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Mild Hogs Motorcycle Trip...

Discussion in 'YachtForums Yacht Club' started by YachtForums, Aug 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM.

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  1. Hatterized, Aug 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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    Hatterized

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    ahhhh seeing America on 2 wheels, the scenery, aromas, constantly changing temps, not for the faint of heart but for many like myself a bucket list item i crossed off in 2003...Wash, DC thru Milwaukee, WI (2003 HD Anniversary Celebration) then Sturgis, SD onto Vancouver, BC then south down PCH thru CA into Arizona, trip ended 18 wheeler trailer tire tread pelted the bike and I so 2 days in hospital, bike was totaled out by insurance company and after 32 days and 2 days at hospital i flew home so no long trips anymore :eek:
    Surely did enjoy you sharing your trip of the Rockies and the panoramic scenery they offer :)
  2. YachtForums, Aug 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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    Sorry to hear that. Every rider fears unexpected debris. I hit a rock about the size of a grapefruit and it launched me and the bike in the air at about 60 mph. Really amazed the tire didn’t blow out. I feel lucky that I didn’t come home in a cast. Or worse… a casket!
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  3. Norseman, Aug 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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    Agree with you on the hospital food Carl: The first (and only) time I crashed a bike it cost me a week in the hospital with a broken knee and a cast from arse to ankle and 3 missing incisors.
    The good thing about the missing teeth was I couldn’t eat much of the hospital food. :D
    I was 15 years old and never crashed anything after that, too much pain involved.

    Great road trip out West and refreshing to get away from the SE Florida summers for sure.
    I won’t ride anything in Florida, too much craziness on the road, lost friends and colleagues to bike accidents, not joining them in heaven, yet.:cool:
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