So I pulled out of the driveway about 3 or so with the air temperature
reading 93 on the bike, and headed out 290 - Destination - The
Watering Hole, Snook, TX(Cold Beer, Free Advice). The Watering Hole,
Snook, TX(Cold Beer, Free Advice) is apparently the sister tavern to
Yankee's, and I am not the type of person who won't check out
someone's sister.

Pulled off the road at the Brazos River bridge to snap a coupla pics
of the mighty mighty Brazos churning her way to the coast.

http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j...t=DSCF1013.jpg

Not the greatest view, but I think you can get a sense of her awesome
power.

Stopped in Chappel Hill and bought some dried sausage at the little
country store there next to the Chappel Hill cafe. I swear if I ever
decide to hike the Appalachian Trail, or kill someone and have to go
on the lam, I'm taking a backpack full of dried sausage and some Gold
Bond powder, 'cause that's all a man should ever need to survive.

Unfortunately I am not as good at taking pictures while riding as
Louie, but I did stop to take a picture of this interesting road kill
I saw.

http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j...hySquirrel.jpg

Ok, I didn't really see that, but I wish I had! So anyway, I didn't
really take any more pictures until I got to The Watering Hole, Snook,
TX (Cold Beer, Free Advice), but I did enjoy the company of my Pioneer
portable XM thingy, and didn't find music to be nearly as distracting
as I thought it might be. In fact, the earbuds kinda drowned out some
of the road noise, making it somewhat easier to hear. The first song I
heard was "F*ck Like a Beast" - Iron Maiden, and then I think I heard
two Rush songs on the way there and back. Damn Rush has some long ass
songs.

Wound my way thru the back roads(towards Independence, Washington,
etc, then over), and eventually ended up in Snook just in time for
Snookfest or whatever it is they called the little celebration they
were having today, parked the bike, and went in to The Watering Hole,
Snook, TX (Cold Beer, Free Advice).

http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j...t=DSCF1018.jpg
http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j...t=DSCF1017.jpg
http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j...t=DSCF1016.jpg

The beer was indeed cold, but I cannot recommend the advice. Also, be
advised, they do not have burgers like at Yankees. I learned this the
hard way. Fortunately, I had about 20 pounds of dried sausage in the
trunk of the bike.

Rode on back home.

@ 200 extremely satisfying miles, or as you people call it "a quick
trip for a coupla beers"

Observations
The ST1300 heats up the back of your foot/leg pretty well at low to
mid-range speeds, but this is easily alleviated by dropping your toes
down a little to draw some air up.
Plenty of pulling away grunt, even in 5th gear at 80+mph.
No sign of the rumored "speed wobble" at speeds accelerating to 105
with the Pan Euro trunk on back, but I had empty sidebags and the
windscreen in the all the way down position. Did get some semi-
interesting wiggles at a steady 85 with traffic turbulence and some
cross wind, but I pretty much blame that on traffic turbulence and
crosswinds, and it wasn't anything even remotely scary, even for a
noob like me.
At low speeds in town, it seems better to be in too high of a gear, to
prevent lurching from poor throttle control/touchy throttle.
Brakes are damned solid, and very little front end dive under braking
like the Connie had.
Pretty much like this bike even better now that I've had some ass time
on it than I did when I brought it home.
No pinky/ring finger numbness like the Connie, but some minor wrist
pain due to poor conditioning.
Seat seemed comfortable enough, but tight pants have no place on a
motorcycle. Or maybe the pants were tight from the erection caused by
the awesomeness of the ST.
I need earbuds with a longer cord.

"BiffB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:25537b23-498c-44ba-aa64-(E-Mail Removed)...
> So I pulled out of the driveway about 3 or so with the air temperature
> reading 93 on the bike, and headed out 290 - Destination - The
> Watering Hole, Snook, TX(Cold Beer, Free Advice). The Watering Hole,
> Snook, TX(Cold Beer, Free Advice) is apparently the sister tavern to
> Yankee's, and I am not the type of person who won't check out
> someone's sister.
>
> Pulled off the road at the Brazos River bridge to snap a coupla pics
> of the mighty mighty Brazos churning her way to the coast.
>
> http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j...t=DSCF1013.jpg
>
> Not the greatest view, but I think you can get a sense of her awesome
> power.
>
> Stopped in Chappel Hill and bought some dried sausage at the little
> country store there next to the Chappel Hill cafe. I swear if I ever
> decide to hike the Appalachian Trail, or kill someone and have to go
> on the lam, I'm taking a backpack full of dried sausage and some Gold
> Bond powder, 'cause that's all a man should ever need to survive.
>
> Unfortunately I am not as good at taking pictures while riding as
> Louie, but I did stop to take a picture of this interesting road kill
> I saw.
>
> http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j...hySquirrel.jpg
>
> Ok, I didn't really see that, but I wish I had! So anyway, I didn't
> really take any more pictures until I got to The Watering Hole, Snook,
> TX (Cold Beer, Free Advice), but I did enjoy the company of my Pioneer
> portable XM thingy, and didn't find music to be nearly as distracting
> as I thought it might be. In fact, the earbuds kinda drowned out some
> of the road noise, making it somewhat easier to hear. The first song I
> heard was "F*ck Like a Beast" - Iron Maiden, and then I think I heard
> two Rush songs on the way there and back. Damn Rush has some long ass
> songs.
>
> Wound my way thru the back roads(towards Independence, Washington,
> etc, then over), and eventually ended up in Snook just in time for
> Snookfest or whatever it is they called the little celebration they
> were having today, parked the bike, and went in to The Watering Hole,
> Snook, TX (Cold Beer, Free Advice).
>
> http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j...t=DSCF1018.jpg
> http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j...t=DSCF1017.jpg
> http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j...t=DSCF1016.jpg
>
> The beer was indeed cold, but I cannot recommend the advice. Also, be
> advised, they do not have burgers like at Yankees. I learned this the
> hard way. Fortunately, I had about 20 pounds of dried sausage in the
> trunk of the bike.
>
> Rode on back home.
>
> @ 200 extremely satisfying miles, or as you people call it "a quick
> trip for a coupla beers"
>
> Observations
> The ST1300 heats up the back of your foot/leg pretty well at low to
> mid-range speeds, but this is easily alleviated by dropping your toes
> down a little to draw some air up.
> Plenty of pulling away grunt, even in 5th gear at 80+mph.
> No sign of the rumored "speed wobble" at speeds accelerating to 105
> with the Pan Euro trunk on back, but I had empty sidebags and the
> windscreen in the all the way down position. Did get some semi-
> interesting wiggles at a steady 85 with traffic turbulence and some
> cross wind, but I pretty much blame that on traffic turbulence and
> crosswinds, and it wasn't anything even remotely scary, even for a
> noob like me.
> At low speeds in town, it seems better to be in too high of a gear, to
> prevent lurching from poor throttle control/touchy throttle.
> Brakes are damned solid, and very little front end dive under braking
> like the Connie had.
> Pretty much like this bike even better now that I've had some ass time
> on it than I did when I brought it home.
> No pinky/ring finger numbness like the Connie, but some minor wrist
> pain due to poor conditioning.
> Seat seemed comfortable enough, but tight pants have no place on a
> motorcycle. Or maybe the pants were tight from the erection caused by
> the awesomeness of the ST.
> I need earbuds with a longer cord.


Seems you are a satisfied, if not happy, Hondonesian. Your minor problems
can be counseled out.

good report btw..tks, nice bridge

...louie

BiffB wrote:
> So I pulled out of the driveway about 3 or so with the air
> temperature
> reading 93 on the bike, and headed out 290 - Destination - The
> Watering Hole, Snook, TX(Cold Beer, Free Advice). The Watering Hole,
> Snook, TX(Cold Beer, Free Advice) is apparently the sister tavern to
> Yankee's, and I am not the type of person who won't check out
> someone's sister.
>
> Pulled off the road at the Brazos River bridge to snap a coupla pics
> of the mighty mighty Brazos churning her way to the coast.
>
> http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j...t=DSCF1013.jpg
>
> Not the greatest view, but I think you can get a sense of her
> awesome
> power.
>
> Stopped in Chappel Hill and bought some dried sausage at the little
> country store there next to the Chappel Hill cafe. I swear if I ever
> decide to hike the Appalachian Trail, or kill someone and have to go
> on the lam, I'm taking a backpack full of dried sausage and some
> Gold
> Bond powder, 'cause that's all a man should ever need to survive.
>
> Unfortunately I am not as good at taking pictures while riding as
> Louie, but I did stop to take a picture of this interesting road
> kill
> I saw.
>
> http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j...hySquirrel.jpg
>
> Ok, I didn't really see that, but I wish I had! So anyway, I didn't
> really take any more pictures until I got to The Watering Hole,
> Snook,
> TX (Cold Beer, Free Advice), but I did enjoy the company of my
> Pioneer
> portable XM thingy, and didn't find music to be nearly as
> distracting
> as I thought it might be. In fact, the earbuds kinda drowned out
> some
> of the road noise, making it somewhat easier to hear. The first song
> I
> heard was "F*ck Like a Beast" - Iron Maiden, and then I think I
> heard
> two Rush songs on the way there and back. Damn Rush has some long
> ass
> songs.
>
> Wound my way thru the back roads(towards Independence, Washington,
> etc, then over), and eventually ended up in Snook just in time for
> Snookfest or whatever it is they called the little celebration they
> were having today, parked the bike, and went in to The Watering
> Hole,
> Snook, TX (Cold Beer, Free Advice).
>
> http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j...t=DSCF1018.jpg
> http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j...t=DSCF1017.jpg
> http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j...t=DSCF1016.jpg
>
> The beer was indeed cold, but I cannot recommend the advice. Also,
> be
> advised, they do not have burgers like at Yankees. I learned this
> the
> hard way. Fortunately, I had about 20 pounds of dried sausage in the
> trunk of the bike.
>
> Rode on back home.
>
> @ 200 extremely satisfying miles, or as you people call it "a quick
> trip for a coupla beers"
>
> Observations
> The ST1300 heats up the back of your foot/leg pretty well at low to
> mid-range speeds, but this is easily alleviated by dropping your
> toes
> down a little to draw some air up.
> Plenty of pulling away grunt, even in 5th gear at 80+mph.
> No sign of the rumored "speed wobble" at speeds accelerating to 105
> with the Pan Euro trunk on back, but I had empty sidebags and the
> windscreen in the all the way down position. Did get some semi-
> interesting wiggles at a steady 85 with traffic turbulence and some
> cross wind, but I pretty much blame that on traffic turbulence and
> crosswinds, and it wasn't anything even remotely scary, even for a
> noob like me.
> At low speeds in town, it seems better to be in too high of a gear,
> to
> prevent lurching from poor throttle control/touchy throttle.
> Brakes are damned solid, and very little front end dive under
> braking
> like the Connie had.
> Pretty much like this bike even better now that I've had some ass
> time
> on it than I did when I brought it home.
> No pinky/ring finger numbness like the Connie, but some minor wrist
> pain due to poor conditioning.
> Seat seemed comfortable enough, but tight pants have no place on a
> motorcycle. Or maybe the pants were tight from the erection caused
> by
> the awesomeness of the ST.
> I need earbuds with a longer cord.

Didn't know you were coming or I could have met you down there and
showed you the real biker hangout down past the school at the end
of the street. I'm not sure it even has a name. I got home from my
2,900 mile ride about Friday noon and I would have been ready to
ride on Saturday, having rested at least 18 hours. You get at least
25 demerits for not alerting me to your future presence in the area.
Glad to see you're liking the new bike and having fun on it.
Ride Safe
SKooter

On Jun 7, 7:13*am, "louie" <lou...@swbell.net> wrote:
..tks, nice bridge
>
> ..louie

I was actually pretty angry about that. Been crossing that bridge for
as long as I can remember, but had never been down to the banks.
Decided on a whim yesterday to swing down there and take a look, and
that's what I got. There was a dirt path down to the banks, but it
didn't look very ST friendly. The Brazos is sort of a landmark for me
that marks when I'm officially away from home or officially almost
home. Plus it means the Little Creamery In Brenham is just up the
road.

On Jun 7, 8:53*am, "SKooter Bum" <skooter....@gmail.dot.com> wrote:

> Didn't know you were coming or I could have met you down there and
> showed you the real biker hangout down past the school at the end
> of the street. I'm not sure it even has a name. I got home from my
> 2,900 mile ride about Friday noon and I would have been ready to
> ride on Saturday, having rested at least 18 hours. You get at least
> 25 demerits for not alerting me to your future presence in the area.
> Glad to see you're liking the new bike and having fun on it.
> Ride Safe
> SKooter

Sorry about that, I didn't check the Skooter GPS and figured you were
still out of town.
This ride was supposed to be much further, and possibly include a
tent, but then I had to work Saturday morning.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/f...colorado_bend/

On Jun 6, 11:40*pm, BiffB <biffb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> So I pulled out of the driveway about 3 or so with the air temperature
> reading 93 on the bike, and headed out 290 - Destination - The
> Watering Hole, Snook, TX(Cold Beer, Free Advice). The Watering Hole,
> Snook, TX(Cold Beer, Free Advice) is apparently the sister tavern to
> Yankee's, and I am not the type of person who won't check out
> someone's sister.
>
> Pulled off the road at the Brazos River bridge to snap a coupla pics
> of the mighty mighty Brazos churning her way to the coast.
>
> http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j.../?action=view&....
>
> Not the greatest view, but I think you can get a sense of her awesome
> power.
>
> Stopped in Chappel Hill and bought some dried sausage at the little
> country store there next to the Chappel Hill cafe. I swear if I ever
> decide to hike the Appalachian Trail, or kill someone and have to go
> on the lam, I'm taking a backpack full of dried sausage and some Gold
> Bond powder, 'cause that's all a man should ever need to survive.
>
> Unfortunately I am not as good at taking pictures while riding as
> Louie, but I did stop to take a picture of this interesting road kill
> I saw.
>
> http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j.../?action=view&....
>
> Ok, I didn't really see that, but I wish I had! So anyway, I didn't
> really take any more pictures until I got to The Watering Hole, Snook,
> TX (Cold Beer, Free Advice), but I did enjoy the company of my Pioneer
> portable XM thingy, and didn't find music to be nearly as distracting
> as I thought it might be. In fact, the earbuds kinda drowned out some
> of the road noise, making it somewhat easier to hear. The first song I
> heard was "F*ck Like a Beast" - Iron Maiden, and then I think I heard
> two Rush songs on the way there and back. Damn Rush has some long ass
> songs.
>
> Wound my way thru the back roads(towards Independence, Washington,
> etc, then over), and eventually ended up in Snook just in time for
> Snookfest or whatever it is they called the little celebration they
> were having today, parked the bike, and went in to The Watering Hole,
> Snook, TX (Cold Beer, Free Advice).
>
> http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j.../?action=view&...
>
> The beer was indeed cold, but I cannot recommend the advice. Also, be
> advised, they do not have burgers like at Yankees. I learned this the
> hard way. Fortunately, I had about 20 pounds of dried sausage in the
> trunk of the bike.
>
> Rode on back home.
>
> @ 200 extremely satisfying miles, or as you people call it "a quick
> trip for a coupla beers"
>
> Observations
> The ST1300 heats up the back of your foot/leg pretty well at low to
> mid-range speeds, but this is easily alleviated by dropping your toes
> down a little to draw some air up.
> Plenty of pulling away grunt, even in 5th gear at 80+mph.
> No sign of the rumored "speed wobble" at speeds accelerating to 105
> with the Pan Euro trunk on back, but I had empty sidebags and the
> windscreen in the all the way down position. Did get some semi-
> interesting wiggles at a steady 85 with traffic turbulence and some
> cross wind, but I pretty much blame that on traffic turbulence and
> crosswinds, and it wasn't anything even remotely scary, even for a
> noob like me.
> At low speeds in town, it seems better to be in too high of a gear, to
> prevent lurching from poor throttle control/touchy throttle.
> Brakes are damned solid, and very little front end dive under braking
> like the Connie had.
> Pretty much like this bike even better now that I've had some ass time
> on it than I did when I brought it home.
> No pinky/ring finger numbness like the Connie, but some minor wrist
> pain due to poor conditioning.
> Seat seemed comfortable enough, but tight pants have no place on a
> motorcycle. Or maybe the pants were tight from the erection caused by
> the awesomeness of the ST.
> I need earbuds with a longer cord.

Any time you decide you dont like that bike, come up here and ride
either mine or Louies Goldwing when its hot and windy and get back on
yours and you will be in love with it all over again. You will wish
you had the power we have but we wont mention that.

Redshad

Redshad wrote:
> On Jun 6, 11:40 pm, BiffB <biffb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> So I pulled out of the driveway about 3 or so with the air
>> temperature reading 93 on the bike, and headed out 290 -
>> Destination
>> - The Watering Hole, Snook, TX(Cold Beer, Free Advice). The
>> Watering
>> Hole, Snook, TX(Cold Beer, Free Advice) is apparently the sister
>> tavern to Yankee's, and I am not the type of person who won't check
>> out someone's sister.
>>
>> Pulled off the road at the Brazos River bridge to snap a coupla
>> pics
>> of the mighty mighty Brazos churning her way to the coast.
>>
>> http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j.../?action=view&...
>>
>> Not the greatest view, but I think you can get a sense of her
>> awesome
>> power.
>>
>> Stopped in Chappel Hill and bought some dried sausage at the little
>> country store there next to the Chappel Hill cafe. I swear if I
>> ever
>> decide to hike the Appalachian Trail, or kill someone and have to
>> go
>> on the lam, I'm taking a backpack full of dried sausage and some
>> Gold
>> Bond powder, 'cause that's all a man should ever need to survive.
>>
>> Unfortunately I am not as good at taking pictures while riding as
>> Louie, but I did stop to take a picture of this interesting road
>> kill
>> I saw.
>>
>> http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j.../?action=view&...
>>
>> Ok, I didn't really see that, but I wish I had! So anyway, I didn't
>> really take any more pictures until I got to The Watering Hole,
>> Snook, TX (Cold Beer, Free Advice), but I did enjoy the company of
>> my Pioneer portable XM thingy, and didn't find music to be nearly
>> as
>> distracting as I thought it might be. In fact, the earbuds kinda
>> drowned out some of the road noise, making it somewhat easier to
>> hear. The first song I heard was "F*ck Like a Beast" - Iron Maiden,
>> and then I think I heard two Rush songs on the way there and back.
>> Damn Rush has some long ass songs.
>>
>> Wound my way thru the back roads(towards Independence, Washington,
>> etc, then over), and eventually ended up in Snook just in time for
>> Snookfest or whatever it is they called the little celebration they
>> were having today, parked the bike, and went in to The Watering
>> Hole,
>> Snook, TX (Cold Beer, Free Advice).
>>
>> http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j.../?action=view&...
>>
>> The beer was indeed cold, but I cannot recommend the advice. Also,
>> be
>> advised, they do not have burgers like at Yankees. I learned this
>> the
>> hard way. Fortunately, I had about 20 pounds of dried sausage in
>> the
>> trunk of the bike.
>>
>> Rode on back home.
>>
>> @ 200 extremely satisfying miles, or as you people call it "a quick
>> trip for a coupla beers"
>>
>> Observations
>> The ST1300 heats up the back of your foot/leg pretty well at low to
>> mid-range speeds, but this is easily alleviated by dropping your
>> toes
>> down a little to draw some air up.
>> Plenty of pulling away grunt, even in 5th gear at 80+mph.
>> No sign of the rumored "speed wobble" at speeds accelerating to 105
>> with the Pan Euro trunk on back, but I had empty sidebags and the
>> windscreen in the all the way down position. Did get some semi-
>> interesting wiggles at a steady 85 with traffic turbulence and some
>> cross wind, but I pretty much blame that on traffic turbulence and
>> crosswinds, and it wasn't anything even remotely scary, even for a
>> noob like me.
>> At low speeds in town, it seems better to be in too high of a gear,
>> to prevent lurching from poor throttle control/touchy throttle.
>> Brakes are damned solid, and very little front end dive under
>> braking
>> like the Connie had.
>> Pretty much like this bike even better now that I've had some ass
>> time on it than I did when I brought it home.
>> No pinky/ring finger numbness like the Connie, but some minor wrist
>> pain due to poor conditioning.
>> Seat seemed comfortable enough, but tight pants have no place on a
>> motorcycle. Or maybe the pants were tight from the erection caused
>> by
>> the awesomeness of the ST.
>> I need earbuds with a longer cord.
>
> Any time you decide you dont like that bike, come up here and ride
> either mine or Louies Goldwing when its hot and windy and get back
> on
> yours and you will be in love with it all over again. You will wish
> you had the power we have but we wont mention that.
>
> Redshad

And when it's 48`f, rain mixed with hail, crosswinds at around 40mph
in IN and you're on a HD you'll be kissing that Wing when you get
home.
I've found that with the vent in the windshield on my Wing and the
"wind
wings" on the sides of the fairing I have plenty of ventilation.
There's
sure no protection on the HD as evidenced by the little blue marks on
my knees where the hail beat me up. Two lane road, no shoulders,
visibility about 50ft, and no place to get off. Made for an
interesting
30 miles or so till the storm passed on by.
SKooter

On Jun 7, 10:06*pm, "SKooter Bum" <skooter....@gmail.dot.com> wrote:
> Redshad wrote:
> > On Jun 6, 11:40 pm, BiffB <biffb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> So I pulled out of the driveway about 3 or so with the air
> >> temperature reading 93 on the bike, and headed out 290 -
> >> Destination
> >> - The Watering Hole, Snook, TX(Cold Beer, Free Advice). The
> >> Watering
> >> Hole, Snook, TX(Cold Beer, Free Advice) is apparently the sister
> >> tavern to Yankee's, and I am not the type of person who won't check
> >> out someone's sister.
>
> >> Pulled off the road at the Brazos River bridge to snap a coupla
> >> pics
> >> of the mighty mighty Brazos churning her way to the coast.
>
> >>http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j.../?action=view&....
>
> >> Not the greatest view, but I think you can get a sense of her
> >> awesome
> >> power.
>
> >> Stopped in Chappel Hill and bought some dried sausage at the little
> >> country store there next to the Chappel Hill cafe. I swear if I
> >> ever
> >> decide to hike the Appalachian Trail, or kill someone and have to
> >> go
> >> on the lam, I'm taking a backpack full of dried sausage and some
> >> Gold
> >> Bond powder, 'cause that's all a man should ever need to survive.
>
> >> Unfortunately I am not as good at taking pictures while riding as
> >> Louie, but I did stop to take a picture of this interesting road
> >> kill
> >> I saw.
>
> >>http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j.../?action=view&....
>
> >> Ok, I didn't really see that, but I wish I had! So anyway, I didn't
> >> really take any more pictures until I got to The Watering Hole,
> >> Snook, TX (Cold Beer, Free Advice), but I did enjoy the company of
> >> my Pioneer portable XM thingy, and didn't find music to be nearly
> >> as
> >> distracting as I thought it might be. In fact, the earbuds kinda
> >> drowned out some of the road noise, making it somewhat easier to
> >> hear. The first song I heard was "F*ck Like a Beast" - Iron Maiden,
> >> and then I think I heard two Rush songs on the way there and back.
> >> Damn Rush has some long ass songs.
>
> >> Wound my way thru the back roads(towards Independence, Washington,
> >> etc, then over), and eventually ended up in Snook just in time for
> >> Snookfest or whatever it is they called the little celebration they
> >> were having today, parked the bike, and went in to The Watering
> >> Hole,
> >> Snook, TX (Cold Beer, Free Advice).
>
> >>http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j.../?action=view&.......
>
> >> The beer was indeed cold, but I cannot recommend the advice. Also,
> >> be
> >> advised, they do not have burgers like at Yankees. I learned this
> >> the
> >> hard way. Fortunately, I had about 20 pounds of dried sausage in
> >> the
> >> trunk of the bike.
>
> >> Rode on back home.
>
> >> @ 200 extremely satisfying miles, or as you people call it "a quick
> >> trip for a coupla beers"
>
> >> Observations
> >> The ST1300 heats up the back of your foot/leg pretty well at low to
> >> mid-range speeds, but this is easily alleviated by dropping your
> >> toes
> >> down a little to draw some air up.
> >> Plenty of pulling away grunt, even in 5th gear at 80+mph.
> >> No sign of the rumored "speed wobble" at speeds accelerating to 105
> >> with the Pan Euro trunk on back, but I had empty sidebags and the
> >> windscreen in the all the way down position. Did get some semi-
> >> interesting wiggles at a steady 85 with traffic turbulence and some
> >> cross wind, but I pretty much blame that on traffic turbulence and
> >> crosswinds, and it wasn't anything even remotely scary, even for a
> >> noob like me.
> >> At low speeds in town, it seems better to be in too high of a gear,
> >> to prevent lurching from poor throttle control/touchy throttle.
> >> Brakes are damned solid, and very little front end dive under
> >> braking
> >> like the Connie had.
> >> Pretty much like this bike even better now that I've had some ass
> >> time on it than I did when I brought it home.
> >> No pinky/ring finger numbness like the Connie, but some minor wrist
> >> pain due to poor conditioning.
> >> Seat seemed comfortable enough, but tight pants have no place on a
> >> motorcycle. Or maybe the pants were tight from the erection caused
> >> by
> >> the awesomeness of the ST.
> >> I need earbuds with a longer cord.
>
> > Any time you decide you dont like that bike, come up here and ride
> > either mine or Louies Goldwing when its hot and windy and get back
> > on
> > yours and you will be in love with it all over again. You will wish
> > you had the power we have but we wont mention that.
>
> > Redshad
>
> And when it's 48`f, rain mixed with hail, crosswinds at around 40mph
> in IN and you're on a HD you'll be kissing that Wing when you get
> home.
> I've found that with the vent in the windshield on my Wing and the
> "wind
> wings" on the sides of the fairing I have plenty of ventilation.
> There's
> sure no protection on the HD as evidenced by the little blue marks on
> my knees where the hail beat me up. Two lane road, no shoulders,
> visibility about 50ft, and no place to get off. Made for an
> interesting
> 30 miles or so till the storm passed on by.
> SKooter

No doppler radar on the HD?

On Jun 7, 9:43*pm, Redshad <reds...@tx.rr.com> wrote:
> On Jun 6, 11:40*pm, BiffB <biffb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > So I pulled out of the driveway about 3 or so with the air temperature
> > reading 93 on the bike, and headed out 290 - Destination - The
> > Watering Hole, Snook, TX(Cold Beer, Free Advice). The Watering Hole,
> > Snook, TX(Cold Beer, Free Advice) is apparently the sister tavern to
> > Yankee's, and I am not the type of person who won't check out
> > someone's sister.
>
> > Pulled off the road at the Brazos River bridge to snap a coupla pics
> > of the mighty mighty Brazos churning her way to the coast.
>
> >http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j.../?action=view&....
>
> > Not the greatest view, but I think you can get a sense of her awesome
> > power.
>
> > Stopped in Chappel Hill and bought some dried sausage at the little
> > country store there next to the Chappel Hill cafe. I swear if I ever
> > decide to hike the Appalachian Trail, or kill someone and have to go
> > on the lam, I'm taking a backpack full of dried sausage and some Gold
> > Bond powder, 'cause that's all a man should ever need to survive.
>
> > Unfortunately I am not as good at taking pictures while riding as
> > Louie, but I did stop to take a picture of this interesting road kill
> > I saw.
>
> >http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j.../?action=view&....
>
> > Ok, I didn't really see that, but I wish I had! So anyway, I didn't
> > really take any more pictures until I got to The Watering Hole, Snook,
> > TX (Cold Beer, Free Advice), but I did enjoy the company of my Pioneer
> > portable XM thingy, and didn't find music to be nearly as distracting
> > as I thought it might be. In fact, the earbuds kinda drowned out some
> > of the road noise, making it somewhat easier to hear. The first song I
> > heard was "F*ck Like a Beast" - Iron Maiden, and then I think I heard
> > two Rush songs on the way there and back. Damn Rush has some long ass
> > songs.
>
> > Wound my way thru the back roads(towards Independence, Washington,
> > etc, then over), and eventually ended up in Snook just in time for
> > Snookfest or whatever it is they called the little celebration they
> > were having today, parked the bike, and went in to The Watering Hole,
> > Snook, TX (Cold Beer, Free Advice).
>
> >http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/j.../?action=view&.......
>
> > The beer was indeed cold, but I cannot recommend the advice. Also, be
> > advised, they do not have burgers like at Yankees. I learned this the
> > hard way. Fortunately, I had about 20 pounds of dried sausage in the
> > trunk of the bike.
>
> > Rode on back home.
>
> > @ 200 extremely satisfying miles, or as you people call it "a quick
> > trip for a coupla beers"
>
> > Observations
> > The ST1300 heats up the back of your foot/leg pretty well at low to
> > mid-range speeds, but this is easily alleviated by dropping your toes
> > down a little to draw some air up.
> > Plenty of pulling away grunt, even in 5th gear at 80+mph.
> > No sign of the rumored "speed wobble" at speeds accelerating to 105
> > with the Pan Euro trunk on back, but I had empty sidebags and the
> > windscreen in the all the way down position. Did get some semi-
> > interesting wiggles at a steady 85 with traffic turbulence and some
> > cross wind, but I pretty much blame that on traffic turbulence and
> > crosswinds, and it wasn't anything even remotely scary, even for a
> > noob like me.
> > At low speeds in town, it seems better to be in too high of a gear, to
> > prevent lurching from poor throttle control/touchy throttle.
> > Brakes are damned solid, and very little front end dive under braking
> > like the Connie had.
> > Pretty much like this bike even better now that I've had some ass time
> > on it than I did when I brought it home.
> > No pinky/ring finger numbness like the Connie, but some minor wrist
> > pain due to poor conditioning.
> > Seat seemed comfortable enough, but tight pants have no place on a
> > motorcycle. Or maybe the pants were tight from the erection caused by
> > the awesomeness of the ST.
> > I need earbuds with a longer cord.
>
> Any time you decide you dont like that bike, come up here and ride
> either mine or Louies Goldwing when its hot and windy and get back on
> yours and you will be in love with it all over again. You will wish
> you had the power we have but we wont mention that.
>
> Redshad

I'm fairly happy with the power of the ST, but thanks for offering to
let me ride Louie's bike

"BiffB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:ef7d7606-4610-4935-9ceb-(E-Mail Removed)...

I'm fairly happy with the power of the ST, but thanks for offering to
let me ride Louie's bike
================================================== =====

Well ****; I suspect you've already ridden the venturing royale by big eddy,
if only in private.

Come on up and I'll let you ride Pender's cussingtom HD (Harley-Davidson).

.....louie