Steve Rossier said his stay in Death Valley was the most memorable part of his trip, where he said he “hit his head on the stars.” Shown is Red Cathedral, where iron oxide in the rock makes it rust and contrast with the surrounding stone and sky.
Posted on 12/07/2004 12:29:39 PM PST by martin_fierro
Steve Rossier said his stay in Death Valley was the most memorable part of his trip, where he said he “hit his head on the stars.” Shown is Red Cathedral, where iron oxide in the rock makes it rust and contrast with the surrounding stone and sky.
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Lucky is right. That's cool. I've logged way over 100,000 scootmiles but haven't done anything that cool.
I would like to drive cross-continent in a motorhome one day.
What a ride. What a dream. Thanks for the ping.
Cool guy. I'd love to do something like that one day.
Is it ok to hate?
I was tooling along on US 1 today deciding if I should bother going home or just head west for ever. Now, after I'm home, I get pinged to read about this puke!
The lucky bestid.
I did see a Russian "Uro" with a sidecar today. The big fat guy who had it said it was a Russian copy of a Guzzi. Perfect shape. Left / right 90degree 2 cyl. Don't know what year, but he said he paid $4500 for it and the guy had more!! :-)
Someone is making trumpets again?
Man, am I ever out of the loop.
(Somewhere north of 250K on an 850 Commando..)
No, Rossier just wanted to see his country, which happened to take him through Canada when he went to Alaska. Rossier, who lives in Camelot, said everywhere he went, the people were friendly and the beers kept coming.
http://www.imz-ural.com/
Check 'em out. :-) Retro!
Taking all those tight twisties with a sidecar musta been Fresh Hell.
Good story ~ the only way to travel!
They've been making the new models since the early 90's, check out this link:
http://www.ianchadwick.com/motorcycles/triumph/
Check post # 7.
Wow, I'm totally envious. I would love to be a "free spirit" with a cool partner to be able to do things like this before shedding this mortal coil. It really does illustrate how life is not a dress rehearsal. OK, back to the cubicle for work...
~ Blue Jays ~
Roger that ~ Blue Jays ~ this is not a rehearsal; this is it, this is all we get.
Favorite quote:
"We cannot put off living until we are ready.
The most salient characteristic of life is its coerciveness;
it's always urgent, "here and now," without any possible postponement.
Life is fired at us point blank." -- Ortega y Gasset
Would love a sidecar bike for occasional trips with my dog, though.
I want to do this!
Guys, I need help wearing the old lady down . . .
A Ural, not a Uro. Its a copy of the Nazi WWII BMW sidecar. The Ruskies took the factory home with them after they invaded.
I drove one from Moscow to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
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