Adventure Riding - Where have you been on a Harley?
#1
01-11-2012, 09:46 AM
Adventure Riding - Where have you been on a Harley?
I was doing some web surfing and ran across some "adventure riding" forums with some very cool ride reports around the world. Most were on some dual sport type of bike, but a few were on a panhead or sporty. It got me to wondering where I could really go on my Street Glide.
Where have you went on a Harley? What Harley? What kinds of roads? Why don't we have an Adventure Rider section on this forum?
Here is an interesting trip I ran across as an exmaple:
Can a Harley make it to Magadan?
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=681994
Where have you went on a Harley? What Harley? What kinds of roads? Why don't we have an Adventure Rider section on this forum?
Here is an interesting trip I ran across as an exmaple:
Can a Harley make it to Magadan?
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=681994
#2
01-11-2012, 09:50 AM
Seemed like an adventchure the first few times i took a 2000 or 3000 mile trips across deserts and mountain passes of america on my shovelhead 25 years ago.
#3
01-11-2012, 09:59 AM
I suspect it was a great adventure. I took a 3000 mile trip across america and up into the mountains, but it was more of a tour than adventure. It was awesome saw lots of backroads and beautiful country. So when does it become an adventure versus a simple touring vacation?
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01-11-2012, 10:04 AM
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I was doing some web surfing and ran across some "adventure riding" forums with some very cool ride reports around the world. Most were on some dual sport type of bike, but a few were on a panhead or sporty. It got me to wondering where I could really go on my Street Glide.
Where have you went on a Harley? What Harley? What kinds of roads? Why don't we have an Adventure Rider section on this forum?
Here is an interesting trip I ran across as an exmaple:
Can a Harley make it to Magadan?
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=681994
Where have you went on a Harley? What Harley? What kinds of roads? Why don't we have an Adventure Rider section on this forum?
Here is an interesting trip I ran across as an exmaple:
Can a Harley make it to Magadan?
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=681994
#6
01-11-2012, 10:24 AM
Never on a Harley. Did a few Dual Sport events down in South Texas. I would recomend it to anybody. But you damn sure wouldn't want to take any modern Harleys where we would go on those rides. Saw a couple of guys on Sprints and the like while there.
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01-11-2012, 10:46 AM
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Gravel, dirt roads, tops of mountains, salt flats, backwoods of Arkansas. Through pastures to go fishing. The best places are off the beaten path.
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#8
01-11-2012, 10:47 AM
I guess the Alcan was a bit of an adventure when I did it. I was competing in an endurance ride so not a lot of sight seeing. Just hard riding. Did it on my 05 Springer Classic.
#9
01-11-2012, 01:02 PM
I'm looking at getting a second bike now. It'll likely be a BMW R1200GS Adventure. It seems the older I get the more I want to see of our great country. For that I need a bike that will tour and survive when the pavement ends. I'm afraid if I don't do it now I'll end up being one of those guys that talks about all the things they wish they'd done. In my old age I'd rather babble about what I actually did.
#10
01-11-2012, 01:10 PM
I rode from Danbury CT to Boston last summer in monsoon like weather with no rain gear. Thunderstorm after thunderstorm with torrents of rain the whole way. That was an adventure. After about 100 miles I was not thinking I was going to die anymore .....