Yes I'm a tourer (well begining tourer anyway). Since we got the Ultra in late June I've spent 5-1/2 weeks on the road which included a trip to San Diego and have ridden through 19 states. Planning on 4 long trips this year, the longest one to Washington & Oregon. I just love life on the road riding this bike.

 

No, not me.....at least not yet. I just bought my first touring bike (at age 45) back in October, and I still only have about 500 miles on it. I am planning on taking a few extended trips this Spring/Summer, but I have too many things going on in my personal life right now to just go away for a few days.....although I wish I could!

 

I ride a touring bike according to the manufacturer, We ride an average of 30+K a year primarily on back roads through small towns and stop to swap lies with the town characters and to absorb the local color, yep I got a few stories also, We ride to enjoy the scenery, the people and the ride. The first 300+K miles were on Goldwings now on a Harley and lovin it. I don't claim to compete with a lot of the long distance riders but This style works for us. We also have our Shih Tzu named Harley with us on most trips. Now there is a real lover of the bike. If that can be construed to fit the deftinition of a tourer then that is what I B.

 

I think we all know that feeling! Well said.

 

We do about 10,000 a year and rarely get the bikes out of the garage for less than 100 miles. We do 800 mile weekends a lot, and have 2 or 3 big trips per year.

Bill

 

I am not truly tourer,,, I do most of my riding on the weekends logging between 100-300 milesthe weekends I ride, I have other hobbies that I do like fishing,shooting and weekend trips with the wife and kids...I do ride some nites late at nite for an hour or so to unwhinne the mind..

 

A tourer? What's that? Ya'll have WAY too much time on yer hands - always tryin' ta define who's what!

Ah ride a bike...ain't been on vacation WITHOUT bein' on a bike since '96. Most of the vacations have been 4-6k miles within 2 weeks or less. Most of the days are 500 mile ones - one memorable one wuz a tad over 1000....

Oh, almost fergot - that's WITH the better half AND pullin' a trailer behind the bike!

Most memorable? Ah....spring of '97. 'Round April - decided ta visit the oldest boy at an Army base in CO....via FL, GA & LA! Hale-Bopp (SP??) comet wuz passin' over then - pulled over on a stretch of Hwy 50 in Kansas ta watch it pass overhead fer a while...what a sight! Got ta CO, took the boy fer a li'l ride - on the way back, thar wuz Pike's Peak....yeah, we did - in the 70's at the base, a freakin' BLIZZARD at the peak! Liked ta have froze our cajones off - but man, what a memory ta go back to!

 

Hell no! I like the bike. One 1k trip since i bought it. I do use it as a daily driver weather permitting. Bought in Aug 06 now with 17k on the odo

 

@hd2007 Nice pic of the the GI bridge!!!! I feel you pain Could only do riding until near end of Nov. WNY, gotta to love it,

Do I consider myself a tourer, NO. I would like to go on longer trips, but usually day trips of a couple hundred miles at a crack. I have a little one, and bunch of other stuff that does not allow me to go on a long run. That being said, for staying local I do rack up around 4k-6k a year. I did do 1k to break in the new bike in Sept before we went to MB for fall rally. Yes I trailed it along with a buddies bik and all of our comping gear. If you had to go with the OL

[sm=rant.gif] BTW why is it in WNY if it snows a little less than an inch there is about 10lbs of salt on the road. It drives me nuts. When it was nice outside the roads were all salt covered in Niagara Falls. What the ***! Man it sucks.

 

same here plan to ride more.