Haven't seen that photo before, or heard that story, thanks. I was in Pasco that morning, couple hundred miles east, and it made quite a boom even that far away. Wasn't long and the ash cloud cloud reached me, and since I was right below the southern edge of it, looking up it was bright sunny blue on one side, solid black on the other, like two pieces of colored paper edge to edge, no blurring in the transition. Never saw anything like it, probably because there hadn't been in this country in our lifetimes.
I had K&N filters on my car and pickup, was about a 12 mile round trip to work (Pasco airport) and I dumped the dust out and washed and re-oiled them every night for a couple weeks. Yakima got hit hard by ash and some people, including cops, took the air filters off because they clogged up quickly and suffocated the motors, and then shortly after the motors were finished for good.
I'm enjoying the locals telling the tale of being here back then. Seems the trick was to put pantyhose over the air filters to block the ash. They would put it on, run it, then pull over and pull it down more, run, repeat.
Originally Posted by gamble71
538 miles in a little over 8 hours. Not that impressive until you factor in 2 20 minute stops and 40 minutes in gridlock. An audi and I were running between 95 and 116. We passed a cop at 87, but he had a camaro pulled over
That's hauling *** John.
Originally Posted by Juan L
Motorcycle forum….😀
Including 2 hours of stop and go traffic on the south side of Dallas. I think Bob is the King of pounding out the miles though.
I can't tell what the elapsed time is, but 72 MPH is impressive. I think best I did was 1000 miles even in 16 hours on a bike. That's 10 MPH less average speed and I was hammering it the whole way. Well....80-85 MPH. Any faster and the range dropped below 200 which in the end, would have taken more time overall. No lunch, just quick gas and **** stops. I slammed powerbars while filling up. I did that same route in a car in 13.5 hours. The extra range helped a lot. Plus in a car I could go 120 MPH and not stress too much. My Harley probably wouldn't have even made it to 120. Even if it did, the cacophony would have driven me nuts. On the BMW though, no problem.
Originally Posted by LoneBone
They're 16" Bawb....
Remember, you're looking at it without the tank and seat...optical illusion....
Ahh, got it. That said, nice bars! It's really looking sweet!
Originally Posted by gamble71
I thought Sturgis was not above the shoulders
That is correct. It looked like over his head. But optical illusion explained.
I rode a buddy's bike with apes. 2006 Heritage very much like Jack's. Lot's of custom work. It rode out very nicely. I figured apes would be no fun, but it works.
If there's no passenger in the car complaining, I average 87
alone both times for me. Cept for the Altima I was basically racing on the Merritt parkway with the GT. He out cornered me but I owned the straightaways
Quick check in. #nosteakforemily has decided to prove herself in preparation for the Woods' invasion. She's eating her steak, medium rare, without ketchup.
Layla had fried ochra but didn't let me get a picture.
…..I can't tell what the elapsed time is, but 72 MPH is impressive…...
The info shows a start time of 9 AM because it was chilly that morning and an end at 10 PM. We stopped for lunch somewhere where we spent about half an hour but we were moving, right until we got to Dallas where some ol’ boy was hauling rolls of hay and lost his load all over I-20.
05-18-2023, 06:51 PM
But optical illusion explained.
