slug
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posted August 03, 2005 08:09 PM
Rode the old YZF to Livermore, CA and back...
Last month i took a nice loing cross-country trip to California.
I left July1st, at 6pm from oak ridge, and got home saturday July 16, at noon.
We went through most of tennessee, missouri, arkansas, oklahoma, new mexico, colorado, arizona, nevada, california, back across nevada, utah, back downthrough colorado, kansas, and back through oklahoma and arkansas.
One minor breakdown along the way, one major. the minor was a front brake pad let go outside of nashville. FInally found someone that had pads in flagstaff, AZ....
Major one was just after crossing from kansas back in to oklahoma on the return trip. #3 sparkplug worked its way loose, and was firing through the plug threads and melted them down...
Noone in tulsa or little rock would mess with it, "take it to a machine shop they *might* helicoil for you"
so i rode it on 3 the rest of the way home. total milage: 5940. rear tire is square...too many straight roads in this country.
I don't have any commentary or labels yet, but i do have some pictures (400 or so) up for perusal.
http://bike.s1ug.org/july2005/
Enjoy!
      
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frEEk
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posted August 03, 2005 09:06 PM
wow, beautiful pics slug. wish i had time to really sit and absorb them rather than jsut run thru them quick. i dare say that's a trip your son will not forget anytime soon! lucky guy.
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kzz1
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posted August 03, 2005 09:21 PM
Nice Pics! Someday I would like to do the same thing
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osti33
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posted August 03, 2005 09:31 PM
Great pictures! Thanks for sharing them.
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junior s
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posted August 03, 2005 10:56 PM
That's Hella cool man , thanks for posting the pics . 
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slug
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posted August 04, 2005 04:13 AM
actually my neighbor's son, but he definately won't forget the trip.
this has been a dream since i bought that bike in '99
for the last 5 i thought it was more accurately a 'pipe' dream. 
anyway i have a bit more vacation time here so i was able to swing it.
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Otis
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posted August 04, 2005 06:04 AM
Great trip slug. My solo trip from Michigan to the Black Hills of South Dakota on my ZX-11 is a trip that will live on as the best vacation ever. I still remember everyone of the 12 days just like it was yesterday.
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GreenGlenn
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posted August 05, 2005 11:16 AM
'bout dang time you got the pictures up
And next time you break down, call me. I was only about 400 miles away you silly bastid.
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slug
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posted August 05, 2005 05:02 PM
hehehe
it ran fine though ;P
except under 3000 rpm, had to feather the clutch a bit
but due to the amount of time since i had talked to you last being so great, i never thought you'd STILL be there in texas...
hrmm 400 miles, howlong would that have taken you? 2 days?
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redelk
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posted August 05, 2005 05:10 PM
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No one in tulsa or little rock would mess with it, "take it to a machine shop they *might* helicoil for you".
I guess it all depends on who you call (or don't call, in this case) in Little Rock. I'm might have been about FOUR miles away (from where I-40 & I-430 meet).
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slug
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posted August 05, 2005 06:01 PM
hehe, i didn't have your number at all, and by the time i hit little rock and called a place or 3 i was just fed up with it and made a beeline for nashvegas. figured the earlier i got there the earlier i could go to sleep.
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posted August 05, 2005 08:14 PM
You made it as far as LIvermore? That's 25 miles from me & I gladly would have rode out to meet you. Next time let us know your coming this way & I'll give ya the tour...
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slug
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posted August 06, 2005 05:17 AM
yeh i posted about it a while back, and was so busy since then that i never got to update that thread. plus it fell off the face of the forums in about 3 days ;P
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