Trip to Florida
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Jack Klarich
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I love The Keys, very laid back nice photos, did you make it to Mallory Square for the sunset celebration?:s
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Jack Klarich
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Got rained out on the 7 mile bridge in Feb. No place to pull over had to ride her out at 20mph
RogerT
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Here's a few more.
This trip for me was one of my bucket list items. The farthest I'd gone
before was Sturgis .. about 560 miles or so. Last year when I rode up
there it was kind of a test to see how my old body would hold up to 3
days of riding. I rode up on a Friday .. spent Saturday riding around the Black Hills and Custer park .. then back on Sunday. I had in mind the trip to
Miami and Key West for this year .. but wanted to test the waters first.
I got an enormous amount of personal satisfaction out of completing
this. And to think while riding to KW how I'd thought several times while
in the car driving there how cool it would be to ride the Harley there,
and then do it. Wow
RT
This trip for me was one of my bucket list items. The farthest I'd gone
before was Sturgis .. about 560 miles or so. Last year when I rode up
there it was kind of a test to see how my old body would hold up to 3
days of riding. I rode up on a Friday .. spent Saturday riding around the Black Hills and Custer park .. then back on Sunday. I had in mind the trip to
Miami and Key West for this year .. but wanted to test the waters first.
I got an enormous amount of personal satisfaction out of completing
this. And to think while riding to KW how I'd thought several times while
in the car driving there how cool it would be to ride the Harley there,
and then do it. Wow
RT
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RogerT
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I know that feeling. On Friday I got into some pretty good storms in
south GA on the way home. Long construction zone with nowhere to
pull over. I was pretty well drenched. On the other hand .. with the
heat it felt pretty good. haha.
RT
RogerT
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As another note to the trip ... tires. I've got an '09 Ultra with the new
mixed compound tires. With all the miles I put on I hardly noticed any
additional wear on them. And I ran into quite a few twisty roads along
the way and that thing sticks and handles very nice. I've got around 11k
on the bike now.
With my Classic that I had before I was doing good to get 5k out of the
402 rears. I had better luck with it once I changed to Elites.
RT
mixed compound tires. With all the miles I put on I hardly noticed any
additional wear on them. And I ran into quite a few twisty roads along
the way and that thing sticks and handles very nice. I've got around 11k
on the bike now.
With my Classic that I had before I was doing good to get 5k out of the
402 rears. I had better luck with it once I changed to Elites.
RT