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Originally Posted by btimbit
Oh it 100% is
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Its long, dirty, dusty, muddy and rough. The paved road ends around Tombstone, then it's ~800km of the coolest planet Earth has to offer. Like, every 15 minutes the entire terrain changes, it's wild. On a bike though? Oof, gotta really want it.
Here's a small selection from that drive. I can't overstate how incredible it is. I've been all over the world, and this is still at or near the top trip of my life.
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I've been kicking around the idea of a 1 month Adventure Bike excursion up north for a decade now. This is likely gonna be the one I do.
I did a relatively big one through the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Washington back in 2015 on a Sport Tourer, and it was pretty awesome. One of the best vacations of my life, and I ripped it off in 17 days. But all the roads that were really beckoning my name were the dirt ones.
And to answer the bolded part Fuzz, yeah, long bike and tent trips take a lot out of you, but they are so incredibly worth the sore ass, shivers and wrists. Met some of the most amazing people along the way.
My favorite story was when I was in a little campground outside Cody Wyoming, and in the middle of the night, I hear "Hey buddy. Hey... buddy.... your bike tipped over." I poke my head out of the tent and there's this big fat hells angel biker guy in his gaunch and boots with a flashlight. The smell of the leaking gas woke him up. I put it on the center stand in pretty loose gravel, and I guess a wind gust got it.
So there I am at like 2 in the morning, in my gaunch too with this grizzled old biker trying to right side my overloaded Honda VFR. We were both laughing pretty hard at the end of it. /coolstorybro
Bikes are such an incredible way to travel, but it takes work. By the end of it you'll never want to set up a tent ever again.