So I'm sitting here watching "Car Crazy" on SPEED and Barry is in Sturgis at the bike gathering. He's interviewing a guy who rode from Louisiana to Sturgis over a 5 day period. Nothing exceptional, except he rode a Honda Trail 70 !!! He's our kind of people !!
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March 22, 2010 2:07 p.m. DeadSkunk Reader
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March 22, 2010 2:12 p.m. Gearheadotaku Dork
Reminds me of the guy who drove the lawn mower cross country....
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March 22, 2010 3:40 p.m. Appleseed Dork
My brothers did Chicago to San Diego in 3 days- on sport bikes. Ouch. But a trail 70, dayam!
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March 22, 2010 3:41 p.m. Travis_K Dork
Im glad the subject of the thread was riding an uncomfortable motorcycle, I was thinking it was something far worse....
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March 22, 2010 4:06 p.m. jrw1621 Dork
That reminds me, just this past Friday I saw a kid riding a Honda MB5.
The dreams of every 15 yr old back in 1982, including myself.
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March 22, 2010 4:39 p.m. modernbeat HalfDork
In 2005 my cousin, Brad Guillory, did an Iron Butt (1000 miles in less than 24 hours) on a 1972 Vespa GT. He rode from Denver to New Orleans, more than 1100 miles. The tech at the Harley shop where he checked in at the end of the ride was fairly blase until he saw what Brad rode and then went nuts and pulled everyone out to the parking lot to see the Iron Butt Vespa.
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March 22, 2010 5:35 p.m. ignorant SuperDork
DeadSkunk wrote:
So I'm sitting here watching "Car Crazy" on SPEED and Barry is in Sturgis at the bike gathering. He's interviewing a guy who rode from Louisiana to Sturgis over a 5 day period. Nothing exceptional, except he rode a Honda Trail 70 !!! He's our kid of people !!
If you want to read it..
That thread is on www.advrider.com I read it like 9 months ago or something.. It's pretty epic.
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=494719&highlight=CT70 <--- Post is there, It's nearly a year old.
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March 22, 2010 7:17 p.m. stuart in mn SuperDork
Chances are a Trail 70 is more comfortable than some of the megabuck choppers you'll see there.
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March 22, 2010 9:25 p.m. mattmacklind SuperDork
jrw1621 wrote:
That reminds me, just this past Friday I saw a kid riding a Honda MB5.
The dreams of every 15 yr old back in 1982, including myself.
Holy cow thats cool. I always wanted a KE 100. Still kind of do.
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March 23, 2010 12:12 a.m. Appleseed Dork
1982? Hell I want it now.
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March 23, 2010 12:25 a.m. 4eyes Reader
Appleseed wrote:
I'd rather have a XL125.1982? Hell I want it now.
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March 23, 2010 12:30 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork
modernbeat wrote:
In 2005 my cousin, Brad Guillory, did an Iron Butt (1000 miles in less than 24 hours) on a 1972 Vespa GT. He rode from Denver to New Orleans, more than 1100 miles. The tech at the Harley shop where he checked in at the end of the ride was fairly blase until he saw what Brad rode and then went nuts and pulled everyone out to the parking lot to see the Iron Butt Vespa.
now that is really cool
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March 23, 2010 8:48 p.m. nervousdog New Reader
Appleseed wrote:
1982? Hell I want it now.
You and me both.
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March 23, 2010 8:56 p.m. Apexcarver SuperDork
I have 2 49cc mopeds (tomos targa LX's) and every once in awhile I think about trying a semi iron butt trip on them.
hmm, might have to try riding up to my moms house that is about 40 miles away to feel it out. (haven't ridden them more then a few miles at a time in years)
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March 23, 2010 9:09 p.m. Woody SuperDork
I've had a CT70, a Tomos moped and a Ruckus and I couldn't imagine going more than a few dozen miles on any of them.
