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Well, last year we got some good suggestions for our California/Oregon trip, so I wanted to see if we get the same for our upcoming trip.. It'll be JQ1.0 on his bike (which may or may not be a NC700), myself and JQ2 on rented Harleys because we don't have unlimited vacation days, so renting lets us minimize the 500 miles to get in/out of Texas. I should also have my 11 year old daughter with me.
We aren't really asking for people to join us, but we're not deadset against it either, so PM me if you want to come along, just keep in mind we're not trying to organize a group ride, and we aren't coming back from Sturgis on the bikes - we are returning the bikes there and flying or possibly renting a car to get back.
We don't speed much on the straightaways, but we do keep a good pace in the curvy roads (yes, even on the big harleys). We do not all ride the same speed, so it's common to get spread out, and the leader slow down or pull off after 30 minutes until we bunch back up again.
We plan to leave from the Dallas area on July 18th, arrive in Sturgis, South Dakota on July 24th. I have a tentative route mapped out, but wanted to see if anybody had any suggestions on must-see roads, restaurants, tourist stops, etc.. I believe this is the trip link: https://trips.furkot.com/ts/hTLovP
It's probably hard to read, but below is the preliminary summary - other than the first day, we are setting really reasonable (for us anyway) mileage targets so we should have plenty of time to hike, sight-see, etc. We have a 463 mile day 1, 267 mile day 2, 319 mile day 3, 308 mile day 6, and everything else is less than 250/day. Past experience tells us that 300 mile days on pavement/200 mile days on dirt roads are fairly easy to repeat for several days in a a row. More than 300 miles on pavement is not hard, but prefer not to have them back to back.
We aren't really asking for people to join us, but we're not deadset against it either, so PM me if you want to come along, just keep in mind we're not trying to organize a group ride, and we aren't coming back from Sturgis on the bikes - we are returning the bikes there and flying or possibly renting a car to get back.
We don't speed much on the straightaways, but we do keep a good pace in the curvy roads (yes, even on the big harleys). We do not all ride the same speed, so it's common to get spread out, and the leader slow down or pull off after 30 minutes until we bunch back up again.
We plan to leave from the Dallas area on July 18th, arrive in Sturgis, South Dakota on July 24th. I have a tentative route mapped out, but wanted to see if anybody had any suggestions on must-see roads, restaurants, tourist stops, etc.. I believe this is the trip link: https://trips.furkot.com/ts/hTLovP
It's probably hard to read, but below is the preliminary summary - other than the first day, we are setting really reasonable (for us anyway) mileage targets so we should have plenty of time to hike, sight-see, etc. We have a 463 mile day 1, 267 mile day 2, 319 mile day 3, 308 mile day 6, and everything else is less than 250/day. Past experience tells us that 300 mile days on pavement/200 mile days on dirt roads are fairly easy to repeat for several days in a a row. More than 300 miles on pavement is not hard, but prefer not to have them back to back.
- DAY 1
- Argyle, Texas
- 10:15 am - 107.8 miles / an hour 49 minutes - 12:05 pm
PICK UP STRAGGLERS/LUNCH - 1:05 pm - 355.6 miles / 5 hours 51 minutes - 5:57 pm
Clayton, NM
- DAY 2
- Clayton, NM
- 8:30 am - 59.5 miles / an hour 5 minutes - 9:36 am
Capulin Volcano - 10:36 am - 207.5 miles / 4 hours 48 minutes - 3:26 pm
Monte Vista, CO
- DAY 3
- Monte Vista, CO
- 8:30 am - 207.6 miles / 4 hours 20 minutes - 12:52 pm
South Rim Road Black Canyon - 1:52 pm - 110.3 miles / 2 hours 34 minutes - 4:27 pm
Nucla, CO
- DAY 4
- Nucla, CO
- 8:30 am - 212.9 miles / 5 hours 8 minutes - 1:41 pm
Hiking trail - 3:41 pm - 31.6 miles / an hour 15 minutes - 4:57 pm
Paonia, CO
- DAY 5
- Paonia, CO
- 8:30 am - 233.1 miles / 5 hours 19 minutes - 1:53 pm
Central City, CO
- DAY 6
- Central City, CO
- 8:30 am - 308.6 miles / 5 hours 38 minutes - 2:10 pm
- Lusk, WY
- DAY 7
- Lusk, WY
- 8:30 am - 113.5 miles / 2 hours 2 minutes - 10:33 am
Crazy Horse Post Office - 11:33 am - 15.6 miles / 22 minutes - 11:56 am
Mt Rushmore - 12:56 pm - 23.1 miles / 31 minutes - 1:28 pm
Rapid City, SD
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