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Welcome from Bristol, England.
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Try not to let computers, the Internet or the forum stress you out. Take it slow, 'try' to stay calm and it will gradually become more clear. Sure, you'll stumble around at first. Its a learning curve like any other, and like most, will be rewarding and a lot of fun if you persevere.
If and when you get stuck and cant figure it out yourself, ask for help as you have done. Most people here are friendly and helpful. Ignore any sacrastic responces you may get, everyone has a bad day now and then.
The Internet and to some degree the forum is littered with the use of abbreviations because it saves time. Personally I have a real mental block on abbreviations, but their meaning does eventually stick.
In case you havent stumbled upon this page already, the following link will take you to the forum index page. From there you can pretty much access all the different topic areas in the forum.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/index.php
I hope this is of some help to you.
Enjoy the ride and stay safe.
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Sadly, I've never had the pleasure of even visiting the USA much less riding there so I cant really compare.
Based on what others have told me, the biggest difference is that generally speaking our roads have a lot more bends than yours. But having visited England your probably better placed to know if thats true on not.
Obviously, we drive on the correct side of the road as well <g> so that our right arm is closest to the oncoming traffic to enable us to joust with them.
Driving over here continues to get more aggressive as the volume of vehicles increases and road rage can be an issue in some places at some times. Thankfully the war between bikers and scooter (vespa and lambretta style) riders back in the late 70's and early 80's is but a distant memory.
Motorbiking seems to be a lot more cliquey here than it did back in the 70's with one group not acknowledging another, which all seems very strange to me.
Ever since I was around 17 I've had a dream of riding from the East to the West Coast of the USA. Preferably avoiding Interstates and the larger cities as much as possible. I would rather see some of the smaller places where (hopefully) there are a still a few Mom & Pop dinners and motels, rather than fast food franchises and hotels owned by chains. Possibly a romantic notion and perhaps an America that barely exists anymore, but I hope that isnt so.
Unfortunately, as my wife is terrified of flying and gets seasick in the bath, we've only ever attempted a couple of short trips abroad to Holland and France. So I dont know if I'll ever realise that dream. We've never even been to Ireland, but would love to.
Based on what others have told me, the biggest difference is that generally speaking our roads have a lot more bends than yours. But having visited England your probably better placed to know if thats true on not.
Obviously, we drive on the correct side of the road as well <g> so that our right arm is closest to the oncoming traffic to enable us to joust with them.
Driving over here continues to get more aggressive as the volume of vehicles increases and road rage can be an issue in some places at some times. Thankfully the war between bikers and scooter (vespa and lambretta style) riders back in the late 70's and early 80's is but a distant memory.
Motorbiking seems to be a lot more cliquey here than it did back in the 70's with one group not acknowledging another, which all seems very strange to me.
Ever since I was around 17 I've had a dream of riding from the East to the West Coast of the USA. Preferably avoiding Interstates and the larger cities as much as possible. I would rather see some of the smaller places where (hopefully) there are a still a few Mom & Pop dinners and motels, rather than fast food franchises and hotels owned by chains. Possibly a romantic notion and perhaps an America that barely exists anymore, but I hope that isnt so.
Unfortunately, as my wife is terrified of flying and gets seasick in the bath, we've only ever attempted a couple of short trips abroad to Holland and France. So I dont know if I'll ever realise that dream. We've never even been to Ireland, but would love to.
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we share the same dream vacation of driving from coast to coast in USA.
you will easily find many small mom/pop stores/diners/b&b's throughout our country.
we have a short history but a ton of variety in USA.
I have driven from my town in Pennsylvania (in a car) to San Diego, California. I also have driven from PA to Montana.
You would be amazed in what you see along the way. you will not be dissappointed.
Look up references to historic Route 66.
you are correct about the roads being straight in USA and curvy in Europe. We designed our road system to be point A to B (back in the 1950's interstate boom) whereas Europe designed their roads to engage the driver. Using curves kept the driver "awake" and connected to the road.
i'll keep in touch...we should exchange photos of our travels and country sometime.
if you make it over here to do your dream ride...let me know...i'm sure we could hook a good group of riders up.
you will easily find many small mom/pop stores/diners/b&b's throughout our country.
we have a short history but a ton of variety in USA.
I have driven from my town in Pennsylvania (in a car) to San Diego, California. I also have driven from PA to Montana.
You would be amazed in what you see along the way. you will not be dissappointed.
Look up references to historic Route 66.
you are correct about the roads being straight in USA and curvy in Europe. We designed our road system to be point A to B (back in the 1950's interstate boom) whereas Europe designed their roads to engage the driver. Using curves kept the driver "awake" and connected to the road.
i'll keep in touch...we should exchange photos of our travels and country sometime.
if you make it over here to do your dream ride...let me know...i'm sure we could hook a good group of riders up.
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Stryker1,
I've read a couple of books about people travelling route 66. Actually I have travelled the entire length of both Route 66 and Route 40 myself, all be it only on Google Maps (how sad is that). Route 40 looked a brilliant road, but I wasnt convinced it ran through many of the types of places I'm dreaming of.
I'm relieved to hear there are plenty of Mom/pop places along the way. I hate all the homogonised chains and franchises which seem to be taking over everywhere, including here.
I've read a couple of books about people travelling route 66. Actually I have travelled the entire length of both Route 66 and Route 40 myself, all be it only on Google Maps (how sad is that). Route 40 looked a brilliant road, but I wasnt convinced it ran through many of the types of places I'm dreaming of.
I'm relieved to hear there are plenty of Mom/pop places along the way. I hate all the homogonised chains and franchises which seem to be taking over everywhere, including here.
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Stryker1,
I've read a couple of books about people travelling route 66. Actually I have travelled the entire length of both Route 66 and Route 40 myself, all be it only on Google Maps (how sad is that). Route 40 looked a brilliant road, but I wasnt convinced it ran through many of the types of places I'm dreaming of.
I'm relieved to hear there are plenty of Mom/pop places along the way. I hate all the homogonised chains and franchises which seem to be taking over everywhere, including here.
I've read a couple of books about people travelling route 66. Actually I have travelled the entire length of both Route 66 and Route 40 myself, all be it only on Google Maps (how sad is that). Route 40 looked a brilliant road, but I wasnt convinced it ran through many of the types of places I'm dreaming of.
I'm relieved to hear there are plenty of Mom/pop places along the way. I hate all the homogonised chains and franchises which seem to be taking over everywhere, including here.
I've done portions of Route 66 but unfortunately only by car. Next summer I plan on riding across the north to Montana and then back across the central US. The year after I'm going to do Route 66 the right way and see how far west I can run it before I get either too tired or bored. Ride safe.
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