Wow! What a great experience you had. I am hoping to have my Hawk up to par
enough this summer to ride further too. I just got a $50.00 gift certificate
from a friend for the Honda dealership here. I got a cable lubber, Honda oil
and a new pair of gloves. Now I just need some good weather so I can get out
to my shop and tinker on my bike. ('83 650 Nighthawk). HotrodMamma
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From: "crosscountryhawker" <[email protected]>
To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:51 PM
Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: displaced Southerner
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> 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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