Vegas baby

[Guest]

Headed to Las Vegas this week for a little R&R. I rented a GoldWing 1800 for a day (it's no GS, but it'll have to do...), and am looking for a good 4-6 hour ride for my GF and me.

Any recommendations?

[A-train]

Ended up riding Kyle Canyon/Mt Charleston - would highly recommend.

Also took the mandatory trip down to the Hoover Dam.

My remorse over cheating on my GS with a Goldwing is waning. Slowly.

[eil]

Apparently I missed this thread twice.

Glad you had a good time. How did you like the 'wing? Pics?

[850 Combat]

That new bridge is awesome:

https://www.google.com/search?q=new+bridge+hoover+dam&rlz=1C1GGGE___US556US556&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=lW5-U6vmDJSfyASHjIHgAw&ved=0CCoQsAQ&biw=1600&bih=796

A young engineer who works for me is heading down there now. He is renting a Ferrarri 430 for a grand a day.

[BigD_83]

That new bridge is awesome:

https://www.google.com/search?q=new+bridge+hoover+dam&rlz=1C1GGGE___US556US556&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=lW5-U6vmDJSfyASHjIHgAw&ved=0CCoQsAQ&biw=1600&bih=796

A young engineer who works for me is heading down here now. He is renting a Ferrarri 430 for a grand a day.

Your engineers must be paid more than our engineers

[850 Combat]

He is renting it for a day. He can do whatever he wants, for 100 miles. He is 28, and livin' the dream.

[A-train]

Apparently I missed this thread twice.

Glad you had a good time. How did you like the 'wing? Pics?

The Wing was a beast. 2-up, full of gas and gear, I figure she weighed around 1,450 lbs. That said, she was a dream to ride. Bells & whistles everywhere. Really nice on the freeway, and at altitude, where older bikes can yearn for fuel injection.

The la-z-boy rear seat is so far back though, that 2-up in slow maneuvers is a little squirrelly. All in all, well worth the $140 I paid.

Rode on a high wind advisory day, and I will say I missed my GS a ton in the nasty crosswinds. The Wing has no holes! The thing's a sail. So in swirling 40-50mph desert winds, it kind of behaves like a panel van. But...., a panel van with 1800 cc's and a really, really good stereo.

Pics soon.

[A-train]

Pic

Mt Charleston lunch spot - 8,000 feet up.


BTW - trying to post these right to the thread, large format. Anyone know how to do that?

[A-train]

Pic2

On the way up the mountain.

Beautiful.

[BigD_83]

Nice pics. Looks a lot warmer there now than at New Year's.


There is a little more to posting images, but you can get started reading this:

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/faq.php?faq=vb3_reading_posting#faq_vb3_attachments

but using Photobucket, Imageshack or other image hosting program seems to be the way to go for posting multiple images.