Salvo wrote:
Hey Carb, your bike brings back memories to summer of '71. Had bike like yours with sissy bar all packed up with pot, pan, tent, sleeping bags, etc. Rode cross country with girlfriend for two months, starting in LA, getting to Dallas, Chicago & Canada. Riding down HW1 from Vancouver with side trip to Tahoe was terrific. I could do it again, perhaps with a windshield next time.
Nice.
The longest we've gone on the bikes is 19 days. That pic was taken on a 10 day ride down/around the Blue Ridge Parkway, Summer of 2010. It's a 2003 (100th Anniversary) Softail FXST. I can't imagine selling it. My Significant Other, AKA Ol' Lady or My Gal, rides her own bike (now on her 3rd Harley, after the Sportster in the pic below), so I stuff blankets in my pack for a backrest.
Now-a-days, I have a feeling our bikes would go cross-country in our trailer behind the truck camper. Awesome riding out West. It's on our list. I don't know about riding the bikes 6,000 miles and sleeping on the ground in a tent, after having been spoiled by the camper (and getting older).
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