My brother and I taking a countryside cruise.
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Nice Ride! Where in Illinois exactly is that? Looks similar to where I came from in central Ohio. We have great rural roads here in Maryland where we are now. Many days I won't encounter a vehicle on my 45 minute ride til I roll back into our town of 5000. Ain't it nice to have great roads like you do there?
Dan
Dan
Hey that country looks familiar. I think I've been there before.
Neat ride, Ray. As always, Thanks for sharing.
Was that the sunglasses camera?
Tom
Neat ride, Ray. As always, Thanks for sharing.
Was that the sunglasses camera?
Tom
Dan
I live and ride right in the middle of Illinois(farm country). While cruising those quiet blacktops....sometimes I will see more tractors on the road then cars. Makes for some easy and relaxing rides for sure.
Tom
That video was taken from the same sunglasses camera like you have. I have two pairs of those...so my brother you can see in the video was wearing my other pair. So I have some video of that ride, but from his perspective instead of mine. I may post a short clip of that as well. Later in our ride we had the opportunity to blow the doors off a slow moving tractor.LOL
I live and ride right in the middle of Illinois(farm country). While cruising those quiet blacktops....sometimes I will see more tractors on the road then cars. Makes for some easy and relaxing rides for sure.
Tom
That video was taken from the same sunglasses camera like you have. I have two pairs of those...so my brother you can see in the video was wearing my other pair. So I have some video of that ride, but from his perspective instead of mine. I may post a short clip of that as well. Later in our ride we had the opportunity to blow the doors off a slow moving tractor.LOL
Here is the same cruise but only shot from a different perspective. This video was taken from the video glasses my brother was wearing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y1BE1lExDY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y1BE1lExDY
See? That's why I didn't like riding in Illinois. Too much traffic. I never have had to deal with a tractor here in Colorado 
The ride and the music were great, Ray. Thanks again.
Tom
The ride and the music were great, Ray. Thanks again.
Tom
Dan
When Tom comes to visit me next year I'll have to find a few tractors for him to get stuck behind.LOL
When Tom comes to visit me next year I'll have to find a few tractors for him to get stuck behind.LOL
Living in rural Illinois for most my childhood it's pretty easy finding them! I need to make a point to getting back to Illinois sometime soon so I can enjoy the tractor traffic! Better than all the car traffic here in Columbia!
Jordan
Maybe you can run over sometime this fall and we will take a fall ride? I am certain we can find plenty of farm machinery to get stuck behind.
Maybe you can run over sometime this fall and we will take a fall ride? I am certain we can find plenty of farm machinery to get stuck behind.
No better than Jordan's bike runs, he won't even be able to pass a tractor. Even one in 'granny gear'
Tom
Tom
Absolutely. That would be fun. We will have to work something out sometime. Maybe in September sometime!
I've passed a couple prius's in my time, but I guess that doesn't say much for those! I've also seen a couple tractors pass a few in my town!No better than Jordan's bike runs, he won't even be able to pass a tractor. Even one in 'granny gear'
Tom
Whenever I'm driving either my Ford Ranger or the hot rod I refuse to let a Prius pass me. I'll do whatever I have to to keep them behind me. Those and 'Smart Cars'. I'll NEVER let a "Smart Car' pass me, no matter what.
Tom
Haha I am the same way with my personal car. Might be a full size sedan, but it has a packing v6 that can't kill almost anything, but them hybrids! Gotta get something.
Man that makes me want to ride, I've only took my bikes up and down the street a couple of times lately. I've been locating and supplying parts to the body shop for my "Shoebox". Restoring old cars can be fun all it takes is a lot of time and even more $.
Had a 1968 C-20 Chevy truck with a 4 speed and a 327 small block. A Hybrid it was not! Down hill with the wind at your back around 7mpg. LOL
