Author Topic: Where did you ride your royal enfield today?  (Read 4829 times)

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Rich Mintz

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Reply #15 on: February 26, 2013, 08:20:20 pm
Here's the ride I took today - 43 miles, through 4 of the 5 boroughs of NYC in 2 hours. Purely utilitarian -- it was all errands. But I crossed 2 bridges and a tunnel...

http://goo.gl/maps/7yaDb
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Reply #16 on: February 26, 2013, 08:39:45 pm
to work,alas!

Me too, but not alas.  After several weeks of too busy, too rainy, too cold, or all three I was glad for a sunny day and some time.  Any chance to ride is a good one, no matter the destination.

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Reply #17 on: February 28, 2013, 12:53:47 am
I rode to lunch. Nice little jaunt. Bike started with no choke thingy.


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Reply #18 on: February 28, 2013, 11:18:22 pm
Had a spectacular ride today, left home and rode up into the San Gabriel mountains. Great roads, great scenery but a little breezy. 200 miles all together. It was great to get out.
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Reply #19 on: February 28, 2013, 11:35:43 pm
I rode up to the Ben Avery shooting range to see what the folks at the National Muzzleloading Rifle Association's Western National Shoot were doing.

Rather than ride the back roads, I rode up I-17 about 35 miles.
The speed limit on this stretch of freeway is 65 mph so everyone was driving at 75-80 mph.
In order not to be hit I rode the whole distance at 65-75 mph.
The 65 was possible when I found a big 18 wheeler with an oversize load that I could follow.  Sense all of the traffic wanted to go around it they had changed lanes long before they were running up my tailpipe.
Of course, that only lasted about 5 miles before he turned off and I had to goose the bike back up to 75. :(

All in all it was a nice cool day.  Sun shining and a total of 70 miles round trip without a problem of any kind. :)
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Reply #20 on: February 28, 2013, 11:38:23 pm
And how was the shoot?
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Reply #21 on: February 28, 2013, 11:48:17 pm
It seemed there were a lot less people competing than there has been in the past. :(
There were also fewer traders on Traders Row.  Hopefully some more competitors and traders will show up before the week end when I take a few of my rifles out there to see what I can get for them.  I'll be driving my car for that trip because when the rifle barrels are 42 inches long it's hard to pack them on my bike. :)

Oh, and this year the guy who sells Black Powder cancelled out so they are only selling powder to NMLRA members. 
I'm a member but there's going to be a lot of upset people who aren't this week end.
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Reply #22 on: March 01, 2013, 12:12:40 am
Yeah, the last couple I went to were way down on participants. And most of the rendezvous I used to go to don't even exist any more! Unfortunately, the trader's tables usually just had a bunch of junk on them. Nice guns for sale weren't there!
Jack and I rode by one last year, but we didn't stop. Probably shoulda! It was pretty small though.
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Reply #23 on: March 01, 2013, 02:01:30 pm
Today, I sat on my B5 and made vroom-vroom noises while looking out the shed window at the slowly melting snow .......
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Reply #25 on: March 04, 2013, 10:49:02 pm
Rode to Malibu Canyon/Piuma on Sunday; great weather and wonderful route; was a blast to ride the little RE - as always gets lots of attention!!  ;)

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Reply #26 on: March 05, 2013, 12:14:51 am
This is a fun thread, you guys, but the ride report section is getting neglected!  We gotta show those iron barrel guys how much "we're" riding!  (I'm not riding...)