Colorado Motorcycle Trip: Days 4 & 5.

"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4) 07/04/2019 at 16:49 • Filed to: None

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Day 4 was a looooooong day. We climbed Mt. Evans which is by far the sketchiest road I’ve ever ridden, and pushed the Sportster’s (lack of) suspension pretty hard.

It was on the way back down that I discovered the best way to ride the Sportster. I put the bike in neutral and did everything I could to maintain momentum. I had to ride the brakes quite a bit, because I was actually carrying more speed than my uncle on his BMW K1600GTL.

II think we rode about 300 miles total on day 4, covering about 10,000 feet of vertical elevation and multiple 50° temperature swings. Apparently I managed to impress my uncle through one of the passes we ran, because I was going just as hard as him. (RIP pegs, I’m pretty sure I’ve noticeably worn them on both sides from all the peg scraping).

Day 5: today.

I woke up sicker than a dog. We were supposed to be riding to Aspen, but that was never going to happen. To add to the fun, my mom woke up sicker than I did. We’re not sure what the hell we’ve got, but I’ve been sick to my stomach, had terrible muscle stiffness, and a terrible headache which makes me lightheaded when I stand up. So we’re just taking the day off and chilling at the hotel. Hopefully I can kick this misery so we can make it down to Golden tomorrow and tour the Coors plant.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 07/04/2019 at 17:29

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The Coors tour is awesome. Even if your a home brewer or know how your local micro brew works, it is neat to see how it is done on that scale. You get 1/2 beer during the tour, and then three beers at the end (and you have the choice of anything owned by C oors, so there is more than floor cleaner for the drinking).  The crazy part is that they give you 3 1/2 free beers over a relatively short period of time and then put you on a shuttle back to the visitors parking lot.

dumpsterfire! > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 07/04/2019 at 18:18

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I see your phone had the photo filter set to "Colorado bluebird sky". 

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > dumpsterfire! 07/04/2019 at 18:37

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It was set to “Instagram try to fix this wonky exposure”

Khalbali > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 07/04/2019 at 19:34

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Man I was just thinking literally an hour ago h ow much I miss mount Evans. That part right at the top where all of a sudden there’s nothing in front of you  and the road turns sharp left...

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 07/04/2019 at 21:54

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Maybe just food poisoning? Hopefully you feel better tomorrow.

How’d the sporty feel pushing hard through the corners?

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 07/06/2019 at 01:06

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I’m still miserable. Not sure what kind of bug I’ve got, but it’s not great.

The biggest thing I noticed was how unsettling scraping pegs is. The lack of suspension always kind of worried me that if I hit a mid-corner bump I might completely lose it.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 07/06/2019 at 09:26

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Sorry to hear that.

Yeah. I felt the same way. When I rode mine hard I would hang off of it and try not to scrape. And the fork would feel all wallowy and limp, I often describe it as a wet noodle.