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(P.S. Those that know - tire did fine, it's worn out though, too many switchbacks and hairpins :D )[/QUOTE]
[COLOR="Red"]Too many switchbacks and hairpins?
How can that be?
Great seeing you in Gillette!!
Voni
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[B]MUCH [/B]more to follow. Photo team took over 2,000 shots.
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Paul
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[QUOTE=Voni;348489][COLOR="Red"]Too many switchbacks and hairpins?
How can that be?
Great seeing you in Gillette!!
Voni
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Oh I found some really fun roads on the way home. :dance :nod
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Great seeing all of you in Gillette, and meeting some more "Invisible Friends"! :clap :beer
[QUOTE=PacWestGS;348589]Oh I found some really fun roads on the way home. :dance :nod
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Great seeing all of you in Gillette, and meeting some more "Invisible Friends"! :clap :beer[/QUOTE]
Ah yes!
Highway 14 between Sheridan and Burgess Junction. A week ago when we were there we watched hang glider pilots "jumping" off that very cliff. I saw that the first time in that very spot in 1981.
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Somewhere on I-90 before I got very very wet... (Thursday night's storm - I rode though it)
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I found some dryness here and there, good thing I'm not affraid of the dark in the middle of nowhere. :bluduh (Enjoyed a nice Cigar and a fantastic light show while waiting)
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Oh yeah, the second thing I'll remember most - About the 2008 National MOA Rally in Gillette, WY :stick
After 50+ miles in a torrential down pour, scary lightning, hydroplaning on flooded roads while passing semis, and staring intently for mule deer at midnight while riding at max (safe) speed, OK 75-90 :brow :whistle
I pulled into the first hotel after getting gas and my final (IronButt - gas receipt) - NO Vacancy, OK thanks...
In first gear, at 3-5mph I leave the overhead parking area and, and -
GO SIDEWAYS :uhoh
It was still raining. As soon as I started to make this turn, the front wheel went down hill fast like riding on ICE, I goosed it and that only made the back tire catch up to the front wheel which was still sliding down the grade. I had the whole bike going sideways for about five-feet before she went out from under me. All I could do was hold on and keep my legs where they were, on the foot pegs. At full tilt handlebar lock I fell - doing a nice pirouette (unlike Tonya Harding, I had no judges... :stick :laugh )
These were taken on my way out of town when it was dry.
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Crashbar:
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Different angle:
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I couldn't even pick up the bike the first time, my feet were sliding around like I entered an ice rink with cowboy boots on... I had to slide it almost to the curb. (About where it is now)
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The damage, which isn't bad at all :bluduh (Handlebar endcap, crashbar, engine cover, and leading plastic edge of pannier)
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I got it up (Skert method), full tank, fully loaded and said a few four letter words and said what else you got tonight after riding 1066-miles in 17-hours, bring it... :ha
[QUOTE=PGlaves;348741]Ah yes!
Highway 14 between Sheridan and Burgess Junction. A week ago when we were there we watched hang glider pilots "jumping" off that very cliff. I saw that the first time in that very spot in 1981.[/QUOTE]
Yes, Paul and the other one is Hwy 296 north of Cody. (Did this one two-years ago, fun fun), but going up and over Beartooth Hwy (212) was equally as fun. Our very own "Stelvio Pass"!!!
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