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Title: thirty-nine years ago, this month [one photo]
Post by: Daniel Kalal on April 02, 2018, 02:21:25 PM

Thirty-nine years ago, this month, spending the night along Fall River, miles upriver from Oroville, California in the Sierra Nevada mountains.  The bike is a '73 Police 850 (Eldorado) and the tent cost me just over $5, new.

(http://www.dankalal.net/1979trip2/image009.jpg)

Nice bike; terrible brakes.

Title: Re: thirty-nine years ago, this month [one photo]
Post by: Matteo on April 02, 2018, 02:34:48 PM

Did your tent leak? My first tent in 74 taught me the difference between water resistant and waterproof. :embarrassed:

Title: Re: thirty-nine years ago, this month [one photo]
Post by: Guzzi Gal on April 02, 2018, 02:38:33 PM

 :thumb:  And in the snow!

Title: Re: thirty-nine years ago, this month [one photo]
Post by: Daniel Kalal on April 02, 2018, 02:40:35 PM

Quote from: Matteo on April 02, 2018, 02:34:48 PM

Did your tent leak?

Yes; all the seams leaked, no matter how I tried to seal them.  Also, it had such poor ventilation, that even if it didn't rain, I'd wake up with the inside surfaces wet.  Well, five bucks is five bucks...

Title: Re: thirty-nine years ago, this month [one photo]
Post by: oldbike54 on April 02, 2018, 02:58:07 PM

  :laugh: :thumb:

 Dusty

Title: Re: thirty-nine years ago, this month [one photo]
Post by: Markcarovilli on April 02, 2018, 03:05:53 PM

I note that you now pack light and opt for a normal bed....

good that you have had the experience,

Mark

Title: Re: thirty-nine years ago, this month [one photo]
Post by: Gliderjohn on April 02, 2018, 03:11:06 PM

 :thumb:
GliderJohn

Title: Re: thirty-nine years ago, this month [one photo]
Post by: twowings on April 02, 2018, 04:10:41 PM

And we have the 'Your Bike By Your Tent' winner! Great pic... :cool:

Title: Re: thirty-nine years ago, this month [one photo]
Post by: Daniel Kalal on April 02, 2018, 04:31:42 PM

Quote from: twowings on April 02, 2018, 04:10:41 PM

And we have the 'Your Bike By Your Tent' winner!

Is there a contest?  Then I'll offer this one up from forty years ago.  Same bike, same tent, but, this time we're in Iowa near the Missouri River.

I'm sure the tent lived up to its not-very-waterproof billing on this night...

(http://www.dankalal.net/1978trip1/aug040.jpg)

later in South Dakota it had a chance to dry out (does the shadow of a Guzzi, count?)...

(http://www.dankalal.net/1978trip1/aug044.jpg)

Title: Re: thirty-nine years ago, this month [one photo]
Post by: twowings on April 02, 2018, 05:02:16 PM

How long did the $5 tent last?

Title: Re: thirty-nine years ago, this month [one photo]
Post by: Daniel Kalal on April 02, 2018, 05:11:49 PM

Quote from: twowings on April 02, 2018, 05:02:16 PM

How long did the $5 tent last?

I used it pretty heavily for six years and then replaced it with a more waterproof dome tent.  But, here is it in 1983 in somebody's front yard (I asked first) in West Virginia (the white Guzzi now painted black).

(http://www.dankalal.net/1983trip3/photo054.JPG)

Title: Re: thirty-nine years ago, this month [one photo]
Post by: John A on April 02, 2018, 06:02:03 PM

Quote from: Daniel Kalal on April 02, 2018, 02:21:25 PM

Thirty-nine years ago, this month, spending the night along Fall River, miles upriver from Oroville, California in the Sierra Nevada mountains.  The bike is a '73 Police 850 (Eldorado) and the tent cost me just over $5, new.

(http://www.dankalal.net/1979trip2/image009.jpg)

Nice bike; terrible brakes.

I lived in Sutter at the time, you should have stopped by!

Title: Re: thirty-nine years ago, this month [one photo]
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on April 02, 2018, 06:52:05 PM

thanks again, Daniel..  :smiley:

Title: Re: thirty-nine years ago, this month [one photo]
Post by: bad Chad on April 02, 2018, 06:58:48 PM

In some of the pic's it looks as though the fly is made of terrycloth, could that have had something to do with its lack of water tightness?

Title: Re: thirty-nine years ago, this month [one photo]
Post by: Ncdan on April 02, 2018, 07:00:51 PM

I did a mess of camping on horseback but only once on a bike. My son and I did a mountain trip. It rained and we both woke up wet and he got sick, last camping trip on the motorbike.

Title: Re: thirty-nine years ago, this month [one photo]
Post by: twowings on April 02, 2018, 07:22:44 PM

Hmmmm....5 bucks, six years...yep, that's Guzzi content!!  :thumb: :boozing: