Somebody say "the Badger"?
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Well well well, look who's got money to burn!
I had to look this up! It’s the last coal fired passenger ship in the USA, first launched in 1952. It looks comfortable and fun to sail on and mechanically it’s a throw back to an earlier time. There is another video on YouTube that shows behind the scenes ( not especially well made ) but it’s interesting to see the crew in the engine room monitoring a wall of gauges and making constant adjustments to big mechanical dials to maintain optimum pressure ( I’m assuming since there was no narration ) .
Just an aside, not really related, but my grandfather Elvin was a sailer in WW1 and given the fact that he was built like a bear he was assigned the unenviable job of shoveling coal into the ships boilers. I had no idea how dreadful that job was until I toured an old steam ship from that era and saw how small and filthy that work space was and how insufferably hot it must’ve been.
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Got out and cruised around 
for a couple hours this morning. It was really too hot for it, but I was getting tired of being cooped up in the house. Was good and sweated up by the time I got home but it was worth it.
Stopped by a park to cool off a bit while I was out.
for a couple hours this morning. It was really too hot for it, but I was getting tired of being cooped up in the house. Was good and sweated up by the time I got home but it was worth it.Stopped by a park to cool off a bit while I was out.
Riding a cool bike like that why would you need to stop. Unless there were hot chicks close by.
Need to put extra mileage on that baby for all of us who are cooped up in the winterGot out and cruised around
Stopped by a park to cool off a bit while I was out.
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It's as classy as we got
We damned near missed the boat
They had small signs directing us to the boat but at a certain point the signs ran out so we circled the area until we finally found the access
We pulled up ran to get booked and were the last bikes on
As we were tying down the bikes the boat had already left port
Nice video we were to busy just getting on to take a bunch of pictures but its exactly like the video shows
The boats part of the highway 10 route just over water
Pete and I took a ride with some flight time involved but I think John (the pilot ) worked Gary pretty hard
I tried to find a lemon to suck on to wipe the smile off my face but all they had was 7up
Still smiling today
Shes a real bug catcher
Did you bring your own tie-down or is the boat rigged with them?
MM, what bag do you have mounted on the back of your bike? Looks like a possible fit for the Buffalo?Got out and cruised around
Stopped by a park to cool off a bit while I was out.
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Had to bring your own 2 per bike
There were a lot of tie down area options
Thats one classy ride !Got out and cruised around
Stopped by a park to cool off a bit while I was out.
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Here you go, I wrote about it here, it’s a Nelson Riggs commuter series seat bag, it’s actually designed to go right on a seat, it had long straps included that I trimmed.
https://www.xs650.com/threads/mailman’s-suzuki-c50-boulevard.61876/page-2#post-743498
Thanks Mikey! I’m really enjoying it so far!
Thanks, I am eyeing a 650/750 with OD 5th near Ludington. Perfect trip in the future.