Simply gorges.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Thankfully it was a bit cloudy today and that helped keep the temps lower for a change. Had a lot of fun zooming around here.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 No idea why this road isn't in every biking magazine and on every forum with riders screaming about how great it is. It was that good. But it starts nowhere and goes nowhere - so no one talks about it. Can't wait to get back here... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Hours later and we're in Ten Sleep, Wyoming and headed into this fantastic valley. I rode here a couple of years ago and looked forward toi getting back... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 After the Valley, oit got dark fast and we spent rest of the evening humping it to Gillette, Wyoming. Arrived at 9:30 and got some shitty pizza into our guts for dinner. Long ady of great riding now completed.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Friday was our last day on the trip. We headed south out of Gillette and headed for Black Hawk. 400 miles across the Thunder Basin National Grassland. That's a big assed field of grass that covers about 20% of the state of Wyoming. I failed to take a single pic as it was a lot of nothingness. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 So we made it home. Neil split off for Chicago at Gillette and Dave and his wife headed for Indy after loading the bike into their truck. All in all, it was a great trip. A bit too hot at times but if that's my only complaint, then we've had a good ride. Already thinking about next summer's trip; gotta decide where to go! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 How many more days to go @Earache? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Just now, XTreme said: How many more days to go @Earache? None. Got home last night. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 39 minutes ago, Earache said: Road porn! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Amazing scenery and you're right , that is a very shitty looking pizza 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 3 hours ago, boboneleg said: Amazing scenery and you're right , that is a very shitty looking pizza Doesn't help that it's on the floor next to his sweaty socks and boots! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share Posted August 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Pedro said: Doesn't help that it's on the floor next to his sweaty socks and boots! Actually, it did help - couldn't smell it any more. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share Posted August 9, 2020 Had some more random pics taken by the others - and I'm actually in a few of them (I'm the small guy with the black / white Arai)... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share Posted August 9, 2020 Mas... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share Posted August 9, 2020 A few more 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share Posted August 9, 2020 Last ones.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Earache said: WOW 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Outstanding photos as usual 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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