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Thread: "The Overland Route". Ashton & Island Park, I

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    boneidaho is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerFirst time rider
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    "The Overland Route". Ashton & Island Park, I

    I was out cutting grain 2 day's ago and a guy I work with called and said he got a new golf cart. He wanted to go riding, so we went to ride the abandoned Union Pacific railroad grade. We started at Bear Gulch near Ashton, Idaho, and rode to Big Spring's in Island Park, Idaho. One way was 35.4 miles. We gased up at a gas station and checked my mileage. His new Honda has an odometer and it said the 35.4 miles. I used .77 of a gallon in my 85-200X. That's 46 miles per gallon. His golf cart got 22.5 MPG. We rode 70.8 round trip miles. It took us 3 hour's and 40 minutes. We were probably 20-25 miles short of West Yellowstone, Montana. He needed to get back home. I was so worn out last evening after the ride. We rode pretty fast considering the trail condition's. Some places were very smooth and you could hold the throttle open for miles, and some places were a little choppy. Very beautiful day there. We got a little rain, and some sunshine. We haven't had rain for month's, so it was welcome.
    Trike's owned over the year's:

    1983 Honda 70.............Purchased Used
    1983 Honda Big Red......Purchased Brand New
    1984 Honda Big Red......Purchased Brand New
    1984 Honda 200s..........Purchased Brand New
    1985 Honda 200s..........Purchased Used
    1985 Honda 200X..........Purchased Used (Still Have)
    1985 Honda 200X..........Purchased Used (Still Have)

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    yater is offline Just Too Addicted Arm chair racerJust too addicted
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    I dug this up a couple of pages back. I would love to find a railbed where I could cover that much ground. Did the 200x do alright on the trip? I'm looking for one.

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    I envy you, I need to do a trip like that here soon, maybe I should load up and head to Boisie and visit my buddy there.
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