Posted by Schmoe on May 29, 2007, 10:19 am
Tud wrote:
<snipped here & there>
> The trip to Vegas was good, the first 6 days was all workshops and
> tutorials, but I did manage a couple IRLs while we were there.
> The heat was pretty bad, approaching 110F according to the air
> temperature gauge on the bike, and stopping seemed to compound the
> problem, although it seemed necessary in order to get some fluids
> into us. After the gorge we took another stop, this was about 70 miles
> after
> the last stop. It was at this stop that I realized our plan might
> have been a bit too ambitious for the missus. I think we only had
> less than 40 miles to go to get to the park, but ML wasn't enjoying
> herself at all. She had later said that the worse part was the
> stops, this is when the heat really hit her and she didn't like the
> standing around. She said that we could have made the park if we
> just would have stayed on the bikes and kept riding, but at that last
> stop she decided she was done.
I understand completely. A friend & I rented out there in late August about
4 years ago. It was a toasty 120 deg f. outside. The faster you went, the
hotter it was. We stopped at every/any air conditioned building possible.
The ride to Red Rocks and then out to Lake Mead to go waverunning was pure
misery, nothing pleasant about going 80 mph in a microwave oven. We returned
the bikes early and hit the pools. No regrets.
Posted by Tud on May 29, 2007, 12:46 pm
Schmoe wrote:
> Tud wrote:
> <snipped here & there>
>> The trip to Vegas was good, the first 6 days was all workshops and
>> tutorials, but I did manage a couple IRLs while we were there.
>> The heat was pretty bad, approaching 110F according to the air
>> temperature gauge on the bike, and stopping seemed to compound the
>> problem, although it seemed necessary in order to get some fluids
>> into us. After the gorge we took another stop, this was about 70
>> miles after
>> the last stop. It was at this stop that I realized our plan might
>> have been a bit too ambitious for the missus. I think we only had
>> less than 40 miles to go to get to the park, but ML wasn't enjoying
>> herself at all. She had later said that the worse part was the
>> stops, this is when the heat really hit her and she didn't like the
>> standing around. She said that we could have made the park if we
>> just would have stayed on the bikes and kept riding, but at that last
>> stop she decided she was done.
> I understand completely. A friend & I rented out there in late
> August about 4 years ago. It was a toasty 120 deg f. outside. The
> faster you went, the hotter it was. We stopped at every/any air
> conditioned building possible. The ride to Red Rocks and then out to
> Lake Mead to go waverunning was pure misery, nothing pleasant about
> going 80 mph in a microwave oven. We returned the bikes early and hit
> the pools. No regrets.
I didn't mind the heat so much, although I'm pretty sure it didn't reach
120, but ML found it miserable as well. On the bright side, if I get to do
the trip again I won't have to worry about her wanting to come along. <g>
Our next ride is a 2.5 day run to Florida...with the kids...and mother in
law...in the mini-van. Give me 120 degrees on a bike anyday.
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Tud
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Posted by Tud on May 29, 2007, 12:55 pm
Just got back from picking up the bike and it didn't sound right. It seemed
to bog down a bit while excelerating and was a bit throttier, like it's
getting too much gas, at higher RPMs. Oh, and I ran out of gas on the way
back so I had to hit reserve and the nearest station, which didn't bother
me.
I just got an e-mail from the shop owner and he was asking how the bike was
running, actually he said "I totally forgot to let you know that I have
lifted your carb needles by .5 mm. How did your first ride go?". I let him
know about what I described above and I'll wait to see what his response
was. He's a good guy so I'm sure he'll either offer to undo the change, but
if it's simple enough I might just do it myself.
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Tud
SENS BS#111 LFS#32 FLF MISFIT Vermort AH#115
http://ah115.com
Sisyphus rides a Triumph
Posted by LaJolla on May 29, 2007, 1:37 pm
>I asked her what she thought of the Harley compared to sitting
> in the hack. She said it's like comparing a bar stool to a barcalounger.
I'm assuming that the hack is the barcalounger?
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Posted by Tud on May 29, 2007, 3:10 pm
LaJolla (LaJolla) wrote:
>> I asked her what she thought of the Harley compared to sitting
>> in the hack. She said it's like comparing a bar stool to a
>> barcalounger.
> I'm assuming that the hack is the barcalounger?
Correct.
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Tud
SENS BS#111 LFS#32 FLF MISFIT Vermort AH#115
http://ah115.com
Sisyphus rides a Triumph
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> tutorials, but I did manage a couple IRLs while we were there.
> The heat was pretty bad, approaching 110F according to the air
> temperature gauge on the bike, and stopping seemed to compound the
> problem, although it seemed necessary in order to get some fluids
> into us. After the gorge we took another stop, this was about 70 miles
> after
> the last stop. It was at this stop that I realized our plan might
> have been a bit too ambitious for the missus. I think we only had
> less than 40 miles to go to get to the park, but ML wasn't enjoying
> herself at all. She had later said that the worse part was the
> stops, this is when the heat really hit her and she didn't like the
> standing around. She said that we could have made the park if we
> just would have stayed on the bikes and kept riding, but at that last
> stop she decided she was done.