DK's Definitive Ride Report - Some of the Best Scenic Roads Out West - Tons of Photo'

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ol' school said:

Looks like an awesome ride Kevin! Great pics Mary!!! Thanks for letting us ride along!!!

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Great pics - as if we were on the bike with you.... speaking of which.... the pics are so good that I get queasy looking at those “edge” and “top” pictures! LOL!

It’s kind-of like putting your hand over your eyes and peaking between the fingers - ya just can’t resist looking!

Keep on riding safe and posting those pics you two!

Sure wish we could make the same trip this years. We already have a wedding to attend in Denver and a Cruise to Alaska in Sept.

Great Pic's thanks for sharing them. Be care and live the high life!

ol' school said:

Looks like an awesome ride Kevin! Great pics Mary!!! Thanks for letting us ride along!!!

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trikeman said:

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LadyonaMission said:

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Glad y'all are enjoying!

paws said:

Great pics - as if we were on the bike with you.... speaking of which.... the pics are so good that I get queasy looking at those “edge” and “top” pictures! LOL!

It’s kind-of like putting your hand over your eyes and peaking between the fingers - ya just can’t resist looking!

Keep on riding safe and posting those pics you two!

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lol, glad you're peaking out and taking a look! Lot's more to come.

radismukes said:

Sure wish we could make the same trip this years. We already have a wedding to attend in Denver and a Cruise to Alaska in Sept.

Great Pic's thanks for sharing them. Be care and live the high life!

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Have fun on the cruise, Alaska is amazing.

Kevin

Day 11 Continued-

Look in the upper right of the photo...you can see the TG and the cones are gone!* We did not even start eating our lunch...



...back on the road, all the way to the top!



Heading on up, not close to the edge...



...but the road is pretty steep!



Closer to the edge now, better for taking photo's looking down...



...this one's better.* So steep it is hard to even tell what you're looking at, at first.* That is a LONG Way down!



This V-Twin powered Trike? came up behind us, really moving out...



...the V-Twin is at the very front.* I did not want to slow him down, motioned him to go around us.* Very cool 2 seater.



I've skipped a ton a great pics going up, but am going to share some of us heading down too.* This is one of the last turns before reaching the summit.



Obligatory pic at the sign.



​​​​​​​More coming as time allows.

Kevin

Day 11 Continued-

A panoramic shot to give an idea of how high up we are-



Mary with a range of snow covered mountains in the distance-



End of the line for the cog train-



Last time we were here I walked down to this look-out. The walk down, I guess it is about 50-60 yards, is easy...at 14,000 feet, the walk up is a bit of a different story. Anyway, Mary must have take 5-6 photos of it, teasing me to go down...I passed today. lol



We messed around at the top for a while, then got back on the TG to head on down a ways for lunch.

The TG is running really well. Last 111 miles we've averaged 35.6 mpg, and that includes the climb to the top here.

Note, it's 46 degrees...it's still pretty windy too.



Headed down, no better way to start than a sharp descending curve!



This is a fun road, with amazing views...note there's still snow here and there.



Mary in the mirror in a sharp left curve.



This pic gives a little bit of an idea of just how crazy this road is....looks a bit like a 3-D slot car track. My quick count is that there are 31 curves in this photo.



Mary in the mirror as we head into a sharp descending, cambered right U in the road. FUN!!!



Will finish up Day 11 soon.

Kevin

That V-Twin that passed you looks like a vintage Morgan :Shrug:

Glad it worked out that you got to finish the ride to the top! I was disappointed when I saw the road block in the picture... Amazing pictures!

I've not done Pike's Peak but you got me revved up to do it for sure! Looks like a great road. Now I did ride to the top of Mount Evans two up on my two wheeler several years ago. It looks a lot like the Pike's Peak road but it is even more narrow and twisty. You're going to love it on the TG.

1dn5up said:

That V-Twin that passed you looks like a vintage Morgan :Shrug:

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Yes, I'm told it is a British Morgan with a S&S engine, top speed in the 115 mph.

ol' school said:

Glad it worked out that you got to finish the ride to the top! I was disappointed when I saw the road block in the picture... Amazing pictures!

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Yes, it was very nice that it got opened up.

Happy you're liking the photo's.

ultrafxr said:

I've not done Pike's Peak but you got me revved up to do it for sure! Looks like a great road. Now I did ride to the top of Mount Evans two up on my two wheeler several years ago. It looks a lot like the Pike's Peak road but it is even more narrow and twisty. You're going to love it on the TG.

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I'm getting ready to post the Mt. Evans pics soon (need a better internet connection). It IS more narrow and twisty, and the biggy is that the road is not currently in very good condition. Pikes Peak is in great condition. You'll like it!!!

Kevin

DK Custom Products said:

I'm getting ready to post the Mt. Evans pics soon (need a better internet connection). It IS more narrow and twisty, and the biggy is that the road is not currently in very good condition. Pikes Peak is in great condition. You'll like it!!!

Kevin

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I remember that the road was pretty narrow and about half way up there is a sign that says 'road narrows', lol. In any case it is a great ride up and down. Glad you made it.

Day 11 Concluded-

Headed down, same story, gotta stay on the road!



But it is just as much fun headed down as up...



WOW! I rode close to the edge for Mary to take a pic, but I did not look down...that's a long, steep, way down!



A look back, a little further from the edge. lol



Not down to the elevation where the trees are yet...



We're now in the trees, AND at the brake check area where they use infra-red guns to measure the temp of the brake rotors. If you don't know how to use your gears to control your speed, resulting in the brakes being too hot, they send you to the parking lot to let them cool off before you can continue down the hill.



We stopped at the same corner as a couple of year ago (when we rode PP with Scott & Karin) to watch folks thru this curve and to eat lunch.



Back rolling, still lot's more curves and fun...



...but I gotta wrap up Day 11, so here we are back at the entrance.



We started out for Scott and Karins, outside of Colorado Springs, but we got distracted by Cave of the Winds. It's just a short ride up, a look around, and then the very twisty road back down. Fun!



After that we are on our way to join up with Scott and Karin for a ride tomorrow to Mt. Evans and Independence Pass.

Kevin

Day 12-

This is going to be a busy and long day!* We're riding with our friends, Scott and Karin.* First we're taking backroads to Mt. Evans, then thru Leadville, then up and over Independence Pass, then thru* Aspen and on up to Glenwood Springs.

Leaving out early...



...almost thru the traffic...we were just here yesterday, this is the road between Colorado Springs and the base of Pikes Peak.



Fantastic riding all the way to Mt. Evans...



Even though the occasional 2 wheeler slowed us down in the curves.* lol



Most of the riding was traffic free.



The TG's laugh at these signs...



30 mph seems like a more comfortable pace.



This is absolutely beautiful countryside!* I think I already mentioned it a few days ago, I wonder if the folks in Colorado know how good they have it!



We're starting to climb higher now, seeing little spots of snow on the sides of the road....



...and seeing the snow capped mountains are getting closer and closer!



More on Day 12 coming as I have time.

Kevin

Yep ... we know how well we have it Kevin ... LOL.

FuzzyWuzHe said:

Yep ... we know how well we have it Kevin ... LOL.

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Kevin

Kevin, how is your mileage in the mountains?

All I can add is Wow! what a ride and thank you for taking us along with you. Also please as always travel safe... Fred

We got back from Denver Tuesday. Sunday I hope you and Mary did not run into the bad weather around Golden Sunday!

Wish we able to have ridden up this trip.

radismukes said:

We got back from Denver Tuesday. Sunday I hope you and Mary did not run into the bad weather around Golden Sunday!

Wish we able to have ridden up this trip.

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WOW ... to give you some perspective on the diverse set of weathers you can get in Colorado, you had snow ... here in Grand Junction yesterday we got to 105* ... but like they are found of saying ... it was a dry heat .. now I know how beef jerky feels.