Bike Week packing lists: then and now
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From: tomorrow on 5 Mar 2010 23:26 On Mar 5, 11:22 pm, "Vito" <v...(a)cfl.rr.com> wrote: > "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote > [ I'm sicker'n a dog right now BUT I bet I could knock distance and time > [ off of that AND shave time riding it. It's all about discipline and > [ smoothness...I can (when the stars align properly) can pay cash and be > [ off as fast as a CC holder. My meal stops are faster than most other > [ people except guys like Jeff Earles or Ken Morton. > > Normally, I'd agree but having tried it I know that discipline, smoothness > and short gas/food stops are no help when sitting at traffic lights or doing > 25 mph thru speed trap after speed trap. The South is very different than > Montana. I finished sixth overall in the 1998 Capital Classic 1000 Road Rally in 1998, riding some 1,250 miles in 24 hours circumvavigating Virginia; riding through D.C. and NoVa to Tidewater, across 58 to SW Va; up onto and across the BRP, upp 77 through WVA and finishing in Frederick, Md. There is no comparing the east coast riding environment to that of the open west, which I have also ridden extensively.
From: The Older Gentleman on 6 Mar 2010 04:36 tomorrow(a)erols.com <tomorrowaterolsdotcom(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > I finished sixth overall in the 1998 Capital Classic 1000 Road Rally > in 1998, riding some 1,250 miles in 24 hours <Impressed> -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: S'mee on 6 Mar 2010 07:49 On Mar 5, 9:22 pm, "Vito" <v...(a)cfl.rr.com> wrote: > "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote > [ I'm sicker'n a dog right now BUT I bet I could knock distance and time > [ off of that AND shave time riding it. It's all about discipline and > [ smoothness...I can (when the stars align properly) can pay cash and be > [ off as fast as a CC holder. My meal stops are faster than most other > [ people except guys like Jeff Earles or Ken Morton. > > Normally, I'd agree but having tried it I know that discipline, smoothness > and short gas/food stops are no help when sitting at traffic lights or doing > 25 mph thru speed trap after speed trap. The South is very different than > Montana. heh, you should "enjoy" travis county in tejas...or parts of east tejas, arkansas(in general) and for fucks sake avoid the ozarks (mo, ar, ok) because if the cops to get you then the RV's will.
From: S'mee on 6 Mar 2010 07:54
On Mar 5, 9:26 pm, "tomor...(a)erols.com" <tomorrowaterolsdot...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Mar 5, 11:22 pm, "Vito" <v...(a)cfl.rr.com> wrote: > > > "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote > > [ I'm sicker'n a dog right now BUT I bet I could knock distance and time > > [ off of that AND shave time riding it. It's all about discipline and > > [ smoothness...I can (when the stars align properly) can pay cash and be > > [ off as fast as a CC holder. My meal stops are faster than most other > > [ people except guys like Jeff Earles or Ken Morton. > > > Normally, I'd agree but having tried it I know that discipline, smoothness > > and short gas/food stops are no help when sitting at traffic lights or doing > > 25 mph thru speed trap after speed trap. The South is very different than > > Montana. > > I finished sixth overall in the 1998 Capital Classic 1000 Road Rally > in 1998, riding some 1,250 miles in 24 hours circumvavigating > Virginia; riding through D.C. and NoVa to Tidewater, across 58 to SW > Va; up onto and across the BRP, upp 77 through WVA and finishing in > Frederick, Md. Sweet!! > There is no comparing the east coast riding environment to that of the > open west, which I have also ridden extensively. Agreed, never got to ride the south though. But...I got proficient enough to make bike deliveries in Bean town the pedestrians are WORSE than the cagers adn the other bikies? Play rough, play fair and know when to let the other guy by. Out west you could hit green ice or a elk or some such...not to mention the gravel on black top etc. |