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- Joined
- Sep 11, 2006
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- Location
- Houston, TX
- First Name
- Kory
- Last Name
- Burleson
Prologue
The idea of this year’s trip began riding through Kansas last year in 108 degree heat. The Trippin’ Connies era had come to an end with dad riding his new F6B. It was his most comfortable ride to date, so why not switch it up and make it more difficult. In reality, the change was due to the heat. We were in Kansas riding through extreme heat with another full day before we would reach home. Spending a day and a half to two days on the bikes just trying to get somewhere was getting a bit stale. We’d done it for 10 years in a row, I’ve got nothing more to prove by riding the bike out of the driveway to the destination.
Finishing off Trippin’ Connies 10 last year, while riding in the heat and Dallas traffic, I came up with the idea of going lighter and adding a bit of dirt. At the end of 2017 I had acquired a Kawasaki Versys-X 300. My thought was to trailer bikes to Colorado, see a couple places I haven’t seen, and dip a toe in the Adventure riding waters. Dad ended up adding a Versys-X 300 to his stable at the end of 2018. The plan was beginning to align.
We opened it up to the family, to see if anyone else had interest in going. My brother had interest, but was in the middle of building a house, so buying a bike wasn’t going to be an option. Dad offered up his Suzuki V-Strom 1k for him to ride. My uncle also had interest in going, but didn’t have a bike that would work for the trip. He had thoughts of getting the newly updated Honda CB500X, but the dealership wasn’t sure it would arrive in time for the trip. He ended up coming over and riding my 300, and purchased one the same day.
Heading into the trip, all three of the Versys had between 500-600 miles on them. Colorado would be a proper break-in.
The idea of this year’s trip began riding through Kansas last year in 108 degree heat. The Trippin’ Connies era had come to an end with dad riding his new F6B. It was his most comfortable ride to date, so why not switch it up and make it more difficult. In reality, the change was due to the heat. We were in Kansas riding through extreme heat with another full day before we would reach home. Spending a day and a half to two days on the bikes just trying to get somewhere was getting a bit stale. We’d done it for 10 years in a row, I’ve got nothing more to prove by riding the bike out of the driveway to the destination.
Finishing off Trippin’ Connies 10 last year, while riding in the heat and Dallas traffic, I came up with the idea of going lighter and adding a bit of dirt. At the end of 2017 I had acquired a Kawasaki Versys-X 300. My thought was to trailer bikes to Colorado, see a couple places I haven’t seen, and dip a toe in the Adventure riding waters. Dad ended up adding a Versys-X 300 to his stable at the end of 2018. The plan was beginning to align.
We opened it up to the family, to see if anyone else had interest in going. My brother had interest, but was in the middle of building a house, so buying a bike wasn’t going to be an option. Dad offered up his Suzuki V-Strom 1k for him to ride. My uncle also had interest in going, but didn’t have a bike that would work for the trip. He had thoughts of getting the newly updated Honda CB500X, but the dealership wasn’t sure it would arrive in time for the trip. He ended up coming over and riding my 300, and purchased one the same day.
Heading into the trip, all three of the Versys had between 500-600 miles on them. Colorado would be a proper break-in.