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dougs510
Social climber
down south
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Dec 24, 2010 - 08:56pm PT
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Fall Sunday, 2010.... Heading into Kentucky with friends.
My friends, Mark and Susan:
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blackbird
Trad climber
the flat water trails...
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Dec 24, 2010 - 09:10pm PT
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This past July just after successfully navigating the creek crossing but right before I laid the dayumned thing down in a rocky uphill hairpin.
All part of the fun, right?!
bb
"oh yeah" edit: KTM xcfw
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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Dec 24, 2010 - 09:25pm PT
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This one gets my vote.
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cupton
climber
Where the past and future meet
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Dec 24, 2010 - 09:51pm PT
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India is a hell of a place to learn to ride a motorcycle.
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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Dec 24, 2010 - 10:20pm PT
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1960s - Yamaha 125, Yamaha 250
1970s - Honda 350, Suzuki 900
1980-2004 - BMW R75/5, three times across the country and back, 80,000 miles
2004-present - BMW Rockster
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Dec 24, 2010 - 11:47pm PT
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Flatheads rule. But that Velo is pretty nice!
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jtlocal
Trad climber
Joshua Tree
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Dec 25, 2010 - 12:08am PT
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Dec 25, 2010 - 12:12am PT
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I could never figure out how it is possible to control a motorcycle
with such high handlebars, and particularly at any kind of high speed.
What is the attraction is ultra high bars?
I have been riding for over 45 years and still don't understand it.
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jtlocal
Trad climber
Joshua Tree
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Dec 25, 2010 - 12:27am PT
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I have no problems with control. It handles better than you would think.
Baggers are not built for speed. it's a fun ride.
As for the "ultra high bars"... It's all image, So Cal style.
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Wack
climber
Dazevue
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Dec 25, 2010 - 04:58am PT
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[photoid=183412]
40 MPG, fun in the twisties and a small footprint in parking lots.
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Wack
climber
Dazevue
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Dec 25, 2010 - 05:06am PT
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While the Harley allows one to enjoy the scenery while cruising the Supermoto is the other side of the coin. Shredding Hiway 4 over Ebbits Pass to Zephyr Cove is another way to roll.
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Disaster Master
Social climber
Born in So-Cal, left my soul in far Nor-Cal.
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 25, 2010 - 11:36am PT
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Wack, that Deuce is fantastic and fun looking.
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Dec 25, 2010 - 02:57pm PT
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And let's not forget the man and his machine.
The most famous photograph in all of motorcycling.
Rollie Free exceeded 150mph lying prone on the rear fender in his bathing trunks.
What a man!
Rollie Free was a racer during the 1920s and '30s, but is best known for setting the American motorcycle one-mile speed record in 1948, when he rode a British-made Vincent HRD Black Shadow to a speed of 150.313 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. To make that record run, Free stripped down to tight-fitting swimming shorts and laid flat on the Vincent to cut down on every last bit of wind resistance. A photo of the swinsuit-clad Free racing across the salt flats at 150 mph became one of the most famous photos in the history of the sport.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Dec 25, 2010 - 02:59pm PT
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Nice ... six pack!
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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Dec 25, 2010 - 03:03pm PT
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Hate to imagine the road rash potential.
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Dec 25, 2010 - 03:13pm PT
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Another iconic photo.
This time it is 1973 and Peter Williams wins the Formula 750 TT race at the Isle of Man on his monocoque framed Norton Commando.
The Isle of Man race is run on public roads blocked off on the 37 mile mountain circuit.
Peter raised the TT lap record to over 107mph that day.
Here he is airborn. Live long and cherish the memories, Peter!
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dogtown
Trad climber
JackAssVille, Wyoming
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Dec 25, 2010 - 03:17pm PT
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I got a of shit!
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