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  • Your Dream Ride....

    OK, let's just fire up the 'ole imaginations for a minute.

    Ready? You've got a C-130 cargo plane, pilots and crew at your service to take you, your bike and your friends and their bikes anywhere you want to go. Where would you be off to?

    Me? In the US, maybe out to Colorado, Utah, Monument Valley. Someplace where there are rocky areas and lakes that are beautiful to ride by.

    Since my years have been spent mostly in New England and Florida, places like the FL Keys....been there, done that. Too many drunks on the road for my liking.

    OK, now anywhere in the world.

    I think I would enjoy cruising through Scotland, Ireland, etc. I would just have to hope it was a nice, warm and sunny time though.

    One of these days, I may take the ferry from Portland, ME to Nova Scotia. Maybe ride on up to Halifax or something. I went there way back in '83 on a Coast Guard cutter and had a great time. Same with Scotland.

    Don
    currently own;
    1980 Yamaha XS1100 SG
    2009 Yamaha Star Raider

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    For me it would have to be the four corners area, riding from Phoenix up to the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Zion and Kiabab National Forest. Done it a couple of times in a rented RV/Camper and it was a blast both times. I'd like to do it on a bike.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by DJinNH View Post
      You've got a C-130 cargo plane, pilots and crew at your service to take you, your bike and your friends and their bikes anywhere you want to go. Where would you be off to?
      Hi Don,
      Isle of Man. TT week. How could there be another choice?
      Fred Hill, S'toon
      XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
      "The Flying Pumpkin"

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      • #4
        +1 on what Fred said. That would be the ultimate!
        wingnut
        81 SH (Daily Ride)
        81 650XJ (Brother in laws bike, Delivered)
        81 650XJ Jane Doe (Son's Ride)
        82 750XJ Project bike (Son in law's future ride)
        81 XS 400

        No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another; and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.”

        A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.

        Thomas Jefferson

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        • #5
          First, are we talking a C-130, or an AC-130 with all the firepower pointed out the left side? Also do I get to fly?

          I'd probably drop a "care package" on my ex-wif's place then head to HI, and ride all over there. Then maybe the great wall of China, but I am not sure you can ride on it. I'd also like to see how my XS does on a Pike's peak hill climb. Oh and I can't forget I'd take my wife to some of those clothing optional beaches in south France. Although it may be kinda tough to get her to ride pillion in the buff....
          Ich habe dich nicht gefragt.

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          • #6
            thailand

            if you look at cycle worlds right up it looks awesome good roads, food and they speak english !
            91 kwaka kz1000p
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            ( Insert clever quote here )

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            • #7
              Oz

              Ok as much as I like the desert southwestern US I'd love to tour New Zealand...I've read so many good reports of the roads there...and a country that is like travelling back in time 50-60 years.
              1980 XS650G Special-Two
              1993 Honda ST1100

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              • #8
                Bucket list

                As long as we are dreaming out loud, I have always wanted to ride Ireland. From what I have heard it is one of the worlds most stunning rides. Maybe when the plane stops to refuel in Gander, a quick run around Newfoundland woukd also be possible. Ireland and Newfoundland are the two places you can go where everyone thinks you don't drink enough.
                Rick
                I May Be Crazy, But I Have A Good Time.

                Northern Gypsy - 2010 Kawasaki Concours 14 ABS - Daily rider

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                • #9
                  Ireland and Newfoundland are the two places you can go where everyone thinks you don't drink enough.
                  Well, some of the Canucks I've had the pleasure to meet might disagree....

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by madmax-im View Post
                    Ok as much as I like the desert southwestern US I'd love to tour New Zealand...I've read so many good reports of the roads there...and a country that is like travelling back in time 50-60 years.
                    Amen to that, we have some of the best riding roads in the world. The west coast of the South Island can't be beaten, and we have running water and that new fangled thing called electricity, hell we even have a computor somewhere.
                    1980 SG. (Sold - waiting on replacement)
                    2000 XJR1300. The Real modern XS11. Others are just pretenders.

                    Woman (well, my wife anyway) are always on Transmit and never Receive.

                    "A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be" Albert Einstien.

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                    • #11
                      Ummm...

                      Originally posted by randy View Post
                      Well, some of the Canucks I've had the pleasure to meet might disagree....
                      Well, I'll drink to that!
                      I May Be Crazy, But I Have A Good Time.

                      Northern Gypsy - 2010 Kawasaki Concours 14 ABS - Daily rider

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                      • #12
                        My dream ride..give me an Atlas&Gazetteer for all lower 48 states,my bike rebuilt front to rear,your credit card..I would need nothing else.
                        '80 XS1100 SG
                        Don't let the good times pass you by..grab all you can
                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Z4cjUlIo4

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                        • #13
                          A dirtbike on the Moon
                          Pat Kelly
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                          1978 XS1100E (The Force)
                          1980 XS1100LG (The Dark Side)
                          2007 Dodge Ram 2500 quad-cab long-bed (Wifes ride)
                          1999 Suburban (The Ship)
                          1994 Dodge Spirit (Son #1)
                          1968 F100 (Valentine)

                          "No one is totally useless. They can always be used as a bad example"

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by madmax-im View Post
                            Ok as much as I like the desert southwestern US I'd love to tour New Zealand...I've read so many good reports of the roads there...and a country that is like travelling back in time 50-60 years.
                            Me Too! Me Too! NZ top of my list. Switzerland Italy France up and down the mountains in the summer time ofcourse.
                            Apalachian Mountains..... Oh I do that already
                            Phil
                            1981 XS1100 H Venturer ( Addie)
                            1983 XJ 650 Maxim
                            2004 Kawasaki Concours. ( Black Bear)

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by DJinNH View Post
                              OK, let's just fire up the 'ole imaginations for a minute.

                              Ready? You've got a C-130 cargo plane, pilots and crew at your service to take you, your bike and your friends and their bikes anywhere you want to go. Where would you be off to?

                              Me? In the US, maybe out to Colorado, Utah, Monument Valley. Someplace where there are rocky areas and lakes that are beautiful to ride by.

                              Since my years have been spent mostly in New England and Florida, places like the FL Keys....been there, done that. Too many drunks on the road for my liking.

                              OK, now anywhere in the world.

                              I think I would enjoy cruising through Scotland, Ireland, etc. I would just have to hope it was a nice, warm and sunny time though.

                              One of these days, I may take the ferry from Portland, ME to Nova Scotia. Maybe ride on up to Halifax or something. I went there way back in '83 on a Coast Guard cutter and had a great time. Same with Scotland.

                              Don
                              If you go to Nova Scotia you have to do the Cabot Trail around Cape Breton.
                              Phil
                              1981 XS1100 H Venturer ( Addie)
                              1983 XJ 650 Maxim
                              2004 Kawasaki Concours. ( Black Bear)

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