Motorized Tour Bike #3

[Slackbiker]

Here are some photos of my third summer tour bike and some early tour photos:

 

[Happy Valley]

Well done! and beautiful country you've got to tour in.
I'm envious, post some updates when you get a chance please.

 

[Slackbiker]

Sometimes I travel in the national forests as in the photos of the Jemez Mountains (do a google image search of "Jemez Mountains" for far more scenic photos). Sometimes I use mass transit, or do town crashes of "cool towns" like Santa Fe as in these photos:
(I've been covering my motor a lot this year, have had plenty of curiousity seekers in the past, and that's cool, but I've come to realize that almost none of the hundreds of people who have expressed interest are really going to get an MB (or a bike, or ride buses, or scooters, or motorcycles, or hike or anything but their car)

 

[Yoda Bob]

Nice pics and beautiful country! I was half-expecting an elk herd to appear in the frame every time I clicked a new image.

Have you seen many wild critters on your tour?

Yoda

 

[Happy Valley]

I've come to realize that almost none of the hundreds of people who have expressed interest are really going to get an MB (or a bike, or ride buses, or scooters, or motorcycles, or hike or anything but their car)

Cool, love the idea of using mass transit to cover the distances between places. I've thought some on building a folding bike with somewhat the same idea, put it in the cargo bay and ride away when I get there.

And yeah, unfortunately I have to agree with you on that assessment of car users, we are in a micro niche. No matter, I keep my own council and also keep on grinning.

 

[fm2200]

Here in New York I have only heard of one guy getting an mb, not saying I'm the reason. I've had many ask questions but not much else. I have only been riding one since Sept 08, but I don't see this as a growing thing here. There is this guy I know that has 11 Harley's and counting, and he say's he wants one. I feel that if the numbers stay low, I will be off the radar which is where I want to be.

 

[SimpleSimon]

Slackbiker, I'm jealous. Really, really jealous. One of my most memorable tours in recent years was based out of Taos, and I spent three days cruising the mountain roads north of town - incredibly beautiful country. Angelfire has to be just about the most gloriously beautiful alpine valleys I've ever seen, and I've been in the Alps, the southern alps in NZ, the Himalayas, and the southern Andes.

Just wish I could do it on an MB - but taking a trike up those twisty, narrow roads would be an invitation to some convertible cruiser to turn me into a hood ornament.

Don't know if you have been to the Grand Mesa Scenic Byway, but it is also unbelievably pretty. The road down from the Lands End Observatory on the mesa edge is a fantastic troute. One thing - if you want to do that route, have good tires for gravel, as it is almost entirely gravel.

 

[Slackbiker]

I've been on twistier roads than the stunning road from Angel Fire to Mora (which i did with a car); with my MB, such as the road to the Gila Cliff dwellings, and have gone >40 miles at a stretch on Forest roads such as to the Rainbow Gathering in the Wind River Wilderness of Wyoming.
I saw a bear on a forest road in the Jemez, and the usual: coyotes, deer, roadrunners....... I saw a road killed owl yesterday, very odd.
There seems to be a disconnect between the wildly enthusiastic facination with my rig (and originally I thought i might take some grief for it), and the fact the MB's will always be a micro-niche.

 

[Slackbiker]

Perfect weather in Durango, one of my favorite "cool towns".

 

[augidog]

great pics! i thought i saw you mentioning other riders MB'ing to some great places...oh boo hoo for you and the "boring" southwest...beautiful scenes...looks like you've got some great riding down your way too!! i want me some of that someday