7 States + 2000 Miles (Live)

[accadacca]

Hitting the highway in June for yet another mancation. :ride:

A few places along the way:


Steamboat Springs, CO
Nebraska National Forest, NE
Black Hills National Forest, SD
Mount Rushmore, SD
Devils Tower, WY
Bighorn National Forest, WY
Red Lodge, MT
Beartooth Highway, WY
Chief Joseph Highway, WY
Yellowstone National Park, WY
Grand Teton National Park, WY
Jackson Hole, WY
Bear Lake, ID


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[Mtnseeker1]

Looks to be another epic ride acca.:ride:
Whatever you do, Don't have any fun with your Beemer.:)

[Mtnseeker1]

I'm thinking that your husa just may need some attention you know like while your out on the road and all.
I may just be able to help you with this so she don't feel neglected.:cool2::bandit::lol8:

But seriously have a good time bro and I'm very, Well you know just in case. Jealous.

[accadacca]

Nice try... :haha:

They'll be plenty of time in the dirt this year! :2thumbs:

[Mtnseeker1]

:roflol:

[accadacca]

We'll be rolling around noon after my sons, "Dad's Day at School" event. :popcorn:

:ride:

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[accadacca]

500 miles and 12 hours later we are eating at the Pizza Hut in Cody, WY. :ride:

[Mtnseeker1]

Right on Bro that's how you get the FOOD( **** out of dodge).:lol8:

[accadacca]

Fotoz...Day 1

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Bear Lake, UT

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Bear Lake, UT

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Jackson Lake, Grand Teton NP

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Jackson Lake, Grand Teton NP

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Yellowstone Lake, WY

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Yellowstone Lake, WY

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Yellowstone Lake, WY

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Yellowstone Lake, WY

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Jackson Lake, Grand Teton NP

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Cody, WY

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Cody, WY

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Chief Joseph Highway, WY

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Chief Joseph Highway, WY

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Chief Joseph Highway, WY

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Chief Joseph Highway, WY

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Chief Joseph Highway, WY

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Beartooth Highway, MT/WY

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Beartooth Highway, MT/WY

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Beartooth Highway, MT/WY

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Beartooth Highway, MT/WY

[accadacca]

Made it to Gillette, WY tonight after a 4 hour layover in Red Lodge, MT. double moo had the final drive go out on his '95 R1100GS.

After searching the town for options, we ended up loading his bike in the back of a U Haul and he's headed back to SLC.

Tomorrow we hit: Devils Tower, Sturgis, The Black Hills and Mount Rushmore! :ride:

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[accadacca]

Devils Tower, WY

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[accadacca]

Mount Rushmore, SD

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[accadacca]

In Sidney, NE tonight. Lotta fun stuff today.

Needles Highway, SD

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[live2ride]

Awesome man! Ride safe and I look forward to following this thread.

[Mtnseeker1]

Man that sucks dblmoo
Maybe I'll have to look into a hardly:lol8: NOT but a final drive on a BMW should be simple but expensive fix world wide.
So just what am I missing here boys?
By the way nice ride gents.

[stefan]

awesome stuff, acca! :2thumbs:

enjoy the rest of the trip

[Sombeech]

Sweet. You got some stuff that's been on my list for a while

[denaliguide]

awesome!! butts gotta be sore. :2thumbs::2thumbs:

[accadacca]

Well it was a wild ride indeed! :ride: We did get to see all of the landmarks, etc that we wanted to see, but it was not issue free. After we loaded double moo's bike into a U Haul, I never thought that I would suffer the same fate. After spending a night in Sidney, NE we decided to take the 8 hour option (not counting stops) and take I-80 home on Monday. We both had to back from work on Tuesday morning. Going through Colorado would have been funner, but it was an 11 hour deal (not counting stops) and this was the final day of the ride...no thanks.

We stopped at the wrong end of town when we first arrived in Sidney and got some suspect gas, we thought anyway. We got an early start and started bolting down I-80. We had planned on stopping for fuel in two places, which would put us home in the late afternoon/early evening. When we got on the road everything was going fine until my bike started to sputter. I immediately thought it was the gas and that maybe I would be okay. It kept doing it for 10 miles or so and finally died about 200 feet from the exit of a small town. Lucky! It was a town called Pine Bluffs, WY, which is just past the border from Nebraska.

I rolled it down the exit to a gas station. There was a Napa, two gas stations and a couple fast food places. That was the extent of this town. I drained the gas and put in some fresh stuff with no luck. So I called double moo and a mechanic friend and decided that it might be a plugged fuel filter if it was in fact bad gas. Luckily enough Napa has a filter that works for the bike and they had it in stock! It was about an hour fix to take off the take and access the filter, which is inside the tank. Unfortunately that didn't get the bike started. So we tried checking the spark plugs, fuel through the injectors and a few other things. Nothing worked and we were nearly 8 hours from home. I sent Steve to get a Budget rental truck 40 miles away in Cheyenne. When he got back we loaded it up and I followed him home just to make sure the perceived "bad gas" didn't kill his bike too. It didn't and we got home just before midnight. :facepalm1:

It was a first for double moo and myself as we have been on dozens of rides and longer trips without issue. However our bikes are getting up there in mileage. He has a '95 R1100GS with 78,000 and mine is an '04 R1150GS with 73,000. :ne_nau:

We will get them fixed and ride again!! :naughty:

Dalton, NE

55019

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Draining Gas

55021

Changing Filter

55022

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Loading up

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[Pelon1]

Bummer on the bad luck, we are heading out tonight for 6 days and just over 1800 miles, hope its not epic...Other than the scenery of the CA coast:nod:. Am starting with a pain in the ass, my rear tire has a nail in it, so gotta get that fixed today during work.

[accadacca]

Bummer on the bad luck, we are heading out tonight for 6 days and just over 1800 miles, hope its not epic...Other than the scenery of the CA coast:nod:. Am starting with a pain in the ass, my rear tire has a nail in it, so gotta get that fixed today during work.
Have a great ride!! Post up some pictures when you return. :2thumbs:

[Mtnseeker1]

Wow that's to bad but looks like an epic ride with memories for the next trip to shot the shit about while at the local pizza parlor.
Just curious but was it the charging system on your ride acca?

[accadacca]

I'm not sure what it is yet. My guess is the fuel pump. I am waiting to hear from the shop...

[accadacca]

I'm not sure what it is yet. My guess is the fuel pump. I am waiting to hear from the shop...
I got my GS back this morning after a 2+ week hiatus. It ended up being the fuel pump as I suspected. Wish I could have fixed it on the road! :ne_nau: