Oldslow
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I don't know Rocket or where he lives. We had our minds set on getting home, nothing else.
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It was only a lark for me...I don't really care about it. I don't actually know what an Iron Butt is(except a long ride). I seen it referred to here on the site! Happy to have made so many miles with so little trouble. There was so much rain and hail around us but we never even got really wet. We seemed to slip thru it all pretty much unscathed. I feel blessed! ND and Montana roads have great speed limits!!!
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Fell short...918 miles in 24 hrs. We stopped overnite in Beach, ND. Massive thunder and lightning storm prevented any more westward travel.
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Due to a change of plans we stayed longer in Milwaukee than we expected. Left Saturday morning at 6am and arrived back in Calgary 6:30 pm Sunday. The route we took: http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Milwaukee,+WI,+United+States&daddr=47.10246,-104.76903+to:Calgary,+Alberta&geocode=Fba4kAIdVqfC-innR4tX1wIFiDGEe0G1IhlfRA%3BFfy5zgId-lnB-SkBqDKKlyclUzEvBPM-guKFxA%3BFYjiCgMd-p8z-SnVP4SfA3BxUzE6tlK2sTttJg&hl=en&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=5&via=1&sll=47.04596,-100.983405&sspn=25.600726,47.724609&ie=UTF8&ll=47.338823,-100.898437&spn=25.461777,47.724609&z=5 was 1620 miles according to google...I'm tired this morning!
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I also have this model. I look over it. Little buffeting unless it's very windy. I'm 5'11"
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Leaving Milwaukee tomorrow,thursday, and having some leeway as to where to go in a westerly direction...I was wondering if anyone could suggest a route to avoid the worst of it? Any roads beside the interstate that might be fun to go westerly?
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thnx for the offer. we`ll be leaving here on thursday...
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I want to go to St louis but I`m nervous of that size of city and the unknown...
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Wife and I are only a few hours from Milwaukee. Left the North country early and went thru the land of 10000 lakes before noon. We are enjoying riding thru Americas Dairyland. Hot for us canucks!
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I have an 800 series. I like being able to find hotels and food places on it. Finds addresses well. But it's hard to see in direct sunlight. I don't know if M/C specific are better? Being waterproof would be a good thing!
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^Saskatchewan might not be the coldest place on earth...but you can see it from there~:big-grin-emoticon:
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All things being equal it'd be nice to spend a few hours with you local guys...
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We should get to Milwaukee on the 29th. Planning to ride via the Transcanada hiway thru Winnipeg to stop at Fort Frances, Ont. for a couple days. From there it should be straight south thru Duluth area. We'll be staying with my daughter for 3 days! I just found out about the Museum a day or so ago by accident. Would love to see that!
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Drop Box is the answer! 2 gig of storage space that you can share files and fotos for free! http://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTEwMjg0OTk4OQ
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Anybody been there? Wife and I are going to Milwaukee in about 10 days. Thought about going to the HD museum.
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I got an email reply from them. Helmets with N-Com are totally proprietary system...
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Can anyone comment on the site and/or this helmet/Com system ? http://www.aerostich.com/off-and-riding/helmets/nolan-n42-n-com.html
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I tried the Butler mod. Then a local gal rebuilt it again. Then the new Mustang. And a Corbin I got from this site. Butler mod was no good at all. The local gal was fairly good. The Mustang was awful. A seat cushion from Canadian Tire on the Corbin was the beast solution. I too suffer from the tailbone issue. I still have it to a degree but it's manageable. The gel cushion I speak of is mentioned in another thread here. I made a tailbone relief cut with scissors. Stretching out your legs on hiway pegs helps a lot if you use them to take the weight off your butt! Good luck!
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Canadian tire in Canada carries them!
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I got one and it works good for me!
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I rode a Wing the same year I tried a 09 Electra Glide. Within days of each other.Found the Wing to be smooth,powerful, Easy to handle at parking lot speeds. Wife hated the buffeting. I found it to be a sterile ride.(no road feel) The EG was nice, smooth and fast. But not like the wing. Way more road feel. Very nice in parking lots. Expensive! but so is the Wing. We bought the RSV! Top heavy in parking lot but nicer road feel than the Wing. Hate the whine in the engine/tranny. Relatively comfortable. Fast and handles nice at speed. WAF was high! Half the cost!
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10 days, two bikes, one trailer, and a highway to BC
Oldslow replied to pakidaho's topic in Watering Hole
The nicest ride in Canada,imho, is somewhat out of your path. It's up Hiway 40 thru Kanasakis country. If you were coming up 93 or going East of Cranbrook thru Fernie you could connect with hiway 40 off hiway 22 at Longview. Or if you left Golden and went east you could go thru Canmore and connect hiway 40 the from the #1. 93 cuts thru to #1 But like I said it's off your route. http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Radium+Hot+Springs,+British+Columbia&daddr=Canmore,+Alberta+to:Longview,+Alberta+to:Fernie,+British+Columbia+to:Radium+Hot+Springs,+British+Columbia&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=50.488969,-115.131226&sspn=1.492341,3.048706&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=8 This route is nicer going from Longview to Canmore as opposed to going north to south. -
I like to read these kinda posts in case I run into a problem that's similar down the road. Maybe I'll remember and be able to diagnose it. One thing I find is weird tho. Every so often, (more than it should be) someone takes their bike to a dealer and gets told, "it's normal" Man that would make me angry! My question is this: If you were riding a Harley, would they come at you with "that's normal"? Or would they take you seriously?
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Along the same lines...My wife and I rode 80 miles in the dark and rain to find the gas stations in the next town closed, we had no fuel showing on the gauge and had to go another 12 miles only to find the next town closing the doors as we pull up in 2 separate places, neither of them would turn on the pumps for us, yet they were still in the building. We were completely out of fuel. Nowhere to go. Luckily a couple of kids pulled up to get some stuff and of course were refused but thankfully helped us out by giving us a little gas. This was after a 14 hour ride at midnite!. Sometimes I wonder why they let these people into our country!
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Check out this guy. http://paulmondor.com/index.php It's not a Yamaha but it goes all winter long. And I don't know if he went to Alaska but he's been all over Canada in the winter months!