What did you do with your bike today?

Yee Ha!
After a lousy holiday season of sore throats and colds followed by a sprained ankle,
yesterday I was feeling good enough to go for a ride, even if it was
a short one.
But the gremlins just won't leave me alone.
I couldn't take my '99 Goldwing out because I have it apart in the
shop for winter maintenance.
So I decided that I would take my '76 Goldwing out for ride. It
hasn't been used in a while and needs the exercise.
Well, it started right up. That was a good sign. Then I noticed
something leaking on the right hand side.
Damn! The fuel pump had sprung a leak and was peeing
a steady stream of gasoline on the hot exhaust pipe.
NOT GOOD! QUICK, shut it off.
So, it was down to the '77 Trail 90.
Only a few kicks and the good ol' "Lil' Honda" was running like
a clock. So off I went for a cruise around the local area.
Ended up putting about 10 miles on the bike on a damp
miserable day. Had the sun been shining, I would have
gone MUCH further.
Oh well, a little is better than nothing.

Eye_m_no_angel said:

That's like dog-years or something I bet. 10 miles in a Trail 90 is like, 50 miles on a full size bike?

:thumbsup:

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Nah! It doesn't start multiplying until you pass 50 or 60 miles.
I've done 130 in a day on the Trail 90. My ass was sore after
that ride! I really should put new padding in the seat on that
thing. It's probably squashed down quite a lot after 40 years.
:coffeescreen:

On the other hand, my wife and I did around 230 miles on the
Goldwing 1500 back in the fall and neither of us was even
tired after that!

There is a couple who post on the Trail 90 forum who are on
a trip around the world on Trail 90s. They have done as much
as 300 miles in a day on them. Those two must have iron
asses!!

What a ride!!

Some days it just all comes together perfectly. The weather is good.
The bike is running smooth as silk. And you are relaxed and
right on top of your game.
Today was one of those days!
It was a BEAUTIFUL morning for a bike ride. Just about
70 degrees, and a few puffy clouds with the sun coming up.
I headed up through the back roads of Sussex county and came
out in Port Jervis NY near the Delaware river. From there I headed
up the Delaware on Rt 97 with a stop at Hawk's Nest to look at the
peaceful morning scenery on the river.
After a relaxing break, I headed further up river to the Roebling bridge.
Haven't been up that far in decades. Happy to see that nothing has
changed. Still as pretty as ever.
(if you've read your history, you know that John Roebling also
designed and built the Bear Mountain bridge over the Hudson,
followed by his greatest creation, the Brooklyn Bridge)
After taking some time to look over all the historic photos in the
little museum building next to the Roebling bridge,
I moved just a mile up the road to the Zane Grey museum. Zane Grey
was a prolific writer of western novels around the turn of the century.
Many of the western movies and TV shows we watched were based on
his stories. Interesting to find that he spent some time in Orange NJ
when he was young! That's where I was born and grew up.
He played for a baseball team there!
From there, a quick stop for a breakfast bite at Two Rivers Junction
and it was off through the hills of Pa. on state road 590.
How I never rode this road before I'll never know!
Smooth pavement and twisty-turny for miles all
the way out to Route 6 at Lake Wallenpaupack.
By now it was around 10:30 am and I started heading back towards
home on Rt 6. I "was" going to stop at a favorite little ice cream joint
up there, but found them out of business. Damn. They were there
only a few months ago.
So, it was back across the Delaware into N.J. again and down
rt 206 towards home....with a stop at Dairy Queen to get the ice
cream I missed in Pennsylvania.
About 150 miles covered between 7:30 am and noon with
several relaxing stops along the way.

I just LOVE traveling on the mighty Goldwing!!

(Man, I gotta start taking some pictures on these rides.)