Honda CT90 Road Trip - East Coast Rambling
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- čas přidán 14. 12. 2020
- My brother and I have always dreamt of riding our Honda Trail 90s to Prudhoe Bay, AK...this is merely an attempt to glimpse what a trip like that would entail. 405-ish miles clockwise from the Annapolis, MD area, around the Cheasapeake Bay, ending in Northern Virginia....all at a blistering 35mph.
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!!!!
One of the best little bikes ever built
Loved it. All I could think of was Jim Carey on Dumb and Dumber 😁😄
That was definitely one of the inspirations!
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.
Thanks! I think I have more fun on the little bike than on my big bike too!
Great idea to make camp behind the lodge! That's what is so great about these little bikes, you can ride them anywhere
Hilarious video! Absolutely loved it! "Adult-sized baby gate". LOVE IT!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
You have intestinal fortitude. Your CT90 must have had an overhaul before such a ride. I have a '68 with sticky transmission.
Thanks. Nope, it's never had an overhaul!
Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it
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!
That was interesting. Having driven all over both states building hundreds of cell sites I enjoyed recognizing everywhere you went.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Beautiful farmland throughout the area
Enjoy y'alls vids!
Man that was an awesome video! I revived a 73 ct90 this past summer and its my favorite bike now.
Mine is my favorite bike too!
You two make great vlogs
Glad you like them!
Awesome! Thanks
“Adult sized baby gate” 😂
Cool man, just cool.
Love those gloves!
Nice vid..
.I put about 1500kms a summer on mine...
They are so fun to rip around....
That's awesome! I need to get on your level :)
Amazing trip..There's one guy who has crossed almost every continent on a trail 90 on CZcams..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?
@@loamseeker5230 exactly
Nathan Millward ride around the Eureka on a ct110
That's the world.. not eureka
The best bike ride report on YT! Haha, do it again.
Thank you! Hopefully the first of many trips :)
Great trip!
Glad you enjoyed it
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.
Quite the adventure.
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.
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.
Nobody messes with someone on a scooter!!
@@loamseeker5230 I love it 😂😂😆
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
And I love the vintage mopeds in Europe that we cannot get in the USA! So long as we keep riding the skinny-tired motos, we're on the same path.
Appreciate what you have.
I love the vintage Honda ct90s such awesome bikes
Haha that was fun
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.
Sounds like a bunch of sweet adventures!
Check out "Nathanthepostman"
czcams.com/video/PuSWxSYAUDU/video.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.
@@g4joe i love reading about bike touring and communicating with other bike guys. Nathan has been really great
Come to NH for practice. Tons of class VI roads and a bunch more to the north.
I love New Hampshire! What's a class VI road?
@@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.
When you were on flat ground going over the water about what speed were you holding or were you flat out the whole time? What MPH?
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
Should take that bike on Skyline Drive.
That would be a cool trip, but unfortunately I don’t live near there anymore.
I do , and now I’m thinking of taking my CT by truck and cruising the Parkway.
How can I get my hands on one of them vintage gash hounds?
Keep a close eye on Craigslist!
Pls tell us the things you have taken for this trip. must be very useful to the ones Who are going to do this .thanks
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.
great trip! that's like 3 gallons of gas! how was your mileage? ;-)
~100mpg!
Where did you get the gloves!
I can’t totally remember, it was some online tack store
I thought all CT90s had auto clutches , was yours modified ?
no ct 90s have clutches
No modifications; the auto (centrifugal) clutch is 100% original.
Dumb and dumber gloves, 😂 very cool! 😎
Lloyd Christmas is my muse
do cops give you any flak for riding on the shoulder?
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.