Hey Jay! that's what I call riding a Motorcycle.
--- On Fri, 2/20/09, crosscountryhawker <[email protected]> wrote: > From: crosscountryhawker <[email protected]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: displaced Southerner > To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 12:51 AM > 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 > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
