I just spent my bike's 100,000 mile anniversary on NorCal's Range of Light Gypsy Tour.
Three nights of camping and two days of riding (600 miles) in God's Country (the Sierra Nevada Mountains between Tahoe and Yosemite).
Three or four mountain passes over 8000 ft. Some great mountain highways with little traffic (on labor day weekend no less) and a ton of lesser known GREAT twisty back roads though forests, canyons, cliffsides and mountains.
We even took a turn through the high Nevada dessert (where I chased a Honda 650 Turbo for 5 arrow straight miles at 124 mph indicated. (couldn't pull any more at 5,200 ft. with the large touring cases and top box, but I still had 700 rpm left). The Turbo definitely had the advantage at altitude.
180 riders. Saturday I rode with four other riders. Sunday morning rode with my buddy that I bought my bike from.
But Sunday afternoon I celebrated my bikes 100,000 mile anniversary, just me and the bike singing 5000-8000 rpm "Happy Songs" for about two hours on some of the most glorious roads that I could imagine.
I even won Saturdays poker run ($200)!!!
P.S. It's a good thing the Highway Patrol were otherwise occupied with patrolling the more traveled roads for the weekend and that the deer stayed on their side of the edge of the road.
P.P.S. Can't wait for 200,000!
Three nights of camping and two days of riding (600 miles) in God's Country (the Sierra Nevada Mountains between Tahoe and Yosemite).
Three or four mountain passes over 8000 ft. Some great mountain highways with little traffic (on labor day weekend no less) and a ton of lesser known GREAT twisty back roads though forests, canyons, cliffsides and mountains.
We even took a turn through the high Nevada dessert (where I chased a Honda 650 Turbo for 5 arrow straight miles at 124 mph indicated. (couldn't pull any more at 5,200 ft. with the large touring cases and top box, but I still had 700 rpm left). The Turbo definitely had the advantage at altitude.
180 riders. Saturday I rode with four other riders. Sunday morning rode with my buddy that I bought my bike from.
But Sunday afternoon I celebrated my bikes 100,000 mile anniversary, just me and the bike singing 5000-8000 rpm "Happy Songs" for about two hours on some of the most glorious roads that I could imagine.
I even won Saturdays poker run ($200)!!!
P.S. It's a good thing the Highway Patrol were otherwise occupied with patrolling the more traveled roads for the weekend and that the deer stayed on their side of the edge of the road.
P.P.S. Can't wait for 200,000!
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