| Author | Message | ||
     Tank_bueller |
O.K., so it's only a couple hundred miles, and I'm having a cager carry all my gear. Is there anything that I should tuck in my jacket that may come in handy, other than the usual: smokes(#1) cell phone tire gauge cash for toll/gas money ????? There's plenty of places to stop along the way, so no problems finding gas. And I know the route fairly well. Looking forward to the trip, never made it on a bike though. any thoughts appreciated tank | ||
| Biknut |
make sure you bring your mother along so if you fall down she can kiss your little booboo. | ||
| Bluebuellxb9r |
A BRAG membership card is handy, just in case you have a mechanical failure ( towing coverage via the club is avaible ). Other than that, have a good time and a safe ride ! | ||
| Tank_bueller |
Actually, I'm gettin a free trip to the beach(I know, out of season) and my mom is the cager carryin my junk, so why dont you send your mother to kiss my ......!!!!!  Gotta do the family thing sometimes; might as well ride and have some fun too!! tank p.s. no offense to anyone's mom | ||
| Tank_bueller |
Good advice on the brag card....I would have left it behind!! | ||
| M2me |
Just check your oil level, etc. and you should be fine. Hope the weather is warmer than it is here in Minnesota! I wish I could be going on a two hundred mile ride. I'd be lucky to make it 20 miles with the cold weather here!  | ||
| Tank_bueller |
Sorry, Forgot to mention the fresh oil/tranny fluid change and the full "in the garage" inspection, and the 40mi "shakedown" ride today. Dolt!!! tank | ||
| Newfie_buell |
Just jump on and GO..... TIP - Leave Momma at home - don't help when trying to pick up the chicks at a bar if Mom brings you over a couple beers and yours is the one with the straw in it.  | ||
| Court |
Tank: Stealing a page from our respected member Snail: Ride Enjoy Then come back and share your adventure with us. ride safe, lean much, smile more, Court | ||
| Grndskpr |
Bring advil or something similar, take it before you get on the bike, do you have a camel back, keeps you from getting thirsty, and you will not have to stop as often, rain gear??? extra pair of gloves(see rain gear) bandana, they do a very good job at protecting your neck from debris on the road(just below your helmet and just above your jacket) some thing to listen to, or at least ear plugs, wind noise will drive you crazy over a long period of time. good luck have fun and ride safe R | ||
| Buellnuts |
You could try something really scary and throw caution to the wind........................start out with a half tank of gas.....I know, Iknow........scary. Just ride!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bob  | ||
| R1DynaSquid |
Couple hundred miles is a lunch run. Forget the cage carrying your gear. Get a small backpack or tankbag & you can carry whatever you would need. Enjoy your ride. | ||
| Newfie_buell |
Air Plugs are important!!! | ||
| Tank_bueller |
Half tank of gas....  Advil............... (great idea) My lid is a newer HJC CL-14 and the wind noise really doesn't bother me until about 70mph. Plan on coming back on tues. with a slight chance of rain...oh well, it's only water right!! Plus it will be in the upper 70's then  Thanks, all, for the input gonna roll in @1-1.5 hrs. I'll post up when I get back with my adventures. tank | ||
| Biknut |
a tire plug kit comes in handy and doesn't take much room | ||
| Henrik |
wind noise really doesn't bother me until about 70mph Even if you don't find it bothersome, ride for long enough, and it'll still hurt your hearing. Damage to hearing is cumulative. Henrik | ||
| Bomber |
Tank -- H, being a medical proffessional, knows whereof he speaks me, being a idiot of long standing (standing next to the Marshalls, on the flightline, on the pegs) can olny repeat his advise -- the high freqs no longer make any impression on my right ear at all, and only the slightest hi freq messages are received by my left ear -- ear plugs are your friends also, regardless of the speed you travel, I'll be you find yourself tiring less with them in than without enjoy your ride | ||
| Road_thing |
What? Did you say something? I never recovered from my summer as a first loader on a 3".50 back in '70. Of course, the expansion chambers on a couple of short-track Kawasakis didn't help, either. Come to think of it, the open TT's on my old Triumph left my ears ringing a few times, too. I was told by a Navy flight surgeon (as he black-balled me from flight school) that any time you experience ringing in the ears from prolonged exposure to loud noise, you have suffered irreparable hearing loss. Over time, it adds up, and you end up like me & Bomber (only better looking!) rt (currently rebuilding a shovelhead stroker with drag pipes--some guys just never learn!) | ||
| Whodom |
Tank- I'll join in on the chorus for ear plugs too. It's really simple- if you get off the bike, and your ears are "ringing", you just permanently lost some hearing. I hope your CL-14 is a LOT quieter than my CL-12; it's noisy as hell. I don't ride around the block without ear plugs. I already have significant hearing loss so I'm careful with what I've got left. | ||
| Newfie_buell |
Road Thing, Can you type a little louder - I couldn't hear you!!!! How does one get rid of a constant ring in the ears???? | ||
| Newfie_buell |
And my wife thinks I am ignoring her most of the time?!?!?! | ||
| Henrik |
How does one get rid of a constant ring in the ears???? You can't. Do your best not to make it worse by protecting your hearing. After some time, you may find that you adapt and don't notice the ringing as much anymore. Henrik | ||
| Road_thing |
What Henrik said--get used to it, it ain't going away. I've been suffering tinnitus (ringing in the ears) since 1970. rt | ||
| Newfie_buell |
Its been there a long while now and only can hear it when I think about it. Too late - these days I do wear earplugs | ||
| Swampy |
There are hearing aids that will amplify the frquency that is lost and are supposed to help the ringing. I haven't tried them yet, I got pissed of at my audiologist and quit on him this summer. Now as for learning to ignore the wife when she talks, she has always mumbled, turned her head away from me to say something and has never tried to have a conversation, just mumble portions of sentences or BITCH at me about how I RUINED her life. sorry..... |
