Mustang and Jonny-Mans Epic August Adventure

[Mustang]

Day 5

Finally crossing the mighty Mississippi river it's a big one









Iowa is more cornfields but we did find a lot more windmill generators in this state ,like hundreds of them across the corn fields



can you spot the tiger in this pic ?



How do you know a town is coming up in Iowa ?  

?You can see the water tower first ...................





and as day 5 comes to an end in Toledo Iowa , at least that what my super 8 motel reciept says , we are watching the clutch pushrod seal on the T-Bird starting to puke oil.............

[Mustang]

day 6

We finally get to see the scenery change from corn to soybean fields and then cattle land as we go across Nebraska

No pics but we did meet up with a third rider , my little brother rode up from Cheyenne on his Bonnie to join us in Chadron Nebraska



Now we are Three Triumphs for awhile .................
 

[Mustang]

Day 7

Into the Black Hills we ride.....................



Crazy Horse Monument






Mount Rushmore



look at the detail in the eyes





Here's a bust of the artist who did rushmore , Borglum was his name



This is the view across the street from Rushmore





Next stop



Wall to wall Harleys and pirates



One last stop off for the day and then we stopped in Gillette Wyoming for the night

Devil's Tower

[coachgeo]

Wow.. puttting some miles in on her arn't tya

[HappyMan]

Great report Mustang.  I sish you guys riding in my neck of the woods would let me know when you are near.  I'd make the trip just to say hello!

[Mustang]

Day 8

Big Horn Scenic Byway and the Cheif Joeseph Highway















stopped for the night in Red Lodge Montana

[Mustang]

DAY 9

Lost a rider last night . The oil Leak on the T-Bird was getting worse , so he turned the front wheel east and headed for Baxter's Cycle in Iowa to get a new pushrod seal .

The Day started with Beartooth Scenic Byway . At the summit it was cold , very cold and the roads were wet on the summit , but they also had some Black Ice, as my brother soon found out .
Didn't go down but the seat was stuck to his ass from the pucker factor  











On to Yellowstone











Old Faithful , which isn't so faithful or powerful anymore





The Grand Tetons





Jackson Hole Wyoming



and then we rode to Pocatello Idaho and got a room for 45 bucks

tomorrow is .......................



 

[HappyMan]

   

[Stretch]

Dang, we lost Jonny?  His fan club is going to be very disappointed.

[Mustang]

Last night the Bonnie needed new brake pads , the rear was down to steel on i side . From out of the magic Givi's come 1 set of new pads for the bonnie .

Actually they were spares for tigger , the left front pads for tigger are the same ones for the rear of the Bonnie

Hoofed it down US 93 into Nevada and hit I 80 to Wendover Utah for Speed Week , the fastest place on earth.



We had a room reserved at the Nugget Casino and we made them back in January b4 the casino realized it was for speed week so instead of $189 a night we got two nights for $127 ...........WOO HOO !

The racing is pretty boring for spectators ,and when things go wrong you can't see it as it happens when they are carrying the most speed at the 5 and 6 mile mark .

We spentall day tuesday on the salt and got cooked even with our Dollar store awning and chairs we bought just for the day ...........

here is little bro pretending to be a record setter



found another use for the Givi's



here come the pics

[Sin_Tiger]

Great story & pics Sir, the antler arch at Jackson hole takes me back to my wild skiing days in the 80's    

[HockleyBoy]

Great report and pics  :D

[MontanaBBQ]

So I'm rolling through Red Lodge last Saturday on my way to Jackson... loaded up with the family in our 4runner, camper in tow.  At the south end of town I pass a Steamer, a T-Bird, and a Bonnie headed the other way.  Could it be our famous Steamer Guru, Mr. Mustang?  Heck no... last time I checked this report he was out east riding covered bridges.  Now I see it was indeed the man, the myth, the legend.  In retrospect, I kick myself for not chasing them down to make introductions!  It's not everyday we have such a fine assortment of British iron in Red Lodge.  

Great ride report!  

Doug B.

[Stretch]

If you'd held a beer out the window, they'd have followed you home.

[Mustang]