Nice pictures Grant! I want to get back out there, maybe next year. My friend and his brother are leaving for Utah next week and with my various commitments I just can't get away.
"Big question now is where to go next year? Any suggestions?? I t has to be US though."
For the US west what about Idaho, Oregon, and Montana?
thanks for the tip. Maybe our Moderator can offer up his ideas, afterall our Colorado / Utah trip was based on his last advice.....
probably go for rentals again although on this trip it did come in at just over $2000 for 8 days. Need to start somewhere where we can fly into relatively easily and then it would be a full 8 days tour averaging about 300KM per day.
Also need to get my garmin maps out and start looking!
$2000. For 8 days
If I go back I will have my own bikie shipped as per previous trips .
probably go for rentals again although on this trip it did come in at just over $2000 for 8 days. Need to start somewhere where we can fly into relatively easily and then it would be a full 8 days tour averaging about 300KM per day.
Also need to get my garmin maps out and start looking!
8 days rental of an R1250GS from Dubbelju in San Francisco is currently $1476 = £1182 at the current exchange rate. Cheaper options are available.
https://www.dubbelju.com/rental-bikes/r1250gs
8 days rental of an R1250GS from Dubbelju in San Francisco is currently $1476 = £1182 at the current exchange rate. Cheaper options are available.
https://www.dubbelju.com/rental-bikes/r1250gs
The problem with that cost is it's a headline figure that excludes sales tax and only has minimum liability (3rd party) insurance, adding that takes it up to $1822. I'd contact Motofreight to get a price for airfreight into Colorado, then if you can get free sea freight finish the trip at a port.
I'd say exactly the same as Clifton. Some superb riding in the Pacific North West and I'm taking a group there next summer.. Shipping our own bikes out and as you say, renting a GS can seriously dent the wallet!!
Let me know how long you want to be out there and start and finish point and I'll get on it
A couple weeks ago, I stayed in The View Hotel, Monument Valley.
It's a really neat place to stay and certainly lives up to its name.
It's a fine hotel, but, be aware, like many First Nation facilities, there is no alcohol either for sale or permitted.
The lovely Mrs Saint and I stayed there too, on our road trip last year. Navajo food is....interesting. Worth getting up early for the sunrise.
We stayed there in 2014. After sampling bland Navajo food on our 2012 trip we stuck to the John Wayne burger