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Did this three years ago and the chance came up to do it again with some really great guys. I know Jim Bean, Rick Giroux, Dennis Godwin and Gary Rebensdorf are coming but not sure who else. Rode 750 miles yesterday to Rome, OR and lucky max temp was just 87. Leaving at 4:45 am helps. Stopped at this cool roadside cafe/campground called Rome Station. Camped for just $5 and had the best breakfast I’ve had in a long while for just $10 Today was trying to get to Yellow Pine to meet up with the guys. Got to Lowman to get on the IDBDR trail and thought I was late at 1:15 but it turns out they were behind me! Made it to Yellow Pine in just 3:15 at Rally Pace!

How many people out there own adventure bikes that are far more capable than the rider? Some people just want to do a little trail riding. Nothing wrong with that. This would bring a whole new market in that has otherwise been left out. Sure, the bike looks a bit strange, but the wheel/tire situation, stock skid plate, hand guards with integrated blinkers is a good start. Harley carried the motorcycle market a long way for a long time. They have invested into EV and even bicycles. Lots of folks balked at the VRod when it came out but it did well for them. Now they’ve introduced 500/750 intro models to help bring new riders into cycling. I’m not into this bike at all. At All! But their attitude seems to be “let’s keep progressing the overall of cycling”. In the big picture, that ain’t so bad...