IdahoMtnSpyder
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Ever find yourself on a wrong road!
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Wrong Road!
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BajaRon
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Wrong roads are not necessarily the worst thing that can happen to a rider.
I was on the right road leaving Spyderfest for home one year. Making excellent time, beautiful day, no traffic. I was having a great time enjoying the scenery and the ride! Then, after about 60 miles, the information on the overhead interstate sign caught my eye. (Something that I had not been paying any attention to). It was a bit disturbing, to say the least. It indicated that I was going West, not East! I'd gone over 60 miles in the exact wrong direction! With nearly 700 miles to go from my original departure point. Adding an additional 130 just to get back to 'Start' took a bit of the thrill out of my day.
It's all good though. Just another memorable 'Adventure'.
A bad day on a bike is better than most days in a car....
I was on the right road leaving Spyderfest for home one year. Making excellent time, beautiful day, no traffic. I was having a great time enjoying the scenery and the ride! Then, after about 60 miles, the information on the overhead interstate sign caught my eye. (Something that I had not been paying any attention to). It was a bit disturbing, to say the least. It indicated that I was going West, not East! I'd gone over 60 miles in the exact wrong direction! With nearly 700 miles to go from my original departure point. Adding an additional 130 just to get back to 'Start' took a bit of the thrill out of my day.
It's all good though. Just another memorable 'Adventure'.
A bad day on a bike is better than most days in a car....
Rider Steve
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I bought a spyder in asphalt grey... I guess it's my own asphalt.
Arion
Active member
The wrong road just means it's not the one you expected to be on. Often the wrong road becomes the right road because it can lead to fascinating places not visited before. Then again, it could also to an abrupt and unpleasant end. That happened once long ago in Oregon while riding disused logging roads. At the top of the rise there should have been a bridge over a small river, but there wasn't. The bad part was that when I realized there wasn't it was too late and into the river we went. I can attest to the fact that a motorcycle tossed into a river instantly becomes a heavy static display. Still, it was a memorable adventure.
Arion
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Whoa, shades of Wrong Way Corrigan, one of our memorable early aviators.
I can’t remember what state I was in but I think it was New Mexico. I had ridden about 75 miles on route 66 and then all the sudden there were barricades in the road saying it was closed. Bummer. I really didn’t want to ride back that many miles on my Harley Heritage Classic, but after looking around I saw a trail going from the roadblock up an embankment to the interstate. Not thinking my Harley was a off-roader, I gave her a chance. So off we went up the hill with very little problem and ended up on the side of the road of the interstate. We use the interstate until route 66 came up again.
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ndspyderlover
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I don't consider a good ride unless I get lost.
ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
Yup! Been there and done that. On our trip from Alaska to Arkansas, I got into some construction and took a wrong off ramp. Went 40 miles in the wrong direction before I figured it out.
pegasus1300
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If it wasn't for breakdowns, bad weather and "wrong" roads we wouldn't have all those great stories to tell:roflblack::roflblack:
hyea:
hyea:A number of (many) years ago my wife and I were homeward bound from a two week motorcycle touring vacation. I, obviously, was the driver and my wife was the navigator. This was pre cellphone and GPS days. I was simply watching traffic and doing my thing and the wife was listening to a Dolly Pardon interview on the radio. Well, the navigator missed the turn off we needed to make which put us about 50 miles away from where we needed to be. All in all, after the family disturbance, we enjoyed the places and the little towns we'd never seen before. So, in short, taking the wrong road doesn't always come out being a bad thing. Enjoy what life brings you and you'll rarely be disappointed.
Bfromla
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Actually not too far:2thumbs: & paved better than LoUiSiAna roads 
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opcorn:Wrong Rd
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PistonBlown
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"It’s a dangerous business, going out of your door. You step into the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off too."
Valkrocket
Member
If "the ride is the destination" as they say, then any road will take you there.
"Glide-on>>>>>>>>>
"Glide-on>>>>>>>>>
tofriendscreek
Member
I don’t recall ever being on the wrong road. I’ve never been lost. Im just wandering and exploring. Many of the best roads, sites, sights and adventures have been experienced because I was simply wandering.
wyliec
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I think the saying maybe Life (the ride) is a journey not a destination.:doorag:
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wyliec
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Baja,
I thought you were going to mention your trip back home from Spyderfest in Canada all those years ago. I know whatever happened with your Spyder caused you some time. My mind is failing a little, I think. You were Lamont's sidekick. :joke: I think it may have been your radiator fluid.
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Valkrocket
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Nope. What I was saying, is when you ride a motorcycle, you don't really need a destination because for those of us who truly appreciate riding a motorcycle, "the ride is the destination". I can ride for hours with no particular place to go and return with a big ole' grin on my face.:thumbup:
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