Peter: The bike is new to me but used. This is the one that was advertised on the list from the boy in CT. He had put the miles on it but had already done the 600 mile check. when I got it. Great deal for me. Bill Sowers www.billybender.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Maggiacomo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 5:40 AM Subject: Re: Trip to pick up my new bike
> 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 > > > __________________________________________________ > 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
