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gramps103 |
Post subject: First long ride  Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 1:14 pm |
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Just got home from the first long ride on my 2012 Electra Glide Classic. Went to Estes Park, Colorado and surrounding area. About 1500 mi. I'm very happy with the way the bike performed and the comfort. The bike ran great even on Trail Ridge Road at 12000 ft. Averaged 45mpg for the trip. Wife and I are still grinning, It just doesn't get much better. Even with 80 to 100* temps coming across Wyoming. Looking forward to Yellowstone, Cody, Wy. Red lodge,Mt. and Bear Tooth Pass in a couple weeks. 
Just an ordinary average guy.
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roadking |
Post subject: Re: First long ride Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 1:55 pm |
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Post some Pics!! Lets see some of that beautiful countryside - or maybe a couple of those grins!!  Glad to hear you had a safe trip 
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gramps103 |
Post subject: Re: First long ride Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 2:40 pm |
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Trying to figure out how and where to download pictures. May have to do multiple posts . Any suggestions?
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roadking |
Post subject: Re: First long ride Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 3:21 pm |
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It's easy to post pics here.
In the "Post a Reply" page where you write your posts, under the text box where you type in is a Browse button - click it to find the pic on your computer then hit the "Add the file" button. You can add 5 (I think) pics per post - the only thing is they have to be the right size to post - the page will tell you the dimensions and file size limit.
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Kickstand |
Post subject: Re: First long ride Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 6:02 pm |
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gramps103 wrote: Just got home from the first long ride on my 2012 Electra Glide Classic. Went to Estes Park, Colorado and surrounding area. About 1500 mi. I'm very happy with the way the bike performed and the comfort. The bike ran great even on Trail Ridge Road at 12000 ft. Averaged 45mpg for the trip. Wife and I are still grinning, It just doesn't get much better. Even with 80 to 100* temps coming across Wyoming. Looking forward to Yellowstone, Cody, Wy. Red lodge,Mt. and Bear Tooth Pass in a couple weeks. You're living the dream Gramps. It sounds like it was a great trip.
“In the high country of the mind one has to become adjusted to the thinner air of uncertainty...”
― Robert M. Pirsig
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badinfluence63 |
Post subject: Re: First long ride Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 7:50 pm |
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Good on you Gramps.
I too have a 2012 Ultra and can't say enough good about it. I think 2012 was a good year for production Electraglides. Big 180 dual compound rear tire, 6 speed 6 gallon gas tank. Factory oil cooler. 103 motor..the list goes on.
To expect to be perfect is unreasonable, to strive for perfection is reasonable.
2015 Ultra Classic Low.
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twoiron72 |
Post subject: Re: First long ride Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 7:43 am |
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The first long ride my wife and I took was to Mt. Rushmore, Cody, Yellowstone, and Jackson Hole. We live in Southwest Missouri, which is beautiful, but that is God's Country out there. Everyday the WOW factor went up.
"The journey is never a direct route; it is circuitous, and somewhere along the way, we discover that the journey is more significant than the destination, and the people we meet will be traveling companions of our memories forever." N. Demille
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gramps103 |
Post subject: Re: First long ride Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 2:24 pm |
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I can't get the pictures to post. I don't see it saying anything about pic size either. I'll keep trying.
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gramps103 |
Post subject: Re: First long ride Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 3:11 pm |
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I just found where it says file is to big. Got to figure out how to make it fit.
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badinfluence63 |
Post subject: Re: First long ride Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 10:39 pm |
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https://www.shrinkpictures.com/or send them to RK he knows what he's doing.
To expect to be perfect is unreasonable, to strive for perfection is reasonable.
2015 Ultra Classic Low.
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