I was seriously thinking about writting an article about the drawbacks of riding to Sturgis (1000 miles) with a group of nine. Everything stupid that could go wrong did. We had over twenty unscheduled stops. Most were from three bikes that had not been serviced or inspected.
We had unscheduled stops like: Running out of gas after we had recently stopped (less than fifty miles) for gas (riding thought he had enough to make it to the next stop), riders helmet blowing off at 75 mph, aircleaner falling off, horn cover falling off, gas tank vibrating loose, drive chain having over 4" of play, shifter falling off (we didn't find that one), finder coming loose, 2qts low on engine oil, bald rear tire, travel bags not secured, gas line vapor locks and on and on. One section it took over thirteen hours to travel 500 miles (speed limit was 75 mph for the most).:bang::bang:
Unfortunitely, I wasn't able to make it to Deadwood on Tuesday, the dyno guy fried my power commander on my H-d and it took all day to get it repaired. By the way 92 hp and almost 102 lbs of torgue on a stage II (103) ultra classic.
The moral of the story is: Never travel with eight other guys on a long trip and expect any type of orginization. I go to Sturgis every year, never again with nine.
We had unscheduled stops like: Running out of gas after we had recently stopped (less than fifty miles) for gas (riding thought he had enough to make it to the next stop), riders helmet blowing off at 75 mph, aircleaner falling off, horn cover falling off, gas tank vibrating loose, drive chain having over 4" of play, shifter falling off (we didn't find that one), finder coming loose, 2qts low on engine oil, bald rear tire, travel bags not secured, gas line vapor locks and on and on. One section it took over thirteen hours to travel 500 miles (speed limit was 75 mph for the most).:bang::bang:
Unfortunitely, I wasn't able to make it to Deadwood on Tuesday, the dyno guy fried my power commander on my H-d and it took all day to get it repaired. By the way 92 hp and almost 102 lbs of torgue on a stage II (103) ultra classic.
The moral of the story is: Never travel with eight other guys on a long trip and expect any type of orginization. I go to Sturgis every year, never again with nine.
