Ride Reports
20 Of The Latest Member Reports
Michael Brown – The Story of 2021
Beautiful Morning (January 7) Even at 20 degrees. Game on! Frozen Windshield (January 8) Well, I needed de-icing on the way to work this morning. Clear and dry when I left home. Ride Home (January 20) Upon Upe’s advice , I took...
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Hammer – December 20, 2020
And, I Watched The Cowboys Win... It was a good ride to __________ lake and back in time to watch the Cowboys!
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Hammer – October 2020
It was a good ride to... It was a good ride to Fort Davis, Alpine, Marfa, Presidio, Lajitas, Study Butte, Big Bend and Marathon!
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Buddy Mills – Saturday 1000: Road Trip October 2020
Saturday morning (October 17) Headed out on Saturday morning (October 17) for a ride designed to include lunch with an old friend in Olney (just east of Seymour). I’ve made the ride to Seymour many times and didn’t want to just “do-it-again”. I decided I would...
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Buddy Mills – Saddle Sore 1000 and a Solid Soaking: Road Trip June 2020
Summer Saddle Sore and Soaking June 24 – July 2, 2020 The original ride would have taken my wife and I to the BMW National Rally in Great Falls. The ride was planned and reservations were made along our route northward and westward after the rally. Those plans were...
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Christopher Ross – Colorado Weekend
I met my buddy Bert for coffee at Starbucks about 5:30 AM, and by 6:30 we were on the road. The weather in Lubbock was forecasted to get pretty warm and I could hear the mountains calling. Our ride to Littlefield and up 385 was uneventful, aside from my close call...
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Christopher Ross – Mighty Mississippi
Mighty Mississippi RiverChristopher Ross, June 27, 2020 On Saturday I rode down the Mississippi River. This Iron Butt Association challenge is called the Mighty Mississippi River Gold. It is just over 1,500 miles from the Headwaters of the Mississippi in Itasca...
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John Summers – Cloudcroft Weekend
Cloudcroft Weekend Jackson and I left the Valero in Wolfforth at 7:50 AM and headed toward Brownfield. We thought we would be four, but work jumped up and bit two of the group. We turned west on US 82/ US 380 through Plains, veered left at Plains and went to...
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Upe Flueckiger – New Mexico and Colorado
Picture Report - New Mexico and Southern Colorado Went on a four day trip – thought I would share – many of you will recognize familiar places to y ’all. Danced around the rain showers the first day. Got a little rained on but never enough to mount the rain gear....
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John Summers – Memorial Day Ride
Memorial Weekend in Junction Jackson, Darrell, and Calum’s Memorial trip to Angel Fire fell through with the New Mexico’s Governor’s edict that no out-of-staters could rent a place to stay in New Mexico until further notice. Since they had Thursday and Friday off,...
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Kelly Morman – Red River and Beyond
Red River and Beyond Day 1 Wayne and I met for breakfast this morning at the Dinner Bell in Muleshoe about 8:30. We had a light shower between Sudan and the Mule. Otherwise, it’s been a perfect day for riding. Melrose to Tucumcari for a fuel stop. Tucumcari to Las...
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Michael Brown – Cloudcroft
Michael Brown & Buddy Mills NM Apr 2020 On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 12:45 PM Michael Brown <mrbrown65@gmail.com> wrote: Buddy and I left Saturday morning at 7:15. I forgot my wallet on the table but still made it to the Valero in time. The temp was on the cool...
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Michael Brown – Santa Fe
NM Apr 2020 I left Lubbock around 7:00 to make it to Santa Fe motorcycle shop by 1:00. Traffic was light, as in Christmas on a Sunday light all the way to I-40. I stopped in Fort Sumner for gas and a breakfast burrito, I should have went with the biscuit. There was...
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Marc Levine, On To Silver City
Took a great ride last weekend. Left with a friend early Saturday morning in dense fog all the way to Roswell, at which time weather improved nicely. Went on to Capitan, Carrizoso, San Antonio (NM), and down to Truth or Consequences. Took 152 toward Silver City, and...
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Buddy Mills, New Mexico Loop
I pulled out of Shallowater about 4pm with the little trailer securely attached and headed through Brownfield, Lovington, Hobbs and then to Carlsbad, NM. I headed south toward the Caverns as the sun set. Beautiful ride to Carlsbad. Refurbished little trailer followed...
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Christopher Ross – East Coast 2000
Christopher Ross, IBA #522East Coast 2000, July 11-12, 2019 Overview:The East Coast 2000 is an Iron Butt Association certified ride between Key West, Florida and Madawaska, Maine. The 2,100+ miles need to be completed in under 48 hours and can be done in either...
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Michael Brown – First Time This Summer
First Time 2019I left Friday morning to cut my way across Texas, lunch time on the east side of Dallas. The Louisiana border was history by 1:50 in the afternoon and it’s hotter than a $10 pistol. The temperature was 102° but I knew it would be in August. I arrived at...
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John Summers, Alpine
I left Lubbock at 10:00 Thurs morn and made my way to Monahans to meet Jim Compton (from Midland) at the DQ. After lunch we made our way down 1776 to US 67 and on to Alpine. Not much wind but a whole lot of truck traffic. There is a 2-3 mile stretch just N of...
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Christopher Ross – Saturday Ride 2018-03-03
Saturday Ride Report (abridged): Mike Brown - K1300GT.Christopher & Mikki Ross - R1200RS. Rode right through a large grass fire east of Cone.Scenic 698 from South Plains to Kitty-Quay.Ate a good lunch at Galvan's in Turkey.Northfield Roads (656 & 94).Back way...
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