Bill, where did the 1,200 miles come from on the new FJR1300? Demo miles? -Pete --- Bill Sowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From Princeton, WV to Willimantic, CT in my Grand > Cherokee pulling my MC > trailer. I had planned to go up on a bus and ride > the bike back but there > were two many things I couldn't accomplish before I > left. (Tags, title, ins, > etc) > > Bill Sowers > www.billybender.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Maggiacomo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 10:58 PM > Subject: Re: Trip to pick up my new bike > > > > Bill, sounds like a trip from Hell to me. Sorry I > > missed your original post, but where did you leave > > from and in what? Thanks. > > -Pete > > --- Bill Sowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I made it to CT and back OK. I left here at 3:30 > am > > > (yeah, I couldn't sleep so I just got up and > left) > > > and got to Willimantic, CT at 3:00 pm. I was > able to > > > load the bike Friday night, eat supper (to allow > the > > > Hartford traffic to die down) and then head on > back. > > > I drove till 1:00 am Saturday morning then > pulled > > > off in a rest stop somewhere in PA and slept to > 4:00 > > > am, then continued on home arriving about 10:15 > am. > > > 1,490 miles in 24 hours 12 minutes (1452 > minutes) > > > elapsed driving time for about a 60 mph average. > > > Rained most of the way back and I had to unload, > > > cleanup and put the new (it has 1,200 miles on > it) > > > 2003 FJR1300 Yamaha away before eating some > > > breakfast and crashing (getting some sleep, not > > > really crashing). I have not even ridden an > FJR1300 > > > yet but, if it's anything like my old FJ that I > put > > > 80,000 miles on and is still running, I know I'm > > > going to like it > > > > > > We are very fortunate in having roads like I-77, > > > I-64 and I-81 around here and in VA. Beautiful > > > drives and scenery galor. Once you get into PA, > NY > > > and CT the roads are really beat up and the > traffic > > > is constant. As bad as I-81 is around Roanoke, > it's > > > still better than in most other states. I was on > > > I-81 for 468 miles. Almost never ending > > > construction. > > > > > > There were several dead deer along I-81 in > northern > > > VA but once you got to PA, and NY, they were > > > everywhere. I guess it's because they don't have > > > cleared areas along the interstates and the > woods > > > come right up to the road in some cases. That > > > eastern area of PA is mostly wooded and they > have a > > > ton of deer. I would guess they pick the dead > ones > > > up regularly but still, there were many freshly > > > killed along the road. > > > > > > Bill Sowers > > > www.billybender.com > > > > > > > > > --- > > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system > > > (http://www.grisoft.com). > > > Version: 6.0.419 / Virus Database: 235 - Release > > > Date: 11/13/2002 > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site > > http://webhosting.yahoo.com > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system > (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.419 / Virus Database: 235 - Release > Date: 11/13/2002
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