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[Sam Teel]

I'm like a kid a week before Christmas when he knows he's getting that shiny new bike. In my case, a 2002 Suzuki SV650, that's in Albuquerque New Mexico. So, a new (for me) bike and a 1,100 mile road trip back to Memhis. What fun! I fly out next Thursday. The bike seems like a good deal with 4k miles, pure stock and in showroom condition. (we'll see when I get there) for $3,900 . I have wanted to travel to that area for a dozen years, as my grandfather, who died in 1923, is burried in Mountainair NM. So I plan on picking up the bike Thrusday evening, riding to Mountainair and spending the night. On Friday, seeing if I can find grandad's tombstone and heading east on US 70, avoiding the slab as much as possible. I plan on being back in Memphis on Sunday night but if it takes longer, oh well. So, any tips on a SV650 or New Mexico? Regards, Sam (of course, I'm keeping the KLR!)

[monahanwb]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Sam Teel" wrote: well. > > So, any tips on a SV650 or New Mexico? > > Regards, > Sam > (of course, I'm keeping the KLR!) No tips, don't know much about either. But it sounds like you're going to have a great ride home! I love doing that.

[matteeanne@yahoo.com]

Do you already have buns of steel? If not, your about to have buns a' fire. You should look into a sheepskin pad at very least if your arse is not used to long hauls or you will not have too much fun after the first 200 miles. IMHO Secondly, sounds like a kick ass time, Camping or hoteling? --- Sam Teel wrote:

> I'm like a kid a week before Christmas when he knows > he's getting that shiny > new bike. In my case, a 2002 Suzuki SV650, that's > in Albuquerque New > Mexico. So, a new (for me) bike and a 1,100 mile > road trip back to Memhis. > What fun! I fly out next Thursday. The bike seems > like a good deal with 4k > miles, pure stock and in showroom condition. (we'll > see when I get there) > for $3,900 . > > I have wanted to travel to that area for a dozen > years, as my grandfather, > who died in 1923, is burried in Mountainair NM. So > I plan on picking up the > bike Thrusday evening, riding to Mountainair and > spending the night. On > Friday, seeing if I can find grandad's tombstone and > heading east on US 70, > avoiding the slab as much as possible. I plan on > being back in Memphis on > Sunday night but if it takes longer, oh well. > > So, any tips on a SV650 or New Mexico? > > Regards, > Sam > (of course, I'm keeping the KLR!) > > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at > www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris > Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > >

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[Chris]

On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 10:00:24PM -0500, Sam Teel wrote:

> So, any tips on a SV650 or New Mexico? > > Regards, > Sam > (of course, I'm keeping the KLR!)

Just be careful being on a new bike, give it a real good shakedown. I've always wanted to go pick up a bike and ride it home like that. Sounds like fun. As for NM, I may have had a bad experience there and a limited window, but I certainly did not like Albuquerque or however it's spelled. Too many drunk/cranked up Indians and other assorted trash wandering that city. Very uncomfortable place, and this from my perspective as a rock tour manager at the time living on the road. The scenery away from the city was amazing though and not many people around to bother anyone either. The city shuts down on Sundays just about and I guess they have a no police policy as well, it was like something out of Mad Max. Only a few other cities in the country felt as dangerous to me, Detroit being one of them. Brooklyn is a walk in the park in comparison. Then again on a bike, you won't have to sit around in parking lots loading and offloading gear. Oh, one other thing too. No matter how quaint an Indian reservation may seem, stay out of them. I had the misfortune of traveling with a bunch of city types who wanted to go see how the Indians live.... man every one I ever went through...about six, were all scary ghettos and the cops are under sovereign laws and will go out of their way to try to lock you up to generate revenue. I made the mistake of taking an afternoon off driving and sleeping as I'd driven over 22hrs straight. The band pulls onto a reservation in SD and I wake up to a crackhead Indian inside the RV stealing stuff. I had to beat that sucker quite a while with a four-way wrench before I could go find the band in the adjoining bar and get out of town. They actually wanted to get the thief some 'help' before we pulled away....unreal. -- ___ ______ _____ __ ________ ___ / _ |< < / == / ___/__ / /_ /_ __/ / __ ____ _ ___ /__ \ / __ |/ // / ****/ (_ / _ \/ __/ / / / _ \/ // / ' \/ _ \ /__/ /_/ |_/_//_/ == \___/\___/\__/ /_/ /_//_/\_,_/_/_/_/ .__/ (_) 8600 miles*Russel Lines*Supertrapp Race* /_/ http://www.kingsqueak.org/klr650/

[Kelly Walsh]

As a New Mexico (Santa Fe) resident, I appreciate Chris' candid description of Albuquerque- you are also one of a handful of out-of staters that spelled it correctly the first time. Congrats. However, growing up in Los Angeles, I can assure you that it is not even close to the ghetto description that you posted. At least not always. Maybe just on Sundays when the faithful spill out of church drunk with spirit(s). High-tail it out of Albuquerque and head north on I25. Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico in general is a far more enjoyable experience. If you leave Mountainair and head up highway 14... It's an old mining area. YOu'll reach a town called Madrid- kick back at the Mine Shaft tavern. Watch out for falling HD riders. Keep on 14 and you'll be in Santa Fe. Of course, this is probably WAY out of your way if you want to make it to Memphis by Sunday. As for "quaint" Indian reservations, I lived right next to one north of Santa Fe and it was tranquil, peaceful and even "spiritual" (that coming from an agnostic). The other ones have casinos to take whiteys money. It's kind of funny- they're making shitloads of scratch selling us cigarettes and taking our Social Security checks. Come'uppance is a bitch. Have fun riding to Memphis! Kelly Walsh Santa Fe, NM A17 '81 GPz 550 --- Chris wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 10:00:24PM -0500, Sam Teel > wrote: > > So, any tips on a SV650 or New Mexico? > > > > Regards, > > Sam > > (of course, I'm keeping the KLR!) > > Just be careful being on a new bike, give it a real > good shakedown. > I've always wanted to go pick up a bike and ride it > home like that. > Sounds like fun. > > As for NM, I may have had a bad experience there and > a limited window, > but I certainly did not like Albuquerque or however > it's spelled. Too > many drunk/cranked up Indians and other assorted > trash wandering that > city. Very uncomfortable place, and this from my > perspective as a > rock tour manager at the time living on the road. > The scenery away > from the city was amazing though and not many people > around to bother > anyone either. > > The city shuts down on Sundays just about and I > guess they have a no > police policy as well, it was like something out of > Mad Max. Only a > few other cities in the country felt as dangerous to > me, Detroit being > one of them. Brooklyn is a walk in the park in > comparison. Then > again on a bike, you won't have to sit around in > parking lots loading > and offloading gear. > > Oh, one other thing too. No matter how quaint an > Indian reservation > may seem, stay out of them. I had the misfortune of > traveling with a > bunch of city types who wanted to go see how the > Indians live.... man > every one I ever went through...about six, were all > scary ghettos and > the cops are under sovereign laws and will go out of > their way to try > to lock you up to generate revenue. I made the > mistake of taking an > afternoon off driving and sleeping as I'd driven > over 22hrs straight. > The band pulls onto a reservation in SD and I wake > up to a crackhead > Indian inside the RV stealing stuff. I had to beat > that sucker quite > a while with a four-way wrench before I could go > find the band in the > adjoining bar and get out of town. They actually > wanted to get the > thief some 'help' before we pulled away....unreal. > > > -- > ___ ______ _____ __ ________ > ___ > / _ |< < / == / ___/__ / /_ /_ __/ / __ > ____ _ ___ /__ \ > / __ |/ // / ****/ (_ / _ \/ __/ / / / _ \/ // / > ' \/ _ \ /__/ > /_/ |_/_//_/ == \___/\___/\__/ /_/ > /_//_/\_,_/_/_/_/ .__/ (_) > 8600 miles*Russel Lines*Supertrapp Race* > /_/ > http://www.kingsqueak.org/klr650/ > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at > www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris > Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > >

[Chris]

That's good to hear, to be fair and to temper my previous posting, it's sort of interesting how a short hop through a town can add up to an impression the way it does. Another example was my impression of Austin TX. The first time I was there I had driven for 14hrs straight to get there and had to immediately load out and do a festival show with another 10hr drive the following day to that night's gig. I pull up to what was once Liberty Lunch and try to load in the equipment and my van was surrounded by addicts like something out of Day of the Dead. Hands were punched through the screens of the van windows groping for anything they could reach. That was the first time in my few hundred thousand miles on the road that I realized what an excellent deterrent a four-way wrench is. It was the same one I had on a later tour for my SD reservation experience as a matter of fact. Turns out that out of all of Austin TX, that square lot at the rear of the venue was the 'day worker' allocated pickup zone. My only exposure to 'Austin' was that parking lot and the venue itself, just waiting out in a blur my shot to start driving again. Albuquerque to be honest, wasn't the best perspective for me at the time either, just wasn't what I'd envisioned it to be for sure.

> As a New Mexico (Santa Fe) resident, I appreciate > Chris' candid description of Albuquerque- you are also > one of a handful of out-of staters that spelled it > correctly the first time. Congrats. However, growing > up in Los Angeles, I can assure you that it is not > even close to the ghetto description that you posted. > At least not always. Maybe just on Sundays when the > faithful spill out of church drunk with spirit(s). > > --- Chris wrote: >> As for NM, I may have had a bad experience there and >> a limited window, >> but I certainly did not like Albuquerque or however >> it's spelled. Too >> many drunk/cranked up Indians and other assorted >> trash wandering that >> city.

[Sam Teel]

Thanks, good advice which I plan on taking. I just spoke to my boss who said is was nearly a sure thing that I can have the whole week off, so I leave Memphis on Thursday and don't have to be back until 9 days later. The wife's been stuffing 100 dollar bills in my pockets, we're up to 4 now. The plane ticket is bought and paid for. I'm thinking to leave Albuquerque Friday morning, head south on I25 then hwy 60 to Mountainair. Do the gravesite thing, then hwy 14 north through Manzano Pk. at 10098 ft. then up to Sante Fe and 285 north jumping off on 76 up to Truchas Pk. at 13.402 ft. then wander north to catch about 900 miles of US 64 east, which we call Stage Road here in Memphis. Think a stock SV650 will handle the altitude? This will be about a mile higher than I've ever been on the gournd so it'll be something new for sure. No particuliar schedule now, just wander till the bucks run out I suppose. I plan on staying in cheap motels to avoid lugging the camping gear around. Eating at little hole in wall places to to capture the local "flavor". I'll bring my digital camera, tool set and a few premium cigars to relax with. So Kelly, if you want to ride and show me the sights near Santa Fe, let me know! Regards, Sam

>High-tail it out of Albuquerque and head north on I25. >Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico in general is a far >more enjoyable experience. If you leave Mountainair >and head up highway 14... It's an old mining area. >YOu'll reach a town called Madrid- kick back at the >Mine Shaft tavern. Watch out for falling HD riders. >Keep on 14 and you'll be in Santa Fe. Of course, this >is probably WAY out of your way if you want to make it >to Memphis by Sunday.

[Mike Torst]

Ride the ride. Lots of great mental re-focusing awaits! Mike Torst Las Vegas -----Original Message----- From: Sam Teel [mailto:steel@...] Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 6:33 PM To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Cc: ampersandgroup@... Subject: [DSN_klr650] Re: NKLR New Bike, Road Trip Thanks, good advice which I plan on taking. I just spoke to my boss who said is was nearly a sure thing that I can have the whole week off, so I leave Memphis on Thursday and don't have to be back until 9 days later. The wife's been stuffing 100 dollar bills in my pockets, we're up to 4 now. The plane ticket is bought and paid for. I'm thinking to leave Albuquerque Friday morning, head south on I25 then hwy 60 to Mountainair. Do the gravesite thing, then hwy 14 north through Manzano Pk. at 10098 ft. then up to Sante Fe and 285 north jumping off on 76 up to Truchas Pk. at 13.402 ft. then wander north to catch about 900 miles of US 64 east, which we call Stage Road here in Memphis. Think a stock SV650 will handle the altitude? This will be about a mile higher than I've ever been on the gournd so it'll be something new for sure. No particuliar schedule now, just wander till the bucks run out I suppose. I plan on staying in cheap motels to avoid lugging the camping gear around. Eating at little hole in wall places to to capture the local "flavor". I'll bring my digital camera, tool set and a few premium cigars to relax with. So Kelly, if you want to ride and show me the sights near Santa Fe, let me know! Regards, Sam

>High-tail it out of Albuquerque and head north on I25. >Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico in general is a far >more enjoyable experience. If you leave Mountainair >and head up highway 14... It's an old mining area. >YOu'll reach a town called Madrid- kick back at the >Mine Shaft tavern. Watch out for falling HD riders. >Keep on 14 and you'll be in Santa Fe. Of course, this >is probably WAY out of your way if you want to make it >to Memphis by Sunday.

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[squasher_1]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, rsand_@e... wrote:

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looks like another virus tried to get on the list.