The great '08 Harley ride

[Beowulf]

So I foolishly decided to ride my bike from Monterey, CA to Austin, TX.... in December.

It's gonna be awesome. I will use this thread to post pics and updates from the road. cheers.

[scrybe]

In December? Have fun driving through Prescott, AZ on two wheels.

Looking foreword to the pictures.

[Albatross]

what is your route?

[California Joe]

Will you be ocassionally stopping and doing bounty hunter work and helping the less fortunate? Will there be a hot blond and an Indian with a wicked mullet following you in a winnebago?

[Hollis]

and a sage old guy, to give you the true meaning of the question that you ask?

[McNasty]

Will you be ocassionally stopping and doing bounty hunter work and helping the less fortunate? Will there be a hot blond and an Indian with a wicked mullet following you in a winnebago?I've never been able to watch that show past the premise scene in the beginning. I'd rather sit and stare at a wall and listen to the sounds my internal organs make.

Good luck on your trip, Beowulf.

[Beowulf]

what is your route?

pretty much I-10 the whole way.

[Beowulf]

Will you be ocassionally stopping and doing bounty hunter work and helping the less fortunate? Will there be a hot blond and an Indian with a wicked mullet following you in a winnebago?

only if Farmgirl/Hotlips want to work in shifts with you and Laconian.

[Beowulf]

When I cross the CA/AZ border i'm buying a new gun. Logat.

[California Joe]

only if Farmgirl/Hotlips want to work in shifts with you and Laconian.

I could dig that.

[Beowulf]

I could dig that.

sweet, I can see this turning into a caravan o' destruction ala mad max.

[scrybe]

I want in. I'll bring an AR and snacks.

[Andreas]

I was just the other day looking at a 57 panhead online.. thinking it would be cool having something classic.. Good luck on your trip..

[scrybe]

Does it come with a bag of cat litter or do you have to supply that yourself?

[Flagg]

sweet, I can see this turning into a caravan o' destruction ala mad max.

First photos:

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5849/5021438stdym4.th.jpg (http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?image=5021438stdym4.jpg)

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/2745/raisingarizona253ss7.th.jpg (http://img519.imageshack.us/my.php?image=raisingarizona253ss7.jpg)

Beo on the "Trail of Destruction Tour 2008" wearing his Kablamistan loadout

[Hollis]

I was just the other day looking at a 57 panhead online.. thinking it would be cool having something classic.. Good luck on your trip..


I had a '58 Pan head. Really great bike and very primitive. 6 volt system sucks in rural areas, not enough light.

I think everything about fell off at one time or another. Part of the fun, was keeping it running on a run. The new Harleys are completely a different breed.

[Flagg]

I had a '58 Pan head. Really great bike and very primitive. 6 volt system sucks in rural areas, not enough light.

I think everything about fell off at one time or another. Part of the fun, was keeping it running on a run. The new Harleys are completely a different breed.


Just went for a quick ride on a rough 42WLA with a Tommy gun holster, but no Tommy gun :( .......good fun.......but different....where's that clutch again? :)

[Hollis]

Just went for a quick ride on a rough 42WLA with a Tommy gun holster, but no Tommy gun :( .......good fun.......but different....where's that clutch again? :)


To me it was like a open **** pit bi-plane compared to the Fuji Flyers. I had a foot clutch and jockey shift (under the seat). Big Old Triumph head lamp, used 6 v. VW head lamp bulbs. My 96 FLHTCU, was deluxe, I use to joke about it having air conditioning and power steering.

I always regretted selling the bike. I had a friend gave me a 45 racing hack. I took the flarings off and made it look like a old Model T pick up bed. At first it was real interesting to use.

The other cool think I had was a 45 trike frame. I thought of building a 74 trike.

[Flagg]

To me it was like a open **** pit bi-plane compared to the Fuji Flyers. I had a foot clutch and jockey shift (under the seat). Big Old Triumph head lamp, used 6 v. VW head lamp bulbs. My 96 FLHTCU, was deluxe, I use to joke about it having air conditioning and power steering.

I always regretted selling the bike. I had a friend gave me a 45 racing hack. I took the flarings off and made it look like a old Model T pick up bed. At first it was real interesting to use.

The other cool think I had was a 45 trike frame. I thought of building a 74 trike.

Good stuff!

I'd like to get my hands on an old Police Servicar...with hand crank siren :)

[Beowulf]

ok well california blows ass, and the registration rules here are ridiculous. I have to register my bike here just to sell it, what a pain in the ****.

**** this bull**** state.

[California Joe]

Took this a couple of years ago at a car show...

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff212/rghayes40/cars008.jpg

[CMNot]

Will you be ocassionally stopping and doing bounty hunter work and helping the less fortunate? Will there be a hot blond and an Indian with a wicked mullet following you in a winnebago?

Please tell me you are talking Renegade.

http://www.crazyabouttv.com/Images/renegade.jpg

[California Joe]

Haha, yeah, that POS show. I think I saw one episode. The gay factor was very high.

[BlackFlag]

Haha, yeah, that POS show. I think I saw one episode. The gay factor was very high.

I actually liked that show as a kid. Children are very impressionable.

[California Joe]

Well, I am 23 years older than you...

[BlackFlag]

Also, Joe, I think it's suspect how you can accurately describe the cast and plot after watching only 1 episode. Skeletons in your closet? :)

EDIT: Actually, to make you feel younger, you are only 22 years and 360 days older than me. :-P

[Flagg]

Took this a couple of years ago at a car show...

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff212/rghayes40/cars008.jpg

That's the one....except nastier with more dents

[California Joe]

What's the other bike? I think it's British...I have a better pic...

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff212/rghayes40/cars009.jpg

[California Joe]

Also, Joe, I think it's suspect how you can accurately describe the cast and plot after watching only 1 episode. Skeletons in your closet? :)

EDIT: Actually, to make you feel younger, you are only 22 years and 360 days older than me. :-P

I have a photographic memory for ****s and bad TV.

[Kvakva]

I have a photographic memory for ****s and bad TV.
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/7589/****sbybattyhoshipw6.jpg

http://battyhoshi.deviantart.com/art/****s-41777048 (http://battyhoshi.deviantart.com/art/****s-41777048)

[sujithkochi]

What's the other bike? I think it's British...I have a better pic...

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff212/rghayes40/cars009.jpg

That's a Royal Enfield 'Bullet' - was originally British but now Indian - after the UK company dissolved, the Indian subsidiary continued manufacturing the model & eventually bought the rights for the name.

Its considered the oldest motorcycle model in the world still in production

and good luck on ur trip Beowulf

[kikuchiyu]

i dont thnk its an Enfield................more likely a BSA M20

[szr]

So I foolishly decided to ride my bike from Monterey, CA to Austin, TX.... in December.

It's gonna be awesome. I will use this thread to post pics and updates from the road. cheers.I've seen this movie before. I'm gonna start calling you "Captain America."

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/4355/easyriderws89c6e01dbg6.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_Rider)



Taking two prostitutes with them, Captain America and Billy decide to go outside where the Mardi Gras is going on. They wander the parade-filled streets of New Orleans. They end up in a cemetery, where all four ingest LSD.

Be sure to take lots of pictures. ^^

[Beowulf]

I've seen this movie before. I'm gonna start calling you "Captain America."

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/4355/easyriderws89c6e01dbg6.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_Rider)




Be sure to take lots of pictures. ^^

HAHA Awesome. I just got a new camera, hopefully i'll remember to use it.....

[Beowulf]

ok. So i left fresno the other morning around 0700, there was a lot of very dense fog. it made the ride seem a lot colder because the moisture would condense on me, particularly my hands.

It took me forever to get south of bakersfield, I stopped just before a small pass, north of LA. Once i went over the pass it was warm and sunny, except there was traffic. I did however encounter a guy riding a Capt America type motorcycle, it was pretty sweet.

I also made liberal use of the lane splitting law. kickass.

It also seems that there are no gas stations on the 210, none.

Once I cleared the city and started heading towards indio I made up a lot of time. The rest of the trip to phoenix was fairly uneventful. The weather slowed me down so much that I wasn't able to make any of my planned "cultural" stops.

I stayed with a good buddy of mine in phoenix whom i consider one of my best friends. Unfortunately his roomate and his friends decided to commit several felonies involving controlled substances.

I went with my buddy to go shoot pool, when we got back the hipsters were still listening to techno "music" and discussing the merits of one dj over another. This continued until approximately ten in the morning.

.....awesome.

btw, one of the hipsters is a mental health "professional"

[Albatross]

ok. So i left fresno the other morning around 0700, there was a lot of very dense fog. it made the ride seem a lot colder because the moisture would condense on me, particularly my hands.

It took me forever to get south of bakersfield, I stopped just before a small pass, north of LA. Once i went over the pass it was warm and sunny, except there was traffic. I did however encounter a guy riding a Capt America type motorcycle, it was pretty sweet.

I also made liberal use of the lane splitting law. kickass.

It also seems that there are no gas stations on the 210, none.

Once I cleared the city and started heading towards indio I made up a lot of time. The rest of the trip to phoenix was fairly uneventful. The weather slowed me down so much that I wasn't able to make any of my planned "cultural" stops.

I stayed with a good buddy of mine in phoenix whom i consider one of my best friends. Unfortunately his roomate and his friends decided to several felonies involving controlled substances. I went with my buddy to go shoot pool, when we got back the hipsters were still listening to techno "music" and discussing the merits of one dj over another. This continued until approximately ten in the morning.

.....awesome.

HAHAHAHA, thats great. Whats the next stage?

[scrybe]

What was the body count, Beo?

[Beowulf]

This leg of the trip was awesome. The weather was great, the roads were pretty open and flat, and the terrain was great looking.

Notable events: there was a piece of roadkill in the left lane, and a bird of prey decided to approach it with the same direction of travel as myself. It came down in front of me, and must have felt my approach and started to pull off and to the right. I was in the right hand lane, and I passed just under the bird. It was pretty crazy. I was going kinda fast.

more to follow.

[Eat a bullet]

Right on.

I'd love to take a ride to New Mexico.

[Beowulf]

I made it!

Got in earlier this evening, not too long after dark.

West Texas was awesome today, I was able to run wide open almost the whole day, the only scary part was the wind. At some points I was riding sideways in order to drive in a straight line.

Passing trucks was kinda sketchy because it would block the wind and kinda pull you in, and then when you got passed it the wind would hit you full force again.

Check before you throw a cigarette butt out of your car window in front of a biker, or i will kill you.

El Paso sucks.

I wanted to stop and take pictures at the texas border, but the only place to stop is at the side of the hwy and that's just dumb.

See above for the "truth and consequences, NM" sign.

Random people love to ask a dirty biker guy "where ya headed?" or in my particular case "aren't you cold"

Yes I was pretty cold some of the time. Luckily, I had my awesomeness to keep me warm. Not being a pussy helps also.... as does polypro, coffee breaks, and thinking about "that one time that one chick did that thing"

I didn't take many pictures, i was by myself, so most of the pictures I did take consist of my bike and some desolate terrain. AZ, NM and west texas all pretty much lookk the same.

I'll post anything else I can think of.

[Beowulf]

A guy offered me his minivan and all its contents in exchange for my bike, when I inquired as to the contents of said minivan, he replied "wife and 2 kids"

I laughed, ......he seemed sincere.

[Albatross]

so you basically fapped your way across America?

[Beowulf]

so you basically fapped your way across America?

...isn't there an "O" in country?

.........No

[Albatross]

...isn't there an "O" in country?

.........No

man, you didnt even get my joke. I am depressed.

How are you getting the bike back?

[Beowulf]

http://www.nearlygood.com/video/familyguyoincountry.html

[scrybe]

So what are you going to name your new children?

[Beowulf]

man, you didnt even get my joke. I am depressed.

How are you getting the bike back?

I'm not. I'm going to leave it here.

[Zoomie]

So Beowulf,
Did you get the chance to tell anyone "It's a xxxx d*ckhead"?

[CombatBoots]

Is there an MP.net bike tour, or is it just a good idea?

[Beowulf]

So Beowulf,
Did you get the chance to tell anyone "It's a xxxx d*ckhead"?

haha

I wish, that would have been awesome.

[Hellfish]

Where are the pics?

[Beowulf]

Where are the pics?

I'm being lazy.....

[LaoSexMachine]

West Texas is a lonely place.

[Pete031]

Where the feck are the pics?

[szr]

Los fotos! Vamonos!

[Hollis]

Where the feck are the pics?


Probably was rattled to pieces by that Hog of his.


(Noticed there was a shortage of pics too). :-(

[Pete031]

Yeah, those Vespas don't ride to well for long distances.

[Beowulf]

pictures bitches. happy new year

[RECON DOC]

Well it's about god damned time! Sweet scooter bro, watch out for those f*ckin cagers, they never see you. Where was that shot taken?

[sujithkochi]

I miss my bike and the rides i had when I was in India before moving over to Dubai & now Singapore. I am jealous of u, Beo

[szr]

pictures bitches. happy new yearIt's a start...



Man, now I kinda miss the southwest. Had some cool road experiences out there in the 90's.

[Beowulf]

So i left the bike in Texas, and i'm now visiting Washington DC. Went to the national archives today, and saw the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence.

It was pretty kickass.