--- Terrible Tom <SilverEightynine@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Ray Irons wrote:
> >
> > --- Terrible Tom <SilverEightynine@aol.com> wrote:
> > (in part)
> >
> >
> >>three busted-ass daks, a gas hog, and a
> rollerskate
> >
> >
> >
> > OK forgive me, Tom, I've been away for a while.
> Had
> > togo back to the east coast for a couple months to
> > help out the folks when my Dad had open heart
> surgery.
>
> wow! Hope hes doing well Ray!
He's doing just fine. He turned 82 while he was in the
rehab hospital and they originally predicted he would
need to be in there for up to 12 weeks. He was home in
one! As a matter of fact, he had the surgery on the
9th of Jan and was home from all hospitals on the
30th, just 3 weeks later, I talked to him yesterday
and he said he is now walking around the house without
even using his cane.
> > Isn't something missing from your signature line?
> > Something with two wheels? Don't tell me you had a
> > close encounter of another kind with it. Or did
> you
> > sell it? Gonna buy that "other" two wheeled wonder
> you
> > were eyeballing last year?
>
> Yeah I know... I was in a pissy mood and changed the
> sig line on a whim
> and the way I wrote it up sounded snappy, so I left
> the Honda out.
Never leave the bike out. Most fuel efficient vehicle
you have? The bike. It leave you extra money to spend
on the Daks, the gas hog, and the rollerskate!
> I still have it, as a matter of fact I fired it up
> yesterday after work.
> My temp licence expires in a couple days, and I
> wanted to ride it
> today. I almost dragged it out but the yard is full
> of snow and I
> didn't feel like shoveling a path out. Plus its
> still not running real
> great. I'm starting to suspect a weak ignition. I
> know theres a wire
> gremelin in there... the tail light and brake lights
> work
> intermittantly. I'm tempted to tear it down and
> restore it frame up,
> and buy something newer to ride, thats a bit more
> dependable and less
> abused.
Sounds like a plan to me! I just have the Dak (98) and
my Bandit (97). My GF has her Cherokee (97) and we got
her a older (83) Yamaha Seca 750, with full fairing,
windshield, hard saddlebags and tail trunk. I had
someone ask me just last Friday what year my bike was
and when I told him it was a 97, he didn't believe me.
He said it looks too nice to be 10 years old.
> > I took mine out for a nice easy 259 mile romp last
> > Thursday. I'm planning a couple of touring trips
> this
> > summer, end of June. One to Yosemite NP and the
> other
> > to North Pacific Coast, probably into Redwood
> National
> > Forest.
> >
>
> heh 259 miles - just a quick run aroudn the block
> :-P
Yep that is just about around the block for Northern
California. I have too much fun riding my bike, is
there such a thing as too much fun? Of course, my
Bandit only has 22K miles on it, and I have put over
16K of those miles on it since I bought it in 2004,
I've gotten plenty of use from it. I plan to get a lot
more this summer. My trip to Yosemite will be about
600 miles round trip and the other to the Pacific
coast and Redwood National Park will be about the same
or a little more, all in the same week. I have another
trip planned in May that will run me to just north of
Pioneer, a little place in Amaderas County, that will
be about 400 miles round trip plus a few other rides
through out the summer. I can easily see close to 10K
miles on my bike this year. At nearly 50 MPG I can
afford trips like that. Even with gas here in my home
town over $3/gallon.
Ray
Some risk is necessary in life. Without risk, the new world wouldn't have been discovered, man wouldn't have landed on the moon and we wouldn't ride motorcycles.
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