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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: SED on August 10, 2015, 08:08:34 PM
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Jill and I just got back from our big summer trip and she agreed to let me take the Monza in the back of the truck. :cool: This gave me the opportunity to get out and ride about 550 miles of the trip including Beartooth.
(http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn233/shawnsci/IMG_1985_zps9gdvo7hp.jpg)
Here's a longish video taken while heading up the pass. :popcorn: It's jetted for sea level so the altitude really knocked the wind out of it near the top.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aitKbRnW4I8
Should I be surprised that the Monza was the smallest bike on the pass?
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Thanks for putting up the video, like we are riding right along with you. Great bike you have there.
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Thanks Jim, glad you like it. Beartooth pass is really beautiful and full of great corners.
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A familiar view, at least to the windshield :cool: The part ahead of that is a bit more scenic than here. Must be a Monza, I can hear the primary whine from here! Looks like fun.
cr
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Nice work. In the latter part of the video, amid he cloud and drizzle, I felt as if I were looking over Mike the Bike's shoulder strafing the mountain on the Isle of Man. Last time I rode Beartooth was a sunny Sunday afternoon in August. Every plodding motorhome and brain dead driver within a two-state radius was on that road. The V11 Sport never got above third gear--barely stall speed--but a nice ride nonetheless. Good timing on your part and stunning small block you have!
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SED,
What fun! Beautiful pass indeed. I remember driving it and camping in the area when I lived in Casper, WY.
Was that a HD you passed?
thanks!
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That was fun :thumb:
Dusty
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What day were your there? We did the loop from Cody to Chief Joseph to Beartooth down to Red Lodge and back to Cody last Tuesday. This was the first time I did Beartooth west to east and was a whole lot harder going downhill.
Pete
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One of the must do rides...no doubt! Relived my ride thru there 2 years ago again thru your video! I noticed you only saluted a couple of the riders on the way up...I guess you were having too much fun to wave! :)
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What day were your there? We did the loop from Cody to Chief Joseph to Beartooth down to Red Lodge and back to Cody last Tuesday. This was the first time I did Beartooth west to east and was a whole lot harder going downhill.
Pete
Hey Pete, It was Wednesday morning - just missed you! I did Chief Joseph two years ago but had to skip Beartooth so wanted to make up for it.
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Nice work. In the latter part of the video, amid he cloud and drizzle, I felt as if I were looking over Mike the Bike's shoulder strafing the mountain on the Isle of Man.
Thanks for the kudos! A funny thing about the GoPro is that it makes the video look faster than it is - the speedo says 25 in the hairpins and it reads fast. Lots of fun tho.
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One of the must do rides...no doubt! Relived my ride thru there 2 years ago again thru your video! I noticed you only saluted a couple of the riders on the way up...I guess you were having too much fun to wave! :)
Glad you liked it. Funny, when I started up I thought that many riders seemed too busy to wave back - guess I got the same way. I did really appreciated a couple of riders and drivers that made an effort to let me pass and I did try to thank them for their courtesy.
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Nice ride! Great bike! :thumb:
Thanks for posting.
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Glad you've enjoyed it! It seems a little narcissistic to post a video, but I very much enjoy the videos and photo essays that others post so thought I'd return the favor. :boozing:
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Glad you've enjoyed it! It seems a little narcissistic to post a video, but I very much enjoy the videos and photo essays that others post so thought I'd return the favor. :boozing:
and it is well received. thanks. enjoyed the trip immensely.
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I love Beartooth. I'll give it one more go next year with any luck at all.. :smiley:
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Glad you've enjoyed it! It seems a little narcissistic to post a video, but I very much enjoy the videos and photo essays that others post so thought I'd return the favor. :boozing:
Great video. That bike sounds superb. Narcissistic - who gives a d#*m. Glad you did - thanks!
Nick
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Great video. That bike sounds superb. Narcissistic - who gives a d#*m. Glad you did - thanks!
Nick
:1: Ride videos that well done are a great joy :bike-037:
Dusty
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Very cool. A number of decades ago I spent some time skiing in the cirque with Erich Sailer's coaching staff, and then did a multi-day ski solo ski tour across the Beartooth Plateau. It was July, and there was plenty of snow.
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I went up the Beartooth in June 2012 on my way to Alaska, snow was over 6 feet deep along the sides in someplaces.
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Think I'll havta visit my son in Billings and detour through Red Lodge on the way back...
Spud