Just Back BRP...something to think about....
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From: usa
Sounds like an overall good trip!
I used to work the night shift and got off at 530am and rode home with 2 other guys on larger bikes and they were older guys.
We rode home together for years!
35 miles on the highway, sometimes 5 days a week...but never social.
At times some younger guys would join us but most would roar off after a few miles because we were too slow (we always cruised about 10 over the limit).
A bad group can be a bad trip.
Sounds like you handled it well and didn't resort to violence!
I used to work the night shift and got off at 530am and rode home with 2 other guys on larger bikes and they were older guys.
We rode home together for years!
35 miles on the highway, sometimes 5 days a week...but never social.
At times some younger guys would join us but most would roar off after a few miles because we were too slow (we always cruised about 10 over the limit).
A bad group can be a bad trip.
Sounds like you handled it well and didn't resort to violence!
Sometimes it's better to ride alone long Distance . And on occasions to meet some cool guys on the road .doing same thing .i just came from a rode trip my self California to Chicago .5 days off fun.And going to New Orleans this week.
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Joined: Feb 2011
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From: NoVA
I remember your earlier posts. It's to bad because the best riding was still a couple of hundred miles south of you. To put some perspective on this, I've been riding 47 years and can only count to six the amount of guys that I would do a serious long distance ride with.
Finding a good riding partner is a God send and not all that easy to find. Don't be afraid to ride solo, sooner or later the right rider will come along. Or not. There are advantages to riding by yourself.
Finding a good riding partner is a God send and not all that easy to find. Don't be afraid to ride solo, sooner or later the right rider will come along. Or not. There are advantages to riding by yourself.
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Joined: Apr 2013
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From: In The Corn, Illinois
and that's why when Dan and I take our vacation this year there won't be anyone else with us.
He wanted to invite other people and I said no. This is our trip and as soon as we invite others it turns into their trip. I want to go the speed we want, for the amount of miles we see fit and stop whenever it suits us.
He wanted to invite other people and I said no. This is our trip and as soon as we invite others it turns into their trip. I want to go the speed we want, for the amount of miles we see fit and stop whenever it suits us.
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Cruiser
Joined: Nov 2013
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From: Nyc
I remember your earlier posts. It's to bad because the best riding was still a couple of hundred miles south of you. To put some perspective on this, I've been riding 47 years and can only count to six the amount of guys that I would do a serious long distance ride with.
Finding a good riding partner is a God send and not all that easy to find. Don't be afraid to ride solo, sooner or later the right rider will come along. Or not. There are advantages to riding by yourself.
Finding a good riding partner is a God send and not all that easy to find. Don't be afraid to ride solo, sooner or later the right rider will come along. Or not. There are advantages to riding by yourself.
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Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Dallas,Tx
The Last 3 years we have done trips with 2 to 3 other couples. No one could go this year. So off we went to the Smokey MTNS. It really was quite nice. We stopped when we felt like it, ate where we wanted to without having to get a group vote. So as much fun as we had the last few years... this trip was a blast.
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From: NoVA
Bigblueh20, BTW I grew up and worked pretty much all my adult life 14 miles west of midtown. In the '60's I went to school and rode in NYC. Don't think that with only 4,000 miles you don't have serious experience. You do. You have survivor skills.
Ride solo any freakin' where you like. You don't need poser drunks to guide you.
Ride solo any freakin' where you like. You don't need poser drunks to guide you.
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From: Nyc
Bigblueh20, BTW I grew up and worked pretty much all my adult life 14 miles west of midtown. In the '60's I went to school and rode in NYC. Don't think that with only 4,000 miles you don't have serious experience. You do. You have survivor skills.
Ride solo any freakin' where you like. You don't need poser drunks to guide you.
Ride solo any freakin' where you like. You don't need poser drunks to guide you.