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433 miles, 9 hours on the bike, 12 hours overall including a long lunch at my brother's house midway.
Too long. Everything hurt. Even after I went to bed, I couldn't sleep because of the lingering hip pain.
a "throttle rocker" is a useful device, but it's tricky to get it in the right place for both 60mph and 70mph cruising.
This was the return trip from a similar distance a week earlier, but spread over two days. On the outbound trip, I learned that wind noise is a real problem after 5 hours, and I found some better ear plugs in the gun section at Dick's. They had purple ones, orange ones, and some in the French tricolor. The French ones have the highest noise reduction rating, and it matters.
I also learned that the height of the windscreen seems to affect gas mileage, but speed affects it much more. I averaged 60mpg (measured) on the outbound trip, a little less on the return with a higher windscreen and (probably) a higher average speed. 70mpg indicated was wildly optimistic. Any idea how to adjust that?
This makes about 900 miles on a mushroom-plugged rear tire (and then with Ride-On add afterward because the plug was slowly leaking), in pretty warm temperatures ~90F at speeds of 50-70mph.
I only had someone trying to kill me once or thrice. Once by overtaking in the oncoming lane with marginal range and at too high a speed. If the road is posted at 55 mph, the dashed centerline is providing guidance for overtaking safely presuming that you are overtaking someone traveling much slower than 55. If you are trying to overtake someone driving at 60 mph, and you're doing 80+, you run out of roadway in a hurry. Another was, you knew it, texting and driving and couldn't stay in her lane. I'm just guessing there must have been one more.
Crossed paths with a doe and two fawns. They're cute when they're not running in front of you. Fortunately I saw them in plenty of time to be hard on the brakes. Also saw a pheasant by the roadside. Last time I saw pheasant it was my dad bringing home roadkill for dinner.
Too long. Everything hurt. Even after I went to bed, I couldn't sleep because of the lingering hip pain.
a "throttle rocker" is a useful device, but it's tricky to get it in the right place for both 60mph and 70mph cruising.
This was the return trip from a similar distance a week earlier, but spread over two days. On the outbound trip, I learned that wind noise is a real problem after 5 hours, and I found some better ear plugs in the gun section at Dick's. They had purple ones, orange ones, and some in the French tricolor. The French ones have the highest noise reduction rating, and it matters.
I also learned that the height of the windscreen seems to affect gas mileage, but speed affects it much more. I averaged 60mpg (measured) on the outbound trip, a little less on the return with a higher windscreen and (probably) a higher average speed. 70mpg indicated was wildly optimistic. Any idea how to adjust that?
This makes about 900 miles on a mushroom-plugged rear tire (and then with Ride-On add afterward because the plug was slowly leaking), in pretty warm temperatures ~90F at speeds of 50-70mph.
I only had someone trying to kill me once or thrice. Once by overtaking in the oncoming lane with marginal range and at too high a speed. If the road is posted at 55 mph, the dashed centerline is providing guidance for overtaking safely presuming that you are overtaking someone traveling much slower than 55. If you are trying to overtake someone driving at 60 mph, and you're doing 80+, you run out of roadway in a hurry. Another was, you knew it, texting and driving and couldn't stay in her lane. I'm just guessing there must have been one more.
Crossed paths with a doe and two fawns. They're cute when they're not running in front of you. Fortunately I saw them in plenty of time to be hard on the brakes. Also saw a pheasant by the roadside. Last time I saw pheasant it was my dad bringing home roadkill for dinner.
