Month: December 2021

Happy New Year Members!

Long Distance Riders has been a successful venture these past 14 years thanks to you, our members.

I thoroughly enjoy hearing from all of you, and it has been a privilege charting your rides throughout the United States and into other countries. I feel as though I rode alongside of you as I documented your rides and have enjoyed learning about your experiences and your countries, and your stories. I share with you the feeling of accomplishment. I am always envious of the great rides that LDR members have taken.

Thanks to all the members who I have emailed and talked to during the many years. I value your friendship. Most of you I have never met personally, but feel as though I know you well.

In the past years we have grown. We wouldn’t be the company we are if it weren’t for our loyal members, our ride organizers, our proud riders, our charity event coordinators, our LDR web site and Facebook design teams, and our LDR behind the scenes people who create certificates, get your packages mailed efficiently, and organize inventory. We thank you and appreciate you!

We thank you to all our members, for giving Long Distance Riders the opportunity to do what we love. Thanks again to each one of you for your loyal support and your friendships.

Let’s toast to yesterday’s achievements and tomorrow’s new adventures!

Ride safe,

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Bill and Debra Jeffries

We are Bill and Debbie Jeffries and we love to ride. This is our first Long Distance Riders Easy Rider certification. We ride long distance rides on a regular basis so, we thought we should get one certified. We even took our honeymoon on a Harley. It was a toad strangler rain on the first day of our honeymoon, but we kept on riding. Stopped now and then when it was raining so hard we couldn’t see. I’m sure people thought we were crazy, riding and smiling in pouring down rain.

We take our vacations on our motorcycles every year. We agree if we can’t go on a motorcycle, we don’t want to go there. Some destinations of interest – Moab, Utah a 10 day excursion; New Orleans, LA another 10 day ride, Tail of the Dragon, and Sturgis, SD. And this year’s vacation is a 2 week trip to Glacier National Park and Lolo pass. One of our favorite rides is northern Arkansas. We make a yearly pilgrimage there each fall. The mountain roads there are quite the challenge. Mount Nebo, Pig Trail, Mount Judea, to name a few. After we rode the Tail of the Dragon, we both agreed, we had ridden much more challenging roads in Northern Arkansas.

When we aren’t on a long distance ride, we ride day rides and weekends. It’s a passion, not a pastime.

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Adriano Carvalho

Adriano Carvalho

King of the Road Challenge, 2415 kilometers in 36 hours

I have been riding motorcycles for almost 40 years now. Started at 13 years old on a 50cc Garelli at my family’s farm. Riding just trail and big trails until 1995 when I bought a VMax and changed my style to street and travels. Never stop riding them, but had my phases from every day to once a week rides. My current bikes: Yamaha VMax 1995, Harley Deluxe 2013 and Harley Ultra Limited 2021.

I have completed some long-distance challenges before and really enjoyed how much I learn about my body, limits and the machine while accomplishing those rides. I really enjoy spending that much time riding and fulfilling some planned route. Then I learned about the LDR website and loved the proposal, the logo, and the beautiful people sharing their experiences. After that I decided to be the first Brazilian in the group, and here I am!

My challenge started at Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil, went through São Paulo, Minas Gerais, back to São Paulo and finished in the São Paulo/Rio de Janeiro border. It included: 3 states, 53 cities, 2516 Kms, 29:30 hours and 79 gas gallons at last September 18/19 2021.

I’m planning to do a new challenge next year, probably in the first quarter. On June 22 will also make an expedition starting in Seattle-WA through Canada and Alaska, Prudhoe Bay and back. Can’t wait to accomplish another long distance ride!

Greetings everyone,
Adriano

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