You earned my Respect!!!!!! To ride 400 miles on a Honda Trail-90!!! No way my 60 year old body could handle the trip. Way back in 1995, I rode from Little Rock Arkansas to Cinncinati Ohio. It was about 700 miles. I was riding a 1988 Honda Goldwing 1500. Even that ride was rough on the body, at least to me. Anyway loved the video and the GLOVES! Take care now, love the adventure!!!!
That was awesome. So much more intriguing watching someone take on the open roads on such a small vintage bike vs the larger fancy ones of today. Loved the gloves too. Thanks for the ride along.
Cool video and trip!! I just recently added a 1981 CT110 to keep my '22 MotoGuzzi V85TT and Yamaha WR250R company. It's my second little Honda, and I love it!! TERMINAL VELOCITY! I love it!!
You are very brave! No, really!, you’ve got balls!!! I live near and ride my Trail 125 around some of the areas you covered and I’d never have the guts to take that trip! (But I’d like to.) Thanks for recording and posting , loved it. It was whacky and entertaining. The gloves are choice👍. Ok you allowed to go 110 instead of 100mph😅. Sometimes I ride that Colonial Parkway that you were on, taking the Trail 125 off the car after I cross on the ferry. Next time, I think I’ll park on the other side of the ferry if I can find somewhere to park and take the motorcycle across instead, that would be fun. Thanks for the inspiration!
I think you'll have a blast doing the ferry on your bike! That was one of the highlights of the trip. I did some research beforehand (google maps) just to make sure most of the route had a wide shoulder. Everyone was cool and it was a pretty chill experience except for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel....that was by far the crux of the trip. haha. I fully expected to get turned away by the gate attendant and not be allowed to cross.
Cool. I recognize a few of those spots. I'm up the road from you in Landenberg Pennsylvania. I've got a 71 ct90. and rebuilding a 69 too. Never done 400 miles on it though. Impressed. Must have been exciting crossing the Chesapeake Bay bridge. Years back they used to have a nice little restaurant about the halfway mark. Have fun riding and stay safe and healthy!
TWO CT90s?!? That's living! haha. I'd love to get a second someday, to customize to my liking. Mine is all original so I feel too guilty to make any mods. You're right about the Bay Bridge...for those who have crossed it, I think they know why I was so excited to make it through the tunnels. Pretty scary!
What a really fun video! I've never dreamed of riding my 1972 Honda CT-90 even on major Highways or Interstates. I always felt it was too dangerous. Apparently, I'm just not a "Thrill Seeker". Anyway, thanks for the ride along.
The way I looked at it was that even though traffic may be going 60mph, I was going 35mph...so it would be the same as walking on a sidewalk with a car passing at 25mph. Not so scary then! But my logic may be skewed... :)
I found that if you look on paper maps and use the "no highways" settings on gps.. you can go anywhere without using 4 lane highways and see more cool stuff. I have done several trips on 250cc and smaller.
Amazing trip..There's one guy who has crossed almost every continent on a trail 90 on RU-vid..Another on a Honda Ruckus all over u.s and rode up too alaska..A few others..Small bikes are far under rated in the states..Everyone thinks you need a 900cc to drive to local store...I am hoping to do some long rides on my 150 scooter...
I believe I've stumbled across those channels also! Super inspiring. I agree with you about the small bikes being underrated; it all boils down to capturing why we ride in the first place....to get to your destination quickly, or to enjoy the ride for everything it brings?
Man, you really brought back memories for me. Back in the day Virginia had a license free law for mopeds with a maximum speed allowed of 35 mph. For a bunch of 15 year olds with newly acquired Motobecane mopeds that got 120 mpg and the state of Virginia ready to be conquered, it was on many of the paths that you just took and to this day I don't know how we didn't get run over and for that matter, in this day and age, how you didn't get run off the road - COMPLETELY. By the way, not to have let my film studies 1 and 2 Mclean High go to waste, were the riding gloves and high angle shot meant to portray Peter Fonda in Easy Rider or Jim Carry in Dumb and dumber?
Hahaha, you're quite the film buff! Perhaps I portrayed a little of both?...considering the bike, I'm likely more on the Dumb and Dumber side of things.
Unfortunately the vintage cubs are rare in my country( and expensive), and the new ct125 are not coming to europe. I would love to own one! Instead i have a lot of mopeds😁 Loved the video btw
I love how this dude ignores all traffic laws just to survive and not get ran over LOL In WA State we aren't allowed to drive on soldier, I got told twice when driving my super cub but they always let me off with a warning.
I love small bike touring. My vehicle is a250 scooter. And i have gone 800 miles in a day. I just checked a Google maps record of my trip to denver from iowa. 2200 miles.. i did a longer one to Texas and several into Minnesota and Wisconsin and Illinois.. I rode a 125cc Honda for 19 years before that.
Check out "Nathanthepostman" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PuSWxSYAUDU.html Nathan on his "postie Bike" he rode from Australia to England then New York to Alaska.
@@g4joe yep.. im subscribed to his channel.. have you read his books? The postie bike has gone from sydney to London then NYC to Skagway AK. He has also written a children's book. Love all the books!
@@papaballoon Thanks for reply. Yes Nathan and "Itchy Boots" keeps me sane during Pandemic. Also "Taj Farrant" Australian kid on guitar. All the best to you from UK.
@@loamseeker5230 It's basically networks of old roads that are still within street legal use but only passable by 4x4, dualsports, or horses. These roads also do not require specific off road/ohrv registrations.
Flats and downhills held about 35mph. There were definitely times where it became more of a gearing limitation...I didn't want to hold the revs super high
Hi! Sorry for the delay...we are in the process of moving to another state. I took: one set of clothes with an extra shirt in case I got wet. Warm layers because it was in the 40's-50's (F) the whole trip. A 20-degree sleeping bag, tarp, hammock, a 45-degree quilt (to wrap under the tarp...because it got down into the 30's at night), and some woolen long underwear to sleep in. I also brought an extra set of gloves for cold weather (didn't use them), a drone, and a tool kit that I assembled and tailored for the CT-90.
They didn't, actually! I suspected they would, but I passed about 5-6 during the trip and everyone just went on their merry way. Besides, everyone knows not to mess with a guy on a scooter.
