Australian Road Rider — August 2017

where speed limits vary from 60mph to 80mph.

I’m si ing in the middle of this mega-

road, chugging along at 70 or so, wondering

if it really is a good idea to ride straight into

the guts of New York City. The Harley has

navigation, so how hard can it be?

I swing into the Holland Tunnel that runs

under the Hudson River and will spit me

out close to where I need to be, in downtown

Manha an’s SoHo district. Halfway through

the tunnel, the navigation loses the signal and

I get the black screen of death.

I had no idea of what to expect or what I

would fi nd when I set out from LA on this ride

across America, so it’s fi  ing, I suppose, that

I’m going to fi nish it completely clueless about

which way to go.

Then I realise it doesn’t ma er. Just pick a

road. Ride it. See what happens. Easy. ARR r Well, she knows it now ...

r Wheatbelt silos line the road.

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