Over just under 3 weeks (June 21st to July 11th) I travelled from Chattanooga, TN to Metropolis IL, Branson MO, Dodge City KS, Colorado Springs CO, Winter Park CO, back to Colorado Springs (my buddy had a short out-patient surgery to reattach his bicep), on to Roswell NM, Blanchard OK, Camden AR, and finally back to Chattanooga. I spent several days at my friends houses in Colorado, and 2 nights in Metropolis, Branson, Dodge City, and Blanchard so I had a day to play tourist and spend some time with my family in Branson and Blanchard. I probably averaged about 350 miles per day on my riding days, but did pull close to 500 twice. While my bike is definitely not a touring machine (more like a cafe racer), by standing on the pegs and making frequent stops, along with an unrecommended daily dosage of Ibuprofen, I made it and had a blast doing so; even if my butt complained.
The title photo was taken by my Nephew in Oklahoma (and yes, it has inspired a gym membership and diet).
Metropolis Superman museum
Dodge City, KS
Deer in Colorado
Roswell
Saucy’s owner was staying at my hotel, cool car
Camden at the Rut
Thank you! Everyone here is too kind ☺️. It was a great trip and I can’t wait to do more, but hopefully by the time I’ve built the PTO to do so again I’ll have a proper touring bike LOL. My Triumph is the absolute perfect bike for riding to work, downtown, and being a hooligan carving mountain roads, which is 99% of my riding. But she is definitely not a comfortable touring bike.