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 Let's see if this works. There's a few of us in Colorado here, seems mostly around the Denver/Front Range area. Maybe we could use our own little pocket of space to discuss road conditions, possible meetups, and bitch about 6 months of icy roads up in the mountains. If this takes off, I'll try to update the OP with useful stuff like links, routes, and pictures of white people wearing Chacos and taking their dog with them to the brewery in their Subaru. If desired, I could also keep a running list of goons with their approximate location in the OP. HenryJLittlefinger - Fort Collins area; Yamaha XJ600N Akion - Denver, Highlands/Sunnyside area; Radbot - southwest Denver; Honda CTX700N Discomancer - Boulder; Suzuki VStrom 650 PlasticSun - Denver, Baker/West Wash Park area; 03 F650 GS Dakar, 08 ST1300 bj2001holt - Fort Collins/Steamboat Springs; CRF450X and various other dirt-oriented machines TEASE MY NECKBEARD - Denver; Suzuki B-King ChlamydiaJones - Aurora; Triumph Tiger, BMW R100GS, 1980 BMW R100, MuZ Skorpion Riven - Highlands; BMW F800S axia - Golden; DR-Z Mexican Radio - ?, DR-Z Space Whale - Broomfield; Ninja 300 HenryJLittlefinger fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Aug 26, 2016 |
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hot sauce posted:Why not? Because in a place populated almost entirely by transplants from the midwest, the only way for nonnatives to assert superiority is to let you know they've been there longer than you. I love living here, but gently caress do people have some screwy ideas about what living in Colorado does for their personal identity. And a lot of the natives just love to hate us transplants. Also, Radbot posted:eat green chili, and spend as much time in the mountains as possible. HenryJLittlefinger fucked around with this message at 22:24 on Aug 1, 2014 |
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Aug 1, 2014 22:21
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Kony Kid posted:Looking to buy a diesel pickup just so I can roll coal through downtown boulder. You're the other kind of Coloradan I hate. Akion posted:I have a show at RR on Saturday Night gently caress you I wanted to go to that show so bad. HenryJLittlefinger fucked around with this message at 01:27 on Aug 2, 2014 |
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Kony Kid posted:alright great! In other news I have this ongoing stereotype that Coloradans are not capable of sarcasm. I got it, I was just adding another layer. There's a lot of 17-year-olds that come down from Cheyenne and Laramie that do that on the weekends through old town. Cummins turbo diesel light to light matches.
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Aug 2, 2014 02:42
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gently caress I70 between Empire and Hwy 6. gently caress it.
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Aug 4, 2014 05:16
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I would love to, just got some poo poo sorted out in my carbs and electricals. However,     Tour de Fat is happening in Fort Collins and I will be drinking heavily in a costume.
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Aug 29, 2014 16:32
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The aspens are turning. Peak colors up at Muddy and Rabbit Ears passes. I headed up Poudre Canyon yesterday, but didn't make it all the way to Cameron Pass.
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Sep 22, 2014 17:34
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Me and a buddy rode up Poudre Canyon, over Cameron Pass to Walden, north to Laramie, and back to Fort Collins on Sunday. Beautiful foilage, gettin' cold up there. 
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Oct 1, 2014 23:37
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Anyone going to this? http://www.coloradomotorcycleexpo.com/
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Jan 22, 2015 01:18
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Akion posted:Sorry, I've been in the process of buying a house.  new house bros. I just closed and moved in this weekend. My only riding lately was getting my bike from the old house to the new one. quote:Also, LOL at asking a Supermoto rider what is safe.
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Dammit, I want to so bad. But Saturday is Valentine's Day and I'm going to go adopt a kitten. Maybe I can sneak out Sunday for a little Rist Canyon action.
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It's a beautiful day and I'm too hung over to ride right now.
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Did this morning's storm not accumulate? It was lovely driving in Castle Rock.
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Mar 20, 2015 05:25
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From about Monument to E470 it was slushy and accumulating on the shoulders. It looked like there was a lot coming from the west. Radar showed a big chunk of nasty coming across south Denver. It was mostly just rain in Brighton, Commerce City, Parker, etc. that was around noon yesterday though.
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Mar 20, 2015 15:39
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Yeah, I drove home from Meeker last night and the passes were lovely. But I guess we need the snowpack.
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I rode to Taos and back last weekend. Here's some pictures. Alligator farm down in the San Luis Valley.   North end of the San Luis Valley.  Collegiate Peaks   Cold, wet, lots of freezing rain and hail all through the high country. South Park was especially cold.
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May 6, 2015 16:52
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Kony Kid posted:Lots of rain lately. other than that I was quite pleased with the winter/spring weather so far in my first couple months of living here. Don't knock it, we need that rain.
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Oh man that is hosed. I know how you feel, you have my full sympathy. I'll keep an eye out up here.
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So anybody riding? Here's some pictures from a couple weeks ago. A buddy and I rode from Fort Collins up to Cherokee Park SWA mostly on dirt roads on our Secas. Stove Prairie Road  Poudre Canyon  South of Red Feather   Prairie Divide   Near Cherokee Park  Where the gently caress are we... 
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Oct 14, 2015 21:36
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I'm riding a snowboard this weekend...
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Akion posted:On the upside, the fucker that stole it got sentenced to a few years so there's that. Oh hell yes.
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It was an awesome weekend. Anyone ride? I did Rist, Buckhorn, Big Thompson, and St. Vrain canyons. They weren't too overrun with lookyloos refusing to use the slow vehicle pullouts, but still a handful. Stove Prairie  Buckhorn Canyon  
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I was gonna ride up Boulder Canyon to Nederland and then along the Peak to Peak to Estes, then down Lefthand Canyon to Lyons and back home yesterday. It was so loving hot that I was feeling dizzy by the time I got to Boulder. I turned around, headed back up Little Thompson Canyon, and ran into standstill traffic about halfway up and turned back around. I had to stop and soak my clothes and let the bike cool off. Thermometer said 120 in the sun, and never got below 100 while I was moving. In Lyons, I watched a guy on a cruiser almost get smoked by a truck turning left across our lanes. Cruiser rider decided to pass me on the right through a little gap while I was waiting for the truck in front of me to turn left because I saw exactly what would have happened, and it did. Classic back wheel lockup, smoke and screeching. Would have layerdanned if he had been going any faster. gently caress weekend traffic in Lyons. It was a miserable loving day to ride. 
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There's a host of them north and west of Denver. Hwy 285 west out of Morrison is great when there's no traffic. It's the best way to get to South Park and the west slope in general from Denver area. Connect to Buena Vista, Salida, Leadville, Alamosa, Breckenridge, Vail, Aspen, etc however you want. There are no bad roads once you're west of say Conifer. 285 and 17 through the San Luis are perfectly straight for a long time, but it's a beautiful ride. South of you, there's 67 between Castle Rock and Woodland Park, and 105 between Castle Rock and Monument. Easy after work rides while there's daylight. 72, "the one to Coal Creek" will take you to Nederland. From there, the Peak to Peak highway (still Hwy 72) will take you north to Hwy 7. The entirety of 7 between Lyons and Estes Park is fun. 36 between Lyons and Estes Park is fun. All of these are favorites for Denver area riders and drivers, though, so expect traffic to be generally heavy on weekends and steadily getting worse from now until the snow hits. Hwy 14 up Poudre Canyon from Fort Collins to Walden is good if you don't get too much traffic. From Walden, in the center of North Park, you can continue Hwy 14 to 40 at Muddy Pass. 40 is pretty phenomenal between I 70 and Salt Lake City. Not a stretch on that road I don't like, except through a few of the towns it passes through (Steamboat and Winter Park are kind of irritating). It can get a little monotonous out west in Moffat County, especially between Maybell and Jensen, UT, but it's still nice. The Butler Map for Colorado is a good resource. Re: The Secas, they're a great bike. They would make a very reasonable upgrade from a Ninja 300. However, they're 90s technology, so carburetors, no ABS, zero modern electronics, and a little heavy. But they're more powerful if maintained well and very capable of both daily riding and long hauls. I stopped upgrading when I got mine. If you're interested, I can tell you a lot more about them. My riding buddy is probably the best resource on them in this country and lives in Denver. HenryJLittlefinger fucked around with this message at 20:56 on Aug 31, 2016 |
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Then slow down.
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NTM the huge amount of grit that collects in the apexes and especially just outside the lines. And busted retread, and shoes, and tie-downs, and coolers, and buckets...
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