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re: Motorcycle bet with dad - Final
Posted on 8/6/18 at 6:53 pm to Pvt Hudson
Posted on 8/6/18 at 6:53 pm to Pvt Hudson
Any updates?
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Posted on 8/7/18 at 4:38 am to Pvt Hudson
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Looks like both are going to make it.
Not so fas bucks, I’m pulling for ya but
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Central Texas to Mount Rushmore AND back
You said it not me
Posted on 8/7/18 at 6:04 am to Pvt Hudson
This is so much fun to follow, thanks for sharing!
Posted on 8/12/18 at 5:28 pm to iwantacooler
iwantacooler -
Owe you a beer - the BEST food we had on the entire trip!
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black hills burger and bun co in Custer is very good
Owe you a beer - the BEST food we had on the entire trip!
Posted on 8/12/18 at 8:41 pm to Pvt Hudson
This is pretty awesome. 
to you and your ole man.
to you and your ole man.Posted on 8/12/18 at 10:38 pm to Pvt Hudson
Spent Day 3 toolin' around the area. Finally made it to Mount Rushmore. Seen it so many times in pictures that it was odd seeing it in person. Back story was interesting - those guys were tough as hell as much as they were artists. Needles Highway - Crazy Horse - acted like tourists for a day.
Days 4 and 5 - The Long Way Home
54 degrees when we left Hill City - Running through the Black Hills alongside a herd of buffalo. Took a different route home to avoid the bumps in Oklahoma. Enjoyed the trip much more due to the better roads, steady stream of bikes headed the opposite direction to Sturgis, and the decreasing concern that the bikes weren't going to make it. Just over 2600 miles in total. $158 in gas. I finished at $3070 total to dad's $2927.
In the end, we called it a draw. The clutch cable put me over the $3k limit, but his license plate fell off somewhere in north Texas, so he didn't technically finish with a street-legal bike (couldn't let him just win). We bought each other a beer in Fredricksburg and parted ways.
Best part had to be just before we hit Fredricksburg. The scenery changed for the last time to the familiar live oaks and cactus - and I rode behind my dad realizing I was seeing him as I will always want to remember him.
Days 4 and 5 - The Long Way Home
54 degrees when we left Hill City - Running through the Black Hills alongside a herd of buffalo. Took a different route home to avoid the bumps in Oklahoma. Enjoyed the trip much more due to the better roads, steady stream of bikes headed the opposite direction to Sturgis, and the decreasing concern that the bikes weren't going to make it. Just over 2600 miles in total. $158 in gas. I finished at $3070 total to dad's $2927.
In the end, we called it a draw. The clutch cable put me over the $3k limit, but his license plate fell off somewhere in north Texas, so he didn't technically finish with a street-legal bike (couldn't let him just win). We bought each other a beer in Fredricksburg and parted ways.
Best part had to be just before we hit Fredricksburg. The scenery changed for the last time to the familiar live oaks and cactus - and I rode behind my dad realizing I was seeing him as I will always want to remember him.
Posted on 8/12/18 at 11:17 pm to Pvt Hudson
Great trip! Thanks for sharing. I hope to make one with one of my kids one day. I took one by myself out west years ago on my motorcycle and camped most every night (13 days & 6500 Miles). It was life changing. Going with one of my children would be incredible.
I salute you and your dad. Some of those long days in the saddle can be brutal. And they get tougher every year.
I salute you and your dad. Some of those long days in the saddle can be brutal. And they get tougher every year.
Posted on 8/12/18 at 11:39 pm to Pvt Hudson
Never been on a motorcycle but enjoyed the hell out of reading this thread. Really cool idea that yall came up with and sounds like it couldnt have turned out any better.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 6:48 am to Pvt Hudson
Discovered that place on one of my annual pheasant trips and make it a point to stop in when I’m in the area. Glad y’all liked it.
Awesome adventure. Those of us that are fortunate enough to still have our fathers around should follow your example, even if it’s just an afternoon fishing or taking in a ballgame. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome adventure. Those of us that are fortunate enough to still have our fathers around should follow your example, even if it’s just an afternoon fishing or taking in a ballgame. Thanks for sharing.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 8:39 am to RTN
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Never been on a motorcycle but enjoyed the hell out of reading this thread.
Traveling the country by motorcycle is way different than in a car. I've logged a few hundred thousand miles over the years on 2 wheels and do so as much as I can on state roads if no time restraints are in effect. It takes a bit longer to reach your destination, but you see so much more when not running the super slab all day long.
When on a bike, you feel the elements---cold is real cold and driving rain feels like stones being thrown your way at 70 mph. Then there are the smells that will make you smile, like a large patch of honeysuckle or farmers cutting their hay fields, and on the flip side, road kill, especially skunks are nothing nice.
The one that gets to me the most is the heat. Riding up to Colorado once, I ran across N. Texas and it was up over 100 all day long. Stayed in Durango, CO. for several days camping and decided to ride back home. Left at 5 a.m. and my first stop for gas was right across from a bank that had a sign showing it was 38 degrees that morning. I rode all the way to Wichita Falls, TX by that afternoon and it had climbed to 105 degrees as it was having a heat wave. That was a 67 degree difference in temperature from morning until evening. Every fuel stop found me peeling of layers of clothes.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 8:51 am to Pvt Hudson
@pvtHudson,
Nice write up and great times spent with your dad. I know it's a trip you will both remember, and glad it went well for the both of you.
By the way, nice find on the bikes. You got some nice rides for cheap and if you decide to sell one day, you'll get your money back and likely more.
Nice write up and great times spent with your dad. I know it's a trip you will both remember, and glad it went well for the both of you.
By the way, nice find on the bikes. You got some nice rides for cheap and if you decide to sell one day, you'll get your money back and likely more.
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