Finally.....

dafatrman · March 03, 2010, 09:28:33 PM

At 4:00am Friday morning I will depart from Tyler,TX on my GS500E and will travel to Orlando, FL (MMI). If there is any forum users there, let me know and we can go ride. That is, after I get my back straightened again..... Pray for me/wish me luck!!!

raivis · March 03, 2010, 09:35:46 PM

good luck and ride safe

MajorMalphunction · March 04, 2010, 06:24:08 AM

Don't forget to stay hydrated!

Toogoofy317 · March 07, 2010, 10:23:45 PM

I live about 15 minutes from MMI! Out in Kissimmee off of Michigan. Just go down OBT turn right on Osceola Parkway then right on Michigan. I'll PM the rest don't want all of the guys on here stalking me you know!

Mary

MajorMalphunction · March 09, 2010, 09:43:45 AM

Quote from: Toogoofy317 on March 07, 2010, 10:23:45 PM
I live about 15 minutes from MMI! Out in Kissimmee off of Michigan. Just go down OBT turn right on Osceola Parkway then right on Michigan. I'll PM the rest don't want all of the guys on here stalking me you know!

Mary

LOL

dafatrman · March 10, 2010, 04:47:44 AM

Well, after a two day ride I finally got here Saturday night. The trip SUCKED. The bike was sooooo uncomfortable with it's drag bars and high footpegs. Hell, the damn thing wouldn't keep up with traffic (I bet my big 9 would!). But the ride was pretty. I-10 must be the most beautiful road I have traveled. And most parts of Orlando look great. Anyway..... I would have posted sooner, but the internet here is a bit slow. So, thanks to all the well-wishers. I needed your support for this one. Before I go back, though, I'm buying a goddamn GOLDWING!!!

And Mary, yes, please PM me, as long as you don't laugh when you see the little POS! I am amazed this old delapidated thing made it. But now that it is here, I am gonna bore it and install new pistons/rings and also install an '06 head that my buddy has lying around.

Paulcet · March 10, 2010, 08:45:57 AM

Glad you made it without too much trouble.

How fast was the traffic? I made a 200 miles-each-way trip to Atlanta at an average of 80. No problem keeping up. Rode 2-up with stock gearing on an 80 mile trip last spring at 75 mph, no trouble passing... didn't even downshift. 'Course the passenger only weighed about 60 lb.

dafatrman · March 10, 2010, 10:38:00 AM

The speed limit means nothing to these poeple! I was doing 80-85 and getting blown away. This engine is WEAK. Iver 46,000 on the odometer, and surely more on the bike because I rode it for a while with no speedo cable. My friend Russell and I run the piss out of it. It really needs help. That is why I couldn't keep up.

PachmanP · March 10, 2010, 08:03:13 PM

Quote from: Toogoofy317 on March 07, 2010, 10:23:45 PM
I live about 15 minutes from MMI! Out in Kissimmee off of Michigan. Just go down OBT turn right on Osceola Parkway then right on Michigan. I'll PM the rest don't want all of the guys on here stalking me you know!

Mary

Awwww

Yeah my butt gets anticipation soarness every time I think about a multi-state ride. I'ma need to pad or something...

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