First big Ride (planning)...

[Gardo]

I'm planning a heavy ride on Friday, about 200 mile round trip and about 5hrs total ride time. This may take longer because I'm planning on stopping for a bit here and there, to rest up, grab a bite and take some pics. Nothing as nice as some of the scenery that the rest of you post but I'll try (This is New Jersey after all).
I've been going over the bike and making sure that everything is solid and I'm cofident that this first big run should be fine and the Widow will perform in all her awesomeness.


I'll post a detailed ride report the following day, wife permitting

Wish me luck!

[Lao Jia Hou]

I'm planning a heavy ride on Friday ... I'm planning on stopping for a bit here and there, to rest up, grab a bite and take some pics ... New Jersey

Hey Gardo - first off, good luck on your first major ride.

NJ? Ain't that Tony Soprano's turf? How about some pics from inside Bada Bing? I'm sure we'd all appreciate that fine scenery!

Safe riding on your cool mount - arrive home safely, without any spilled blood, and you're still a "made" wiseguy!

[moilami]

Sounds good. Enjoy your time and reserve some more you have planned. After that toss the clock on the road like in Easy Rider

Every good trip start with that ritual.

[Gardo]

Hey Gardo - first off, good luck on your first major ride.

NJ? Ain't that Tony Soprano's turf? How about some pics from inside Bada Bing? I'm sure we'd all appreciate that fine scenery!

Safe riding on your cool mount - arrive home safely, without any spilled blood, and you're still a "made" wiseguy!

Ayyyye forgettaboutit Ohhh Marone dis guys want badabings, but der aint no badda bings anymore LoL

its actually Satin Dolls and I live 15 minutes from there. Most days it looks like the Ukrainian Uglies championship

[JK3]

Haha the Bada Bing, I pass by it everyday on my way to work and Gardos description is right on. Once you get away from north Jersey it's actually really nice, they do call it the Garden State afterall.

Good luck with the ride Gardo, my butt would go numb after about 125 miles on my Dyna with the Bare Bones seat so make sure you take some good breaks and keep well hydrated. The best part about going with other dudes with bigger bikes is you can store all you crap in their bags

Have fun, looking forward to how the Widow performs. If she does well on this trip it would set aside some of my reservations. I'm done blasting around on the highway around here, it's just way too dangerous. I really like the slower 50ish back roads, the heist should do well on those, it would probably keep me out of trouble too without having all those ponies and torque of my other bike.

[Gardo]

thanks JK3, I readjusted the seat tonight and WOW what a difference. Took it around for 20min or so to get the feel of it and man its better.

i'm planning on back roading it to bloomfield and jumping on the GSP for 25mls (40.23km) then down Rt.1 for another 10mls (16km) and stay on Rt130 for 53mls (85.3 km) then though some of the side streets to Pit so its really 97 miles total (156.1 km total) one way

the way I recon it should be a nice clear day and there's just enoug on those roads to keep me from getting bored on the ride. I also am cheating, since I plan on doingthe Americade run this year i picked up some padded Super moto shorts to slip on under my Jeans, as an experiment

[culcune]

I think you should hit all the spots in 'Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle'