It was a good day. We went over to our friend's house and had a nice meal. We all gathered around and we played some music. It was a blast. Time to turn in and get ready for a couple days of work to then week. I hope everyone had a nice and safe 4th.
Dinner with Daughter & family. The two year old seldom wants to get in the pool, but he leaned too far trying to fill up a water gun and did a header into it, good laugh for everyone except the boy, he wasn't pleased at all. At least he held his breath and got his head up. They have a Vietnamese family next door, older couple that don't speak English. Had their kids and family over and we visited. Seems Vietnamese pronounce town names differently than we did, I had to spell the names of places I'd seen so the younger generation could understand. Seems several of them have changed names since then, too.
I work with several Vietnamese guys. A couple go back every year to visit relatives that are still there. They say that they can hardly understand their own people at times the dialect has changed so much.
One guy was a village chief that became a boat person after fought for the U.S. and So. Vietnam. Can barely speak English.
It looked terrible. From what I could tell last night, South would have been the safest. Seemed to have worked.
I’m going to miss going 80+mph on I90. Two of the four bikes top out at 75, with a little throttle remaining.
Good to know now, that way we can stay together.
So two of the Harleys couldn't keep up with the Can Am? That's one thing I like about my Sportster (and the Tour Glide when it was together), at 80 the throttles are only open a little bit. It sure made the trip home a lot quicker, to the Minnesota border anyway, around 300 miles. I don't think Audrey ever got down to 80 when she was driving, but that doesn't strain the truck. Sure glad I took the Chinese tires off the trailer...
Nice you are able to enjoy, Chris. We're I a guessing man I'd say your young women know what it's about. Whether or not to say in public depends on which flower our little butterfly is attempting to alight.
They can get to 80 but any slight incline and they fall back. Plus, no more throttle. According to my brother anyway.
That was my experience with the 2011 UC. I had that damn thing pinned and minivans were passing me. Heat and wind really mess with the Twinkies. The 107 stage 3 upgrade put an end to that, but then I spun my crank. The long climb out of Chamberlain SD to Wall was a challenge for my 2014 SGS. Again, heat and massive wind. Even my 2008 RK, with 103 cop motor, was struggling running fast into a really strong headwind (40ish MPH) the other day. And yeah, it was hot.
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07-04-2023, 09:17 PM
That's one thing I like about my Sportster (and the Tour Glide when it was together), at 80 the throttles are only open a little bit. It sure made the trip home a lot quicker, to the Minnesota border anyway, around 300 miles. I don't think Audrey ever got down to 80 when she was driving, but that doesn't strain the truck. Sure glad I took the Chinese tires off the trailer...
