"Decay buys too many beaters" (decay)
10/01/2018 at 12:35 • Filed to: Decay mototrip, Two Wheels Good
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"Decay buys too many beaters" (decay)
10/01/2018 at 12:35 • Filed to: Decay mototrip, Two Wheels Good | 5
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I started out the last day of my trip on the coast in Northern California. I left at the crack of dawn and headed North on 101 into a dense fog. It was surprisingly cold and everything was covered in a layer of condensation. I stopped a few miles in and put on my warmer layers. It was in the low 40s with light rain and it was sucking the heat right out of me. I headed North for about an hour before hitting the last park of the trip.
I arrived at Redwood National Park shortly after sunrise and the ride through was magical. I didn’t see another car the whole time, there were patches of low hanging fog all around the trees . Being the star wars geek that I am, it felt like I was riding a speeder-bike through Endor (only without the crashing part)
The scale of these trees is truly impressive I tried to take photos of the woods, but everything is huge and is just looks like normal trees. I took pictures with my bike for scale
I couldn’t spend very much time in the park, the rain had been chilling me to the bone on the hour ride in. I needed a place to stop a for a bit and warm up. I stopped in the next town and got some coffee. Didn’t even drink it, just held it in my hands for a while to get some warmth.
I briefly considered jumping on I5 rather than continuing up the coast. Knowing everything would heat up 10 degrees if I got away from the Ocean made it a fairly tempting option, but I5 is such a soul sucking (boring) experience that I decided against it. I put on an extra layer and continued North on the coast hoping the fog and rain would burn off.
After about 50 miles or so the sun finally peeked out and it started to warm up. I kept heading up the coast on 101. Being a Friday, there was a little bit of traffic to deal with, but the road is so broken up by little towns with low speeds limits that I was fine with a relaxed pace.
Seeing the end in sight, I didn’t stop much along this route. Hard to really describe, I did not want the trip to end, but in that last 300 miles I only wanted to get back home to my own bed. I arrived back in the Portland area just in time to experience the Friday afternoon rush hour...
Total Miles : 3053
Total Miles for the Day : 424
Highest Elevation : 1141
Lowest Elevation : -118
Killer Piece of Gear : Under Armor Cold Gear
Best part of the day : Riding through Redwood Forest
Worst part of the day : The c old
Final Thoughts
I can’t really put into words how amazing this whole trip was. I hadn’t done any really long distance touring before this and wasn’t sure if I was going to like it. I almost bailed after the first two days didn’t meet my expectations, but am so thankful I didn’t. I saw more cool stuff in 10 days than I thought possible, and experiencing it on the back of a motorbike added a whole extra dimension to traveling. I’m already planning my next trip.
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Decay buys too many beaters
10/01/2018 at 13:12 |
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I’ve really enjoyed following along!
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Decay buys too many beaters
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
10/01/2018 at 13:21 |
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I had fun writing it up. Plus I’m way less likely to lose this than the journal I kept :p
Longtime Lurker
> Decay buys too many beaters
10/01/2018 at 14:38 |
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Thanks for writing this. Very enjoyable.
AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> Decay buys too many beaters
10/01/2018 at 15:47 |
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Now let's go buy tigers and ride to glacier!
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Decay buys too many beaters
> Longtime Lurker
10/01/2018 at 16:07 |
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Thanks for following along!
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Decay buys too many beaters
> AMGtech - now with more recalls!
10/01/2018 at 16:09 |
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You know... OG tigers are pretty damn affordable
The 98+ had fuel injection too...
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AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> Decay buys too many beaters
10/01/2018 at 16:15 |
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Yup! Picking one up has definitely crossed my mind more than once. But I really want an 800. And those are coming down too!
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Decay buys too many beaters
> AMGtech - now with more recalls!
10/01/2018 at 16:21 |
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For some reason they all seem to depreciate faster than the rest of triumph’s stuff.
I just kind of want that same motor from my Thunderbird in a ADV bike :p
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Decay buys too many beaters
> AMGtech - now with more recalls!
10/01/2018 at 16:23 |
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I looked at a couple in the low $2k range when I was shopping bikes for my trip. I didn’t want to do 3k miles on semi knobbies so passed on them.
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AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> Decay buys too many beaters
10/01/2018 at 18:03 |
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Lame excuse!
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Decay buys too many beaters
> AMGtech - now with more recalls!
10/01/2018 at 18:19 |
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What if I told you that some people like to be able to take a whole road trip without changing a tire :p
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AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> Decay buys too many beaters
10/01/2018 at 18:26 |
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If you can make it through a whol e trip without changing a tire then you didn’t take a long enough trip
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Decay buys too many beaters
> AMGtech - now with more recalls!
10/01/2018 at 18:34 |
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Lol, hard pass.
It is buying season though... Some good deals going to be available on T igers. Hmmm...
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AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> Decay buys too many beaters
10/01/2018 at 22:42 |
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Lots of them already have aluminum cases too!