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Re: [ST] Newbie returns



Great story and wonderful roads to ride. To bad you got sick.
I have riden nearly 1000 in a day on my ST it took13 hours and we stoped for
lunch.
The bike is very stable and comfortable. The only thing for you guys in
America is that do you get to shift past 4th gear with your speed limits and
over zealous cops??
I bought my ST with the thought of long tours and sport riding on sundays.
It does both well. I hope you get on well with yours
Tim
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Bowen <abowen@xxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 4:54 AM
Subject: [ST] Newbie returns


> Hi gang,
>
> I joined the list late summer and in the meantime I acquired a 2001 BRG
> Sprint ST and then work got crazy so I un-subbed for a while.  I'm
> interested in mounting a CB somewhere as most of my riding buddies
> communicate this way.  Anybody done that?
>
> I flew down to Palm Beach Florida from Philadelphia to pick up my ST.  The
> adventure in picking up my new bike turned into a nightmare rather
quickly.
> My flight out of Philadelphia was late and I missed my connecting flight.
I
> spent the night in Atlanta and didn't get into the hotel until 2AM. I was
> put on a standby flight leaving at 9:30 and arriving at 11:30 but, of
> course, I got bumped from that. That flight was late, too, so I didn't
know
> until about 10:30AM Saturday. I was already supposed to be in Ft.
Lauderdale
> at midnight the night before. Then, the airline offered to fly me into Ft.
> Myers by 2PM and pay for my rental car to Ft. Lauderdale. I'd arrive
around
> 4:30 and the bike shop said they'd pick me up at the rental car place.
>
> So now it's like 6:30PM Saturday and I've signed all the papers and
finally
> got the bike. But, that's one whole day of riding shot - I was supposed to
> be in Florida by midnight the night before - and planned to do 5 or 6
hours
> of riding Saturday. I rode about 2 hours north to Melbourne after stopping
> for about an hour to see a friend in Jupiter. It was about 11PM on
Saturday
> when I began to throw up. Fun. I don't know if it was something I ate,
> nerves, or excitement, but I realized I wouldn't be in any shape to ride
> Sunday and that would leave just Monday to make the remaining 20 hours
home.
> I looked into the Auto train from Orlando to DC figuring I could handle
that
> amount of riding but it was booked full. The second alternative was to
rent
> a U-Haul and tie the bike down.
>
> So, I spent about five hours on Sunday trying to locate a one way U-Haul
> truck, sweating bullets the whole time because it's getting later and
later
> (stopping to puke now-and-then), and I park around the corner from the
> rental place because the 800 number people said the motorcycle would have
to
> be completely drained of all fluids. Pretty hard for me to do with little
> tools and no facilities and I prepared a story for needing the rental just
> in case. That went well and I loaded the bike and was on the road finally
at
> noon Sunday. I figured I'd be saving $500 less now (the cost of the truck)
> but still saving overall on the purchase. I decided to drive straight
> through and take a nap or two in the truck on the way.
>
> At 9PM Sunday somewhere in North Carolina the truck wouldn't start after
> re-fueling and I spent a few minutes on the phone with their road side
> assistance people who talked me through shorting the starter solenoid to
get
> going.  I drove through the night and got home around 8:30AM Monday and
> returned the truck, washed the bike, mowed the lawn, did the laundry, got
my
> haircut, took a nap, and cleaned up for a date that evening.
>
> So, I ended up on, like, the 9th version of my original plans. In
hindsight,
> I should have either booked passage on the auto-train from the start or
> rented a U-Haul motorcycle trailer for my car ($17 per day, no mileage
fee)
> and hauled ass to FL Friday night into Saturday and then drove home at a
> relaxed pace Saturday thru Monday. The bike is quite comfortable and I
> wonder if I could have done those big miles in two or even three days. The
> 150 miles I managed to put on it were great. This bike handles really well
> and is quite stable at highway speeds. I think doing 400 or so miles per
day
> over three days would have been okay with about 6-7 hours on the bike and
> 8-9 on the road. When I was faced with the 1100 miles in two days and not
> feeling well, figuring it'd be about 10-11 hours on the bike and probably
12
> on the road for two days in a row, I knew I didn't want to take that
chance.
> Discretion really is the better part of valor or I'm just becoming a soft
> old man.
>
> Alan in NJ
> 2001 BRG
>
>
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