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Posts: 849 , FL United States | Thanks,Paul. I appreciate your input. I have a pic of DesertJim and me together with our '08s that was taken when I was "out West" in '08 but the pics are WAY TOO BIG to post and I 'm too ill today to mess with them. Maybe later. |
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Visionary
Posts: 3006 San Antonio, TX | lennyb,
What bugs me most about the loss of Bill "VisionTex" days before his retirement......it is like a friend and a great teacher died.
I learned more about riding and my Vision following him into and out of turns that day. It was like flying with an instructor pilot. His entry and exit points, lean angle and throttle control were all perfect. Watching Bill ride was like watching a Olympic downhill skier on his gold metal run.
I was looking forward to more rides with him that now will never happen. It is just a shame.
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1109
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Tourer
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Posts: 3204 Memphis | 

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Cruiser
Posts: 206 Lumber Bridge, NC United States | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^awesome^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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Posts: 430
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Iron Butt
Posts: 825 , WI | Thanks Tom!
I wasn't quite that fast but thank you!
Wolff - Not amazing, just cheap. I limited myself to 16 days total for this trip. I had to get back to work and every day on the road is another motel.
16 days on the road is expensive and to do it in 16 days I had to average 700 miles a day. I knew I would not be able to average 700 miles a day on the Alaska Highway and the Dalton Highway so I had to pick up the pace early in the trip. My average was 701 miles per day for the 16 day ride.
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Posts: 430
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Tourer
Posts: 348 Sturbridge, Mass | Rollin' - 2012-07-11 11:41 AM
Thanks Tom!
I wasn't quite that fast but thank you!
Wolff - Not amazing, just cheap. I limited myself to 16 days total for this trip. I had to get back to work and every day on the road is another motel.
16 days on the road is expensive and to do it in 16 days I had to average 700 miles a day. I knew I would not be able to average 700 miles a day on the Alaska Highway and the Dalton Highway so I had to pick up the pace early in the trip. My average was 701 miles per day for the 16 day ride.
700 miles a day for 16 days will wear you out even on a Vision.
After just doing the Dalton in 4 days (up/back-13 total riding days) on a BMW 800 GS in great weather, I am trully amazed at your feats of endurance riding- I love to ride, but have no "vision" of ever doing that on a Vision in the rain !!
Awesome & Congrats !
Edited by hottierod 2012-07-11 2:27 PM
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Tourer
Posts: 404 San Antonio, TX United States | Steve is a man after my own heart. Thats the kind of riding i like doing. Usually at least once a month i will have a 800 to 1000 mile continuous run. Just a week ago i left Denver at 2am and rode straight through to Clinton, WI. Had a great time as usual on the vision. |
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Posts: 3204 Memphis | 









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Iron Butt
Posts: 1109
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Visionary
Posts: 3204 Memphis | Ok, here's a little motivation for you guys who are riding Visions to Sturgis and the AVR. Every one of these is an attribute that I associate with the Vision that breaks it out in the motorcycle world. Ride proud mi amigos! 




























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Tourer
Posts: 520 Simi Valley, CA | Welcome back... |
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Visionary
Posts: 1365 Central Maryland | Whooooaaaa! DEFINITELY some good ones there !!!! |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 785 Mt. Vernon, WASH. | Sooooo, why aren't some or all of these shirts? they'd sell like crazy. |
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Tourer
Posts: 554 2 mi from Jim Beam n KY | SYNSTR - 2012-08-01 10:43 PM Sooooo, why aren't some or all of these shirts? they'd sell like crazy. Yep!! |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1109
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Visionary
Posts: 3204 Memphis | For all you old geezers out there, this is who a Susan Glenn is. http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/susan-glenn 
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1109
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