Wildguzzi.com
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: v85lover on November 06, 2024, 10:21:43 PM
-
Went for a 60km loop today and i wanted to show a small part of our lovely country Australia, can you take a better photo?
id love to see your country too.
(https://i.ibb.co/vXngf3q/IMG-2328.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vXngf3q)
-
I don’t know about better but here a pick of the Rockies in the USA and my trusty 03ev
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/50th-MGNOC-John-day-Oregon/Raton-Nm-to-Flaming-Gorge-Ut/i-WZGSXGL/0/NT665RKZdVpZnCbsnrfbCkpr5PqQPRfH8Sm7vRhqf/L/IMG_0805-L.jpg)
-
Höle, not far from home
(https://1drv.ms/i/c/c025bcb1cf0f6a8a/IQSKag_PsbwlIIDAqSQAAAAAAXdpXJ-JGFqGsilR_4bvSGs?width=1024)
-
There could be another hundred, but here are some from Como, France, Norway and Australia
(https://i.ibb.co/dmH1pC3/IMG-4804.png) (https://ibb.co/dmH1pC3)
(https://i.ibb.co/JnwSwpw/IMG-4803.png) (https://ibb.co/JnwSwpw)
(https://i.ibb.co/dt72QY9/IMG-4806.png) (https://ibb.co/dt72QY9)
(https://i.ibb.co/M8zCJd5/IMG-4805.png) (https://ibb.co/M8zCJd5)
(https://i.ibb.co/DLMH80b/IMG-4807.png) (https://ibb.co/DLMH80b)
-
1997 Moto Guzzi California 1100 with Carbs
Photo taken in Forsyth County on Edwards Road, near Rural Hall, North Carolina, USA
(https://i.ibb.co/54pxXS7/FB-IMG-1704485883284.jpg) (https://ibb.co/54pxXS7)
-
(https://i.ibb.co/jVy31wD/calvineminence.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jVy31wD)
Better? maybe not, but I'll bite!
-
(https://i.ibb.co/4pRj9Z3/IMG-9554.jpg) (https://ibb.co/4pRj9Z3)
One from Enchanted Rock, Texas
-
Went for a 60km loop today and i wanted to show a small part of our lovely country Australia,
Some bits of that scene look familiar. Am I correct that that turnout/layby is on Tasmania and not the larger mainland to the north?
Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA
-
No mate I don’t know exactly where, but very close to Ballarat.
(https://i.ibb.co/Tk705MP/IMG-4808.png) (https://ibb.co/Tk705MP)
Possibly Mt Buninyong.
-
(https://i.ibb.co/TtCfv6c/1000014079.jpg) (https://ibb.co/TtCfv6c)
-
Some Guzzi content.. :smiley:
(https://static.imgzeit.com/reduced/f7a5c4684b4593ec/20240917_194313.jpg)
-
Indianapolis
(https://i.imgur.com/193CLS6.png)
Indiana Soybeans
(https://i.imgur.com/fVf4KBk.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/dNC15ZN.png)
Indiana Holler
(https://i.imgur.com/FNXgV9F.jpg)
Kentucky Byway
(https://i.imgur.com/Unifsx9.jpg)
Would that I could get some pics further afield, but it seems the wheels are always turnin'
-
Some Guzzi content.. :smiley:
(https://static.imgzeit.com/reduced/f7a5c4684b4593ec/20240917_194313.jpg)
Well now, that's just not fair.
Don't look now Chuck, but I daresay we're makin' Indiana look rather appealing...
-
Nice pix, Kip.. :thumb:
-
Just got in from a 250 mile ride so these pics only about 2 hours old
..and right on the cliffs edge :boozing:
:wink:
(https://i.ibb.co/PND2Vw7/20241108-144020.jpg) (https://ibb.co/PND2Vw7)
(https://i.ibb.co/gjzrcQv/20241108-134047.jpg) (https://ibb.co/gjzrcQv)
-
The Griso is looking spectacular and the view is pretty good too.
-
(https://i.ibb.co/8m7mKj2/IMG-8878.jpg) (https://ibb.co/8m7mKj2)
(https://i.ibb.co/4dMhvmT/IMG-6404.jpg) (https://ibb.co/4dMhvmT)
(https://i.ibb.co/q19NVT5/IMG-9870.jpg) (https://ibb.co/q19NVT5)
-
https://photos.smugmug.com/1973-Moto-Guzzi-eldorado-850/i-42szKnn/0/MDhPbz4MP2mJPXP7v2DQ6K4T2QdPpZs6M5KZDkbzL/M/20220305_134925-M.jpg
-
In the KS Flinthills ranching region. Old one room school house.
(https://i.ibb.co/Vjf5kyZ/120099821-940069659813067-6335874383070818560-n.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Vjf5kyZ)
-
Maybe not better, just different. Down by the Chena riverside, same where, different when.
(https://i.ibb.co/8X91vsR/IMG-2362.jpg) (https://ibb.co/8X91vsR)
(https://i.ibb.co/ymCffs4/IMG-3421.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ymCffs4)
-
(https://i.ibb.co/jvrfp6y/PB040091-Print.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jvrfp6y)
Malmsbury, Central Victoria.
-
(https://i.ibb.co/jvrfp6y/PB040091-Print.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jvrfp6y)
Malmsbury, Central Victoria.
Where are you from ?
-
Where are you from ?
I'm in Melbourne. But family history is Malmsbury.
-
Beartooth..
(https://static.imgzeit.com/reduced/1dbd02a2cd166f3c/20160620_101239.jpg)
-
Blue Ridge..
(https://static.imgzeit.com/reduced/ccf6d6e0e7665f7e/IMG_20170531_092128038_HDR.jpg)
-
That time of year in the Northeast... a little past actually.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q70/924/vq6GhM.jpg)
-
Blue Ridge..
(https://static.imgzeit.com/reduced/ccf6d6e0e7665f7e/IMG_20170531_092128038_HDR.jpg)
That’s a nice angle for a Guzzi. I like the red one.
-
The Griso is looking spectacular and the view is pretty good too.
Thanks antmanbee!
The mighty GRiSO looks good in the dark too! Lol
(https://i.ibb.co/P97596S/20241103-183246.jpg) (https://ibb.co/P97596S)
-
This is a rather unremarkable shot…
(https://i.ibb.co/FkrmTLy/IMG-0366.jpg) (https://ibb.co/FkrmTLy)
But it was at the end of just about the best ever day on a bike.
Como Italy.
Mt Etna
(https://i.ibb.co/V9PC8z1/IMG-0303.jpg) (https://ibb.co/V9PC8z1)
(https://i.ibb.co/5jYpyrb/IMG-0304.png) (https://ibb.co/5jYpyrb)
(https://i.ibb.co/vZ39C6b/IMG-0296.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vZ39C6b)
Sicily
-
4-29-21 - One of my favorites from Roosevelt Lake, Arizona :thumb: :bow: :cool: :boozing:
(https://i.ibb.co/F0WPwJj/IMG-2961.jpg) (https://ibb.co/F0WPwJj)
-
(https://i.ibb.co/rmjHhwv/20240513-144906.jpg) (https://ibb.co/rmjHhwv)
-
(https://i.ibb.co/rmjHhwv/20240513-144906.jpg) (https://ibb.co/rmjHhwv)
And here I thought all the Dicks just went to the restroom to hang out :boozing:
-
Dicks is one of my all time favorite destinations. Requires riding hwy 1 south to Fort Bragg, then on to Mendocino. A beer with the locals there is always a good time.
-
Dicks is one of my all time favorite destinations. Requires riding hwy 1 south to Fort Bragg, then on to Mendocino. A beer with the locals there is always a good time.
Great bike, sweet roads, beer. Hard to beat that combo :thumb:
-
Northwest New Jersey this past summer and Big Moose Deli in Hoosick, NY the year before.
(https://i.ibb.co/fx39zxX/Nest-5.jpg) (https://ibb.co/fx39zxX)
(https://i.ibb.co/55kZRJ4/20210617-104846.jpg) (https://ibb.co/55kZRJ4)
These two are from the 2023 Guzzi Exp ride in Yellowstone and 2024 ride in Oregon
(https://i.ibb.co/d2HQZ1s/beartooth-1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/d2HQZ1s)
(https://i.ibb.co/M97ZbTj/20240720-055844.jpg) (https://ibb.co/M97ZbTj)
-
I have to try to one up Chuck. Outside of Moriarty, NM in a glider. Notice the altimeter on the upper right and the the gauge below that is kind of hard to make out is variometer showing I am still climbing.
GliderJohn
(https://i.ibb.co/CnZZQfr/291318250-1396420107511351-2080030879946668597-n.jpg) (https://ibb.co/CnZZQfr)
-
I have to try to one up Chuck. Outside of Moriarty, NM in a glider. Notice the altimeter on the upper right and the the gauge below that is kind of hard to make out is variometer showing I am still climbing.
GliderJohn
(https://i.ibb.co/CnZZQfr/291318250-1396420107511351-2080030879946668597-n.jpg) (https://ibb.co/CnZZQfr)
while we’re on the subject
(https://i.ibb.co/1XxZ5qh/IMG-4981.jpg) (https://ibb.co/1XxZ5qh)
https://youtu.be/WFTJjk31vqc?feature=shared
-
while we’re on the subject
(https://i.ibb.co/1XxZ5qh/IMG-4981.jpg) (https://ibb.co/1XxZ5qh)
https://youtu.be/WFTJjk31vqc?feature=shared
Subject and a Guzzi
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/QdYcYd.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/cZRowp.jpg)
-
Even better…
Love your bike. :drool:
-
while we’re on the subject
(https://i.ibb.co/1XxZ5qh/IMG-4981.jpg) (https://ibb.co/1XxZ5qh)
https://youtu.be/WFTJjk31vqc?feature=shared
Not a very strong thermal but nicely centered. Climb rate very even all the way around.
GliderJohn
-
Not a very strong thermal but nicely centered. Climb rate very even all the way around.
GliderJohn
Well…
Yes and yes.
-
id love to see your country too.
(https://i.ibb.co/vXngf3q/IMG-2328.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vXngf3q)
Some pics of the Pacific NorthWest.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/OjTQCw.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/Xtvoxy.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/yrWIZD.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/nm0UWF.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/Br1GY9.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/DcQpIX.jpg)
-
(https://photos.smugmug.com/1973-Moto-Guzzi-eldorado-850/i-fRKSwsG/0/NP2tVLc5LHLBQdCprc3cCh2sbTTWDbGWCd5J7gfgm/M/20210925_071333%20%281%29-M.jpg) (https://curtedwards.smugmug.com/1973-Moto-Guzzi-eldorado-850/i-fRKSwsG/A)
-
(https://i.ibb.co/ryp9Z17/IMG-8100.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ryp9Z17)
(https://i.ibb.co/KLp0nMY/IMG-7854.png) (https://ibb.co/KLp0nMY)
(https://i.ibb.co/2qSQLYZ/IMG-2969.jpg) (https://ibb.co/2qSQLYZ)
(https://i.ibb.co/SmRg2gX/IMG-7677.jpg) (https://ibb.co/SmRg2gX)
-
Some pics of the Pacific NorthWest.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/OjTQCw.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/Xtvoxy.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/yrWIZD.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/nm0UWF.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/Br1GY9.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/DcQpIX.jpg)
Jeez I love that greenie…It has that “sorted” look that makes you just want to get on and go.
I cannot understand why I don’t have one.
-
(https://i.ibb.co/Fs1hB5q/grand-canyon.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Fs1hB5q)
Some ditch out west?
-
Jeez I love that greenie…It has that “sorted” look that makes you just want to get on and go.
I cannot understand why I don’t have one.
Thanks, it is pretty well sorted but I can't take credit for how well it runs. The first owner did the pod filter swap and for whatever reason let the bike sit for a good number of years. The second owner (coworker of the first) bought the bike and did quite a bit of work recovering the bike from sitting neglect. But he's a busy fellow and had 3 V11s so he let the Greenie go this past July, when I picked it up.
I haven't done much but change all the fluids, some electrical and corrosion cleanup, and riding. You're right, just makes you want to hop on and go. I'm retired and the wife enjoys getting me out of the house so that works out. I was very pleasantly surprised how comfortable it is in stock form, done many 400 mi days with no complaints. Well, the seat needs a layer of new foam, that will get done this winter.
Add one to your stable if you get the chance, it's a hoot.
-
My Norge is the 1151 cc 2 VPC thing, so the motor will be pretty similar and I just cannot see past it, but those V11 gadgets are menacingly attractive.
Did they do them with carburettors or are they too “ modern…” ?
-
My Norge is the 1151 cc 2 VPC thing, so the motor will be pretty similar and I just cannot see past it, but those V11 gadgets are menacingly attractive.
Did they do them with carburettors or are they too “ modern…” ?
Mine is fuel injected.
I think you need to go back a generation to this bike for carbs, but I'm greener than my bike when it comes to Guzzi knowledge.
This is for sale nearby, I hope someone buys it before I decide I need it.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/LVi5C6.jpg)
-
Better? No. Different
(https://g2.img-dpreview.com/E118847B9B2E4890852FBE215A228ABE.jpg)
(https://g2.img-dpreview.com/4457B6A2430B451D9ECFD3BD2A3AD960.jpg)
-
(https://i.ibb.co/HpZ0pd0/Sunday-oct-7-2012-003.jpg) (https://ibb.co/HpZ0pd0)
Pine Island beach in Spring Hill, FL
-
Probably not...
Today, at the end of a weekend trip visiting daughter at college, I picked up a 1969 Ducati Mark 3 frame & swingarm in Maryville, TN for a 350 Desmo that I'm building from leftovers of my 68 350 Mark3D resto. I-40 is closed so we came home to SC via US 129 the dragon & beyond... in the minivan with my wife and 82 yr old mother. We're deep in eldercare, so she basically goes wherever we go. Grammy loved it.
The store & resort was closed for the season, but she bought some dragon earrings & a t-shirt. Now she wants this pic of her with the dragon statue on her christmas card instead of the one from the beach that we took last month.
For all the time i spent riding up there in the 90's, I never imagined taking my mother or that she would have such a great time. It was quite a ride, even if it did involve 4 wheels instead of 2...
(https://i.ibb.co/KmzN69m/IMG-3766.jpg) (https://ibb.co/KmzN69m)
(https://i.ibb.co/3vsRcCV/IMG-3771.jpg) (https://ibb.co/3vsRcCV)
-
Here’s a contribution from Scotland. The first is from 1984 near An Teallach in the NW highlands on one of my first trips there. It’s followed by a recent one of the same bike near Balquhidder. The last two were taken last week and show my newly acquired Breva 1100.
(https://i.ibb.co/ZNSfszJ/4SiSxQR.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ZNSfszJ)
(https://i.ibb.co/TTSH2fX/H4Lo33B.jpg) (https://ibb.co/TTSH2fX)
(https://i.ibb.co/3TjkpMm/MF4v2Wz.jpg) (https://ibb.co/3TjkpMm)
georgian keyboard (https://usefulwebtool.com/georgian-keyboard)
(https://i.ibb.co/YhTFKyJ/GjBnRvM.jpg) (https://ibb.co/YhTFKyJ)
More of this at an old thread:
https://www.advrider.com/f/threads/scotland-bikes-and-hills.1614451/
-
I've been on the dragon of course.. I've been everywhere man.. wrote a song about it.. but that dragon wasn't there. *Very* kool. Thanks for the pic.
-
Ok, I'll bite. This bike is new to me so I don't have many pics yet.
Looking at Cape Spear.
(https://i.ibb.co/0qQ3cTL/IMG-1011-XL.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0qQ3cTL)
Quidi Vidi Village
(https://i.ibb.co/MhcNtq8/IMG-1115-XL.jpg) (https://ibb.co/MhcNtq8)
-
I've been on the dragon of course.. I've been everywhere man.. wrote a song about it.. but that dragon wasn't there. *Very* kool. Thanks for the pic.
I hadn't seen this dragon before either, Chuck. Now it's there with a well-worn souvenir shop (with a couple of much-appreciated portajohns) directly across the road from the "real" Deals Gap store. If you look closely at pic, you'll see the sign & store in background behind dragon. Guess this dates both of us a little..
-
"Better" can have many meanings.... These below clearly aren't spectacular, but for me they are special because they capture a great day. Some here may have followed my torturous front fork rebuild project that consumed the better part of this year's riding season. And then the rains came and the bike was trapped at the bottom of a steep grassy slope that is the entrance to the garage where I had parked the bike. Then the weather improved and the sound of bikers enjoying brilliant fall weather was everywhere. But that glorious weather coincided with olive harvesting time. No time for riding as it's a race to get your olives harvested and delivered to the frontoios (pressing mils) who are usually open only in November (in our area). So, agonizingly, the bike sat. Waiting. But we had our best year to date, just over 1500 kgs of olives harvested and a personal best single delivery of 440 kgs . That good harvesting weather also dried out the grassy slope enough for me to liberate the T3 from the garage, go for a short but oh so sweet ride, and then put the bike in a garage we now have access to that is accessed by a paved road. Some shots of the end of that very good day (and one of a good delivery day).
(https://i.ibb.co/ZSPbmxZ/IMG-20241116-154337.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ZSPbmxZ)
(https://i.ibb.co/1XjyHtH/IMG-20241116-154301.jpg) (https://ibb.co/1XjyHtH)
(https://i.ibb.co/Jz074RT/IMG-20241107-WA0007.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Jz074RT)
-
(https://i.ibb.co/sbyqnWx/IMG-0218.jpg) (https://ibb.co/sbyqnWx)
After supper ride up on Knox ridge. A favorite spot to take in the sunset and the evening smells of the dairy farms.
Remarkably, this shot is unedited. The colors were unusual and quite spectacular that day.
Steve M
-
Nice colors for sure. Nice ride, too.. :thumb:
-
An oldie but a goodie. :grin:
Well ok, how about The Most Beautiful Road in America?
That would be 12, starting West of Zion N.P., and continuing to I70.
As Zion is a serious tourist trap.. if you look carefully on the back of some of the buildings, you will see the pelts.. we camped to the West at a high desert state park campground
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8415/28542099323_23da7a4d1d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KuaHJK)1-20160712_065740 (https://flic.kr/p/KuaHJK) by Charles Stottlemyer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/107188298@N06/), on Flickr
Watched the sun go down over the mountains and the stars come out.
The next morning, headed toward Zion, there is a lighted flashing sign on 12 saying, “Motorcyclists use extreme caution. Sharp curves next 100 miles.” Alrighty, now.
Entering Zion..
(https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7644/29083142191_940b4b6510_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LiYGW4)1-20160712_092154 (https://flic.kr/p/LiYGW4) by Charles Stottlemyer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/107188298@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8010/29083133261_572fb3837f_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LiYEh6)1-20160712_093156 (https://flic.kr/p/LiYEh6) by Charles Stottlemyer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/107188298@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8012/28539184764_d53b133750_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KtUMkJ)1-20160712_093229 (https://flic.kr/p/KtUMkJ) by Charles Stottlemyer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/107188298@N06/), on Flickr
You can’t take pictures of this stuff.. just sayin.
After miles of twistys, we came to Bryce canyon N.P. a totally different experience. There were tourists, of course, but also miles of nothing. These rock formations are called Hoodoos.
(https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8140/29127691836_77f38ac5e0_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LnV2Zo)1-20160712_115143 (https://flic.kr/p/LnV2Zo) by Charles Stottlemyer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/107188298@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8165/28542160633_5c9fafb5bb_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Kub2XP)1-20160712_120459 (https://flic.kr/p/Kub2XP) by Charles Stottlemyer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/107188298@N06/), on Flickr
We could have stayed and hiked the trails, there are many, but vacation was coming to an end.
Continued on the really lovely 12. Native American granary up there.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8034/28542158033_ddff37c665_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Kub2bZ)1-20160712_135952 (https://flic.kr/p/Kub2bZ) by Charles Stottlemyer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/107188298@N06/), on Flickr
Then 12 climbs over the fold caused by tectonic plates colliding. Dorcia said the van was saying “I think I can, I think I can..” the hardest climb of the entire 7000+ mile trip.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8619/28542151073_3b73b10a2b_c.jpg)[/url (https://flic.kr/p/KuaZ7Z)
-
More from that trip:
1-20160712_151552 (https://flic.kr/p/KuaZ7Z) by Charles Stottlemyer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/107188298@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8320/29055086112_45999e2a16_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LguUQy)1-20160712_153408 (https://flic.kr/p/LguUQy) by Charles Stottlemyer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/107188298@N06/), on Flickr
Nearing the top
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8385/29055083642_842d3cb1dc_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LguU6Y)1-20160712_153421 (https://flic.kr/p/LguU6Y) by Charles Stottlemyer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/107188298@N06/), on Flickr
The (very loose) plan was to a drive by of Capitol Reef N.P. too, but… after seeing some of this stuff
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8245/28539146134_0f90c91857_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KtUzRG)1-20160712_180010 (https://flic.kr/p/KtUzRG) by Charles Stottlemyer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/107188298@N06/), on Flickr
I decided to try to camp there. It was fairly late in the afternoon, but we were lucky and took one of the three spots left. Dropped the camper off and went exploring.
It was still really hot, so decided to explore in air conditioned comfort.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8061/29055077232_82f59a2be1_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LguScs)1-20160712_180054 (https://flic.kr/p/LguScs) by Charles Stottlemyer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/107188298@N06/), on Flickr
The trail is right along the fold, and has some spectacular rock formations.
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8450/29127656806_b440fab8db_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LnURzq)1-20160712_181503 (https://flic.kr/p/LnURzq) by Charles Stottlemyer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/107188298@N06/), on Flickr
For a nature freak it was almost a religious experience. Life is tenacious, indeed..
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8393/29055070682_d2010b4a9b_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LguQfw)1-20160712_184004 (https://flic.kr/p/LguQfw) by Charles Stottlemyer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/107188298@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8443/29127650296_c2840368cd_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LnUPDb)1-20160712_185558 (https://flic.kr/p/LnUPDb) by Charles Stottlemyer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/107188298@N06/), on Flickr
It had cooled down by now, so we ran back to camp, set up the camper and fixed dinner.
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8039/28873498670_0ede566099_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KZsedA)1-20160712_200754 (https://flic.kr/p/KZsedA) by Charles Stottlemyer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/107188298@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8631/29127643926_8d71f02c38_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LnUMKm)1-20160712_202120 (https://flic.kr/p/LnUMKm) by Charles Stottlemyer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/107188298@N06/), on Flickr
The campground is at the old Mormon town of Fruita. Some enterprising Mormon decide the river valley would grow fruit, and it did. Apples, apricots, etc. Some of the original orchards have been preserved, and you could pick all you wanted.
Leaving the park in the morning, petroglyphs were by the side of the road.
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8631/29127643926_8d71f02c38_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LnUMKm)1-20160712_202120 (https://flic.kr/p/LnUMKm) by Charles Stottlemyer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/107188298@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8491/29127638876_8d81a9aba1_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LnULfh)1-20160713_091435 (https://flic.kr/p/LnULfh) by Charles Stottlemyer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/107188298@N06/), on Flickr
More miles and miles of twisties until it opened up to this..
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8260/29055055422_abf4bfb6f1_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LguKHq)1-20160713_094016 (https://flic.kr/p/LguKHq) by Charles Stottlemyer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/107188298@N06/), on Flickr
And the dangerous 100 miles were over. I’ve never had a more spectacular trip, and recommend it if you are in the area.
As an aside, we thought Fruita was a strange name for a town, but ate lunch at Fruita, Colorado. We also gassed up at the Kum & Go at Slit, Colorado. (!) You can’t make this stuff up.
Last camp in Colorado before putting the chicken in the coop.. she wasn’t happy.. and droning across the plains for two days and home.
(https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8424/29127629396_6b47a8d9c6_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LnUHqQ)1-20160713_201153 (https://flic.kr/p/LnUHqQ) by Charles Stottlemyer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/107188298@N06/), on Flickr
-
(https://photos.smugmug.com/1984-Moto-Guzzi-California-II-Convert/i-LCJnXjX/0/Lc6Ld68zk8rBLvBqq9KJ8FG5tw5CVRTg5hShbL4cg/M/00000IMG_00000_BURST20190707070359163_COVER-M.jpg) (https://curtedwards.smugmug.com/1984-Moto-Guzzi-California-II-Convert/i-LCJnXjX/A)
-
(https://photos.smugmug.com/190-Moto-Guzzi-California-3-Full-fairing/i-bV6dtqP/0/KszhSFv9dJ9t2ZpkzP6bqvB5fMjgSkN7QbkcV7Wdz/M/1990%20Moto%20Guzzi%20California%20019-M.jpg) (https://curtedwards.smugmug.com/190-Moto-Guzzi-California-3-Full-fairing/i-bV6dtqP/A)
-
(https://photos.smugmug.com/1996-Moto-Guzzi-California-Custom-Bobber/i-K977fZM/0/KM4MDjL893MdgV5QXJRFxqTBPwmXtzjwT4ZWGXr7T/M/1996%20Moto%20Guzzi%20California%20006-M.jpg) (https://curtedwards.smugmug.com/1996-Moto-Guzzi-California-Custom-Bobber/i-K977fZM/A)
-
(https://photos.smugmug.com/2014-Moto-GUzzi-California-Touring/i-cfhsHx2/0/LVcqhz6VTcWFt7pZvnwrCWTjBtrhTRbMtK2smdZzS/L/IMG_20200808_070332-L.jpg) (https://curtedwards.smugmug.com/2014-Moto-GUzzi-California-Touring/i-cfhsHx2/A)
-
(https://photos.smugmug.com/2017-Moto-Guzzi-Roamer/i-ZwwNmjF/0/KjpswKMqvhjRJLqc7tM2S3WHpkMnzRq48Xt27BJpP/L/IMG_20200525_122502-L.jpg) (https://curtedwards.smugmug.com/2017-Moto-Guzzi-Roamer/i-ZwwNmjF/A)
-
(https://photos.smugmug.com/2014-Moto-GUzzi-California-Touring/i-cfhsHx2/0/LVcqhz6VTcWFt7pZvnwrCWTjBtrhTRbMtK2smdZzS/L/IMG_20200808_070332-L.jpg) (https://curtedwards.smugmug.com/2014-Moto-GUzzi-California-Touring/i-cfhsHx2/A)
I have always liked this shot…
“Handles like it’s on rails…”
-
You need to re-read the eleventh commandment.
"No whiskey in a plastic glass ever"!
-
You need to re-read the eleventh commandment.
"No whiskey in a plastic glass ever"!
:smiley:
(https://static.imgzeit.com/reduced/8639820782ff536f/20160626_194310.jpg)
-
After seeing some of the most spectacular structures of the ancient world and the beautiful churches and castles of the Middle Ages in Sicily ,Rome Naples and Athens ,I agree withe Chuck that the natural world beats all man made monuments in terms of awe inspiring beauty.I hope to ride there some day.
-
Northeast Wisconsin USA, on the shore of Lake Michigan
Photo taken November 29th at noon, and balmy 24 degrees Fahrenheit!!
Probably the last ride of the year.
(https://i.ibb.co/hXBtv0T/20241129-124819.jpg) (https://ibb.co/hXBtv0T)
-
(https://i.ibb.co/ZVKmV98/1000015223.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ZVKmV98)
lew welch poems (https://poetandpoem.com/Lew-Welch/poems)