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Greetings from Devil's Tower, Wyoming! Spent a week or so in South Dakota recently--right in the middle of the 82nd Sturgis Rally. I was there on business, but did take my bike along. Believe me, I had no interest in all the rally BS (seen one old fat guy on a Harley wearing a trump shirt, and you've seen 'em all). Me? I was there for the scenery and the roads. Did all the touristy things too: Mt Rushmore, Devils Tower, Deadwood and Custer State Park. The latter was the icing on the cake--best motorcycle roads I've come across yet! If you're ever in the vicinity, and happen to have a nice bike with you, here's a list of MUST RIDE highways:
  • Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway.
  • Badlands Loop State Scenic Byway.
  • Vanocker Canyon / Nemo Road Scenic Drive.
  • Belle Fourche to Devils Tower Scenic Drive.
  • U.S. Highway 385 Scenic Drive.
  • Boulder Canyon Scenic Drive.
  • Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway.
Worth the trip (but wait 'till after the rally). Speaking of the Rally, if I never see (or hear) another damned Harley again, it'll be too soon!

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Phil_M
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Sep 19, 2022
Daaaammnnnn What camera/lens you using?
RayF
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Sep 20, 2022
Phil_M Just a humble iPhone 11. I do have better cameras (I even had one of them with me on that trip) but the truth is, I was just having too nice a time to be bothered with them (lightning should strike me for saying so, considering the dough I've put into them over the years). Still, the iPhone does respectably well and there's no arguing they're awfully handy too. I do run everything through Lightroom before I upload any shot--principally to crop and tune them up a tad. If you're interested, here's a link to my Flickr site where I post shots of my travels, my interests/hobbies and damn near anything else that presents itself: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rayfriedman/?
rastus
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Aug 20, 2022
RayF
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Aug 20, 2022
rastus Thanks @rastus sounds like a really good one! New Hampshire is a long ride from Las Vegas but you never know--I might get there someday!
ED61
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Aug 19, 2022
My first real bike was the 82 1000 suziki katana .First production cafe style racer.in 82 the bike was $2800 out the door.Then came the 83 1100 katana,then ty84 fj 1100 eventually as I got a little old the 2000 super glyde sport and now thinking about buying the 82 katana again .In original mint condition it’s going foe about 9 times what i paid for it new Ride safe buddy
ED61
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Aug 20, 2022
I remember them well.A big smooth bike.As big as it appeared it was only 2 inches wider than the 4 cylinder back then .You were riding around the rockys and I was street racing around the 5 boroughs of NYC on weeknights and road racing at Pocono Raceway on weekends (amateur series)
RayF
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Aug 20, 2022
ED61 Damn--if we'd have known each other in our youth, this might have been us!
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