Hello, I'm new to the group. I couldn't find an intro thread so I
thought I'd just jump in here. I got my 83 650SC the beginning of last
summer for $200. A new battery, unsticking the front calipers and
replacing the bent handlebars and I was riding again after nearly
thirty years of abstinence. I found that everytime I went for a ride
it got harder and harder to turn around and head for home. Finally, I
decided to take a month long road trip, I left Sacramento on Sept 1.
Now comes the weather part, it was 110 degrees the day I left. I rode
over the Sierras into Nevada and thru the desert up into Oregon,
sunblock doesn't work at 75mph. My face was so cooked, on morning two
I bought a bandana and wore it like a bankrobber mask. The weather in
Oregon and Idaho was perfect. I went over some mountain pass heading
to Missoula and got frozen rained on, it stung like hell even through
my bank robber mask. The only thing that kept me warm was my
uncontrollable shivering. The next leg took me south to around Salt
Lake City, another two day stretch of beautiful weather. Even heading
east with Fort Collins Co in my sights the weather was perfect. Then I
got to the foot of the rockies and it started raining. I rode over the
rocky mountains in a freezing rain storm, the only scenery I saw was
the inside of a bunch of clouds. Gorgeous weather through eastern
Colorado and Nebraska, but there is a lot of cow poop in those two
states. I got caught in a deluge towards the eastern edge of my
journey, Kirksville Mo. It took me almost eight hours to go 95 miles.
I had my rain suit on but the water coming off the Nighthawks front
tire was splashing up onio my pant legs and running down into my brand
new hiking boots. When I looked down at my feet I could see water
running out of the shoe lace holes. I spent a few days visiting in
Missouri then headed south and west the weather was really nice most
of the way back, one monsoon in New Mexico and headwinds all the way
through Oklahoma. The Nighthawk performed flawlessly for the entire
trip, 6500 miles. It ran 4500-5500rpm eight to ten hours a day
everyday. It's an amazing motorcycle. Thanks, Jay
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