Location, city, state (TX of course right?)
Here's the deal. At the beginning of January, I am off for 2 weeks. I'm thinking of heading down to TX for a lil "easy rider" break from the world...ride.
I'll be leaving Rochester, NY on my magna Jan 9th possibly, and I'm trying to plan a route South.
So yeah, if you guys tell me what you are at, I can head down that way!
Quote from: MarylandMagnav45 on November 26, 2008, 12:49:17 PM
I'll be leaving Rochester, NY on my magna Jan 9th possibly, and I'm trying to plan a route South.
Better ask Santa for an Electric vest, gloves & socks!! I figure you will need them until you get to about Memphis.. :P
Quote from: hootmon on November 26, 2008, 12:57:40 PM
Quote from: MarylandMagnav45 on November 26, 2008, 12:49:17 PM
I'll be leaving Rochester, NY on my magna Jan 9th possibly, and I'm trying to plan a route South.
Better ask Santa for an Electric vest, gloves & socks!! I figure you will need them until you get to about Memphis.. :P
LOL. You saw the gear I wear in the "fav bike" post. All I need to worry about is my hands, and ICE.
I want to try and aim for 700 miles per day. I don't plan on using hotels...so I'll be bringing my sleeping bag, a small tent, and my toothbrush. HA!
I'll wear a sign on my back
TEXAS OR BUST
Which is a likely possibility of busting!
QuoteI want to try and aim for 700 miles per day. I don't plan on using hotels...so I'll be bringing my sleeping bag, a small tent, and my toothbrush. HA!
Old schooling it HUH Awesome well let us know when ya head this way and we will have to meet up!!!!
Quote from: roboto65 on November 26, 2008, 01:47:51 PM
QuoteI want to try and aim for 700 miles per day. I don't plan on using hotels...so I'll be bringing my sleeping bag, a small tent, and my toothbrush. HA!
Old schooling it HUH Awesome well let us know when ya head this way and we will have to meet up!!!!
Yeah, since I've never crossed the big USA east to west...this is going to be a lot of trial and error. No fancy GPS neither. Old fasion = stop...look at map...and ride...REPEAT
Esp if and when I hit Texas, maybe there can be some kind of welcoming committee. I wouldn't want to run into Mexico hahaha
Quote from: MarylandMagnav45 on November 26, 2008, 01:52:31 PM
No fancy GPS neither. Old fasion = stop...look at map...and ride...REPEAT
I would highly suggest a magnetic tank bag.. Holds a lot of stuff close at hand, removes easily and has a place to put maps printed out from GoogleMaps.. Worked great for me on my trip to Knoxville.. Put a big bag of trail mix and would munch on a little at each gas stop. I would also suggest a tire plug kit (assuming you have aluminum wheels) and maybe a small tire pump..
Here is a picture of me and my tank bag.. It expands out about another 2", but zips down to the size you see and it suffices for most of my needs.
(http://i36.tinypic.com/2ymyjhf.jpg)
Quote from: hootmon on November 26, 2008, 02:19:52 PM
Quote from: MarylandMagnav45 on November 26, 2008, 01:52:31 PM
No fancy GPS neither. Old fasion = stop...look at map...and ride...REPEAT
I would highly suggest a magnetic tank bag.. Holds a lot of stuff close at hand, removes easily and has a place to put maps printed out from GoogleMaps.. Worked great for me on my trip to Knoxville.. Put a big bag of trail mix and would munch on a little at each gas stop. I would also suggest a tire plug kit (assuming you have aluminum wheels) and maybe a small tire pump..
Here is a picture of me and my tank bag..
Sweet picture. Good camera? I take my pictures with my cell phone ...which is why I can't get pictures like this ha!
Quote from: MarylandMagnav45 on November 26, 2008, 02:26:48 PM
Sweet picture. Good camera? I take my pictures with my cell phone ...which is why I can't get pictures like this ha!
Deals Gap (Tail of the Dragon) professional photographer cost me $6..
Also note the clip on water bottle cozy.. Handy to stay hydrated.
Quote from: MarylandMagnav45 on November 26, 2008, 01:01:23 PM
I don't plan on using hotels...so I'll be bringing my sleeping bag, a small tent, and my toothbrush. HA!
Cot or air matress at my house. You're welcome to crash here a couple of nights or so. Our weather is so variable you can expect mild 50s and 60s to down in the teens, who knows? Depending on the jet stream, a low over your area usually sends Canadian air straight down to us with nothing to slow it down but a few barbed wire fences in Kansas! :shock: The only weather advice I can give is to watch the jet stream. If it is in a northerly pattern, you're good to go and temps here will most likely be mild. However if it's doing that southern "dip" down into southern Oklahoma and northern Texas it gets Ca-Ca-Ca-COOOOLLLLLDDD here!
Curtis
Quote from: Curtis_Valk on November 26, 2008, 02:43:24 PM
Quote from: MarylandMagnav45 on November 26, 2008, 01:01:23 PM
I don't plan on using hotels...so I'll be bringing my sleeping bag, a small tent, and my toothbrush. HA!
Cot or air matress at my house. You're welcome to crash here a couple of nights or so. Our weather is so variable you can expect mild 50s and 60s to down in the teens, who knows? Depending on the jet stream, a low over your area usually sends Canadian air straight down to us with nothing to slow it down but a few barbed wire fences in Kansas! :shock: The only weather advice I can give is to watch the jet stream. If it is in a northerly pattern, you're good to go and temps here will most likely be mild. However if it's doing that southern "dip" down into southern Oklahoma and northern Texas it gets Ca-Ca-Ca-COOOOLLLLLDDD here!
Curtis
Thanks for the offer. Yeah, its definitely going to take quite a bit of planning. Sleeping by the side of the highway or a little off the road is in my opinion going to be the worst part because picking a good spot will be tough.
I'll ride below 10 degrees as long as I A) have good gloves B) there isn't ice/snow/slush on the road. The weather conditions will ultimately determine the ride.
To really enjoy camping and riding in Texas during the winter you have to stay south of the Great Lakes.... you know.. Lake Houston, Lake Conroe, Lake Somerville. 8)
As you come through East Texas you have a place to stay here. Just let us know.
Don't know if you plan to go across the southern desert to CA or what after you get to Texas, so am not sure how much time you want to spend in our great state.
The heaviest concentration of MOOTsters seems to be in the Dallas/Ft. Worth general area, but there are plenty of us elsewhere in the state. You might spend a night in "North Texas" (Dallas and environs), then swing south toward Austin/San Antonio. Would be glad to have you hole up at my place, or meet you for lunch (heck, I'll even buy!) somewhere near (100 miles or so) Austin. If you insist on camping/sleeping outside, you can do that too on my little ranch.
If you leave Dallas for Los Angeles, when you go through El Paso you will be halfway there!
Anyhow, figure out your itinerary and let us all know your desires. We can recommend eateries, etc., and get a group or groups to meet you for meals.
We Texans are a hospitable bunch...
Your welcome here also if Curtis happens to be out of pocket. Plenty of us should be able to provide a bed down area to help keep expenses down.
I can offer a couch as well in the Dallas area.
Quote from: hootmon on November 26, 2008, 02:29:20 PM
Quote from: MarylandMagnav45 on November 26, 2008, 02:26:48 PM
Sweet picture. Good camera? I take my pictures with my cell phone ...which is why I can't get pictures like this ha!
Deals Gap (Tail of the Dragon) professional photographer cost me $6..
Also note the clip on water bottle cozy.. Handy to stay hydrated.
Really nice photo. These are the kind I like to see. 8)
Quote from: MarylandMagnav45 on November 26, 2008, 03:06:25 PM
Quote from: Curtis_Valk on November 26, 2008, 02:43:24 PM
Quote from: MarylandMagnav45 on November 26, 2008, 01:01:23 PM
I don't plan on using hotels...so I'll be bringing my sleeping bag, a small tent, and my toothbrush. HA!
Cot or air matress at my house. You're welcome to crash here a couple of nights or so. Our weather is so variable you can expect mild 50s and 60s to down in the teens, who knows? Depending on the jet stream, a low over your area usually sends Canadian air straight down to us with nothing to slow it down but a few barbed wire fences in Kansas! :shock: The only weather advice I can give is to watch the jet stream. If it is in a northerly pattern, you're good to go and temps here will most likely be mild. However if it's doing that southern "dip" down into southern Oklahoma and northern Texas it gets Ca-Ca-Ca-COOOOLLLLLDDD here!
Curtis
Thanks for the offer. Yeah, its definitely going to take quite a bit of planning. Sleeping by the side of the highway or a little off the road is in my opinion going to be the worst part because picking a good spot will be tough.
I'll ride below 10 degrees as long as I A) have good gloves B) there isn't ice/snow/slush on the road. The weather conditions will ultimately determine the ride.
Geez, you got some steel in your sack!
I ditto the rest of this bunch. If you need somewhere to hang here in Dallas, I don't have a wife, kids or pets; just a bunch of hondas and two furnished bedrooms.
Bring it on.
Yow! Maryland in January! If you make it to Texarkana, I've got a travel trailer in my driveway you'd be welcome to stay in. You'd have your own TV, kitchen and pottie. You'd be about 3 hours from the Dallas/FtWorth Metroplex where most of the MOOTsters hang. There's only three of us that I know about in Texarkana. Just don't bring Billy with ya. I didn't like him. You can bring George though. He was kinda cool in a geeky sort of way.
Well since Valkyrie owners don't lose their Mootster status, there are actually about six of us in Texarkana, and quite a few (Mootsters at heart) in our neighbor Arkansas. If your going to do 700 miles a day and are headed straight for Texas, looks like I-81 to I-40, then I-30 will take you from New York to Dallas TX. It's a nice southerly swing south to Texas that should keep you on the warmer side of the gulf stream. Also Tenn and Ar are beautiful states to travel through, even on Interstate. If you come by way of I-30 you will cross the Texas, Arkansas state line in Texarkana. We will be glad host or assist you any way we can.. Y'all come on down, ya hear 8) :D.
PS Who is Billy and George, Guy you lost me on that one, must be an inside joke :???:
Well, sadly gang, I had a little setback over the last 2 days. I now have to replace my speedometer AND my saddlebags. As you see in the image below, I burned a massive sized hole in my saddlebags (one bigger than the other).
Here's the story gang: I was ripping it on the highway (est. 120-125 mph)...i can tell because I was hitting 10,000 RPM in 6th gear. I guess the HEAT was so great off of my exhaust in the 50 degree weather that it caught my saddlebags on fire. I noticed an unusual amount of smoke, and when I pulled over. This was the carnage...
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/malebust/1129081927.jpg)
So, I need to replace these saddlebags. I want to buy some hard bags (plastic)...if you guys can suggest any...that'll be great! I don't want to ride to Texas w/o bags...luggage rack isn't enough :).
Thanks for all the offers to let me stay though...i'm def. going to try to make it...MOST definitely.
Smile and laugh at the picture :) :D :P ....Just imagine...SMOKING SADDLEBAGS!
I recognize those burn holes :(, but if the tops part still look pretty good they are salvageable. When mine burned I cut the bottom out and had the upholstery shop sew leather bottoms back. Most upholstery shops have throw away pieces laying around that are big enough to make the repair. The leather bottoms may dry out eventually, but won't melt. Replacing the bottoms squared the bags back to there original shape and actually improved the looks.
go to mutazu.com they have some nice hard bags at a reasonable price
Terry had spotted a set of Leatherlykes in Plano for $200...
Quote from: lragan on November 30, 2008, 01:06:35 PM
Terry had spotted a set of Leatherlykes in Plano for $200...
Why is their no main website for that company? Leatherlykes?
http://houston.craigslist.org/mcy/939450576.html
If your interested let me know ASAP. I work near his location and can ship them to you.
Quote from: MarylandMagnav45 on November 30, 2008, 03:38:29 PM
Quote from: lragan on November 30, 2008, 01:06:35 PM
Terry had spotted a set of Leatherlykes in Plano for $200...
Why is their no main website for that company? Leatherlykes?
Didja Try this ? http://leatherlyke.com/
Quote from: DG on November 30, 2008, 04:22:01 PM
http://houston.craigslist.org/mcy/939450576.html
If your interested let me know ASAP. I work near his location and can ship them to you.
thx DG. I'm going to try Otwell solution to get the bags repaired first. Then possibly hard bags.
Quote from: greg_o on November 30, 2008, 04:44:15 PM
Quote from: MarylandMagnav45 on November 30, 2008, 03:38:29 PM
Quote from: lragan on November 30, 2008, 01:06:35 PM
Terry had spotted a set of Leatherlykes in Plano for $200...
Why is their no main website for that company? Leatherlykes?
Didja Try this ? http://leatherlyke.com/
As easy as that was...i searched google...and nothing :(
Found it now with ur help though :)
I don't think the Leatherlykes for Harley will fit your Magna -- the mount points are in the wrong place, for starters.
well gang. Thanks for all the offers to stay in Texas.
I'm currently waylaid by the state of economy, and due to a recent girlfriend.
Its still a possibility but it's less likely now.
Any chance we can ride to Tijuana? ;)
I hear the party life there is ....SOMETHING else :P
Quote from: MarylandMagnav45 on January 06, 2009, 01:25:26 PM
Any chance we can ride to Tijuana? ;)
I hear the party life there is ....SOMETHING else :P
only one way to find out.....get over here and we will find out!
Hey, just bring the girlfriend along! I'll bet we could figure it all out................