Phil Tarman
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Me, too. Gettin' old is .... kinda' like .... gettin' old.
The NT and the open road....
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Me, too. Gettin' old is .... kinda' like .... gettin' old.
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OK! Capital Reef NP is on the list!
Macka
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I am rather envious. We don't have scenery like that here in Oz. :sick:
This is more typical of our ancient continent. This picture was taken near Broken Hill.
The view was exactly the same looking the other way.
Macka
This is more typical of our ancient continent. This picture was taken near Broken Hill.
The view was exactly the same looking the other way.
Macka
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But if you get off road a bit here in Australia you can see scenery like this (this was a very recent trip in the Broken Hill area in a CR-V)
Can a Moderator fix the photo orientation please (blasted iPhones)
Seagrass
Can a Moderator fix the photo orientation please (blasted iPhones)
Seagrass
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I think God gave all the pretty scenery to New Zealand. All y'all wound up with wuz Kangaroos!
Mike
I have a 30 inch and have no problems.
Phil Tarman
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Yeah, but your knees bend and are strong and all that. My technologically improved plastic/titanium/stainless steel knees don't work so great.
Our NTs don't bring much on the used market these days so if you have the space, just keep it. My NT is a great cold weather bike but starting from around Mar-Apr it just sits on my lift to save garage floor space although I do treat it to a wash and engine warm-up periodically.
I can recall many times seeing cruiser riders stopping for a break in the middle of nowhere to get some relief from the noise that they claim to love and the harsh ride. No one was doing emergency repairs that I could see, there was no shade, no bathroom, no cold soft drinks but they stopped anyhow.
I just rode by with a smile.
I can recall many times seeing cruiser riders stopping for a break in the middle of nowhere to get some relief from the noise that they claim to love and the harsh ride. No one was doing emergency repairs that I could see, there was no shade, no bathroom, no cold soft drinks but they stopped anyhow.
I just rode by with a smile.
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Damn, that is one hell of a drag strip.. i bet with faring set to low and me tucked behind it, I can get my NT to 150mph
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Hey, I've been on that road about 2 years ago. I think you're referring to the road just east of US 93. We eventually went up to Como Lake and camped there. Beautiful country.
I agree that Missoula has overgrown a comfortable level. In the 1960s when I worked for the Forest Service down west of Salmon we would spend some weekend time in Missoula at Heidle House eating pizza and drinking beer.
NoNTnow
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I remember when Missoula was a podunk lumber town with a rural college. They had so many "teepee burners" in the area the valley was nothing but smoke. It was not a nice place in the early 60's until the mid 70's when "teepee burners" caught the attention of the EPA. I see they saved one for the museum. See Here Then the left coast discovered the area and it really went down hill...
Macka
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Whilst I was stopped to take that picture, a Road Train went past. It was the only other vehicle I saw for an hour or so.Damn, that is one hell of a drag strip.. i bet with faring set to low and me tucked behind it, I can get my NT to 150mph
I waited until it was out of sight as I wanted the empty road.
I don't remember seeing any wildlife either!
Macka
I've seen pix of the Aussie road trains. IIRC, it is a road tractor with multiple trailers behind, right? Is there a limit in OZ on the number of trailers that can be towed legally? Here in Missouri they are limited to two trailers.
Mike
In Oregon they can pull three trailers. Cant be safe. In any sort of cross wind they get blown all over the road.
Macka
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There would be a limit but I don't know it. I have seen five trailers behind the Prime Mover (tractor), as we call it.
I have a picture somewhere. I will try to find it.
If you see one coming on an outback road it is safest to get completely off the road as far as possible.
I have seen the rear trailer whipping and touching the dirt on both sides of the road.
If the driver has the road to himself he will drive straight down the middle.
They hate slowing down and are extremely reluctant to move over.
You also need to remember that it takes them a REALLY long to accelerate up to cruising speed and an awful long time to stop.
Macka
I have a picture somewhere. I will try to find it.
If you see one coming on an outback road it is safest to get completely off the road as far as possible.
I have seen the rear trailer whipping and touching the dirt on both sides of the road.
If the driver has the road to himself he will drive straight down the middle.
They hate slowing down and are extremely reluctant to move over.
You also need to remember that it takes them a REALLY long to accelerate up to cruising speed and an awful long time to stop.
Macka
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Missoula, Spokane, etc used to fill up with smoke in the winter on a regular basis during inversions. Spokane county had 50,000 non EPA wood stoves. Now all new stoves must be EPA approved in Spokane County. And clean air polution monitors. Once in awhile a stove ban in the control zone but not often now. I love my heat a lator.I remember when Missoula was a podunk lumber town with a rural college. They had so many "teepee burners" in the area the valley was nothing but smoke. It was not a nice place in the early 60's until the mid 70's when "teepee burners" caught the attention of the EPA. I see they saved one for the museum. See Here Then the left coast discovered the area and it really went down hill...
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LOL! Me TOO! The real term is Tipi-Burner...but I never knew why they existed....I'm glad you 'splained "teepee burners" for me because that term was new to me.
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They must have detach points right off the interstate cause there is no way in Chicago you could make a turn in a town.
Macka
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Road trains are restricted to the outback areas where there are few turns and little traffic. In Victoria, where I live, the largest vehicle allowed on our Arterial (major suburban) roads is a "B Double" which is a prime mover pulling a half trailer and then a full length trailer.
That is effectively 1 1/2 semi trailers as we know it.
Actually, I just looked up the regs on vehicle lengths.
A B Double is a maximum of 25 metres (82 feet) and a Road Train is 53.5 metres (175.5 feet).
I believe that I may have seen longer than that but it would have been 35 years ago in the far North-West of Oz.
They may have changed the regs since then.
Macka