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Re: Continental Divide
« Reply #105 on: June 12, 2012, 06:51:55 PM »
True on the bags. Not to mention the layering. Got to keep most stuff fairly handy to pile it on or take it off depending on the season. Nice play on words. "Would suck".
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« Reply #106 on: June 13, 2012, 06:16:56 PM »
Quote from: Brute on June 12, 2012, 06:51:55 PM
True on the bags. Not to mention the layering. Got to keep most stuff fairly handy to pile it on or take it off depending on the season. Nice play on words. "Would suck".

HAHA... never ment for it to be a play on words...   
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Re: Continental Divide
« Reply #107 on: June 14, 2012, 02:05:05 AM »
Even better! Must be very close to "GO" time?
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« Reply #108 on: June 14, 2012, 08:05:07 AM »
Quote from: Brute on June 14, 2012, 02:05:05 AM
Even better! Must be very close to "GO" time?

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Re: Continental Divide
« Reply #109 on: June 14, 2012, 01:30:08 PM »

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Re: Continental Divide
« Reply #110 on: June 14, 2012, 03:14:36 PM »
Packed up & ready to go! That sure is a nice mount. The best to you, your Dad & Uncle.
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Re: Continental Divide
« Reply #111 on: June 14, 2012, 04:02:52 PM »
That really is a great looking ride. Hope you guys have a real good time on this trip!
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Re: Continental Divide
« Reply #112 on: June 14, 2012, 04:03:40 PM »
Are you transporting or riding from the house. Also what tires are you running?
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Re: Continental Divide
« Reply #113 on: June 14, 2012, 04:13:03 PM »
Quote from: Danger4u2 on June 14, 2012, 04:03:40 PM
Are you transporting or riding from the house. Also what tires are you running?

Trailering to Friends house in phoenix.. as I didnt want to deal with 6hours of Highway semi trucks in 110F weather to and from the trail...

Front is a Dunlop MX51 90/100-21 (I like my front tires BIG) with TUbliss installed.  (will replace with a MX71 if I can find one)

Rear is a Kenda K270 in a 5.10X18..    With Tubliss.

The kendas suck.. they are squirmy on the road, and dont work as good as a knobby.   But the MT21 rear I normaly run will only make it about 16-1700 miles...  which I decided Ill give up some, for a tire that will atleast make it to canada...  and hell.. I got it for $40.....
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Re: Continental Divide
« Reply #114 on: June 14, 2012, 06:49:09 PM »
Oh. and I have had a few ask me about the rear duffle..  what could be in it, being so big..

simple


I hate stuffing sleeping bags into stuff sacks...   HATE.

so.

Unstuffed sleeping bag,

FULL SIZED Pillow...  (Im out for a month and a half remember... no blow up dinky things for me)

Small backpacking tent.

Bear, deterant  :wink:

and my coffee cup...

Just looks big due to the full sized pillow and the sleeping bag filling it out...
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Re: Continental Divide
« Reply #115 on: June 15, 2012, 11:03:01 AM »
Come on! What could be more fun then getting all sweaty cramming stuff in an undersized bag and then getting into riding gear?! Agree on not fighting 6hrs of traffic with the freeway idiots that are trying to kill you. Hope the launch went well.
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Re: Continental Divide
« Reply #116 on: June 15, 2012, 11:10:30 AM »
Quote from: Motorrad on June 14, 2012, 06:49:09 PM
Oh. and I have had a few ask me about the rear duffle..  what could be in it, being so big..

simple


I hate stuffing sleeping bags into stuff sacks...   HATE.

so.

Unstuffed sleeping bag,

FULL SIZED Pillow...  (Im out for a month and a half remember... no blow up dinky things for me)

Small backpacking tent.

Bear, deterant  :wink:

and my coffee cup...

Just looks big due to the full sized pillow and the sleeping bag filling it out...

HAHAHAHA!!!!! Bear deterant!!!  Tell your Dad I said "good luck"....... :lol:
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Re: Continental Divide
« Reply #117 on: June 15, 2012, 12:28:37 PM »
Cya suckers...

Next stop.... Phoenix (casa grande to be exact). to unload in friends yard... and ride off into the sunset...

officially walking out door.... NOW...

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Re: Continental Divide
« Reply #118 on: June 15, 2012, 06:50:17 PM »
Hey! I had one of those! 1967 to be exact! Looking at a 2007 Ninja 250 with 57 miles on it tomorrow. Probably will buy it.
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Re: Continental Divide
« Reply #119 on: June 16, 2012, 08:40:01 AM »
Quote from: Brute on June 15, 2012, 06:50:17 PM
Hey! I had one of those! 1967 to be exact! Looking at a 2007 Ninja 250 with 57 miles on it tomorrow. Probably will buy it.

there is a tan 1967 one parked infront of the buick at the left of the pic...

ON a side note... car ran great... drove till 1am ish..   to Gila Bend... we are cheap. and used to "stealth camping".. so I GPS'ed a dirt road off into the Sonoran desert.. and we slept there.  woke up and drove the rest of the way into casa grande... had breakfast in a little cafe.   and on to friends house...   loaded up bikes. and rode approx 75 miles (via dirt roads across indian reservation)..   sorry didnt stop to take pictures... lots of bad looks..

we are currently sitting next to the pool at a Best western in "Apache junction" to ;beat the heat, and the weekend traffic on the next 2lane road we are going on.. so we will zip out of here early in the AM.. and head tward "Strawberry" AZ.....

here are some pictures of where we slept for the night..  total fluke.. we hit what was once the "first batalion mormon trail".    which was also the Butterfield stage route..   could still see the trail pounded into the desert.





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