Where did you ride your FTR today?

I rode the the longest portion of the Three Sisters in Central Texas. I will returning sooner than later to finish the entire route. Great Day!

Notaharley said:

I couldn't resist posting this --- it's been a while since I read about bats....and probably a good lesson to me about how information can be presented to skew my opinion --

I saw the "Google" result when I queried, but then looked at an actual web site on bats....

"bats contract rabies far less than other animals"
" A person living in the U.S. is more likely to catch leprosy or the plague than to contract rabies from a bat"

I had actually never thought of rabies to this day! I probably would've been a little freaked out at the time. I don't know if we had internet then!!!!

My apologies for going far afield from "where I rode today". I enjoyed all the joking!

Btw....

Rode here:
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Pretty country.

it's been raining so much, we put the covers on the bikes yesterday cause we're likely not going anywhere for a while.
oh well - can start saving up for the next round of mods I guess.

Meanwhile in the west I'm riding to work in temperatures around 3/37 degrees. Cooler dry weather.
This leads on to a thread about winter riding gear.

Meanwhile in the west I'm riding to work in temperatures around 3/37 degrees. Cooler dry weather.
This leads on to a thread about winter riding gear.

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I'm curious about my heated gloves, especially about the Lithium Ion Polymer batteries which power them, so here's the thread about them.

Put a little over 130 miles on yesterday. Rode into the Laurel Highlands yesterday to visit my daughter who is camping in Mill Run. Had a great lunch at Brady’s!

Very nice day for it...

Quick blast round today and the first time I’ve cleaned it in 2yrs!
thought I’d take a few pictures before it gets mucky again!!
Cheers 👍🏻

Went to Daventry Motorcycle Festival, well over 300 bikes took over the town centre.

Where did I ride today? Hmmm, I rode to and from work this morning (50 mile [80 km] round trip - I left for work at 4:30 in the morning). I put an additional 10 miles (16 km) of riding in to boot, on the trip home, because I had to go to the local Indian dealer (Indian Motorcycles of Metro Milwaukee) for some service work - THAT was kind of stress filled! Why? Because, I went to the dealer directly from work, and when I left work, I noticed that I had a lot less fuel in the tank, than I thought. I hit one bar on the fuel indicator, only about 5 miles (8 km) from work, with 30 plus miles (48 plus km), to go to the Indian dealership. I had no idea how much range I had left, and I couldn't stop, or I'd wind up being late for my service appointment. I ended up glancing at the fuel gauge every 2 or 3 minutes to see if the low fuel light went on. Well, it did so - about 5 miles (8 km) from the dealership (complete with the fuel gauge blinking). That made me REALLY nervous. I had visions of ye olde FTR shutting down from fuel starvation, and me having to push it a mile (1.6 km) or so to the dealership (not fun! - I remember having to push a cycle a few miles/km when I was a student at the University of Wisconsin, because I ran it out of gas, like an idiot). Luckily that didn't happen, but in the spirit of "I don't want to take chances"), I wound up hyper-milling my FTR down the long, steep hill that leads to the dealership, to conserve what little fuel I had left. Luckily, there is a gas station next to the Indian dealership, so I was able to fill up the tank, before I rode home.

Broke in the new tire with 130 miles riding gravel and asphalt. I swear I have to wash the bike almost every time I ride it!

Nowhere 🙄

This week I rode my bike to the isle of man TT races. So cloths parcels off and just a back pack containing my Marshalling kit, I was in dought to make the 125 mile trip without a refuel but to my surprise I would have got over 150 miles on the brimmed tank.
The FTR is a great bike to ride the circuit and the bumpy backgrounds and shore roads.
The ride there and back on the motorways was make easier by liberall use the the great cruise control.
I look forward to my next ride.

Solo 1900 mile road trip earlier this year. Started in SoCal and headed to the Colorado River. Then up into northwestern Arizona to the West Rim of the Grand Canyon. Back west through Death Valley, then up over the Tehachapi Mountains (with a short stop at the Bakersfield National Cemetery) to get into the Central Valley. Through the oil town of Taft and then to Paso Robles for a few nights. Day loop up Highway 1 along the pacific coast and then a nice loop through the cattle country east of Paso. Finale on the way home was Hwy 33 down into Ojai. Empty roads, perfect weather and a great bike!

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Great pics. Death Valley is much more beautiful than people think it is.

Got to go to the UPS store today ... trying to figure out just how long I can make that trip and get back in time for dinner.

edgelett said:

Great pics. Death Valley is much more beautiful than people think it is.

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Yes and yes. And very vast. My happy place.

wallycycle said:

Solo 1900 mile road trip earlier this year. Started in SoCal and headed to the Colorado River. Then up into northwestern Arizona to the West Rim of the Grand Canyon. Back west through Death Valley, then up over the Tehachapi Mountains (with a short stop at the Bakersfield National Cemetery) to get into the Central Valley. Through the oil town of Taft and then to Paso Robles for a few nights. Day loop up Highway 1 along the pacific coast and then a nice loop through the cattle country east of Paso. Finale on the way home was Hwy 33 down into Ojai. Empty roads, perfect weather and a great bike!

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Dang!!

Awesome!

I was out between Ridgecrest and Death Valley on 4 wheels exploring Jawbone canyon and Red Rock canyon, etc a couple years ago. I would have killed to have the FTR out there!
Perfect weather in
March.

Just a quick run up to Mt. Hood in Oregon.