South Dakota Bound

[msocko3]

My dad and I will start putting on the miles tomorrow morning heading to Hill Cityepper:. Of course we'll have our lap tops so we can check in on the Best Trike Forum on the Internet.

 

[Gold Rush]

My dad and I will start putting on the miles tomorrow morning heading to Hill Cityepper:. Of course we'll have our lap tops so we can check in on the Best Trike Forum on the Internet.

If you get into Keystone have a hand full of fresh saltwater toffee for me. Every time we've been up there that is high on the priority list. :xszpv::xszpv:

OH, AND ENJOY THAT BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY!

 

[Missouri Charley]

I've been there 5 times, always stayed in Rapid City because it's central to so much stuff to see. If you are in that area be sure to stop in at Walls Drugs, also Custer park and Mt. Rushmore. Deadwood is nice to visit too. Oh, Needles hwy. is a fun ride. The badlands is boring and HOT, I would stick with the Black Hills area, beautiful.

 

[Bikerbozo]

If you are looking for a nice detour, try Medora, ND. Straight up Rt. 85. It's located at Theodore Roosevelt National Park (Badlands of ND). Way better than SD Badlands. More greenery, more Buffalo and way more Prairie Dogs.

 

[Gorilla]

If you get close to Mitchel SD stop at KLOCK Works. Brain and Laura are really genuine nice people. Also the Corn Palace is interesting.

 

[msocko3]

This will be my 4th trip and my dads 5th to the area, never get tired of riding the roads and seeing the attractions. The last 2 times we got into some nice sized herds of Buffalo in Custer state park, I'm hoping to do it again.

 

[Veritas44]

Safe and enjoyable trip to you and Big Mike ThumbUp
Maybe,,,, one can keep the other out of any trouble
Keep your powder dry and the Trikes between the ditches
Post pics when you can. Expect to see some awesome ones for those of us "common folk" left behind
Enjoy!

 

[Lucky]

Ya'll have a good trip. Shore wish I could still go riding with my DAD. Send pics. please. Wish I could tag along. RIDE SAFE

 

[msocko3]

I'll be sure to post pictures, this is the maiden voyage for my 2012 Hannigan GenII. One word best describes it, AWESOME! I'm pulling my Aluma MCT trailer and don't even know its back there, put it in 5th gear and set the cruise control at 77 mph and let the miles pile on. I love the fact I never once had to downshift for a single hill, I averaged 27 mpg.

The trip so far started a little rocky when we hit Chicago, my dad and I learned a valuable lesson. Don't mess with taking I90 again, we did it in 2008 with no problems, my mom and dad took 90 in 2012 with not an issue. Today we hit the mother of all traffic jams, lost about 3 hours when it was all said and done. My dad had his Triglide get so hot it started chugging so he pulled it to the side of the road and shut it down. The bummer was we got separated and I ended up 3 miles ahead before I could safely pull to the side of the road.

I started walking back to where he was when the nice folks from the DOT stopped and picked me up, they didn't particularly like me hiking back to see my dad. One truck stopped and assisted my dad and the other picked me up, those folks are number 1 in my book, they helped us get back together and gave us a different route to take. I thought it was fun when the DOT guy hit the lights and siren to get the traffic out of his wayepper:.

We finally hit Wisconsin, with about 500 miles under our belt, not bad when you consider we lost about 3 hours. Tomorrow should be a 470 mile day to put us in Sioux Falls SD. Then a little hope skip and jump to Hill City Sunday.

 

[Gold Rush]

Chicago is SCARY!!! Probably not so much for those that contend with that mess every day but for me it was almost life changing :xzqxz::blush:....

i won't be doing that again. :xszpv::xszpv:

 

[Mick]

You just have to remember when you drive around here in Chicago EVERYBODY is out to get you. Then you dont feel so bad about riding around here

 

[Veritas44]

Day 1 and already got the Authorities hittin' the Lights, taking you into custody, and escorting you out of their jurisdiction .....

The makings of a truly memorable Journey :clapping:

 

[bustedwing]

It sounds like a great trip, and of course it wouldn't be much of a memory if their wasn't a clinker thrown into the works from time to time. Ride safe.

 

[pcombe]

:Coffee: I'm in Casper, WY. mike, about 150 miles from Hill city. (about 100 miles from Newcastle on the western edge of the black hills) Not too far to give you a hand, not to far for a day trip.
The weather every dang afternoon has been a pretty big concern and I'm gettin a might tired of it, watch out ok? Storms in the hills are sudden and can be pretty violent this time of the year.:gah:

 

[msocko3]

Day 1 and already got the Authorities hittin' the Lights, taking you into custody, and escorting you out of their jurisdiction .....

The makings of a truly memorable Journey :clapping:

It sure has been memorable, no way will I ever go I90 through Chicago again. When we go home we will be taking 80.

At least we had a pretty good day today, 470 miles and we're sitting in Sioux Falls.

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:Coffee: I'm in Casper, WY. mike, about 150 miles from Hill city. (about 100 miles from Newcastle on the western edge of the black hills) Not too far to give you a hand, not to far for a day trip.
The weather every dang afternoon has been a pretty big concern and I'm gettin a might tired of it, watch out ok? Storms in the hills are sudden and can be pretty violent this time of the year.:gah:

I've been watching the weather, it looks like we might luck out and get some decent stuff while we are there. I know what you mean about sudden storms, been caught in 2 of them on past trips.

The 1st one we enjoyed a great day and no bad weather in the forecast, come out of the restaurant in Keystone and saw we was going to get wet. It went from wet do marble sized hail on the way back to the hotel. We had no place to go, my friend who was also on the trip with us had bloody welts on his calves by the time we got back to the hotel.

The 2nd time was when my dad and I were on a trip in 2011, we skirted the storm for several hours. When we decided to just go through it a good Samaritan saved our bacon when they stopped and told us not to go that way, the hail was dropping almost baseball sized.

 

[pcombe]

I sure has been memorable, no way will I ever go I90 through Chicago again. When we go home we will be taking 80.

At least we had a pretty good day today, 470 miles and we're sitting in Sioux Falls.

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I've been watching the weather, it looks like we might luck out and get some decent stuff while we are there. I know what you mean about sudden storms, been caught in 2 of them on past trips.

The 1st one we enjoyed a great day and no bad weather in the forecast, come out of the restaurant in Keystone and saw we was going to get wet. It went from wet do marble sized hail on the way back to the hotel. We had no place to go, my friend who was also on the trip with us had bloody welts on his calves by the time we got back to the hotel.

The 2nd time was when my dad and I were on a trip in 2011, we skirted the storm for several hours. When we decided to just go through it a good Samaritan saved our bacon when they stopped and told us not to go that way, the hail was dropping almost baseball sized.

Yeah but when the hills are good, they are very good huh?
I don't know if your into such things but over at Center lake outside Custer is the black hills playhouse and I have never seen a bad play there.
I used to take along some wine and food and have a tailgate picnic at half time intermission.
If a guy is there with his wife it's a great surprise for her and don't hurt you any either.

I lived in the black hills for sixteen years and really enjoyed all of it.

 

[eighty80]

Hey Mike, who's mowin the lawn for ya??

I hope you really enjoy your trip!!

When your dad's Tri got hot, what were the temps on your Goldwing??

Lookin forward to your posts. Later eighty80.

 

[msocko3]

Yeah but when the hills are good, they are very good huh?
I don't know if your into such things but over at Center lake outside Custer is the black hills playhouse and I have never seen a bad play there.
I used to take along some wine and food and have a tailgate picnic at half time intermission.
If a guy is there with his wife it's a great surprise for her and don't hurt you any either.

I lived in the black hills for sixteen years and really enjoyed all of it.

Your right, when the hills are good they are truly good. Plays are not my thing, the wine sounds like a great idea though. Tomorrow will be Rushmore and the Custer wildlife loop, hope to get into some herds of Buffalo again. Had a good Bison burger at Chute Rooster for dinner.

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Hey Mike, who's mowin the lawn for ya??

I hope you really enjoy your trip!!

When your dad's Tri got hot, what were the temps on your Goldwing??

Lookin forward to your posts. Later eighty80.

We're paying a neighbor kid to mow both places, normally we let it go until we get back. This time we are going to be getting home Saturday afternoon and leaving again on Monday for Wellsboro. I'll have enough time to change the engine oil and primary on my dads trike, then spend some time with the wife before we're off again on another adventure.

Its going to be kind of nuts the next couple months. We have these trips, then my mom and dad will be leaving on one once we get back from Wellsboro. Then the end of July my dad and I leave for Lake George to visit a friend of mine and ride the Adirondacks for a few days. Then it'll be off to Nashville for the wife and I the 3rd week of August.

When my dad's trike got hot, my Wing was running right at normal temp, it could have sat there for hours and not had a care in the world. The thing that messes with the Wing is slow moving traffic, the radiator fans don't run above 16 mph and anything less than 30 mph doesn't provide enough air flow to cool it. A couple times the traffic was running at 20 mph and I saw my temp go to the 3/4 mark on the temp gauge, nothing dangerous, just warmer than normal.

Right now we're sitting in Hill City, cleaned both trikes and ate dinner. Now its just relax and read some Triketalk.

 

[Gold Rush]

Late June in the Black Hills!!! I'm so jealous. Do you want to trade. It was only 95 degrees here in San Angelo today. :xszpv::xszpv:

My wife and I spent a couple summers just down the road from Hill City back in the late 90s then went back in '02. Sure did enjoy riding up there!!!!

 

[Veritas44]

Thanks for the Update Mike ThumbUp
Glad you two Three-Wheeled Hooligans are enjoying yourselves.
Give ya a Fiver if you can get and post a Pic of one of you hugging one of them big ol' Badlands Heifers
OK,,, make it a Ten-Spot

 

[pcombe]

How long are you going to be there mike, I could be in Newcastle (my old hometown and about 30 miles from Custer, S.D.) in about 3 hrs. It's about 170 miles. The old mill in on main St. always served some downhome vittles.
I have a dental appt. tomorrow but could get away on Tues. the 1st, might even talk a friend into a ride.:Shrug:

 

[DakotaTG]

Hope you have a great time in the Hills.epper: Wife and I along with about a dozen other bikes and trikes from Jamestown, ND HOG chapter were there two weeks ago. This was our chapter's "7th Annual Needles Run" always done on Father's Day weekend. Wife and I left Jamestown on Thursday (group leaves on Friday) and rode down thru Aberdeen, SD to Pierre to Wall and stayed overnight.

Rode thru the SD Badlands on Friday morning which I thought were very nice and then went on to Black Hills HD and then Sturgis before heading down to Lead where we always stay. Saturday morning woke to rain until noon and then headed out for Hill City for a while then over to Keystone via SD Hwy 244 which is a very scenic ride. By the way the Alpine Inn in Hill City has great German dishes for lunch (only).

Didn't spend much time in Keystone as the clouds were getting dark looking again so rode on back to Lead. Came back to Jamestown on Sunday morning going up Hwy 85 to Belfield, ND then I94 back to Jamestown. Already looking forward to next year's run there. Wife and I never get tired of riding thru the Black Hills. So many places to ride and things to see. Enjoy the trip!

2011 Merlot and Black TG

 

[msocko3]

Thanks for the Update Mike ThumbUp
Glad you two Three-Wheeled Hooligans are enjoying yourselves.
Give ya a Fiver if you can get and post a Pic of one of you hugging one of them big ol' Badlands Heifers
OK,,, make it a Ten-Spot

This is about as close as I will get too one of those wrecking machines.



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How long are you going to be there mike, I could be in Newcastle (my old hometown and about 30 miles from Custer, S.D.) in about 3 hrs. It's about 170 miles. The old mill in on main St. always served some downhome vittles.
I have a dental appt. tomorrow but could get away on Tues. the 1st, might even talk a friend into a ride.:Shrug:

We're heading back Thursday morning, don't know what Tuesday is going to bring since the weather man is talking rain, we both decided if its raining we're going to turn chicken and sit around and watch TV, I did the Black Hills in the rain and cold back in 2010 and it sucked. Wednesday we will be hitting Sturgis & Deadwood and maybe stopping in at Crazy Horse again.

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Hope you have a great time in the Hills.

We've been having a good time. Today we hit Rushmore, Custer Wildlife loop, Iron Mountain road and the Needles. I always enjoy riding the roads around here.

 

[oahe]

If you are looking for a nice detour, try Medora, ND. Straight up Rt. 85. It's located at Theodore Roosevelt National Park (Badlands of ND). Way better than SD Badlands.

Badlands are not supposed to be green.

More greenery, more Buffalo and way more Prairie Dogs.

Who says way more prairie dogs is a good thing? Please feel free to shoot a few!

 

[pcombe]

Once you hit crazy horse your about 35 miles from Newcastle, going past jewel cave area.

 

[DakotaTG]

Hope the weather holds out for you. Raining here in Jamestown this morning. Winds have been in the 30 to 45 mph range since Saturday but supposed to die down today and calm on Wednesday. Glad you got in the Needles Hwy and Iron Mountain Road. The Dragon might be a great road to ride but where else can you get over 200 curves, switchbacks, tunnels and pig-tailed bridges plus elevation change all in one road.

 

[pcombe]

Hope the weather holds out for you. Raining here in Jamestown this morning. Winds have been in the 30 to 45 mph range since Saturday but supposed to die down today and calm on Wednesday. Glad you got in the Needles Hwy and Iron Mountain Road. The Dragon might be a great road to ride but where else can you get over 200 curves, switchbacks, tunnels and pig-tailed bridges plus elevation change all in one road.

The Dragon might be a great road to ride but where else can you get over 200 curves, switchbacks, tunnels and pig-tailed bridges plus elevation change all in one road?

And buffalo and wild donkeys (not including jackass tourists)

 

[msocko3]

And buffalo and wild donkeys (not including jackass tourists)

Your nailed the jackass tourists, amazing at how some of these people drive. Every time I go into a switch back I wonder who is coming the other way in my lane. Back in 2008 I had that happen on the Needles, I was out here on my 06 Ultra. My dad went through a switchback and called out a white van on the CB, when I was started into the switchback I met the idiot in my lane. I had to tip toe the berm and hope for the best. It worked out, and I grew a new dislike of soccer mom and dad in the white mini van.

It rained a bit here in Hill City this morning, also had reports of rain in Rapid City and Custer. The wind was blowing pretty good and a little chilly. Hanging in town, ate lunch at the Alpine Inn, pretty tasty. Going to take a ride on the train here in a little bit.

 

[DakotaTG]

Enjoy the ride on the train. Wife and I keep saying we're going to ride it one of these times we are down there but just never get to it. Maybe next year. Alpine Inn is a great place to eat and usually pretty busy. Not sure if they still do the prime rib evening meal for $9.95 during the week or if it is only on weekends but the last time we rode thru there about 4 p.m. the people were already lining up.

You do have to watch out for the tourist driving skills. They're so busy rubber necking they forget they are driving down a road and some of those roads aren't all that wide.

Have a safe trip and looking forward to your pictures.

2011 Merlot and Black TG

 

[pcombe]

Your nailed the jackass tourists, amazing at how some of these people drive. Every time I go into a switch back I wonder who is coming the other way in my lane. Back in 2008 I had that happen on the Needles, I was out here on my 06 Ultra. My dad went through a switchback and called out a white van on the CB, when I was started into the switchback I met the idiot in my lane. I had to tip toe the berm and hope for the best. It worked out, and I grew a new dislike of soccer mom and dad in the white mini van.

It rained a bit here in Hill City this morning, also had reports of rain in Rapid City and Custer. The wind was blowing pretty good and a little chilly. Hanging in town, ate lunch at the Alpine Inn, pretty tasty. Going to take a ride on the train here in a little bit.

When I lived in the hills I took my daughter to ride the train at least once a month when she was little, she loved the shriek of the whistle.
It gets annoying to me after a bit especially if I had a might of a hangover.

meeting a tour bus or even worse a motorhome on the needles or the pig tail (iron mtn. road) is always a thrill. People just don't get it when the speed limit says 10 mph. it really means 5 mph.
Even bikers are bad about it!
They usually see a speed limit sign and figure they can push it by at least 10mph, crotch rocket crackheads don't think even that applies to them.
I carried a first aid kit in my trunk and When Sturgis time rolled around I picked up at least one bold biker a year and didn't have to happen in the southern hills either.
Folks need to realize that roads anywhere in the hills may just have a decreasing radius and even going the speed limit you can find yourself suddenly looking for the brake.
Don't believe it?:Shrug:
Try heading out of deadwood toward Cheyenne crossing, there is a huge rock formation blocking your view around the corner and decreases radius suddenly.
If you ride the northern hills between Cheyenne crossing and headed to four corners and Newcastle you will get into icebox canyon and the pass. They should set up an emergency station there every year because people go down there quite often. (stopping at the buckhorn bar increases the chances tenfold)
The guard rails might be fine for a car but plays hell on a body No one believes the speed limit sign because they have gotten away with ignoring them until then.

There are old bikers and bold bikers but there are no old bold bikers!

P.S. also in icebox canyon you can pick a pull out and get to the creek where wild watercress grows in the stream, bring along sandwich fixins. ThumbUp