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Yesterday - 220 miles RT. My wife now has about 500 miles under her belt.

 

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No pics to post, but we departed yesterday at 0650 when it was 82F. Met up with a group (about 30 miles away) for a breakfast run to a diner about 60 miles distant. We jumped off from there for the rest of our planned ride. Total of about 270 miles. My wife past her 1,000 mile mark yesterday. Confidence growing with each ride. She completed her MSR class just two months ago to the day.

Returned home at 1430 and 95F heat. She wanted to ride more but we had a commitment for the evening.



I am really liking Tourstart for a planning app. Ride Command works pretty well with it.

 

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Wow, sounds like she is really enjoying riding. She will really like it come November.



We were close to the same area. We passed through Bellville (36 & 159) around 12:30.

Last weekend we road around Navasota, over to Yankee Tavern, above Anderson.

 

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My '17 RM rolled through 11111 miles today. Granted only 2,000 are mine over the past 2 months.

 

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Made a 200 mile RT over to Round Rock, TX to the Indian dealership so my wife could look at Harleys.

She ate the forbidden fruit of the power tree today.

 

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My wife has taken to riding like a thirsty duck to water. In less than six months she has moved to her second bike, which she has had for a week and could not ride due to the local weather. She was getting a bit cranky. Saturday, she woke up with allergies and a migraine which made her more cranky. So with beautiful weather on Sunday she clocked her first 212 miles on her Fatboy.

We caught the game Saturday evening -- that made her better. Flyover below.

Sunday morning, first break at a nice little icehouse on the way to Sam Houston National Forest - a pretty nice riding area.

Sunday afternoon stop at another icehouse. Four guys walked up to check out the Indians and wound up taking selfies in front of her Fatboy -- in the middle.

 

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Nope. Stuck in Trinidad this week. Looking forward to getting home Saturday morning.

No rush. It is just going to rain.

 

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And you were right. Today looks promising though.

Yes it does. We plan on getting out.

 

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My wife and I, along with three other couples, hit the Texas Three Sisters and area, this weekend. Clocked a little over 1,000 miles in four days.

Beautiful weather!.

 

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Day 1.--ALt 90 from Rosenberg, to Gonzales, then up to San Marcus, and 473 west to Comfort, then to Kerrville.
Day 2 -- Kerrville to Ingram, Hunt, Leakey. Around the two open sisters and back to Medina,Bandera and Kerrville,
Day 3 -- Kerrville to Bandera, to Sisterdale, Luckenbach, Willow City Loop, Enchanted Rock, Fredericksburg, Kerrville.
Day 4 - Reverse day 1.

One of the Sisters, FM 335, is closed due to flood damage.

 

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My brother and I rode down to Galveston to spend a few hours at the Line Star Rally. It was only 170 miles round trip.

I looked for you.

 

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What times were you there? I only saw a couple of Indians out. I stopped a couple of guys wearing Indian apparel. One turned out to be the president of the local IMRG.

We rode the F-150. In case we needed to bring back more than we took. Which, we did.
I was wearing my vest. And, I bet I did not see 6 Indians.

We went Friday PM just to walk the exhibits and see the bikes. Saturday, we rode to College Station and returned today.

 

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Beautiful day here in the Texas Hill Country. 67 degrees and blue sky. It's days like this in December that make July and August worth it. Little 75 mile loop that included the Devil's Backbone.

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We had planned to be in F'burg for but the rain deterred us. So, we rode to Fayetteville, TX from south of Houston for lunch. A nice little 295 mile round trip. My wife took the photos so I will have to upload later.
We made a pit stop and this little guy came up tugging his mother along.

Dear Santa, I want a "Big Boy" bike for Christmas.

Later that evening, when we got home and I was enjoying the fireplace with a nice drink, I get the following conversation:
Wife: you looked good driving down the highway with your black leather and red, white and blue scarf.
Me: Thank you, I guess retiring the brown jacket was a good idea.
Wife: Have you thought about other colors?
Me: Uh... no. What colors?
Wife: Oh, maybe white.
Me: White! What makes you think I could wear white? You can, but me? I can't keep a white shirt clean.
Wife: Grinning. White looks good on you. Have you checked the roof lately?
The whiskey was good.

 

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Yup! Rode the Triumph to Black Hills Harley (They're open on Sundays until Christmas) around noon, had a cup of free root beer, and listened to a salesman try to get me to buy a Mahindra 'Jeep thing' for $20,000. I somehow resisted the temptation to buy an Indian (as in 'India') CJ copy.

My business partner has one and likes it.

 

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I'll admit that they're interesting, but they are not road-legal here, and are factory-restricted to 45 mph, although the salesman told me that, with a few small 'mods' they are capable of 65-70. The frustrating irony here is that we can easily get an ATV or side-by-side street-licensed here in South Dakota, but so far, not the Mahindra 'Jeep'. Apparently, they sell most of them to local ranchers for use on their property, which makes sense.

They have a smallish turbo-diesel engine, which I think is kind of neat. Apparently, they are being 'built' (assembled?) in the U.S. As for the build-quality, I haven't seen crappier welding on a vehicle in a long, long, time, and they fairly reek of 'cheapness' in things like switch quality and general appearance. But that's not to say that they aren't rugged and dependable. I'd like to drive one sometime.

They assembled in Detroit. Take that for what its worth.
He uses his on his farm. He said it was street legal, but I have not seen it yet. He has not driven it to work.

 

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I went out to get a pic of this.

The bike will be one year old in two weeks and this is the most I've ever put on a bike in a single year.

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@Dr.Shifty has set the bar for the coming year. But, just to be clear, are those miles or kilometers? I want to know what I am striving for.

 

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Look closely at the photo. Kilometers.

[watching] I saw the speedo markings and was just giving him credit for a really fast bike. But, you have to blow up the picture to actually see the km. Besides, I think some people here actually come close to 30,000 miles per year on a bike.

 

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We rode yesterday, about 180 miles. It never got over 65. Might do a little riding today too.
My wife got her sissy bar for Christmas. I got a skeptical look, but I think she is happy with it.[joyful]

 

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Between 52 and 68 here in Texas yesterday. We connected with some friends and rode 100 miles to lunch in a little berg called Blessing, TX. Upon returning to the connection point and getting gas, my wife commented that "there is still quite a bit of daylight left??? [playful]" So, instead of heading north and 30 miles to home, we turned south. It took almost another 90 miles to get home -- the long way around the county. Logged a total of 270 miles on New Year's day !! I hope this is an omen for 2019.

 

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70 today here in the hill country. Got about 125 miles in. Only on a bike do you go 60 miles just to have lunch!

Lot of bikes out today. Saw several Indians, a CDH and a Springfield. The Springfield was parked along with a HD and Triumph rocket III. Nice trio.

Not limited to the hill country. We drove about about the same for a late lunch west of Houston. Beautiful weather.