These are various bike routes that I've ridden in the past. Some for fun and some for other reasons
- 9/27/2014 - Oil Run - Run to Clinton County Motorsports for oil and then to Tim Horton's for lunch. 124 miles and about 4 hours.
- 10/19/2014 - FSO Meetup - Met 2 other former S40 owners for lunch at Augusta Irish Pub and a afternoon ride that included a trip on the ferry that runs between Augusta, KY and Higginsport, OH. 3 hours and 150 miles
- 11/25/2014 - November Ride - Just a chilly November ride to shake off the cobwebs; 1:30 and 60 miles
- 1/17/2015 - January Ride - 17.5 , :30; long way to get gas at 5 mile and Kellogg; too windy for anything else
- 3/9/2015 - March Warmup - 78.2; 1:45; a really nice day in March for a ride but the roads were nasty with salt dust, gravel and snow run off from winter
- 3/15/2015 - March Warmup #2 - 107.5; 2:15; a really nice day in March for a ride; roads in much better shape thanks to the spring rains earlier in the week
- 4/5/2015 - Easter Sunday - 109; 2:30; a really nice Easter Sunday for a ride; including a trip on the ferry that runs between Augusta, KY and Higginsport, OH
There is a huge gap since I got laid off in October of 2015 and had to move to Minnesota. I was a contract-to-hire (so no PTO). I've also switched to Bing Maps since they seem to be more accurate than Google is.
- 9/7/2017 - 2017 Biker Gang Day 1 - 646; 10:05; this is a trip to Southern IL to ride with the biker gang from OH. This is home to the hotel.
- 9/8/2017 - 2017 Biker Gang Day 2 - 189; 4:34; this is day 2 of the trip to Southern IL. This is a ride to Cave-In-Rock State Park and a ferry trip to KY for gas and lunch and then a loop along the OH river back to the hotel. It's a Google map since Bing was missing some of the stops.
- 9/9/2017 - 2017 Biker Gang Day 3 - 164; 3:27; Day 3
- 9/10/2017 - 2017 Biker Gang Day 4 - the end of the trip to Southern IL to ride with the biker gang from OH. This is hotel to home.
- 6/22/2020 - Father' Day 2020 - 2:27; 112; Just a Father's Day ride to do Goodhue 7 (twice) before we moved too far away. :(
- 8/29/2020 - Fall Work Ride - 4:12, 223; a trip around Mille Lacs with the crew from work.
- 9/10/2020 - 2020 Biker Gang Day 1 - 6:59; 338; day 1 of the Fall 2020 Biker Game trip to the Harley Museum in Wisconsin. Afternoon rain. :(
- 9/11/2020 - 2020 Biker Gang Day 2 - 5:28; 256; day 2 of the Fall 2020 Biker Gang trip to the Harley Museum, Sprecher Brewery, a local place for lunch and then Hillcrest Park. It poured from Hillcrest Park until we got back to the hotel. :(
- 9/12/2020 - 2020 Biker Gang Day 3 - 3:30; 138; day 3 of Fall 2020 Biker gang trip to Dubuque, IA for a trip on the world's shortest, steepest, incline, lunch at a local pizza joint and a stop to look at a shot tower. Drizzled in the morning
- 9/13/2020 - 2020 Biker Gang Day 4 - 5:38; 335; back home and an almost perfect day for riding
- 9/19/2020 - Solo Fall Ride #1 - 1:39; 93; just a loop to enjoy a nice Saturday in September
- 9/24/2020 - Solo Fall Ride #2 - 2:16; 96; another loop to enjoy the fall colors and extremely nice September weather
- 5/15/2021 - Solo Spring Ride #1 - 3:18; 176; first long ride of the spring; massive amount of rain
- 5/22/2021 - Solo Spring Ride #2 - 2:26; 153; loop to get my butt ready for the spring biker gang trip
I had to switch back to google maps since Bing appears to not keep history for very long. :( Thus, all of the bing maps are broken.
- 6/17/2021 - Biker Gang 2021 Attempt #1 - 675; 10:21; day 1 of what was supposed to be the spring biker gang trip. Chad had clutch issues in IL so we rode home
- 9/9/2021 - Biker Gang 2021 Day 1 - 508, 8:06; home to the hotel in Missouri
- 9/10/2021 - Biker Gang 2021 Day 2 - 7:26, 445; a trip to the Evel Knievel Museum, the Topeka Rainbow House, lunch at Fritz's where your food is delivered by model train and stop in Excelsior Springs which has a spa on the National Register of Historic Places. A long day made long since my cruise died part way through it. :(
- 9/11/2021 - Biker Gang 2021 Day 3 - 7:20, 377; a trip to Ha Ha Tonka State Park which has an abandoned castle, a trip to Weldon Springs Waste Dump which is a nuclear processing site that is now a park (that was closed :( ) and lunch at Sugarfire Smoke House that offers killer BBQ.
- 9/12/2021 - Biker Gang 2021 Day 4 - 8:03; 509; trip back home made longer due to the lack of cruise control. :(
- 6/16/2022 - Biker Gang 2022 Day 1 - 8:45; 565; me to the hotel. Had to repair the cruise in the hotel parking lot. :(
- 6/17/2022 - Biker Gang 2022 Day 2 Out - 2:53; 148; trip following Old Rt 66. Stops include Route 66 Visitors Center which is across the river from Times Beach, Meremac Caverns, lunch at Missouri Hick Bar-B-Que and Uranus Fudge Factory. Fun fact: this map is wrong. We actually drove through a ditch north of Cuba to dodge a traffic jam and Google doesn't have "We drive through a ditch" option.
- 6/17/2022 - Biker Gang 2022 Day 2 Back - 2:04; 128; trip up I44 back to the hotel with a stop for gas.
- 6/18/2022 - Biker Gang 2022 Day 3 - 6:59; 371; a day of riding with a stop at Big T & Momma D's Backwoods BBQ which was very good.
- 6/19/2022 - Biker Gang 2022 Day 4 - 8:36;562; a day made longer by 100+ degree heat and traffic jam south of Lakeville, MM. :(
- 6/15/2023 - Biker Gang 2023 Day 1 - 7:11;464; me to the hotel. A decent day for a ride that got hot as I moved south
- 6/16/2023 - Biker Gang 2023 Day 2 - 2:43;219; a visit to the Mark Twain Museum; lunch at Fat Boy's Diner which is actually across the river in the Two Rivers Marina in Rockport, IL; a stop at Jim Brown's Station and a giant Mark Twain Statue
- 6/17/2023 - Biker Gang 2023 Day 3 (out) - 3:05;184; Stops at Remember When Toy Museum, future birth place of James T Kirk in Riverside, IA and lunch at The General Store Pub
- 6/17/2023 - Biker Gang 2023 Day 3 (back) - 3:45;196; Quick trip after lunch to the National Motorcycle Museum which unfortunately is closing in September. Yet another victim of COVID. :( Then back to the hotel
- 6/18/2023 - Biker Gang 2023 Day 4 - 7:08;463; back home to Minnesota
- 07/30/2023 - Summer 2023 Ride - 2:07;104; a really long way to get money from the ATM!
- 09/08/2023 - RuneStone Attempt To - 152, 98; I was attempting to go the Runestone Museum in Alexandria, MN but road construction in St Cloud and on I-94 ensured I wasn't going to make it in time so I stopped and turned around.
- 09/08/2023 - RuneStone Attempt Home - 1:46;111; back from the attempt.
- 02/22/2024 - Library Run - 0:21;13.4 - The long way to the library on a abnormally warm February Day.