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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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May 14, 2013 - 09:25am PT
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Nice.
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Leggs
Sport climber
Is this a trick question?
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May 14, 2013 - 09:49am PT
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Love it!!! Great way to start the day!
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
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May 14, 2013 - 10:44am PT
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Damm that little narrow road at 1:48 ... great video .
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
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May 14, 2013 - 11:57am PT
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I have been to that giant hand at 1:21 ... it's in Northern Chile in the middle of nowhere .
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 14, 2013 - 12:08pm PT
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As soon as the 'music' started I had to turn it off. Besides, I've heard
all about the same trip from my friend. When he finished in Chile he sold
his bike to a Chilean who just reversed the trip on the same Kawasaki!
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
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May 14, 2013 - 12:13pm PT
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Bummer , I don't really enjoy that sort of techno music but I think it fits the shots and editing style the video had ...
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Lineman
Trad climber
Mariposa Ca
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May 14, 2013 - 08:12pm PT
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Thats it! Now ya done it!
Quit my job,
loading the KLR,
Launch on Friday!
Tierra del Fuego or bust!
Always wated to improve my Spanish!
To Fat to climb anyways!
Vaya con Dios!
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skywalker
climber
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May 14, 2013 - 08:56pm PT
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Hell yeah!!! TFPU!!!
S...
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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May 14, 2013 - 09:20pm PT
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Wow!
I'm taking baby steps in that direction.
Real me drive Chinese Vespas!!
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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May 14, 2013 - 09:31pm PT
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I sold my bike last summer to a guy that did really minimal restoration work on it.
Finished result.
Now it's on it's way to the Glenn Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport NY.
http://www.glennhcurtissmuseum.org/
That makes me really feel old!
Still riding an 80's vintage Schwinn though
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enjoimx
Trad climber
SLO
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May 14, 2013 - 10:17pm PT
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That was a sweet video. The hand looks like a burning man art installation!
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elistar12
climber
San Diego, CA
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May 18, 2013 - 02:50pm PT
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Pretty rad Paul. I recognized a few places: Zion, Grand Canyon, possibly White Sands NM??
Totally into the beat. Ties in well with his nerdy dance moves.
Hope to see you...no no you BETTER still be in the valley when I get up there dude! ;)
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skywalker
climber
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Jan 11, 2014 - 07:15pm PT
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Just got an X-mas gift. Sweet lined leather gloves for touring with wiper, armor, etc. Rode all day in the cold (35 F). Sweet!!!
Bump for this man!
S...
Thanks Paul!
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Jan 11, 2014 - 07:27pm PT
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Very nice.
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T.J.
climber
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Jun 25, 2015 - 01:34am PT
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Bump. Just got back from a long ride with new accessories and some new tweaks and lovin'it. Dreaming to cut that cord...
Dan...
Dog was T.J.
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tripmind
Boulder climber
San Diego
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Jun 25, 2015 - 03:45am PT
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Not a bad way to get around at least when the weather is perfect and everything is good mechanically. Seems to be a unique experience, not many people can say they've seen a huge chunk of the new world in person in a condensed time period.
I dream of doing a large cross country journey, ideally across australia as to not have to deal with border crossings and having to speed through crime ridden zones as quick as two wheels will carry. One tough thing about going through some of these places is the lack of part availability the farther south you go. If something breaks odds are you're gonna learn how to jimmy rig it or your trip certainly wont last a long time. I've been following these peeps as they go to the horn and back so im just a little aware of the risks and challenges.
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PAUL SOUZA
Trad climber
Central Valley, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 25, 2015 - 07:42am PT
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I've been doing A LOT of touring on the BMW since I got her back on the road this past January and have put almost 7,000 miles on her since. I'm planning on a trip to Alaska next year and ride the Dalton...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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CAUTION: Speed bump ahead.
Nice travel shots, Paul.
Roaming around Main Street and Canal Street in Merced.
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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MikeL
Social climber
Southern Arizona
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Excellent video.
Had to be a BMW.
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Peater
Trad climber
Salt Lake City Ut.
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Can't compare my trips with riding down to Chile but I rode this thing across the US and Canada twice (1979 and 81 I think). Never visited Texas on it or Alaska but pretty much everywhere else.
My big gripe with the bike (550 Suzuki) was that it didn't have folding foot pegs. So going around corners had to be taken with some degree of caution.
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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peater,
One of my favorite rides of all time was my 3 years on a '79 GS550.
It was my 'adventure' bike long before it was all the rage.
I once traversed a mile long landslide on it above Big Sur on highway 1 with CHP yelling profanities and threats at me for skirting their barriers.
Good times!
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Peater
Trad climber
Salt Lake City Ut.
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Hi PUD, Mine was a 78 GS550 that I bought new. I was mostly interested in canyon racing at the time and it was fast but didn't handle very well compared with my other bike (350 four Honda), go figure? I could beat other 500's with my 350 but couldn't with my 550.
So that led me to my touring days.
I've rode the PCH so many times I can't recall. We may have passed each other on that road.
So many tales to tell on those trips but that was before GoPro and digi cameras.
For I think 8 months on my first trip my address was my bike. I traveled 6 and spent 2 in the valley loaning it out once to some base jumpers so they could make a fast getaway.
Thanks for the reminisce.
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