I've been kidnapped by the Harley Davidson crowd!
There was a small meet down at Lake Okeechobee this last Saturday.
We left the house at 5:15am… met with one guy in Bradenton at 7am.. Got to the meet spot (Pogey's) near Lake O at 9:30. Had some breakfast.
Met up with about 13 bikes. We ended up circling the lake, with a few stops at some Tiki Bars…left the last one at 4pm.
Got back to Bradenton at 7PM. I made Gjoker stop and buy me some dinner… then we finally got home around 9pm.
465 miles, in 15 hours.
Gjoker got his first oil leak
His oil cooler hose was loose and he was dripping a bit. One of the other guys helped him tighten it back up.
But I got a pic of it…
All the guys were actually quite nice. They always had positive comments about my busa, and at one stop we had a bit of an exhaust noise war. After we left, there was a nice stretch of open road, although a little rough, that I let loose on and showed them exactly how loud that exhaust could get.
I was in the back of the pack trying to take pics… I put the camera away, dropped it down a gear, pulled into the other lane and hit the throttle. Blasted by them in the triple digits…ran up a few miles, then pulled over to wait. One guy said I scared the crap out of him. I think I saw Gjoker flip me off
On our way back to Bradenton there was a sport bike pulled over on the side of the highway.. We pulled over, some young kid, he said it died as he was riding. Gjoker tried push starting it, no go. Then he asked the guy if he had gas in it.. He checked, then flipped it to reserve. But the battery was too dead to start it. A guy in a truck stopped and he had jumper cables..good thing I had my tool pouch with me, as the kid didn't. He got his seat off, jumped the battery, and it started right up. We are thinking he ran it out of gas, then killed the battery trying to start it before we got there.
But it was our good deed for the day. And he was much releived that someone stopped to help.
I finally burned up my Battleaxes… and plan on getting some Pilot 2CTs.
All in all, it was a good day.
There was a small meet down at Lake Okeechobee this last Saturday.
We left the house at 5:15am… met with one guy in Bradenton at 7am.. Got to the meet spot (Pogey's) near Lake O at 9:30. Had some breakfast.
Met up with about 13 bikes. We ended up circling the lake, with a few stops at some Tiki Bars…left the last one at 4pm.
Got back to Bradenton at 7PM. I made Gjoker stop and buy me some dinner… then we finally got home around 9pm.
465 miles, in 15 hours.
Gjoker got his first oil leak
His oil cooler hose was loose and he was dripping a bit. One of the other guys helped him tighten it back up.
But I got a pic of it…
All the guys were actually quite nice. They always had positive comments about my busa, and at one stop we had a bit of an exhaust noise war. After we left, there was a nice stretch of open road, although a little rough, that I let loose on and showed them exactly how loud that exhaust could get.
On our way back to Bradenton there was a sport bike pulled over on the side of the highway.. We pulled over, some young kid, he said it died as he was riding. Gjoker tried push starting it, no go. Then he asked the guy if he had gas in it.. He checked, then flipped it to reserve. But the battery was too dead to start it. A guy in a truck stopped and he had jumper cables..good thing I had my tool pouch with me, as the kid didn't. He got his seat off, jumped the battery, and it started right up. We are thinking he ran it out of gas, then killed the battery trying to start it before we got there.
But it was our good deed for the day. And he was much releived that someone stopped to help.
I finally burned up my Battleaxes… and plan on getting some Pilot 2CTs.
All in all, it was a good day.
