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Offline mr_diver

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Re: Touring with a Glee. ?
« Reply #20 on: July 31, 2013, 13:14:34 »
lol   lol   lol   lol



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Offline Fatbelly

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Re: Touring with a Glee. ?
« Reply #21 on: July 31, 2013, 13:16:43 »
I'm going up North with that group on Friday!

(but I'll only take so much then feck off and leave them!)

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Re: Touring with a Glee. ?
« Reply #22 on: July 31, 2013, 14:24:34 »
Kipling had it right (for once!):

A friend at a pinch is a friend indeed,
But a fool to wait for the laggard behind.
Down to Gehenna or up to the Throne,
He travels the fastest who travels alone.

I've always toured on my own and find it a great way to meet people and discover places that I probably wouldn't if I was part of a group.Plus I don't know any group that would have me...., but then:

"I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member".
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Offline Jacko

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Re: Touring with a Glee. ?
« Reply #23 on: July 31, 2013, 16:58:58 »
Quote from: "iansoady"
Kipling had it right

He travels the fastest who travels alone.

Yup.

Offline greywolf

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Re: Touring with a Glee. ?
« Reply #24 on: July 31, 2013, 18:07:24 »
It's usually the rider, not the bike, that has difficulty keeping up. Also, people who ride in groups that get separated need a new group leader. I've ridden a Wee to all 48 contiguous United States and it never came close to feeling lacking.
Pat- 2007 DL650A was ridden to all 48 contiguous states. 2012 DL650A outlasted me.
Nicknames I use to lessen typing, Vee = 2002-2012 (K2-L2) DL1000s. Veek=2014+ (L4+) DL1000s. Wee = 2004-2011 (K4-L1) DL650s. Glee = 2012+ (L2+) DL650s