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Gosh I love Charleston in the spring.....
This morning at 07:00 it was 54F, so I pushed the SOB (Shifless Old [email protected]#$%*&) out of the garage, wiped down the windscreen and rode across town to Sunday Morning Breakfast at the American Legion, a gathering for the local GWRRA and the American Legion Riders as well as a few Retreads. Had breakfast, coffee and talked M/Cs for an hour.
The GWRRA had a ride planned to Georgia, but the Legion Riders were going to go to Santee SC where the CMA (Christian Motorcycle Association) had a comfort station set up at a rest stop on I-95 northbound for folks who were leaving Daytona. The Legion Riders invited me to ride with them, but they intended to go up I-26 to I-95 to Santee.
I thanked them but declined since I prefer back roads and small towns. We all left the AL Post at the same time, and I took SC 6 to Santee. Getting to the rest stop entailed about two miles of I95, and I passed them on that strech.
At the rest stop, I had coffee and talked M/Cs with the folks who were manning the Coutesy stand. They had free coffee, Iced tea, soda, sandwiches and fruit for north bound riders and drivers. A Real nice bunch of folks. Mostly GW's and HD with a Road Star and a Venture thrown in. The Burgman was what drew attention, though. "Gee, did you ride that all the way here?" started the questions, and when the Legion rider said, "He blew by us up the road a ways," the interest increased considerably.
I stayed there for about an hour and went up I95 about 20 miles to US521 and rode to Sumter to a BBQ house where a group from Sumter meets, (excuse a senior moment, I can't remeber their names, but there were several Retreads there) and had coffee and talked M/Cs. An interesting patter developed.... The gray headed folks showed more interest in the SOB and asked more questions, but the younger riders hung around it longer.
After about an hour, I left Sumter Leading three kids on crotch rockets and two on Yamaha V-Twins and returned to Charleston on US 378 and US 52. When we stopped for one of the Yamaha's to get gas, the three crotch rockets went on and the guys on the Yamaha's oohed and aahed at how stable the SOB was in the cross wind. (SC doesn't often have windy conditions) We then returned to Charleston and split up when we crossed over I26. What a great day....83F and clear skies at 16:00.
During the ride today, I went over 10,000 miles on the SOB. Still on the original rubber, and no wear bars getting too close to the surface. I've gotten 47.2829 MPG since I picked it up and first filled it with 24 miles on the odometer. No failures of any kind. Just scheduled maintenance.
Is anyone planning to come to Charleston for bike week in April? If so, please contact me if you'd like any directions or help. Or, we'll drink coffee (I'm good at that)
This morning at 07:00 it was 54F, so I pushed the SOB (Shifless Old [email protected]#$%*&) out of the garage, wiped down the windscreen and rode across town to Sunday Morning Breakfast at the American Legion, a gathering for the local GWRRA and the American Legion Riders as well as a few Retreads. Had breakfast, coffee and talked M/Cs for an hour.
The GWRRA had a ride planned to Georgia, but the Legion Riders were going to go to Santee SC where the CMA (Christian Motorcycle Association) had a comfort station set up at a rest stop on I-95 northbound for folks who were leaving Daytona. The Legion Riders invited me to ride with them, but they intended to go up I-26 to I-95 to Santee.
I thanked them but declined since I prefer back roads and small towns. We all left the AL Post at the same time, and I took SC 6 to Santee. Getting to the rest stop entailed about two miles of I95, and I passed them on that strech.
At the rest stop, I had coffee and talked M/Cs with the folks who were manning the Coutesy stand. They had free coffee, Iced tea, soda, sandwiches and fruit for north bound riders and drivers. A Real nice bunch of folks. Mostly GW's and HD with a Road Star and a Venture thrown in. The Burgman was what drew attention, though. "Gee, did you ride that all the way here?" started the questions, and when the Legion rider said, "He blew by us up the road a ways," the interest increased considerably.
I stayed there for about an hour and went up I95 about 20 miles to US521 and rode to Sumter to a BBQ house where a group from Sumter meets, (excuse a senior moment, I can't remeber their names, but there were several Retreads there) and had coffee and talked M/Cs. An interesting patter developed.... The gray headed folks showed more interest in the SOB and asked more questions, but the younger riders hung around it longer.
After about an hour, I left Sumter Leading three kids on crotch rockets and two on Yamaha V-Twins and returned to Charleston on US 378 and US 52. When we stopped for one of the Yamaha's to get gas, the three crotch rockets went on and the guys on the Yamaha's oohed and aahed at how stable the SOB was in the cross wind. (SC doesn't often have windy conditions) We then returned to Charleston and split up when we crossed over I26. What a great day....83F and clear skies at 16:00.
During the ride today, I went over 10,000 miles on the SOB. Still on the original rubber, and no wear bars getting too close to the surface. I've gotten 47.2829 MPG since I picked it up and first filled it with 24 miles on the odometer. No failures of any kind. Just scheduled maintenance.
Is anyone planning to come to Charleston for bike week in April? If so, please contact me if you'd like any directions or help. Or, we'll drink coffee (I'm good at that)