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I will be posting commentary, but most of Congress is running for re-election and will not be back to business until September, and, even then, what takes place between September and the first of November, will be all about positioning.It is riding season. Although I ride year around, midAugust through midOctober is the safest time to be on the road, outside the state of California. Tornadoes, significant hail storms, monsoon rain storms in the midStates are all less problematic during this time.
Keep me on your blogrolls. Who knows, maybe something important will happen.
Suggestion: get off that motorized chair and do some hiking,,,, much better for your health.
ReplyDeleteI burn a significant amount of energy on a 12 - 16 hour ride, more than others burn running 7 or 8 miles . . . . believe it or not. I am in much better health than you wish. Sorry. You will just have to live with the anxiety that comes with knowing that I just might out live your skinny ass. So, when is your next competition or performance?
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DeleteThis is absolute BS. I know. I run, I train, I ride motorcycles. If you were doing challenging off road stuff like I do - standing on the pegs all day, I would agree... but going down the highway on your ass doesn't do much for you. Take a look at your fellow highway motorcyclist's distended stomachs.
Oh, and regarding training, I'm in the off season. Lifting hard 2-3 times a week, running mile repeats and distance for foundation once a week, bicycling up the mountain for cardio, occasionally running stadium stairs, pushing the weight sled and various other stuff. I also hike a bit, but I don't really consider that a workout. Getting ready for concerts in fall.
DeleteWhy so emotional? Most of the guys I ride with or see on the road are in great shape. Comparative few are heavy. Just another media myth. You have no idea how much effort is spent riding an 800 pound cruiser. Very exhausting. when I take a week long trip, I lose somewhere between 4 and 7 pounds and I stop to gas up and hydrate, every two hours or so. A fellow my size burns around 130 cals per mile, when walking at 3 miles per hour. My 12 to 16 hour burn estimate, on the man bike, is impeccably correct. .
DeleteOh, and a shame you are going to die before I do, you being so young and doing all that work, and all.
DeleteYea man, I'm towing my boat this weekend... it weighs about 5500 lbs, same as my truck. That's 11,000 lbs going down the highway... man I'm gonna burn so many calories!!!!!
DeleteYou wouldn't last 8 hours on a big bike riding cross country. You probably think going long distance on a horse requires no more effort than driving a car, either. Ignorance is bliss. As usual, you simply do not know what you are talking about.
DeleteI don't know what I'm talking about? Perhaps you should tell that to the editors of Adventure Motorcycle Magazine that feature two of my ride stories as well as several photos.
DeleteHow many hours have you spent on an 800 pound cruiser? I am guessing . . . . . . . . . ah . . . . . . . zero. Like I said, you seriously don't know from boot paste on the subject. I ride around 17,000 miles a year and am a member of the Iron Butt Association. You would be too busy whining to qualify for that distinction.
DeleteYou really can't get "off road" out here in "we're busy saving the planet" California. I make up for "off road" adventure by going places most man-bikers do not go . . . top of Mt Evans (14, 168 ft), Pike's Peak (14,200), the highest continuous paved road in the US out of Loveland, Colorado and round trips of 4,000 to 5,000 miles. I never see those little plastic bikes doing cross country. Must be a reason. Anyway you do whbat you do and I do the same. I am happy with where I am and you, obviously, are miserable, thus, having to compete with us old types.
DeleteBeen riding motorcycles since I was 10. Most guys like you start riding as adults to get away from your wives. I couldn't think of a more boring, inane, and useless endeavor than to ride a bike down the highway... only really interesting to novice riders, like me when I was 20, and you at 69.
Delete"arrogant prick" are the words that come to mind and, we both know you don't ride a big bike because you couldn't pick it up if it went down.
DeleteI guess you're trying to be Dennis Hopper, Easy Rider... 'born to be wild' ... the problem, you can't get anywhere truly 'wild' on a huge bike. You'd go further in a Jeep. Man, I can just imagine the sore ass and stiff hands from all that boring highway riding.
DeleteSuggestion.... Get yourself a stout 4x4, get a Colorado off road guide and go for it. I summited Mount Bross on old mining roads in a Montero 4x4 .... it was a blast. Wish I had my bike with me then.
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Smithson is in big trouble... he's an inexperienced rider who has already laid it down on pavement... next time he might not be so lucky.
Nice. Tear up the back woods with your 4x4 and dirt bikes and think you are in the "wild." What a phony. I spent whole summers in "willderness," off trail, in the high country here in California. In fact, I would never take a vehicle into "high country." Horseback? Yes. On foot? Absolutely. Vehicles? They are outlawed in most wilderness areas, maybe all, and should be kept on established roads, period.
DeleteI agree about not tearing up the wilderness. Anywhere accessible by 4x4 already has a road or Jeep trail, and in the CO high country, there's nothing to tear up, just rock above the tree line. There are many forest roads that are beautiful drives, except Smithson could never take his bike there, they are generally unpaved.
DeleteI hate 4 wheelers and horses, they truly tear up the forest. My 4 stroke dual sport is light and very quiet, unlike the 2 stroke dirt bikes. I tread very lightly in the woods and avoid wet terrain, unlike the red necks who deliberately wallow in the mud with their machines for "fun".
Nothing beats hiking in the wilderness, but sometimes you can see so much more and cover much more ground on a dual sport bike. I've been in places on the bike where no human has set foot in years. Years. That's wild.
I only disagree about horses in wilderness. They don't do any more damage that elk. High country and back country are not "wilderness," of course. There is a time and place for all sorts of exploration.
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