Slow down to 65 and your mileage will go up, you'll get less fatigued as well. I can't imagine putting in an almost 600 mile day, that's one sore butt I bet. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
-----Original Message----- From: MJB_LBC <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:34:36 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: I Wanna Ride! Ok, so here is brief update: logged 536 miles the first day, from Carson, CA to Tucson, AZ. Left at 5am, ride to San Diego was cool, no problems. Heading East from San Diego is when the sun came out and it was hot and windy!!!! The I probably have about 60-70lbs of stuff, but the bike was running well. Avg speed about 75, but I think the strong headwinds are really doing a number on my gas mileage. Day 2 I'm starting out for El Paso, TX. I'm in Deming, NM right now. Still riding into strong winds, a quick spot check from the last two gas stops, show 36mpg and 30mpg. :( On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 9:36:16 PM UTC-7, MJB_LBC wrote: > > First of all, I want to say how much I enjoy being a member of this > group. I'm riding my Nighthawk from Southern California to San Antonio, TX, > leaving in the morning. I submitted my story to Honda about why I'm making > the trip and they approved it for use on their 'I Wanna Ride' site. > (Anybody can submit, so feel free to share your story if you want. I don't > work for Honda.) > > You can check out the link here: > http://powersports.honda.com/IWANNARIDE/?cid=6fad7db6-4b9f-441c-8644-c2002c6b6ae0 > > I only had so many characters on the Honda site so I wasn't able to > include anything about how helpful this group has been as I was preparing > for this trip, but I was able to get in a paragraph on facebook, when > everyone was telling me to "be careful." > > From facebook: > This isn't even close to being the craziest thing I have ever done. Have > been to the Mid-Cities Honda Dealer in Bellflower, CA to get the official > once over, since I did a lot of the maintenance. Everything checked out, It > has been certified to fly! The guys in my Nighthawk discussion group ( > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/nighthawk_lovers) from > Paul's Honda Nighthawk Pages (http://www.hondanighthawks.net/) have given > me plenty of tips & suggestions on maintenance and making the bike run > better, etc. Plenty of people ride around the country, just have to go > through all your preparations, etc. > > I know the rule of the group, so I will try and post as many pictures as > possible! Thanks again to everyone who gave me suggestions/information! > MJB > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/nighthawk_lovers/-/Ep2yb9PPM5gJ. 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. -- 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.
