Across America

olishea

Thank you Mike and Daniel.
Simon the plan I had was for a CB1300 but every image I looked at differed in some way so it's close-ish Motorbikes are a sore point at the moment because I wont let the youngest son buy one!...he's bloody mental.
John

My parents never let me have a motorbike, it became engrained in my brain to never ride a motorbike. And funnily enough I've never had a motorbike accident....because I never got on one! I understand you restricting it from your youngest. I'd still love to ride a big fat hog across america though, not sure why, just a badass chopper and the road ahead. why not? awesome modelling!!

tadema

Thank you.
Trevor I'd be ok with this well padded arse
Steve, I knew you would say that....fixed
Oli, it's would be a dream come true.....this is the nearest thing

hellnbak

That's a stretch of 66 that I'm not familiar with.

My main experience on bikes was shortly after I retired in '89. Spent about five months just roaming around, Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, etc. Visited all the areas where I had been stationed. Some of the bases had closed and were now part of the towns, that was kinda weird. It was a lot of fun but my butt got real tired. Too old for that stuff now

olishea

sketchucation road trip!! let's just see where we end up!

dirt looks much more realistic now. the crazy frog also adds a certain "je ne sais quoi"

Krisidious

66 drives right through Springfield, Missouri... Make sure to stop by and say hi.

chedda

I had one of these when i was 16, the freedom and pain it gave me were immeasurable !

Daniel

@chedda said:

I had one of these when i was 16, the freedom and pain it gave me were immeasurable !

Oh, the pain. When I was 12, we moved to a farm and I had a Honda MR 50. After about a year it developed the habit of breaking down when I was miles from home, and I'd have to pushed it home. It got to the point I said to hell with it, I'll walk. And then there was the time I slid under a barbed wire fence...

chedda

My SS50 was the last of the unrestricted mopeds but being a tractor like 4 stroke it was always overshadowed by the FS1E yamaha 2 stroke equivalent.It even had pedals so you could pedal it home (crippling) These things were the prize imagine 60mph (55 really) from a 50cc lol ! I drove my ss into a trench in the road while racing some other loser. The frame snapped.........

tadema

Thanks everyone.

" I drove my ss into a trench in the road while racing some other loser. The frame snapped........." Oh to be young and daft again
John

Krisidious

I had one of these when I was about 19 or 20... Minus the cow hide seat of course. Talk about teaching you to respect life.

chedda

Nice bike Krisidious, i always dreamed of owning a suzuki rg500 gamma. I had an rg125 for a bit. My final bike an mtx125r led to 8 months of traction. That's where the fun ended !

Box

Excellent as always, my only comment would be your side stand is too long, the bike needs to lean over further if it is on the stand otherwise it is unstable.

As to bikes, been riding all my life, over a million miles under my belt on 5 continents, still have to do Africa and Antarctica. I've done the whole of Route 66 and nearly every state in the US.

My current bike has an engine the same size as my van. Kawasaki VN2000

chedda

Wow that's a beast, looks comfy though. I thought the yamaha vmax was big !

hellnbak

Here's the bike I used for my 5-month odyssey back in '89. Not a big bike, just a Honda Rebel 450, but it was perfect for my purposes. I needed a smaller bike because I usually just found a woods somewhere to camp at night. If it was a really nice spot sometimes I would spend several days there. I had a deep cycle marine battery rigged up so it would charge while I was riding, for lights and whatnot while I was camping.

Had a lot of fun on the "Silver Bullet". Easy to maintain and never gave me a bit of trouble. This photo was taken about four years ago, just before I gave it away.

Box

Yes Simon it is comfy, and damn big, but when you are on unlimited speed autobahns it is rather handy to be sitting astride a freight train. I'm considering shipping it back to Australia when I move, but being comfortable traveling at speeds in excess of 220kph suggests I might not hold onto my Drivers license long in a country whose top speed is 110kph unless out in the back of beyond where it jumps to a blistering 130kph.

Steve, it's a wonder we didn't bump into each other, I spent 88/89 traveling overland to Europe from Australia and then back, so I was in the states for several months in 89. Great trip on one of my favourite bikes. Yamaha XV1000 Midnight Special. I don't have any digital photos of that bike but add some saddlebags and assorted other rough and ready travels bits and pieces to this and you'll get the picture.