Where did you ride today?
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From Muscle Shoals, AL. to Philadelphia, PA. The last long leg of the NatStoc trip. More to follow.
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I looked at the 14 pictures they took at Deals Gap and I liked one so I broke down and gave them some money! Here is the Black Pearl running on the ragged edge of a car tire at the "Tail of Dragon".
Andrew Shadow
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Ever scrape that highway peg?
I am expecting to receive a violation ticket in the post for this transgression. Stopped at the Central Memorial Hall, Ruawaro for a quick break, this is an excellent semi-local area for riding, empty roads, many many twists and turns. I was out for about 4 hours today and managed a mostly dry ride, slightly tarnished by very strong winds. Even the might 1300 was getting moved around a bit today, especially leaning hard into a crosswind around bends. The Racetech parts up front were as good as I hoped. A rear shock upgrade might be needed in the future although TBH its pretty good at 116,000km.
A bonus second day of riding today; 18C and completely calm, that's my kind of winter's day!
I did a favourite loop to the north of Auckland, enjoying SH16 to Wellsford, then SH1 (being very well behaved on this heavily policed stretch) and turned off to Paparoa. The road from here to Oakleigh is magic, mostly empty and a nice mix of tight corners and sweepers thorugh farmland. Then back down SH1 to Waipu, and a turn-off around the coast road to Mangawhai, with a brief stop at picturesque Langs Beach (below). Even saw someone taking a dip, the waves looked lovely. I put the top-box back on today, but I think I prefer the bike without; a little more nimble, and less susceptible to vehicle wakes.
I did a favourite loop to the north of Auckland, enjoying SH16 to Wellsford, then SH1 (being very well behaved on this heavily policed stretch) and turned off to Paparoa. The road from here to Oakleigh is magic, mostly empty and a nice mix of tight corners and sweepers thorugh farmland. Then back down SH1 to Waipu, and a turn-off around the coast road to Mangawhai, with a brief stop at picturesque Langs Beach (below). Even saw someone taking a dip, the waves looked lovely. I put the top-box back on today, but I think I prefer the bike without; a little more nimble, and less susceptible to vehicle wakes.
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130 miles Saturday to get a haircut and got these on the way
Bulitt
Flori-Duh-Man
A couple hundred miles around my area today, still getting to know this bike. Nice morning….
Went for a spin today on the mighty ST around the outer rural roads of the Sunshine Coast, situated about 100 klms North of Brisbane.
A fantastic winters day of riding. A shot of the Glasshouse Mountains in the background from McCarthys Lookout at Maleny
Nice ride in Nova Scotia with a Hayabusa friend
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Nowhere....temp was 104° F and humid
ardykay54
Russ "NeonMan" Knock
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Rode to a Kawasaki dealership to look at a bike they advertised on their website....they didn't have it.....so I visited with ST 1100 legend John O. for a while before going home...Russ.
Took the KZ1100 LTD up to the Earls cove ferry and had a cheeseburger at Sharon's Grill-it! food truck. Another guy on a new FZ09 passed me along the way, then passed the car ahead in a very unsafe manner, with not much room to spare with oncoming traffic. Returned home and took the KLR650 up for gas. So not an ST kind of a day, but tomorrow....!
Not done much this year, diagnosed with heart disease (HCM) adjusting to new meds, then 4 weeks ago covid, yesterday and today felt really good and finally some decent weather, went for a short 55 mile jaunt each day and loved it, being back on the bike just feels right.
STopped at small village called Scotlandwell, looking over Loch Leven in Fife, there’s two Lochs with the same name in Scotland, one on the west coast, 23C bike running great and have now reached a young 51001 miles, that’s now 4000 on the same set of tyres, my previous bikes were 4000 on the front and 3000 on the rear, ahhhhh aren’t bikes just the best.
STopped at small village called Scotlandwell, looking over Loch Leven in Fife, there’s two Lochs with the same name in Scotland, one on the west coast, 23C bike running great and have now reached a young 51001 miles, that’s now 4000 on the same set of tyres, my previous bikes were 4000 on the front and 3000 on the rear, ahhhhh aren’t bikes just the best.
We had a nice ride, the missus and I, up to the Cove, turn around, out to Daniel Point, down to John Henry's Marina where there was outdoor music and all the yachties were assembled on dry land telling tall tales and bending the elbow. Worse than bikers them yachties.....i ought to know.
ardykay54
Russ "NeonMan" Knock
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No where yet!!....I'm still in bed 
We've had quite a lot of rain over the past week, and our biggest river (the Waikato) is looking very swollen. This is down by the Rangariri bridge.
Earlier in the week I drove across Arthurs Pass in the South Island for work a few days after the pass had been closed by snow. Most impressive, sadly I was in a rented Toyota, but the heater worked great.
Earlier in the week I drove across Arthurs Pass in the South Island for work a few days after the pass had been closed by snow. Most impressive, sadly I was in a rented Toyota, but the heater worked great.