My buddy rode his HD Electra Glide out from Detroit last weekend. 500 miles to Harrisburg PA. From there we did another 500 miles through PA, MD, DE, and NJ. We ate 2 different cheesesteaks, demo'd Victory motorcycles, hit a massive rally, and ate way too much food.
On with the pics.
Friday: Gas Man (name on another forum) arrives. 2 push-rod twins ready to do business.
Saturday: We hit the local Victory dealer to do a demo ride. We were on a tight schedule all weekend so we had to get there early to get on the first ride.
We both wanted to ride the Cross Country (the Street Glide clone) but they were both spoken for. So Gas rode the Vision and I rode the Cross Road (Road King clone)
The Cross Roads was nice. But not totally refined. It was loud mechanically. Gas says it was the straight cut gears making that racket. But extremely comfortable. This was the first touring bike I've ever rode. Felt like I could go all day on this beast. Relatively easy to maneuver at parking lot speeds.
Gas and I switched bikes for the 10 minute ride back to my house. The Ultra is heavy. No joke. But once you get it rolling its super easy to ride. And oh man, is it comfortable. Much like the Buell there's just so much torque down low, which the Victory lacked.
Gas Man proceeded to wheelie my Buell as we approached a stop sign a block from my driveway. I was watching him in the mirror of his bike and BOOM...up comes my front wheel. :lol: I started laughing out loud and so did he. I could tell he was having a good time on the torque monster XB. He claims me telling him the front wheel comes up easy was more like an invitation than a warning. :lol: No harm, no foul. He's only the 3rd person other than me to ride my bike.
From there we went south to Hanover to Codorus State park to meet up with another buddy. Long story short, the other guy got caught in some wicked traffic and we never met up with him. So we headed south to MD. Rode 77 through Thurmont near Camp David. Gas has some good pics from that ride that my wife took from the back of his bike. Then we rode back to PA through 4 state parks and 1 big ass state forest. Good roads. Not a totally ****** ride. 200 miles.
Sunday: Up early again. Heading east to Ephrata for a once a month massive rally. Hundreds and hundreds of bikes show up for this thing.
Gas HD, my buddy's FZ1, and my Buell:
This is left field of a baseball field:
On with the pics.
Friday: Gas Man (name on another forum) arrives. 2 push-rod twins ready to do business.
Saturday: We hit the local Victory dealer to do a demo ride. We were on a tight schedule all weekend so we had to get there early to get on the first ride.
We both wanted to ride the Cross Country (the Street Glide clone) but they were both spoken for. So Gas rode the Vision and I rode the Cross Road (Road King clone)
The Cross Roads was nice. But not totally refined. It was loud mechanically. Gas says it was the straight cut gears making that racket. But extremely comfortable. This was the first touring bike I've ever rode. Felt like I could go all day on this beast. Relatively easy to maneuver at parking lot speeds.
Gas and I switched bikes for the 10 minute ride back to my house. The Ultra is heavy. No joke. But once you get it rolling its super easy to ride. And oh man, is it comfortable. Much like the Buell there's just so much torque down low, which the Victory lacked.
Gas Man proceeded to wheelie my Buell as we approached a stop sign a block from my driveway. I was watching him in the mirror of his bike and BOOM...up comes my front wheel. :lol: I started laughing out loud and so did he. I could tell he was having a good time on the torque monster XB. He claims me telling him the front wheel comes up easy was more like an invitation than a warning. :lol: No harm, no foul. He's only the 3rd person other than me to ride my bike.
From there we went south to Hanover to Codorus State park to meet up with another buddy. Long story short, the other guy got caught in some wicked traffic and we never met up with him. So we headed south to MD. Rode 77 through Thurmont near Camp David. Gas has some good pics from that ride that my wife took from the back of his bike. Then we rode back to PA through 4 state parks and 1 big ass state forest. Good roads. Not a totally ****** ride. 200 miles.
Sunday: Up early again. Heading east to Ephrata for a once a month massive rally. Hundreds and hundreds of bikes show up for this thing.
Gas HD, my buddy's FZ1, and my Buell:
This is left field of a baseball field:
