| Author | Message | ||
     Mikef5000 |
I may or may not have an opportunity to spend 2 weeks in the Canadian Rockies, glacier national park, and yellow stone national park next summer. Downsides are the whole ride will be at a cruiser pace (good for scenery, bad for twisties), and the group will stay in hotels ($$$) rather than my preferred camping. If I do that trip, then I'd have to cancel my plans for Homecoming and the West Virginia Buell Rally. Gr.  or  I've never been to Homecoming, and REALLY wanted to take part in the biggest best one ever! And the West Virginia Buell Rally is always simply awesome. Buuuuuuuut, I don't think I can turn down the opportunity to head back out west. I'll just have to wait and see how this pans out. | ||
| Buellinachinashop |
The Rockies and West Virginia aren't going anywhere. | ||
| Swordsman |
Good point. Scrap the cruiser run and go to Homecoming. You can always plan a trip out west another time, plot your own course, stay where you want, ride the speed you want, etc. ~SM | ||
| Crackhead |
Well i think there is group of BWB that is riding back through the Badlands. You could ride with them for a while and then go solo or find someone else to ride across to Grand Teton NP then up to YNP for a week. Then Ride up though Kalispell (were Precision Engineering is for a nice shifter setup) to GNP. If you can tell i am voting for combining both. | ||
| Xl1200r |
Mike - I'm heading from Homecomming to the Badlands and the Black Hills - Yellowstone is only one more (really big) state away, and the Canadian Rockies are just a stright shot north from there. Anyone who wants to come and can deal with the pace (first day out of East Troy will be long and boring and a lot of miles) is welcome to tag along. I'll be staying in cheap hotels most likely, but I haven't ruled out camping. All depends on who I'm sharing rooms with and the cost. Camping is cool, but I'm looking to do miles so not having to set up camp means I can ride more. Also my camping rig right now is a hammock - works great here on the east coast where there are trees everywhere, but stopping for the night in the middle of South Dakota doesn't leave much for tying the thing up. Which means I'd need to buy a new tent and would require me to bring a bed roll - it all just takes up a lot of room in the luggage. (Message edited by xl1200r on December 08, 2009) | ||
| Kustomklassix |
Are you guys talking about the Badlands, like as in, North Dakota Badlands? If there are riders coming through my little northern state I may just have to tag along... | ||
| Strokizator |
You can't really "ride at your own pace" in the national parks anyway. They have posted speed limits - I think the most in Yellowstone was 45 with 25 in a lot of places. Plus there's whole gaggle of tourists stopping right in the middle of the road to look at a buffalo or moose. Riding outside the parks adds up to a lot of passing RV's and minivans full of screaming kids going 10 mph under the limit because the drivers have never seen a mountain road (I love the smell of brake shoes in the morning). The scenery is cool but the ride is best done at a relaxed pace. I just may have talked myself out of next year's Alaska trip. When's this Homecoming thing again? | ||
| Whatever |
Head out west... no contest... you can always meet up with your group in the evenings. Up around Leadville Colorado is absolutely stunning... | ||
| Crackhead |
http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs123.snc1/5293_1191089265682_1481896163_30490418_6960225_n.jpg But the glaciers will not be there for ever. The wife mislabeled the photo album, it should be labled GNP not YNP. (Message edited by crackhead on December 08, 2009) | ||
| Xl1200r |
Are you guys talking about the Badlands, like as in, North Dakota Badlands? South Dakota. (Message edited by xl1200r on December 08, 2009) | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
not go the the WV BUELL RALLY???? and miss this??? you must be kidding??? | ||
| Crusty |
My wife and I will be attending Homecoming, then heading west to Mt. Rushmore and Glacier National Park on our way to the Moto Guzzi National Rally in John Day, Oregon on June 24 - 26. We're going to spend three weeks traveling and should top 7,000 miles. However, we'll be giving up the Springfield Mile and the USGP at Indianapolis (and the Indy Mile). Life is a series of compromises. the chance to attend two rallies a week apart with interesting devotees of both brands was too good to pass up. | ||
| Squidbuzz |
But Crusty, which bike are bringing? | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
Bring that Guzzi.... I wanna see it... maybe take it for a ride... maybe.. | ||
| Phillyblast |
Crusty, Don't forget if you go to Rushmore, stop by Crazy Horse, too. When I was out there a few years ago they offered helicopter tours at Crazy Horse. It's still a blasting zone so the visitor center is a long way from the monument, the helicopter tour takes you right over top of the work-in-progress. I was given good advice - see Rushmore first. I didn't do that (it was cold and getting dark, I didn't have time to double back since I was trying to push through to Souix Falls on the S2 before calling it a night) and Rushmore ended up a bit of a disappointment. | ||
| Court |
I'd like to ride the Guzzi. | ||
| Methed |
Hey Mikef, FWIW that pic is from the Last Ride in October, not HC. Just a clarification, but as I recall my Uly didn't start puking all over itself in June; rather that'd be me in the pick, bent over in my HD jacket in October changing out a plug wire with Loose's help. That notwithstanding, while the Black Hills and parts West are amazing for riding, there's no way I could forgive myself if I missed this year's Homecoming. That's just me though... Thread theft over. Oh, and thanks again to an elf who showed up with a desperately needed part at just the right time. | ||
| Carbonfibrebob |
Mike, I and a group of friends did this trip + in June. From Denver west to Washington coast, north, ferried to Vancouver Island. Ferried the inward passage to Prince Rupert, BC. Rode east to Jasper, with a side trip up to tag Alaska in Hyder. 2 days seeing Jasper and the Icefields Parkway down to Banff. South to Montana, did Glacier, Yellowstone and Teton on the way home. 16 days, and for me 5300 miles. The trip of a lifetime. I'm planning on going to Homecoming in June, but if I had to choose, I'd go get another halibut burger in Hyder. By the way, I love my Uly. | ||
| Mikef5000 |
Hey Mikef, FWIW that pic is from the Last Ride in October, not HC. I know, I took the pic! I was just looking for a picture of a group of Buells, and figured this one fit the bill. Thanks for the input thus far guys! | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
10 years from now a Canadian Rockies trip would offer better pictures, but this year's Homecoming will offer better memories. | ||
| Crusty |
The mountains will be there for a very long time; I don't believe that there will be another Homecoming like the one that going to happen this June. | ||
| Xl1200r |
Crusty - what kind of route do you plan on taking to Rushmore from East Troy? I was going to do mostly interstate seeing as how everything else is just as flat and straight and boring, but is there something I don't know? I was going to meander through Wisconsin, then get onto 90 until I jumped off for the Badlands in SD, then onto the Black Hills. I'd love to push further West and hit Yellowstone and the Tetons, but time is the enemy here. |
