A couple pictures of the XJ in cool places oh and a poem too

Just came across a couple pictures I've taken on trips/rides and thought i may as well share them, i have many many more, but I'll get to those when i have less work that i should be doing right now, lol.

In washington state, going over the north cascades -



Oh and I like to dabble in poetry when i find my mind idle, and this picture was the inspiration to the following poem:

so easy is it to forget
to pause along the way
the mountain that lies ahead
need not be summited in one day

we set out on this mission
to succeed did we not?
so why define success
as only making it to the top?

instead i choose to see
each step a victory
continuing along my journey
disbarred from norms of society

sometimes i may stumble
and backwards i may fall
through weakness strength is born
i'm only human after all.


And this from idaho i think, perhaps? IIRC near cor de alene.



I'll post more pictures as i find them, hope you found them enjoyable!

Chris

 

Whoa.....very tasty! Thanks for sharing

 

Re: A couple pictures of the XJ in cool places oh and a poem

a pleasant detour from my plans to post up some pics in other threads. excellent black and white of your maxim.

CN

 

Thanks!

Here's another, this one in South Dakota

 

This one overlooking Mt. Rainier

 

This one in Miles City, Montana

- There was a HUGE storm prior to this picture, literally rode through the middle of three tornados, and the most rediculous wind/rain i have ever ridden in in my life. insane, lol

 

This was actually right after getting into town when the storm cleared, see how filthy the bike is -

 

and this was heading into the storms -

 

Bridges are cool, I think Idaho again -

 

last one for tonight

 

Re: A couple pictures of the XJ in cool places oh and a poem

Chris you are a wordsmith!
Really nice. Great pics also.

 

Re: A couple pictures of the XJ in cool places oh and a poem

I have to admit, I'm a bit envious of you. It's awesome you're able to travel on your bike across the country like you have. Great photos!

 

Wow, great pictures! A cross county trip is on my bucket list. I recently went on a 700 mile trip but that was only TN & NC. I want to go west.

The bridge picture in SD must be on the Missouri river, where was that shot? I once lived in SD ...rode an SR500 back then.

 

Thanks guys! And brad, just come along next time!! Canada's next I think, you should come!

And here's where that bridge is -

 

For long trips, You oughta try a windshield. It makes the ride so much easier For me, I'm too old to ride w/o a windshield no matter the distance. lol Good looking bike. Was that rear rack made for the Yamaha, or did you do some mods to make it fit? I found an old goldwing rack and did some mods to make mine fit.

 

Nice! Any noticeable performance difference with all your elevation change? Thats gotta mess with your carb tune a little bit...

 

Thanks! Haha yeah there have been a few times that I have thought a windshield would be nice, but I decided to take my trip the day before I left so there wasant really time to track one down, lol.

But it's not all that bad, helps strengthen the ol neck muscles

And the rack came with the bike when I bought it, so I can't really comment on that, but no it's not modified.

 

Yeah, sure noticed it sometimes, but then again some of that had to been also related to what I was carrying and the grades I was going up. But overall she still had plenty of go in her when needed, there were plenty of times that the needle stayed buried