I planned to ride from the National up the Chief Joseph Hwy and Beartooth into Red Lodge but I found out that the Harley Rodeo is planned that weekend. I don't have any problem with H-D's, I just don't want the big congestion that usually is associated with HD Rallies. I can't think of anything less exciting than riding those classic roads for the first time behind long lines of Milwaukee's finest.:banghead
Anyone familiar with the Harley Rodeo in Red Lodge? Does it attract alot of riders?
[Q ...I can't think of anything less exciting than riding those classic roads for the first time behind long lines of Milwaukee's finest.:banghead
Anyone familiar with the Harley Rodeo in Red Lodge? Does it attract alot of riders?[/QUOTE]
I'm afraid I can't be of much assistance in this matter. My experience with HD riders is generally limited to watching them disappear in my rear view mirror....:wave :wave :wave :nyah :nyah
[QUOTE=plastx;282788][Q ...I can't think of anything less exciting than riding those classic roads for the first time behind long lines of Milwaukee's finest.:banghead
Anyone familiar with the Harley Rodeo in Red Lodge? Does it attract alot of riders?[/QUOTE]
I'm afraid I can't be of much assistance in this matter. My experience with HD riders is generally limited to watching them disappear in my rear view mirror....:wave :wave :wave :nyah :nyah[/QUOTE]
And lets not forget all of the trailors required to get all of those bikes there so they can ride. :stick
Check out this site.
[url]http://www.redlodge.com/2_calendar.asp?category=Calendar&catID=CALEN&sortID=CALEN[/url]
:nono :nono
Yeah, a couple of 'em maybe; not so easy when you have to get around 30 or 40 of them - and they are [B]not[/B] cooperating...
[QUOTE=plastx;282788 ... My experience with HD riders is generally limited to watching them disappear in my rear view mirror....:wave :wave :wave :nyah :nyah[/QUOTE]
Gee, I wonder what our twowheeled bretheren think about sharing the road with a bunch of Beemers.
Beartooth is a JAW Dropper kind of road and if you are riding it the first time, you'll be just like all those HD riders, going slower to look see at all the vista's. Next time, you'll be equally impressed and maybe a little quicker and spirited in your ride around the excellent twisties the pass provides. I have ridden it several times and find it so extreme and the sights so great, its hard to not stop along the waysides way UP THERE on top of the world:). If you ride this fast, which is fine indeed, you will need to go back and enjoy it like an HD rider, to take in the massive appeal of this pass,imo....Randy13233
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Anyone familiar with the Harley Rodeo in Red Lodge? Does it attract alot of riders?[/QUOTE]
At least we should not be able to hear them from the MOA camp. It's a couple of hundred miles away.
[url]http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=Red+Lodge,+MT&geocode=&dirflg=&saddr=Gillette,+WY&f=d&sll=45.18642,-109.24699&sspn=0.091829,0.22934&ie=UTF8&t=p&z=8&om=0[/url]
[QUOTE=rik;282802]Gee, I wonder what our twowheeled bretheren think about sharing the road with a bunch of Beemers.[/QUOTE]
We may share two wheels but I'm not sure whether they are "brethren" :lol ...
From the Beartooth Rally website:
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Riding Spearfish Canyon in the Black Hills can be about as good as motorcycling gets. And, riding Spearfish Canyon during the week of the Black Hills Motor Classic in Sturgis (Bike Week) amidst a group of some very poor riders can be almost as unfun as it gets. I did both last year.
One need only look at the accident statistics around/during the several great American wobblefests to know that there are better places to be on a motorcycle than right there right then.
:lol Those pics of me and the boys were supposed accompany an article in Flea and Tick Quarterly. I even trimmed my underarms. :lol
Going down the Road of Life we're all "bretheren". Share the road.
[QUOTE=PGlaves;282879]Riding Spearfish Canyon in the Black Hills can be about as good as motorcycling gets. And, riding Spearfish Canyon during the week of the Black Hills Motor Classic in Sturgis (Bike Week) amidst a group of some very poor riders can be almost as unfun as it gets. I did both last year.
One need only look at the accident statistics around/during the several great American wobblefests to know that there are better places to be on a motorcycle than right there right then.[/QUOTE]
You're right. And it is unfortunate that the few make it dangerous for so many. I'm not saying that it would not be nice to have an open road with unscarred vistas to enjoy. Nothing to clutter the mind except the moment. What I'm saying is, it ain't gonna happen. If it's not the wobbler, it's the five RV's strung out in front of us. We're all out there, trying to enjoy the time we have away from whatever we left behind. The best we can do is be mindful and enjoy the ride.
[QUOTE=rik;282904]You're right. And it is unfortunate that the few make it dangerous for so many. I'm not saying that it would not be nice to have an open road with unscarred vistas to enjoy. Nothing to clutter the mind except the moment. What I'm saying is, it ain't gonna happen. If it's not the wobbler, it's the five RV's strung out in front of us. We're all out there, trying to enjoy the time we have away from whatever we left behind. The best we can do is be mindful and enjoy the ride.[/QUOTE]
Which is why, now that we are retired, we live where we do: 53 twisty miles to town where on a busy day we might pass one or two cars and meet 3 or four.
I'm hoping more folks out there agree with Rik's remarks than disagree...
Calling your fellow rider your brother doesn't necessarily mean you want to be just like him, and maybe that sentiment is mutual, which might be one more thing you have in common.
The only time I've had someone call a bike of mine a tractor was when I rode my old K bike to an October 'moa meeting a couple of years ago :scratch
[QUOTE=dhollis;282980]I'm hoping more folks out there agree with Rik's remarks than disagree...
Calling your fellow rider your brother doesn't necessarily mean you want to be just like him, and maybe that sentiment is mutual, which might be one more thing you have in common.
The only time I've had someone call a bike of mine a tractor was when I rode my old K bike to an October 'moa meeting a couple of years ago :scratch[/QUOTE]
I know what that's like. I had my first K75 for almost 19 years and 370,000 miles. It morphed into a bike with an 8.5 gallon gas tank, solo seat, and big FLH trunk. I proudly labeled the rear of the trunk with little letters - K75FT. "Farm Truck", of course.