I had mentioned in a previous post that I mapped out a 75 mile loop that I have been enjoying for nice morning rides to exercise the herd. So far I’ve taken five of them around the loop and next time I’ll take my little 125. Not sure if I will try this with my GT80 or the JT60, but it might be a hoot!

I am amazed by the amount of heads that turn to see what’s passing by because they have either never heard a 2-stroke bike, or they know the sound but haven’t heard one in years. I always wave and get a return wave. I want to become known as the old motorcycle man that always waves. Because that way if I breakdown along the way I may have a better chance of getting some help! I know you. You’re the guy that always waves. lol 

So if any of you Michigan members live near St Clair County you should give this route a ride. There are a few very short sections of paved road with 55 MPH speed limits. They are simply to get to the next available gravel road. None of my bikes are actually street legal with proper plates and registration. So I guess I’m taking some risk of being ticketed by the local law enforcement. But so far my friendly wave has worked on 3 occasions. The police officer simply waved back.

The colored dots on the map are reference points in case my wife has to come rescue me with the pickup and the loading ramps! She has a copy of the map for this very purpose. Sorry if I bored you with all this, but I doubt I did if you’re still reading!

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Some of my best experiences as a kid were when I was an unlicensed rider, with an unlicensed bike running from the police on some dirt road.

I’m still enjoying my morning rides and have finally started logging seem decent mileage on my bikes that are 50+ years old!  I always worry about getting stranded because 99% of my rides are solo. My wife would end up having to rescue me. So I have now rigged my pickup with a cheap Harbor Freight winch that I leave setup up in the bed of my truck. I did a test load with just her and myself and it was no problem. I let her operate the handheld winch control as I walked up the ramps with the bike. Hopefully I never need it, but she’s ready to roll if I do make the call.

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I like yer pre-task planning!
So with the folks waving, do you pull in the clutch and give it a “Wonka-wonka!” ? (:

No, I try to keep it quiet if I see people out in their yards. Most of my bikes have aftermarket pipes so they hear me before they see me.. 

so which winch pulling capacity did you go with? thats a great idea .

It’s a Badland 2,000 lb marine electric winch. (not intended to vertically lift 2,000 lbs) The small table/frame is something I already had and used it for mounting the winch. It is extremely slow and the gearbox is quite noisy, but all the reviews were pretty decent and many people had owned/used one for years before buying another.

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