You're right. Sorry, I forgot that I'll be taking my rain suit. I'm no stranger to long trips, been doing them all my life, but when I was young and foolish the only thing I would do was to lash a tent and sleeping bag in a blue poncho to the luggage rack and leave. I'm trying to think more about the bike these days, getting it ready.
On Friday, April 25, 2014 9:09:11 AM UTC-4, EGrider wrote: > > I think we went all through this last year, but can I bring up the topic > of long trips again for a second? I'm getting ready to take my '96 NH750 on > a trip from Atlanta to San Francisco and back. Bike currently has just > under 30K miles. > > This is what I'm doing as prep. New back tire (front should be fine), new > chain and sprockets (17T in front), new air filter, new plugs (NGK), carb > sync, oil and filter change, throttle lock and cramp buster, National Cycle > Plexifairing 3, GPS knob for handlebars, Fix-a-Flat aerosol, tire gauge. > Guy I'm going with is loaning me a set of fabric throwover saddlebags, and > I'll bungee my "special samsonite hard case" on the back luggage > rack.Thinking about a gel pad for the seat, but the bike is already tall > for me. Of course I'll take some chain lube and some basic tools. > > Something else I should be thinking about? Thanks. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
