How do you Travel
Road Master
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 969
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From: Canmore, AB
My Hubby doesn't do short jaunts, he wants 'tours'. Occationally we share a weekend trip with another couple but usually its just us.
We've left from Alberta and done trips to the Pacific coast and the interior of BC. When we left Manitoba we went south, down to New Mexico, Arizona, California and up the Pacific Coastal Hyw. That year we stored the bike in San Fransisco and flew home.
The next season we picked up where we left off and did the interior of California and returned to Canada via a snowy mountain Montana route.
THAT was when we decided that using a truck to take us 1500k south, store the p/u truck'n ramp system, and go play!!! For the last couple of years we have been spending about a month playing in the twisties of Kentucky, Tenessee, the Virginia's, and the Carolina's before we load up and head north and home, saluting the cold weather, coffee cup in hand!!!!
We do about 10,000 annually, we're letting our adult children fret about US for a change. We survived 3 sets of teenage years, its fair turn about, dontcha think??
So I hope you are able to find a new biker buddy, its more fun to share the sites, sounds and smells of touring. We stop at sites and hike, we explore small towns and historic locations, visit old friends and make new ones. We've done fire season in California, a heat wave in Arizona, the rainiest week on Florida's record, the coldest week for Alabama. We saw New Orleans, and the next year it sank. Find a friend and go play.
We've left from Alberta and done trips to the Pacific coast and the interior of BC. When we left Manitoba we went south, down to New Mexico, Arizona, California and up the Pacific Coastal Hyw. That year we stored the bike in San Fransisco and flew home.
The next season we picked up where we left off and did the interior of California and returned to Canada via a snowy mountain Montana route.
THAT was when we decided that using a truck to take us 1500k south, store the p/u truck'n ramp system, and go play!!! For the last couple of years we have been spending about a month playing in the twisties of Kentucky, Tenessee, the Virginia's, and the Carolina's before we load up and head north and home, saluting the cold weather, coffee cup in hand!!!!
We do about 10,000 annually, we're letting our adult children fret about US for a change. We survived 3 sets of teenage years, its fair turn about, dontcha think??
So I hope you are able to find a new biker buddy, its more fun to share the sites, sounds and smells of touring. We stop at sites and hike, we explore small towns and historic locations, visit old friends and make new ones. We've done fire season in California, a heat wave in Arizona, the rainiest week on Florida's record, the coldest week for Alabama. We saw New Orleans, and the next year it sank. Find a friend and go play.
Road Captain
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 520
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From: South East WI
We appoint a cruise director he leads for a half a day or maybe more. The cruise director can pick a new one and we are off again . Being tolt to find a bar with a hotel attached in the dark was the best part of one of our trips.It only works when you have no idea where you are at.JMO.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 1,600
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From: Windsor, CO
Go for it. When I got back into riding (about a dozen years ago) I found the same problem. For long trips there was no one else off when I was, so I had to pretty much go solo or not go. I quickly found that solo trips can be just as much fun, so long as you're happy being alone.
My solo trips have included 4 coast-to-coast trips and several that were 5000 miles or more. I think the secret to a good solo trip is to find a theme or point of interest for the trip. As an example, a couple years ago on a coast-to-coast I hit major league baseball parks on a route that ran from Los Angeles to Tampa Bay. In a couple weeks I'm making a run from southern Utah to Oklahoma City, and I'll hit many of the greasy spoons along I-40/Route 66 featured on the TV show Diner's Drive-ins & Dives.
I do have a couple guys at my work that started riding about 3 years ago, and we've taken some trips together. I think what makes it work for us is that we have similar riding styles, so we get along pretty well. I've taken a couple other short trips with other riders, and if your riding style doesn't match then the trip can be miserable. I'd rather go alone than be with riders that I don't match up with.
My solo trips have included 4 coast-to-coast trips and several that were 5000 miles or more. I think the secret to a good solo trip is to find a theme or point of interest for the trip. As an example, a couple years ago on a coast-to-coast I hit major league baseball parks on a route that ran from Los Angeles to Tampa Bay. In a couple weeks I'm making a run from southern Utah to Oklahoma City, and I'll hit many of the greasy spoons along I-40/Route 66 featured on the TV show Diner's Drive-ins & Dives.
I do have a couple guys at my work that started riding about 3 years ago, and we've taken some trips together. I think what makes it work for us is that we have similar riding styles, so we get along pretty well. I've taken a couple other short trips with other riders, and if your riding style doesn't match then the trip can be miserable. I'd rather go alone than be with riders that I don't match up with.
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I have done several 2000-6000 trips by myself ..
However , going that far I have one or two long time riding partners I prefer to go with ..
Long trips , everyone is different , we prefer two at least and no more than four bikes ..
However , going that far I have one or two long time riding partners I prefer to go with ..
Long trips , everyone is different , we prefer two at least and no more than four bikes ..
Cruiser
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 241
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From: Northern Virginia
I encourage everyone to try a long solo tour at least once. It's a very different experience from riding with a buddy.
I write for Sport Rider magazine and the current issue has an article on this very subject, called "Solo".
I write for Sport Rider magazine and the current issue has an article on this very subject, called "Solo".