USA 4 Corners Tour

[OldCrow]

PurpleGL1200I » Today- 8:12[/url]":uleo0slv]
If you ride back to Madawaska from Key West, that's another 2086 miles (not a short hop). No matter how you slice or dice it, an epic ride!! :clapping: arty: :rocks:

For the official USA 4 Corners you don't need to complete the 4th leg back to the beginning but I was close since the bike and I did the trip back to mid coast Maine about 250miles short of Madawaska. The last 600+ was solo. I dropped my wife off in Annapolis with her mother then I completed riding up on Saturday 10/12, then drove the cage down on 10/13 then drove back home on 10/13. After 3 weeks on the bike the cage was a magic carpet only one stop going down My wife could easily have done the last part but my mother-in-law was dog sitting and had events so we got there just in time.

Still recuperating. I was down in the garage and looking the bike over this morning. Looks like I blew out the left fork seal and have a bit a weeping on the drive shaft housing to rear joint. But the worst thing is the DIRT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG it's going to take weeks to get this bike back to clean Most amazingly the tires still look pretty nice. The front literally still looks nearly new while the rear has plenty of tread be a bit of cupping. I can't feel the cupping while riding, but it's there. I put Michelin Commander 2 tire on just before the ride, they have about 11k on them now. I would recommend the Michelin tires. I remember replacing the rear on my BMW twice during the ride back in 1999. I think I was running some kind of Bridgestone, but no matter tire tech has greatly advanced in 20 years.

Anyway, I'd say over all not bad for a 10,023.3 mile scoot around the nation. The Honda knows how to make a great machine!

 

[mcgovern61]

What a great great ride! I sure enjoyed it! :thanks: :clapping:

 

[julimike54]

Y'all had an excellent tour it sounds like. I second the Michelin Commander II tires, they seem to be a decent tire to me.