I can't believe you did all those miles with that gear on a 250. If you get a 750 you won't stop until you get to Tierra del Fuego!
On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 8:36 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow, very impressive trip! Now I feel nostalgic about my own solo > motorcycle road trip that I did in summer 2010 on my 2008 Nighthawk CB250. > I rode over 5400 miles in a month from Houston, TX -> Las Vegas, NV -> Los > Angeles, CA -> San Francisco, CA -> Seattle, WA -> Keystone, SD -> then > straight shot south through "the breadbasket of America" back home to > Houston. I stayed at KOA campsites, hostels, and twice at a budget motel. > I met some interesting new people and also got together with some friends > in Vegas, Los Angeles, and Seattle. It was one of my most memorable trips > and I hope to upgrade my bike one day in order to ride from Houston, TX all > the way down to the Panama Canal and back. You definitely got the chance > to experiment more with the maintenance side of things on your older bike > than I did. The main things I had to do were topping off my oil and lubing > my chain regularly, and during the last leg of my trip I had to replace the > tires with brand new ones since mine were completely bald. I made the > stupid mistake of thinking I could push it just a little further (even > though I started to see the inner treading!)... so of course my rear tire > blew out on the highway and I fish-tailed thinking for sure I was going to > crash, but was luckily able to maintain control while slowing to a stop on > the emergency side lane and got it towed to the nearest Honda dealership in > Del City, OK. Unfortunately my luck ran out and after only riding on my > brand new tires for a little less than 100 miles, I was changing lanes on > the highway and failed to see the uneven lane edge, so my tire caught it > and I went down. It was supposed to be my last day of riding before > getting home too! Well the ambulance came and the only thing that happened > was a broken collar bone luckily. I wore armored leather gear from head to > toe so I was as protected as I could be. After a few hours, I was released > from the clinic, then I rented a U-haul, took it to the place where my bike > was towed, had them throw my bike in the back of the Uhaul, then rode > several hundred miles back down to Houston with only my right arm since > left collar bone was broken. Of course these are the types of risks we > recognize when we set off on our adventures. And despite the unfortunate > end to my trip, I wouldn't take it back for the world! :-) At least it > happened during the last day and not when I was just starting off. > > Take care of yourself and happy future travels! Thanks again for sharing > and bringing back good memories! One of my favorite shorter solo trips I > did was from Houston, TX through to Terlingua, TX to visit Big Bend > National Park. One of the most amazing sights and sounds was stepping out > into the cool, solitary desert night sky and looking up at a billion > glittering stars and hearing the howls of coyotes in the distance. Never > felt so much at peace with myself and my surroundings... > > Hope you like a few of my pics. I would love to check out more from your > albums if you don't mind sending a link. :-) > > Here's my email - [email protected] > > Again - nice to "meet" you, Melissa! > > Best, > > Ren > > > On Saturday, June 28, 2014 7:06:16 PM UTC-5, Melissa Hickson wrote: >> >> Hi folks, >> >> This summer, I rode my 1986 CB450sc from Knoxville, TN to Yosemite, CA on >> a solo road trip. It was a great time. I saw some amazing sights and met >> some interesting people along the way. I had a myriad of mechanical issues >> during my trip, and learned a great deal about working on my bike. Now that >> I'm safely settled in at the park, I thought I would share a few photos >> from the adventure. >> >> All told, it was a bit over 3050 miles, in about 3 weeks' time. I either >> camped or couchsurfed along the way. >> >> During that: >> carburetors gummed up >> reserve gummed up >> ignition switch and kill switch lost the ability to kill the engine >> tachometer quit working >> headlight went out >> fuel line kept kinking >> front brake light switch broke >> bolts on luggage rack sheared off >> dropped the bike :( and bent the gear shift so far as to be unusable >> exhaust melted holes in saddle bags (and contents) >> >> And a few other minor things that I can't remember right now. >> >> It was quite an experience! >> >> The photos are probably in a crazy order... >> >> Eventually I want to blog about my trip at adventuremel.blogspot.com, >> but I'm really far behind. >> >> Cheers! >> Melissa >> >> -- > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. 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