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Old 08-04-2013, 11:52 PM   #1
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I was riding up Lookout Mountain this afternoon and the Monsoon clouds were building. I turned around about half way up and a young man on a 650 V-Strom pulled up next to me. He was from Alberta, Canada. I noticed his tires were like knobbies. He said they were 50/50 street and trail. I told him I have my video camera on if he wants to ride in front of me.

So he takes off down the mountain, and stands up on the pegs all the way down. I busted a gut trying to keep up with him. I still don't see how he could countersteer standing on the pegs.

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Old 08-05-2013, 07:32 AM   #2
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It's pretty easy if you got the handle bars to make it comfrotable. I ride standing up a lot after I put extensions on. Some of the 50/50s have awesome traction, just terrible asphalt life.
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Old 08-05-2013, 08:45 AM   #3
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Took the chicken strips right off of the Pirelli MT21s on my husky when I took it through CO. Didn't even realize I was leaned that far over until the end of one of our days of riding. That was even loaded up with a week's worth of gear. I wasn't standing up on the paved roads, though.
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Old 08-05-2013, 11:00 PM   #4
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Took the chicken strips right off of the Pirelli MT21s on my husky when I took it through CO. Didn't even realize I was leaned that far over until the end of one of our days of riding. That was even loaded up with a week's worth of gear. I wasn't standing up on the paved roads, though.
You came through Colorado and didn't tell me?
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You came through Colorado and didn't tell me?
Sorry! Summer 2011. Rode across NE and did some touring of CO. Estes Park, Pikes Peak, Royal Gorge, etc. Tried to go up and over the mountains from Crested Butte to Aspen, but the locals warned us about the road (two of the 4 of us were on street bikes, and one passenger had Down Syndrome) and it was getting dark, so we didn't attempt it.

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I made the trip up to Sturgis last week. One of the road-side photographers caught me running down Spearhead Canyon on the pegs

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I got pulled over by a small town cop for standing on my pegs through town, stretching my legs. No ticket. Pretty sure it isn't even illegal.
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I made the trip up to Sturgis last week. One of the road-side photographers caught me running down Spearhead Canyon on the pegs

Dude... I just got home on Saturday from there.
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Old 08-13-2013, 12:08 AM   #9
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Sturgis. Several of my neighbors have been there. The problem is none of them ride. Or have ever been on a motorcycle as far as I know. We went up there about 1980. Two weeks after Sturgis. It was great. Uncrowded, choice of campsites, and Custer State Park has unbelievable roads. Now would be a good time to go.
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Old 08-13-2013, 07:49 AM   #10
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I don't get the fucking sturgis bullshit, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb... If I want to see a bunch of white trash, I can just drive around town. Definitely wouldn't want to go to South Dakota for any other reason either.
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