Motorcycle Grand Tour of Texas, 2025 edition.

[guzzler]

1 hour ago, audiomick said:

I know exactly what you mean. I had some good years with the Kawasaki GTR 1000, and some great rides. Brilliant weather protection, brilliant luggage, great motor. But 290 kg means you think about where to park the bike and how you are going to get back out of there every time you stop. Getting it onto the centre stand without the luggage is hard enough. With the luggage full, forget it. The bike served a purpose valiantly for a time, but the time passed. It's just too heavy for me now.

I also rode a mates BMW K100RT way back when, and after the GSXR 11 it seemed heavy but in reality probably about the same as your Kwacka Mick. That wasn't too bad but bikes over 300 and especially pushing 400kg just don't add up any which way for me. 

[audiomick]

Just now, guzzler said:

...BMW K100RT...probably about the same as your Kwacka...

Yes, they were in all things indeed very similar. I've even heard the theory postulated, and I think it is justified, that Kawasaki bought a  K100, studied it, and made a better one, which was the GTR. 

[p6x]

@PJPR01

I updated the original post with the map for the 2025 tour; 50 stops, 5 alternates, 5 Republic of Texas stops.

As before, you can copy the map and save it on your google drive to build your own itineraries.

The Wyoming ROT #5 seems very far away... 19 hours one way without the stops....

Stop #25, which is any Veteran of Foreign War post, I picked the one in Navasota, since we have already one stop there. But of course, there are others.

Edited 14 hours ago by p6x

[PJPR01]

Very nice…thanks P6X for the map update!  This year's config makes it definitely easier for getting 25 for newcomers based in Houston or Dallas areas.  
 

I hope to maybe do a 2 week trip to Idaho/Montana in early or late summer so I might be able to squeeze in the Wyoming one on that route…otherwise maybe a route to Custer park or the Badlands and the Black Hills in South Dakota with a stop at Devils tower in Wyoming could be another route after the Cedar Vale rally in May or September.  
 

The fun is in the planning!!

[p6x]

The A1 Teepee Rest Stop on FM170 is really isolated. That's a shame because FM170 seems like a real scenic route.

Yes indeed, the planning! this year I am going to spend more time at each outing.