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First Time Riding My Motorcycle On The Freeway
DARREN ALFF August 25, 2010
Today I rode my motorcycle on the freeway for the very first time. I only went about 4 miles and got up to a little over 70 miles per hour, but my first trip on the Interstate was a success. When I first popped onto the on-ramp I was able to quickly get up to speed and merge into the slow lane. There were no cars behind me for at least a half-mile, which was nice. I quickly got up to speed, but even at seventy the cars behind me quickly caught up and passed. The speed isn’t the the thing that scares me the most about driving on the freeway – it’s the wind! I’m sure that if I keep practicing I’ll get used to it, but at the moment it is still a bit scary.
After taking the freeway into downtown Park City, I climbed up to Deer Valley and rode all the way to the top of Empire Pass. From there, I rode down a dirt road to the Midway Reservoir before turning around and returning home on the main drag that leads from downtown Park City to Kimball Junction. It was a good ride.
25Aug
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Hey man, what kind of bike do you have? I’m on a big loop tour of the US this year (bicycle not motor) but thinking I may look into a dual sport for my next adventure.
I have a 2009 Kawasaki KLR 650. I got it last October and am still learning, but now that I have a couple thousand miles on it I am really starting to enjoy it. I plan to take a ride up to Yellowstone National Park in a couple weeks, so I am looking forward to that. Yeah, I did the bicycle tours and they are great, but I think the motorcycle trips could be just as fun. The only thing I’m not sure about with the dual sport bikes is that at high speeds they are not nearly as good as your traditional motorcycle that is made to be driven on the pavement. My plan for my trip to Yellowstone is to avoid the freeway the whole way there and drive mainly on the side-roads and smaller highways where the speed limit is 65 or below.