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Re: My First Multi-day Trip on the W
john gary simpson
The Florida coast around Appalatcheecola has man-eating flies. The
Florida Keys has bugs called no-see-ums that can go right through window screens. And central Florida has swarms of love bugs that congregate in roadways during mating season and can blind you by totally covering your windshield or glasses with bug guts in a metter of seconds. Like mosquitos, they are attracted to CO2. I need to wear a mask when I'm driving my tractor to keep from inhaling them.-- - In W650riders@..., "Gene Fitch" <cafeboy@...> wrote: border. theWe chatted briefly the evening prior then had breakfast together thefollowing morning. In his early forties, I think. Originally from states. Wesecond time (apparently on average a 4 to 6 month proposition,In 1979(?), my girlfriend and I decided to travel around the visited her family in Lowell, Massachusetts for a while. <<Strangefactoid: I met a priest at a church fair in Lowell who was a friend of JackKerouac and had done the service at his funeral.>>started off at Mount Moosilaukie and spent a couple of days going uphill, thendownhill. It was beautiful and we were drinking water right out of a rushingcreek full of snowmelt. We got caught in big thunderstorms and camped insnow. But when we hit the bottom, the mosquitoes hatched out and ate usalive. That was also my first experience with those tiny black flies.shut, our hands were swelled up and we could hardly flex our fingers. I'llnever forget the high-pitched sound of millions of mosquitoes in theforest. We lasted a week.north to avoid snow and most bugs. |
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Re: And then there were two
petetibble
Best thing will be if you fly me and my bike over to New England
from Old England, then you can give it a good tryout on roads you know. Can't say fairer than that! I have to say that my initial feelings are that the Versys would be highly unsuited to dirt roads due to it's rather revvy nature. I think what you need is a W650 engine in a Versys frame. That's a little job for the weekend.... Pete --- In W650riders@..., "Charles Graves" <bxf7check@...> wrote: was riding through Maine. The reason for the stop was to check if theyseen.) 1000 model instead). The sales fella I was speaking with volunteered toinitial impression of the Versys is that it's not a pretty bike. However,I had a similar experience the first time I saw a V-Strom on a showat prettier bikes instead.) Later discovered all the great thingsabout the Strom and after many subsequent views, guess what ¨C it doesn'twould be Pete Cordell from the W650riders forum) to buy a Versys. Thatway I would be able to get a 3-way W/Strom/Versys comparison froma Versys!! :-)is hoping to take a cross continent bike tour sometime during thenext few years. Will include a lot of unpaved roads (trans Labrador inquite a bit of luggage. One of the things I like about the 650 bike sizeprobe further on this topic after you've had more time to get to knowthe Versys.blustery test ride. Its very comfortable and though the little screendoesn't really keep much weather off it does an excellent job of keepingthe wind blast at bay. None of the usual neck ache after a long highshould rack up some miles as I've managed to get it in time for a trip upto put some time in titivating her, but then I'm afraid she'll haveto go in the springtime. Sob. Unless I come into some money in the |
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NWC: National Ask A Stupid Question Day
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýSo, if you've been holding back from asking that dumb question
for fear of ridicule, shyness, lowering your stature in the group or whatever,
cut loose. This is the 1 day you can take that chance and be assured that there
are likely many more stupid queries flying around than you can come up
with.
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Asked at:
-- Niagara Falls State Park (New York): "Where can I buy a ticket for the barrel ride?"
-- Grand Canyon National Park (Arizona): "Exactly why did you guys put it here?" "What year did they build this?" "Is the mule train air-conditioned?" "Are there dining cars on the mule train?" "I bought tickets for the elevator to the bottom -- where is it?"
-- Denali National Park & Preserve (Alaska): "Can you show me where the yeti lives?" "How much does Mount McKinley weigh?"
-- Watson Lake (Yukon Territory, Canada): "What time do the bears show up?" "What time do y'all turn on the Northern Lights?"
-- Everglades National Park (Florida): "What time does the 2 o'clock bus leave?" "Where are all the rides?"
-- Mesa Verde National Park (Colorado): "Do you know of any undiscovered ruins?" "Why did they build the ruins so close to the road?"
-- Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming): "How do you turn it (Old Faithful) on?" "We had no trouble finding the park entrances, but where are the exits?" "Can we eat this?" (holding a handful of moose droppings that look like Milk Duds)
-- Carlsbad Caverns National Park (New Mexico): "How many pingpong balls would it take to fill this up?" "How much of the cave is underground?"
-- Yosemite National Park: "What time of year do you turn on Yosemite Falls?" "Where are the cages for the animals?" |
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Re: Speedo & tach cutting on & off
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NWC:was My First Multi now: bugs
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----- Original Message -----NO THANKS! Those are the most horrible little pests I've ever run across. I'd even say they are worse than the mosquitos in South-east Asia. My brother, who lives in Georgia, came out here to Oregon a couple of years ago and we went camping. Sometime in the evening, while we were sitting out looking at the stars (and drinking beer), he suddenly exclaimed, "Hey! There's no bugs!" ;-> gene in OR |
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Re: My First Multi-day Trip on the W
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So I take it you don't have black flies on the west coast? Maybe we should send some over. Ray F. On 28-Sep-07, at 2:00 AM, Gene Fitch wrote:
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Re: Speedo & tach cutting on & off
Jon
¿ªÔÆÌåÓý> No need for red faces, Jack...When mine got so bad it was miss-firing I> half ripped the machine apart before I found the loose terminal.... > > My red face was your problem solver. > > If your terminal was only a tiny bit loose but you were still getting an > intermittent circuit, you should be putting Vaseline on the terminals > because it sounds like surface corrosion was preventing contact. > > Jon > > Battery is only a few months old, bike is running good. Any >> thoughts? Thanks, Jack Kuespert >> > Thanks for the advice, checked the terminals, positive one was a tiny > bit loose, tightened it, problem stopped, face is red. Jack > > > --- In W650riders@..., "gautierjack"
wrote: > > Hey, Y'all. On my 2000 W (18k mi), my speedo & tach have started acting > up. The needles go up & down in unison & the digital display flashes > back to all zeros then resumes normal operation. I've got a Kaw shop > manual but there doesn't seem to be anything in the troubleshooting > section. Battery is only a few months old, bike is running good. Any > thoughts? Thanks, Jack Kuespert > Thanks for the advice, checked the terminals, positive one was a tiny bit loose, tightened it, problem stopped, face is red. Jack |
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Re: Speedo & tach cutting on & off
Jon
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Re: My First Multi-day Trip on the W
From: "Charles Graves"
Re your comment about the Appalachian Trail, I met an interestingIn 1979(?), my girlfriend and I decided to travel around the states. We visited her family in Lowell, Massachusetts for a while. <<Strange factoid: I met a priest at a church fair in Lowell who was a friend of Jack Kerouac and had done the service at his funeral.>> We were really into backpacking so decided to "do" the Trail. We started off at Mount Moosilaukie and spent a couple of days going uphill, then downhill. It was beautiful and we were drinking water right out of a rushing creek full of snowmelt. We got caught in big thunderstorms and camped in snow. But when we hit the bottom, the mosquitoes hatched out and ate us alive. That was also my first experience with those tiny black flies. When we called her sister to come rescue us, our eyes were swollen shut, our hands were swelled up and we could hardly flex our fingers. I'll never forget the high-pitched sound of millions of mosquitoes in the forest. We lasted a week. Later, we found out you should start at the southern end and walk north to avoid snow and most bugs. gene in OR |
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Re: Speedo & tach cutting on & off
Ruari McLennan
Yeah, mine flashes like a red strobe what with all the "Dohs" I have made.
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From: "Captain Jake" <jake@...> To: <W650riders@...> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 9:42 PM Subject: Re: [W650riders] Re: Speedo & tach cutting on & off Hey Jack, your face shouldn't be so red. Most of the advice that I |
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Re: Speedo & tach cutting on & off
Hey Jack, your face shouldn't be so red. Most of the advice that I
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give, and I think that of many others is simply the information we gained from making the same mistake before. Jake ----- Original Message -----
From: "gautierjack" <gautierjack@...> Thanks for the advice, checked the terminals, positive one was a tiny bit loose, tightened it, problem stopped, face is red. Jack --- In W650riders@..., "gautierjack" <gautierjack@...> wrote: acting up. The needles go up & down in unison & the digital display flashes |
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Re: Speedo & tach cutting on & off
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wrote: acting up. The needles go up & down in unison & the digital display flashesThanks for the advice, checked the terminals, positive one was a tiny bit loose, tightened it, problem stopped, face is red. Jack |
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Re: And then there were two
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You're absolutely correct, Dennis. Excuse me while I step out for a minute ¨C I need to get a damp cloth so I can wipe the egg off my face. I'd like to blame that oversight on my aging brain cells, but the truth of the matter is...... I've always been stupid! Charles (btw, Dennis, if you noticed an extra brain rolling around when you checked for yours, this owner would like it back.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- In W650riders@..., "Dennis J. Guggemos"
<djguggms@...> wrote: Charles, That was Pete Tibble. Cordell got himself a big ugly 06 Tiger recently. Dennis (looked around the room to see if my brain was rolling around somewhere...) |
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Re: And then there were two
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That was Pete Tibble. Cordell got himself a big ugly 06 Tiger
recently.
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Dennis
(looked around the room to see if my brain was rolling around
somewhere...)
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Re: And then there were two
What follows is a true story, Pete.
Last Wednesday (a week ago) I stopped at a bike dealership as I was riding through Maine. The reason for the stop was to check if they might happen to have a Versys on the floor (Kawasaki dealer). Imagine my delight when I discovered they did! (First one I've seen.) Better yet, being a Suzuki dealership too, they also had a V-Strom on hand (granted, not the 650 model I am interested in, but the 1000 model instead). The sales fella I was speaking with volunteered to take both bikes out in the yard and start them up for a better comparison. Not being from the area, I mildly discouraged him from doing so, but he insisted ¨C and, suffice to say, I did not let my objection to the idea get out of hand. :-) I got to sit on both bikes. Please don't be offended, but my initial impression of the Versys is that it's not a pretty bike. However, I had a similar experience the first time I saw a V-Strom on a show room floor. Looked at it. Thought it was ugly. Sales fella also thought it was ugly. So I didn't give it much attention. (Looked at prettier bikes instead.) Later discovered all the great things about the Strom and after many subsequent views, guess what ¨C it doesn't look so bad now. So the initial impression of the Versys is not important at this time ¨C with further inspections and all the good stuff I'm hearing about it ¨C I'm sure it'll look a lot better with time. Anyway, the amusing part is that as I rode away I had the very distinct thought that what I really needed was for Pete (that would be Pete Cordell from the W650riders forum) to buy a Versys. That way I would be able to get a 3-way W/Strom/Versys comparison from somebody who would know all three very well. The thought, however, was a fleeting one. Imaging my amusement when I was catching up on the W650riders postings and discovered you had actually purchased a Versys!! :-) I am hoping that as you get to know your new friend you will pass along tidbits of information regarding how the Wee Strom and the Versys compare in ways that would be of interest to somebody who is hoping to take a cross continent bike tour sometime during the next few years. Will include a lot of unpaved roads (trans Labrador in the Northeast and Yukon/Alaska in the Northwest) and probably quite a bit of luggage. One of the things I like about the 650 bike size is that if I'm out in the boonies and the bike does down on some dirt, it's not so heavy that I can't lift it up by myself. Delighted to hear about your new toy (though a little disappointed to hear you are actually considering parting with the W). Will probe further on this topic after you've had more time to get to know the Versys. Charles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- In W650riders@..., "petetibble" <petetibble@...> wrote: Its happened, somehow my credit card broke free of its chains, and next thing I know I'm the owner of big orange Versys! I borrowed it for the morning and had a long, very wet and blustery test ride. Its very comfortable and though the little screen doesn't really keep much weather off it does an excellent job of keeping the wind blast at bay. None of the usual neck ache after a long high speed blast. Its going to take a little while to get used to the slightly snatchy fuel injection, but the next couple of days should rack up some miles as I've managed to get it in time for a trip up to the Busy-Bee Reunion this weekend which is doubling up as a reunion with a bunch of old chums from my yoof. W seems to be taking it quite well so far, no tantrums. I'm going to put some time in titivating her, but then I'm afraid she'll have to go in the springtime. Sob. Unless I come into some money in the meanwhile... Can't get over how tiny the W feels now! Pete |
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Re: My First Multi-day Trip on the W
Hi Gene:
A few weeks ago I met somebody with a magnetic tank bag on a Kawasaki Concours (2000 or 2001 model with 100,022 km on it). About 2 hours earlier, near Woodstock, New Brunswick, the fella had hit a deer (though fortunately not dead on) but was able to keep his bike up. I like the idea that a magnetic tank bag can, as you indicate, be easily removed. Re your comment about the Appalachian Trail, I met an interesting chap where I was over-nighting near the Maine/New Hampshire border. We chatted briefly the evening prior then had breakfast together the following morning. In his early forties, I think. Originally from Australia and was somewhat familiar with older bikes (Triumphs and BSAs). Turns out he was hiking the entire Appalachian Trail for the second time (apparently on average a 4 to 6 month proposition, depending upon the skill of the hiker). Charles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- In W650riders@..., "Gene Fitch" <cafeboy@...> wrote: Sounds like a fun ride. I have a magnetic tank bag and like it a lot. There's no danger of it coming loose while riding and I'm able to take it into restaurants, etc. when taking a break. It even has a detachable shoulder strap. I'm careful where I lay it, as the magnets can pick up schmutz which can scratch your tank. I chose a small size (for looks) that zips out to a larger size in case I decide to pack a box of donuts to the next campsite or something. Mt Washington: Wow. The White mountains are definitely beautiful. I backpacked (or rather attempted) the Appalachin Trail through there in 1980. We made it up one side of Mt. Moosilauke and down the other before giving up as the mosquitos were so fierce. Found out later we should have gone later in the year. It would be much better on a bike. ;-> gene in OR |
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