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Post by 101ABN on Jul 4, 2006 9:55:58 GMT -8
"What were these lost parts?"
Air cleaner screw, Sissy bar bolt, nut, and a temple piece for my Wiley-x glasses.
Ironbutt's a little extreme although I've thought about attempting the 1000 miler. 1400 over four days wasn't bad at all except for the fucking heat in the valleys. Like riding through a blast furnace.
Traffic was a pain in the ass in a couple of places, even splitting lanes.
Actually I'm still contemplating a run to Sturgis this year. It's 1400 miles one way. Probably won't happen though, the time being the issue.
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Post by Husky23 on Jul 4, 2006 10:15:35 GMT -8
That's kinda what I figured...nuts and bolts vibrating loose....
...lil locktite may help
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Post by 101ABN on Jul 4, 2006 10:38:16 GMT -8
"...lil locktite may help"
Yeah, hell...take all the damned adventure right out of it!
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Post by 101ABN on Jul 4, 2006 10:50:12 GMT -8
The route: This is pretty much the straight-line stuff exclusive of the side trips it's 1162 miles point to point, the rest of the miles are side trips, example: one mission (La Purissima) is 16 miles off the main highway, when I got there the gate was closed for the day so I had to return the next morning, add 64 miles. Yadda, yadda, yadda.  |
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Post by Sailor on Jul 4, 2006 15:31:58 GMT -8
"...lil locktite may help" Yeah, hell...take all the damned adventure right out of it! Well, there's adventure and then there's ADVENTURE, like if something really really important departs the bike. I think I'll stay with 4 chunks of rubber and a ton or so of protection around me to protect what's left of my sorry ass if I or someone else fucks up or Murphy manages to nail me. There are days though... Blue Ridge mountains, fine weather... *sigh* |
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Post by 101ABN on Jul 4, 2006 16:28:42 GMT -8
As a friend of mine who had a preference large American road cars used to say, "Surround my ass with iron and glass."
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Post by Sailor on Jul 14, 2006 15:44:31 GMT -8
As a friend of mine who had a preference large American road cars used to say, "Surround my ass with iron and glass." Actually my favorite set of wheels was a '76 3/4 ton Chevy Van which I spend a good deal of time customizing (bed, carpeting, paneling, the whole 9 yards.) Even with the standard 350 small block with 4 barrel carb I averaged better than 20 mpg in it. The young lady I was dating and I (the eventual Mrs Sailor) spent a lot of time in it. Best part was I could see over 90% of the traffic around me and it was solid as a battleship. One night while I had it parked on the side of the street a drunk nailed it with his car, smacking into the left front bumper and went skidding down and across the street. I lost some paint off the bumper (I hadn't opted for chrome) and had less than $500 damage from creased fender and ruined wheel. His car was totalled.  It broke my heart to have to sell that truck. |
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