Left yesterday from indiana 4:30PM arrived in Colorado 4:30PM today, hotel and slept somewhere in there. Its all a bit of a blur.
1096miles in 24hours. Suhweeeet bike. I thought I'd miss the power of my FJR and I also thought the windshield(Madstad and Yamaha Tall) would drowned and buffet the joy away.
I thought I knew, but now I KNOW. My dream bike is still my dream bike. Ok, so I didn't cross states as fast I would on the FJR, true. But, I enjoyed "fast enough" more than the FJR's constant "go faster"
The ergos on the SuperT are perfect for enjoying the punishing,brutal, (was I really leaning at 75degrees through windy-assed Kansas ?!) flat straight 581 miles of it. The bike absorbed everything, perhaps even a small nail, flawlessly. Entering curves, I perhaps do that to readily, I've felt the T1 switching in a few times..times when I know fore sure I was hacking the FJR and not getting any wheel spin...or perhaps I was and this new feeling is the traction control adjusting things.
I have the bike loaded up. Give Trekker 33L side cases and 46Maxia topcase. Tank bag, TomtomRider, Senahm5(play my tunes!) The only thing I didn't have was radar-as in weather. Got to Colorado just in time for Tornado watch and severe thunderstorm warnings. A nice perceptible body buzz(sweet natural high) that registered somewhere between the vision-blurred-6hrs-after-getting-off V-Strom post-vibrations and the FJR's nonchalant spinal massage and finger tingles. Sweet sensations.
With everything loaded the only wind issues I were from the plains winds, the bigrigs were a joke, a veritable non-issue. Except the grated cheese ones, those things are the devil for sure. On every bike the turbulence they generate is not good. But the worst of all, perhaps a tinge influence by my taste in cars, the freaking Kia Soul, Honda Element and any thing called SUV that is slightly, mildly bigger than a car---those all kick off the worse turbulence...except at 75degree lean in Kansas, then every cars wake was a blessing! Lesson learned...I drafted in the adjacent lane a car and half length off there 5 O'clock, though on their 6 was OK at times.
Would really love hazard signals. Had to adjust the madstad a few times. Besides that when I'm at the crest of a hill and can see a hazard over the crest, weary fast drivers are somewhere behind me(cause I passed them a second ago) and I'd love to flick the hazards on to get there attention...sweet lady was hauling a Dr. Seuss trailer. Hate to see Seuss get loose. get bruised. not amused! Cliquey click, I'd flikety flick. the swtichety switch. look out for the wickedy witch! (It was Kansas, Toto!) But no go. no go. no hazard switch. no go slow.
So, selling my FJR? hm.....
not there yet
but when i get home>
The true test will be the backtrack, going home, the return where 1 mile turns into 2 and the closer you get home the scenery gets familiar and dull, the expectation of something new fades and all the things that you've been ignoring start to register more intensely...buffeting, glove fit, knee pads scrapping, jacket heavy, mirrors shaking. So, I'll k now more in a few days.
In the meantime, so as not to meet the Wizard of TorN ados, perhaps clicking three times towards new mexico, olahoma, texas,arkansa on the way back?!!!
Whatcha thank? Good ride down there?
1096miles in 24hours. Suhweeeet bike. I thought I'd miss the power of my FJR and I also thought the windshield(Madstad and Yamaha Tall) would drowned and buffet the joy away.
I thought I knew, but now I KNOW. My dream bike is still my dream bike. Ok, so I didn't cross states as fast I would on the FJR, true. But, I enjoyed "fast enough" more than the FJR's constant "go faster"
The ergos on the SuperT are perfect for enjoying the punishing,brutal, (was I really leaning at 75degrees through windy-assed Kansas ?!) flat straight 581 miles of it. The bike absorbed everything, perhaps even a small nail, flawlessly. Entering curves, I perhaps do that to readily, I've felt the T1 switching in a few times..times when I know fore sure I was hacking the FJR and not getting any wheel spin...or perhaps I was and this new feeling is the traction control adjusting things.
I have the bike loaded up. Give Trekker 33L side cases and 46Maxia topcase. Tank bag, TomtomRider, Senahm5(play my tunes!) The only thing I didn't have was radar-as in weather. Got to Colorado just in time for Tornado watch and severe thunderstorm warnings. A nice perceptible body buzz(sweet natural high) that registered somewhere between the vision-blurred-6hrs-after-getting-off V-Strom post-vibrations and the FJR's nonchalant spinal massage and finger tingles. Sweet sensations.
With everything loaded the only wind issues I were from the plains winds, the bigrigs were a joke, a veritable non-issue. Except the grated cheese ones, those things are the devil for sure. On every bike the turbulence they generate is not good. But the worst of all, perhaps a tinge influence by my taste in cars, the freaking Kia Soul, Honda Element and any thing called SUV that is slightly, mildly bigger than a car---those all kick off the worse turbulence...except at 75degree lean in Kansas, then every cars wake was a blessing! Lesson learned...I drafted in the adjacent lane a car and half length off there 5 O'clock, though on their 6 was OK at times.
Would really love hazard signals. Had to adjust the madstad a few times. Besides that when I'm at the crest of a hill and can see a hazard over the crest, weary fast drivers are somewhere behind me(cause I passed them a second ago) and I'd love to flick the hazards on to get there attention...sweet lady was hauling a Dr. Seuss trailer. Hate to see Seuss get loose. get bruised. not amused! Cliquey click, I'd flikety flick. the swtichety switch. look out for the wickedy witch! (It was Kansas, Toto!) But no go. no go. no hazard switch. no go slow.
So, selling my FJR? hm.....
not there yet
but when i get home>
The true test will be the backtrack, going home, the return where 1 mile turns into 2 and the closer you get home the scenery gets familiar and dull, the expectation of something new fades and all the things that you've been ignoring start to register more intensely...buffeting, glove fit, knee pads scrapping, jacket heavy, mirrors shaking. So, I'll k now more in a few days.
In the meantime, so as not to meet the Wizard of TorN ados, perhaps clicking three times towards new mexico, olahoma, texas,arkansa on the way back?!!!
Whatcha thank? Good ride down there?
