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Little Bighorn
Battlefield Tour 2000
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A Trip of Extremes:
- From perfect & sunny one day to snow, rain & hailstorms the
next!
- From sleeping on volcanic cinders under a million stars in the
middle of nowhere one night to sitting in a Red Lion lounge listening
to the locals sing karaoke versions of "The Streak" &
"Convoy" the next.
- From all-you-can-eat smorgasbords of sparsely traveled twisties to
miles of superslab filled with trucks & RVs.
- From two renowned sport touring bikes, the Honda ST1100 & the
Honda VFR750F to two highly regarded, strictly sport bikes, the Honda
Super Hawk and the Suzuki SV650. And then on the last day, adding a
Honda CBR1000F and a Kawasaki EX500 to the mix.
- And for one of us, from an H-D
Evo Road King to 9 days on 6 amazing sport bikes. Life may never
be the same for Lenny!
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Trip Specs:
- The Riders: Joe,
Vince, Lenny & Scott
- The
Bikes:
- Honda ST1100
- Honda Super Hawk VTR1000F
- Honda Interceptor VFR750F
- Suzuki SV650
- Honda CBR1000F
- Kawasaki EX500
- The Dates: June 16 - June 25, 2000 or 9 days of bliss!
- The States traveled through: Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
& Oregon
- Miles covered: 2,742
- Prominent points of interest:
- Chinook Pass, Washington
- Lolo Pass, Idaho - 71 miles of high speed twisties!
- Big Belt Mountains, Montana
- Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
- Bighorn Mountains & Granite Pass, Wyoming
- Yellowstone National Park
- Grand Tetons National Park
- Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho
- Blue Mountains, Oregon
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Trip Journal:
- Day
1 - Can we get out of King County without getting stopped this
time?
- Tacoma, WA to Richland WA
- 260 miles
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2 - In search of twisties!
- Richland, WA to Missoula, MT
- 376 miles
- Day
3 - Touring the gas stations of rural Montana
- Missoula, MT to Hardin, MT
- 436 miles
- Day
4 - Adventure touring??? Are you nuts??
- Hardin, MT to Greybull, WY
- 180 miles
- Day
5 - You know, Yellowstone smells just like Tacoma!"
- Greybull, WY to Yellowstone Nat. Park
- 226 miles
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6 - Tetons means what in French???
- Yellowstone to Craters of the Moon Nat. Monument, ID via Grand
Teton Nat. Park
- 268 miles
- Day
7 - Are these people in here the locals?
- Craters to Pendleton, OR
- 409 miles
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8 - Smellin' the barn!
- Pendleton, OR to Seattle, WA
- 301 miles
- Day
9 - We're not done yet!
- Seattle, WA to Port Townsend, WA and back
- 286 miles
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