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