rmemedic
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How could you ever forget that sound. Some of those guys can really make a good amount of noise with them.
Advice for Vegas?
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How could you ever forget that sound. Some of those guys can really make a good amount of noise with them.
Death Valley (200Km away)
Red Rock Canyon (just outside Vegas)
The only motorcycle rental I know is Eagle Rider, but there may be others. I rented a Goldwing from them a few years ago and had a wonderfull time riding it through Death Valley.
Did I mention Death Valley?
Red Rock Canyon (just outside Vegas)
The only motorcycle rental I know is Eagle Rider, but there may be others. I rented a Goldwing from them a few years ago and had a wonderfull time riding it through Death Valley.
Did I mention Death Valley?
that's not to bad... i love it when its hot!
Death Valley (200Km away)
Red Rock Canyon (just outside Vegas)
The only motorcycle rental I know is Eagle Rider, but there may be others. I rented a Goldwing from them a few years ago and had a wonderfull time riding it through Death Valley.
Did I mention Death Valley?
yes... you did... a few times lol. how are the roads... the other person riding with me isn't very experienced? Newbie friendly?
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Good. You won't be wasting time in rooms with no windows then.
Everyone plus one
The ride to Grand Canyon is pretty long and boring. I'd rather take it in a car and save the money to rent a bike for more interesting roads. Even if you reserve the whole day for Hoover Dam / Grand Canyon and start early you will only spend a few ours at each at the most. Enough for a tourist visit to say you were there, but not enough to thoroughly enjoy the experience.
Bring good and warm gear. The desert is cold at night and the GrandCanyon rim is at pretty high altitude. Prepare for pretty drastic changes in temperature, i.e. dress in layers.
Death Valley is my favorite place on this continent. The roads to there are relatively straight and boring but the scenery is awesome. Virtually every paved road within the DV National Park is a motorcyclist's wet dream. They are all well engineered and maintained, so I don't see a problem for newbies, unless those that are prone to pushing them self beyond their limits.
Start with Red Rock Canyon. It's a great place to visit, the scenery is breathtaking and the road is a well paved twisty one way. If your newb is OK there you can just continue to DV. Frankly, I'd be more worried about newb's endurance than riding prowess. A round trip to Grand Canyon is about 800Km and it takes almost that much to see the Death Valley properly.
Road to Dante's View. Steep but nothing dramatic:
Artist's drive is an awesome one way loop:
On approach from the West:
Like it hot? Go there in July
I can write you a novel, so many places are there to see and roads to ride. Tell me what you enjoy the most and we'll pick something. Golf? Check (world's lowest golf course). Sand dunes? Check (600ft high if I recall well). Canyons? Dozens easily accessible. Hikes? For the rest of your life. Craters? They have two. Cheesy and kitchy castle in the midle of the desert? $300/night inn with it's own little oasis and a spring fed pool? Ghost towns? Petroglyphs? Abandoned mines?...
Most of those places are accessible via fine pavement but some, like the Racetrack Playa, require a short 4WD vehicle with at least two spare tires.
You can get to the Ubehebe Crater if you are willing to ride on washboard gravel road for a dozen miles or so:
If you end up liking it as much as I did you may want to stay in a cheap motel in Beatty for a couple of nights and explore it more. Or, you can stay In furnace Creek Inn if you won big at the roulette (Furnace Creek Ranch if you won less).
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Happiest place on earth has a 1/4 hot dog and bud or bud light for $2.50 or just a bud/bud light for $1.50. It's just off the strip across the street from Bally's. Picked up a couple of beers and walked the strip.
Definitely listen to those folks offerring their business cards.
The wait time for the gun shop was long during the weekends. Even first thing in the morning. So maybe look them up during a weekday?
Plenty of shopping and shows. Take your time and you'll find good deals. I wanted to rent a bike but, never got sober enough to seriously consider it. I think one of the exotic car places had an R6 to rent but she looked tired and beat. Never asked about cost. I know the HD Dealer advertises having riding gear included in the rental. Don't know what they define as gear. So, I'm sure they can provide a helmet.
"O" is amazing and so was Zumanitiy. The strip was entertaining day and night.
Have fun.
Definitely listen to those folks offerring their business cards.
The wait time for the gun shop was long during the weekends. Even first thing in the morning. So maybe look them up during a weekday?
Plenty of shopping and shows. Take your time and you'll find good deals. I wanted to rent a bike but, never got sober enough to seriously consider it. I think one of the exotic car places had an R6 to rent but she looked tired and beat. Never asked about cost. I know the HD Dealer advertises having riding gear included in the rental. Don't know what they define as gear. So, I'm sure they can provide a helmet.
"O" is amazing and so was Zumanitiy. The strip was entertaining day and night.
Have fun.
do you know the name?
Good. You won't be wasting time in rooms with no windows then.
Everyone plus one
The ride to Grand Canyon is pretty long and boring. I'd rather take it in a car and save the money to rent a bike for more interesting roads. Even if you reserve the whole day for Hoover Dam / Grand Canyon and start early you will only spend a few ours at each at the most. Enough for a tourist visit to say you were there, but not enough to thoroughly enjoy the experience
Bring good and warm gear. The desert is cold at night and the GrandCanyon rim is at pretty high altitude. Prepare for pretty drastic changes in temperature, i.e. dress in layers.
Death Valley is my favorite place on this continent. The roads to there are relatively straight and boring but the scenery is awesome. Virtually every paved road within the DV National Park is a motorcyclist's wet dream. They are all well engineered and maintained, so I don't see a problem for newbies, unless those that are prone to pushing them self beyond their limits.
Start with Red Rock Canyon. It's a great place to visit, the scenery is breathtaking and the road is a well paved twisty one way. If your newb is OK there you can just continue to DV. Frankly, I'd be more worried about newb's endurance than riding prowess. A round trip to Grand Canyon is about 800Km and it takes almost that much to see the Death Valley properly.
Road to Dante's View. Steep but nothing dramatic:
Artist's drive is an awesome one way loop:
On approach from the West:
Like it hot? Go there in July
I can write you a novel, so many places are there to see and roads to ride. Tell me what you enjoy the most and we'll pick something. Golf? Check (world's lowest golf course). Sand dunes? Check (600ft high if I recall well). Canyons? Dozens easily accessible. Hikes? For the rest of your life. Craters? They have two. Cheesy and kitchy castle in the midle of the desert? $300/night inn with it's own little oasis and a spring fed pool? Ghost towns? Petroglyphs? Abandoned mines?...
Most of those places are accessible via fine pavement but some, like the Racetrack Playa, require a short 4WD vehicle with at least two spare tires.
You can get to the Ubehebe Crater if you are willing to ride on washboard gravel road for a dozen miles or so:
If you end up liking it as much as I did you may want to stay in a cheap motel in Beatty for a couple of nights and explore it more. Or, you can stay In furnace Creek Inn if you won big at the roulette (Furnace Creek Ranch if you won less).
Ok... so you've convinced me not to ride to the GC and HD but instead im gonna dedicate a whole day to Red Rock and Death Valley. Thank you so much for the info! Cant wait to get out there!!!
I'll letcha know how it goes!!!
Alrighty... i'll be sure to take the business cards! lol
We wanna go shooting on Thursday so im sure the wait times shouldnt be too bad.
I'm planning on bringing my own jacket, boots, and gloves and maybe i'll buy a new helmet as a souvenir!
I've heard that Zumanity was good so im definitely gonna look into it!
Thanks
My pleasure. If I can suggest one more thing it would be to split Death Valley and Red Rock Canyon in two days. RRC is close to Vegas so it can be done in half a day (including a take-your-time visit to their great visitors center and a hike up the rocks), but DV is better if you start early and reserve the whole day for it.
Here is the detailed map of Death Valley with some additional info about places to visit. The more you learn about the place beforehand, the more you'll enjoy it.
http://www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/upload/Backcountry%20Roads-2.pdf
BTW, the nice little restaurant Katapult was talking about is probably the one in Furnace Creek Ranch, smack in the middle of DV. Another, much more authentic feeling one, is in Panamint Springs (some very interesting places to visit and a great stretch of twisties up the mountains near by). Stovepipe Wells has a restaurant too, but I never even entered it.
One place is a must, the Badwater Basin. The lowest, driest and hottest place in the Western hemisphere:
Riding off-road is illegal in DV, this is photo-shopped
. It's not much of a limitation though since many unpaved roads are impossible to pass in anything this side of a good 4WD. There is not much to see South of Badwater.
Blue Man Group is a great show to watch.
The buffet at Aria is very good, not as long as a wait at the buffet at Bellagio, and they're apparently owned by the same company.
There is a good outdoor outlet mall called 'premium outlets Las Vegas' I think it's about a 20 min drive from the strip. Close to the old downtown Vegas.
If you're into seeing some old/classic cars, go to the Imperial Palace, if you have a CAA membership it's free to get in (bring your CAA card with you)
Mandalay Bay has a nice 'beach' style pool and an area for nudists as well.
+1 on visiting Red Rock, it's very scenic and if you go bring a pair of hikers to explore the area and a camera.
Lots of fantastic places to eat!
There's Legassi's Stadium (in Palazo)and it's a great place to eat at if there's a major sporting event on. The atmosphere is incredible!
+1 on comfortable shoes, lots of walking.
Go on Vegas.com to check out dress codes for clubs as well, some of them strictly enforce this.
Main thing, just have a great time and soak it all in!
The buffet at Aria is very good, not as long as a wait at the buffet at Bellagio, and they're apparently owned by the same company.
There is a good outdoor outlet mall called 'premium outlets Las Vegas' I think it's about a 20 min drive from the strip. Close to the old downtown Vegas.
If you're into seeing some old/classic cars, go to the Imperial Palace, if you have a CAA membership it's free to get in (bring your CAA card with you)
Mandalay Bay has a nice 'beach' style pool and an area for nudists as well.
+1 on visiting Red Rock, it's very scenic and if you go bring a pair of hikers to explore the area and a camera.
Lots of fantastic places to eat!
There's Legassi's Stadium (in Palazo)and it's a great place to eat at if there's a major sporting event on. The atmosphere is incredible!
+1 on comfortable shoes, lots of walking.
Go on Vegas.com to check out dress codes for clubs as well, some of them strictly enforce this.
Main thing, just have a great time and soak it all in!
Rollingeagles
Member
Hey,
The name of the restaurant we stopped at in Death Valley was called the "The Famous Crowbar Cafe". Right next to it is the "Shoshone Museum". If you make it to that restaurant, say hi to the waitress for us.....her name is Josie....she was just super friendly and welcoming.
Hey,
The name of the restaurant we stopped at in Death Valley was called the "The Famous Crowbar Cafe". Right next to it is the "Shoshone Museum". If you make it to that restaurant, say hi to the waitress for us.....her name is Josie....she was just super friendly and welcoming.
We being Eagles and myself. The cafe is at the mouth of Death Valley. We stopped in Furnace Creek as well but only for fuel.
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Take a drive to Nellis airforce base. There is a spot to park across from the speedway. Plenty of parking along the side road, especially if you rent a bike. You can watch the fighter jets take off and land. Seen a few stealth fighters taking off the last time I was there.
Hey guys,
Gonna stay in vegas for a couple of nights and I'm looking to get a really nice suite. Pretty flexible budget but I'm obviously not looking to stay at the playboy suite for 40k a night lol. I'd like it to have a wicked view + a pool inside the room.
No luck with google searches, so I'm hoping for some first-hand recommendations or some more specific leads. Some of these rooms are HUGE for one person
Gonna stay in vegas for a couple of nights and I'm looking to get a really nice suite. Pretty flexible budget but I'm obviously not looking to stay at the playboy suite for 40k a night lol. I'd like it to have a wicked view + a pool inside the room.
No luck with google searches, so I'm hoping for some first-hand recommendations or some more specific leads. Some of these rooms are HUGE for one person
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rbjeepthing
Well-known member
A few weeks ago me and the wife stayed at The Palazzo which is the newer tower of the Venetian. Great suite, great hotel not typical Vegas. It's hard to describe unless you have been to Vegas before but it just more relaxed and not so touristy. I have previously stayed at MGM/Excalibur/Treasure Island/Bellagio and The Palazzo was definitely the nicest in my opinion. The Venetian complex only has suites no reg rooms so your good to go there. Its fairly central on the strip with the largest mall directly across the street. Its cold there right now 15-20* but the pool was at a perfect temp. There was maybe 8-10 of us in it and sure enough all crazy Canadians. If you have any specifics feel free to fire me a PM. Also check out the "touring" section on here as I did a fairly big ride report.
