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Hey Gang,
Well, it's our first vacation/trip with our new-to-us '20 NC750X DCT and so far it's OUTSTANDING! I probably maybe shouldn't use the term "vacation" since I've been retired for oh, about 14 years now so, we really don't take "vacations", just trips. Anyway, living in the desert town of lake Havasu AZ, there's not much "nice" riding to be had. It is what it is. If you have a boat, you're golden. But, your basic m/c and are retired, kind-a boring. So, the CEO and I packed up the motorhome, loaded the NC on the back of it, hooked up the truck and loaded the Goldwing in the back of it. Yep, this is a very first time for me/us. To bring TWO bikes on one of our escapades. Normally, I'd just load up the Wing on the truck and we're off and having a good time.
But, this new '20 NC 750X is just too darn fun to ride I HAD TO BRING IT TOO! I set our motorhome up to carry both my previous bike, an '18 Honda Africa Twin Adventure Sports DCT and, one that I still have, an '07 Yamaha TW200. Not both at the same time, one or the other, depending on what the destination(s) will be and what's there to be had for fun. Just in case anyone's interested, I use a Versa Haul rack on the back of the coach. The rated limit on that particular version is 500 lbs and is a single receiver style. 500 lb. load limit is fine for the 278 lb. TW but, the A/T weighed right close to 550 lbs. So, I had to add two more receivers and connection tubes to the coach and connect them to the Versa Haul.
That rack is now twice as strong as before. Sooo, loading the NC was a piece of cake due to it being just like the A/T, a DCT version. I simply start it up, put it in gear and gently throtte it up the ramp under its own power, DONE. Then, for the Goldwing, I have what's called a *Rampage* motorcycle lift/carrier. In short, it's just a roll-back wrecker. Only this has three sections. The main section is bolted to the truck bed. The second section tips and lowers part way, then the third section, called the trolley, lowers to the ground. Roll the Wing up to the trolley, use two tie downs to secure it to the trolley and hit the winch button for UP! The bike is transported up and then levels out and I tie it down with more tie downs, DONE.
Now, as for the present trip. We're in a campground in a small UT community called Hatch. For those that are unaware of it, it's located on UT-89 about thirty miles north of the UT-9 which is the east entrance to Zion NP and, about 11 miles south of UT-12 which leads to Bryce Canyon NP. Folks, I gotta tell ya, there's miles and miles of riding in practically all directions for both paved and unpaved fun. There's mountain runs like UT-14 that leads from UT-89 to Cedar City. That's a seriously steep and fun run with a zillion turns in it and it also crests at about 9,500' of elevation. There's some off-shoots from it like 143 that lead over to Panguich lake and the town of Panguich.
If one takes the UT-12 from UT-89 and heads east, you'll run up to the top to the entrance of Bryce. But, if you keep going, you'll go to Boulder and Torrey with a whole ton of outstanding scenery in between. I could go on and on about more and more roads in this section of Utah but, if you learn about or know about *Butler* maps, you'll find all kinds of roads that rated on different levels of fun, scenery, and more.
Anyway, enough blabbing for now. Here's just a few photos of what I'm cruising around at present. By the way, the little Sevier river that runs behind our camp is normally about 5' across and about a foot to two feet deep in spots. But, as you'll see in the pics, IT'S A RAGING river at present and has over flowed its banks for miles. 50% of the camp spots at our campground are UNDER WATER!
Scott
Well, it's our first vacation/trip with our new-to-us '20 NC750X DCT and so far it's OUTSTANDING! I probably maybe shouldn't use the term "vacation" since I've been retired for oh, about 14 years now so, we really don't take "vacations", just trips. Anyway, living in the desert town of lake Havasu AZ, there's not much "nice" riding to be had. It is what it is. If you have a boat, you're golden. But, your basic m/c and are retired, kind-a boring. So, the CEO and I packed up the motorhome, loaded the NC on the back of it, hooked up the truck and loaded the Goldwing in the back of it. Yep, this is a very first time for me/us. To bring TWO bikes on one of our escapades. Normally, I'd just load up the Wing on the truck and we're off and having a good time.
But, this new '20 NC 750X is just too darn fun to ride I HAD TO BRING IT TOO! I set our motorhome up to carry both my previous bike, an '18 Honda Africa Twin Adventure Sports DCT and, one that I still have, an '07 Yamaha TW200. Not both at the same time, one or the other, depending on what the destination(s) will be and what's there to be had for fun. Just in case anyone's interested, I use a Versa Haul rack on the back of the coach. The rated limit on that particular version is 500 lbs and is a single receiver style. 500 lb. load limit is fine for the 278 lb. TW but, the A/T weighed right close to 550 lbs. So, I had to add two more receivers and connection tubes to the coach and connect them to the Versa Haul.
That rack is now twice as strong as before. Sooo, loading the NC was a piece of cake due to it being just like the A/T, a DCT version. I simply start it up, put it in gear and gently throtte it up the ramp under its own power, DONE. Then, for the Goldwing, I have what's called a *Rampage* motorcycle lift/carrier. In short, it's just a roll-back wrecker. Only this has three sections. The main section is bolted to the truck bed. The second section tips and lowers part way, then the third section, called the trolley, lowers to the ground. Roll the Wing up to the trolley, use two tie downs to secure it to the trolley and hit the winch button for UP! The bike is transported up and then levels out and I tie it down with more tie downs, DONE.
Now, as for the present trip. We're in a campground in a small UT community called Hatch. For those that are unaware of it, it's located on UT-89 about thirty miles north of the UT-9 which is the east entrance to Zion NP and, about 11 miles south of UT-12 which leads to Bryce Canyon NP. Folks, I gotta tell ya, there's miles and miles of riding in practically all directions for both paved and unpaved fun. There's mountain runs like UT-14 that leads from UT-89 to Cedar City. That's a seriously steep and fun run with a zillion turns in it and it also crests at about 9,500' of elevation. There's some off-shoots from it like 143 that lead over to Panguich lake and the town of Panguich.
If one takes the UT-12 from UT-89 and heads east, you'll run up to the top to the entrance of Bryce. But, if you keep going, you'll go to Boulder and Torrey with a whole ton of outstanding scenery in between. I could go on and on about more and more roads in this section of Utah but, if you learn about or know about *Butler* maps, you'll find all kinds of roads that rated on different levels of fun, scenery, and more.
Anyway, enough blabbing for now. Here's just a few photos of what I'm cruising around at present. By the way, the little Sevier river that runs behind our camp is normally about 5' across and about a foot to two feet deep in spots. But, as you'll see in the pics, IT'S A RAGING river at present and has over flowed its banks for miles. 50% of the camp spots at our campground are UNDER WATER!
Scott
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