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(Msg. 16) Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:52 pm
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On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:24:49 -0700, Turby <turbosurfer RemoveThis @beach.comber>
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>On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:07:43 -0500, Bob Mann <Bobo RemoveThis @nowhere.com> wrote:
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>>On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:40:30 -0700, Turby <turbosurfer RemoveThis @beach.comber>
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>>>(But FWIW, Whoever decided this meet should be in late June should
>>>have his/her brain fillited and fricasseed, because it was the _wrong_
>>>time to schedule this romp in the Great Sonoran Desert. Let's do it
>>>again, say, in April.)
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>>That might make it a bit tough on the northerners.
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>Except the northerners do even worse in the heat.
Getting to the heat is another matter though.
Still snow and ice around here in April.
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(Msg. 17) Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:52 pm
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On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:52:27 -0500, Bob Mann <Bobo.TakeThisOut@nowhere.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:24:49 -0700, Turby <turbosurfer.TakeThisOut@beach.comber>
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>>On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:07:43 -0500, Bob Mann <Bobo.TakeThisOut@nowhere.com> wrote:
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>>>On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:40:30 -0700, Turby <turbosurfer.TakeThisOut@beach.comber>
>>>wrote:
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>>>>(But FWIW, Whoever decided this meet should be in late June should
>>>>have his/her brain fillited and fricasseed, because it was the _wrong_
>>>>time to schedule this romp in the Great Sonoran Desert. Let's do it
>>>>again, say, in April.)
>>>
>>>That might make it a bit tough on the northerners.
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>>Except the northerners do even worse in the heat.
>
>Getting to the heat is another matter though.
>Still snow and ice around here in April.
Malcolm Forbes had a good idea. Ship the bikes to the ride, fly
everybody in, ride, then fly home. I was in Thailand when he came to
Bangkok. Pretty impressive. He'd had beautiful hot air balloons made
which floated over the party on the royal parade ground, then he and
his Capitalist Tool buddies took off on his fleet of Harleys.
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(Msg. 18) Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:00 pm
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On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:40:30 -0700, Turby <turbosurfer DeleteThis @beach.comber>
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>(But FWIW, Whoever decided this meet should be in late June should
>have his/her brain fillited and fricasseed, because it was the _wrong_
>time to schedule this romp in the Great Sonoran Desert. Let's do it
>again, say, in April.)
And you thought the breeze on I-8 was bad. Wait 'til you experience it
early spring.
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(Msg. 19) Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:26 pm
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On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:12:10 -0700, Turby <turbosurfer.DeleteThis@beach.comber>
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>On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:52:27 -0500, Bob Mann <Bobo.DeleteThis@nowhere.com> wrote:
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>>On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:24:49 -0700, Turby <turbosurfer.DeleteThis@beach.comber>
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>>>On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:07:43 -0500, Bob Mann <Bobo.DeleteThis@nowhere.com> wrote:
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>>>>On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:40:30 -0700, Turby <turbosurfer.DeleteThis@beach.comber>
>>>>wrote:
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>>>>>(But FWIW, Whoever decided this meet should be in late June should
>>>>>have his/her brain fillited and fricasseed, because it was the _wrong_
>>>>>time to schedule this romp in the Great Sonoran Desert. Let's do it
>>>>>again, say, in April.)
>>>>
>>>>That might make it a bit tough on the northerners.
>>>
>>>Except the northerners do even worse in the heat.
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>>Getting to the heat is another matter though.
>>Still snow and ice around here in April.
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>Malcolm Forbes had a good idea. Ship the bikes to the ride, fly
>everybody in, ride, then fly home. I was in Thailand when he came to
>Bangkok. Pretty impressive. He'd had beautiful hot air balloons made
>which floated over the party on the royal parade ground, then he and
>his Capitalist Tool buddies took off on his fleet of Harleys.
I must admit to toying with the idea of buying a trailer.
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(Msg. 20) Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:30 pm
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On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:47:53 -0700, sleazy rider
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>On Jun 23, 4:56 am, Turby <turbosur....DeleteThis@beach.comber> wrote:
>> I left Moab this morning and just rolled in my driveway. 918 miles on
>> the KLR 650 in ~20 hours. I think I'll go take a nap now.
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>> --
>> Turby the Turbosurfer
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> Pthhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
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>I'm sitting in a room in Council Bluffs, IA after three back to back
>days well in excess of 500 miles each, with two more to come. I
>shoulda just stayed there in Utah.  Mark was a trooper yesterday,
>putting up with me pushing us on to Douglas, WY and finding the very
>last available room in the entire area. Same damn thing happened
>today for me. I get into IA and the College World Series is here.
>Last room in the area cost me $139 plus tax. Aughhhhhhh!
I think I'd have pushed on an hour or two.
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(Msg. 21) Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:54 am
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On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:32:04 GMT, "Joe"
<really-faked-but-works DeleteThis @yunx.com> wrote:
>>>>My first day going down to Tennessee I did 850 miles. I was tempted to
>>>>do more but I was where I wanted to be. Took me 13.5 hours on the
>>>>Ultra which is probably equivalent to 8 hours on the KLR.
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>>>huh? I'd think an Ultra is far more comfortable than a KLR. And it's
>>>not THAT slow, is it?
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>> That was pretty much my point.
>> 13 hours on the Ultra would be as easy as 8 hours on the KLR
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>I think its probably more like a 3:1 or 4:1 ratio... I've ridden both. The
>KLR is torture unless you customize it lots. The only thing it does
>better... Well, The only two things it does better are range on a tank of
>gas and handling pot holes. 
I'd have to agree (also with your retraction).
I haven't ridden one but I have sat on one and it didn't make me want
to spend all day on that saddle.
That would be one of the first things I would change along with a
better windshield.
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(Msg. 22) Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 1:32 pm
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>>>My first day going down to Tennessee I did 850 miles. I was tempted to
>>>do more but I was where I wanted to be. Took me 13.5 hours on the
>>>Ultra which is probably equivalent to 8 hours on the KLR.
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>>huh? I'd think an Ultra is far more comfortable than a KLR. And it's
>>not THAT slow, is it?
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> That was pretty much my point.
> 13 hours on the Ultra would be as easy as 8 hours on the KLR
I think its probably more like a 3:1 or 4:1 ratio... I've ridden both. The
KLR is torture unless you customize it lots. The only thing it does
better... Well, The only two things it does better are range on a tank of
gas and handling pot holes.
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(Msg. 23) Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 1:33 pm
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> I think its probably more like a 3:1 or 4:1 ratio... I've ridden both.
> The KLR is torture unless you customize it lots. The only thing it does
> better... Well, The only two things it does better are range on a tank of
> gas and handling pot holes.
Retraction / correction... There are lots of things it does better, but
those are the two I'd notice on a longish paved road trip.
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(Msg. 24) Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:18 pm
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Bob Mann wrote:
>I'd have to agree (also with your retraction).
>I haven't ridden one but I have sat on one and it didn't make me want
>to spend all day on that saddle.
>That would be one of the first things I would change along with a
>better windshield.
The stock seat on my KLR is either a wedge in my crotch if I sit forward so I
can put my foot down at a stoplight, or a board under my ass if I sit on the
back of the seat while pounding down the super slab.
My butt is numb after about 120 miles, and that's with most of the preload
dialed off the rear spring.
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(Msg. 25) Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:48 pm
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> The stock seat on my KLR is either a wedge in my crotch if I sit forward
> so I
> can put my foot down at a stoplight, or a board under my ass if I sit on
> the
> back of the seat while pounding down the super slab.
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> My butt is numb after about 120 miles, and that's with most of the preload
> dialed off the rear spring.
Russell makes a great aftermarket seat for that bike IMHO.
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(Msg. 26) Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:59 am
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On Jun 23, 3:12 pm, "BryanUT" <nestl....RemoveThis@comcast.net> wrote:
> "Turby" <turbosur....RemoveThis@beach.comber> wrote in message
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> > (But FWIW, Whoever decided this meet should be in late June should
> > have his/her brain fillited and fricasseed, because it was the _wrong_
> > time to schedule this romp in the Great Sonoran Desert. Let's do it
> > again, say, in April.)
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> > --
> > Turby the Turbosurfer
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> Not my idea.
>
> Here you are tearing up Canyonlands:
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> http://www.exit9b.com/wooten/moab2007/turby1.jpghttp://www.exit9b.com/...ten/moa
Didja notice the UFO hovering over Turby in the third shot?
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(Msg. 27) Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:02 am
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Turby wrote this on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:40:30 -0700. My reply is below.
> It was a little strange, the way people had filtered off - some
> leaving in the dead of night, others escaping at first light with no
> real group hugs and farewells. It was down to me and Dexter the
> cat. He really seemed forelorn that we were all going.
I'm posting from the Rawhide Motel in Lusk, WY — one of those places
old enough to be all on one level but with windows you can open and
where the shower runs well.
I, too, thought Dexter was very gregarious — for a cat.
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(Msg. 28) Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:19 pm
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(Msg. 29) Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:44 pm
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> I, too, thought Dexter was very gregarious - for a cat.
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When he crawled into my bed, he spent half the night licking himself. That
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(Msg. 30) Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:24 am
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On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:02:15 -0500, Chuck Rhode
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>Turby wrote this on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:40:30 -0700. My reply is below.
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>> It was a little strange, the way people had filtered off - some
>> leaving in the dead of night, others escaping at first light with no
>> real group hugs and farewells. It was down to me and Dexter the
>> cat. He really seemed forelorn that we were all going.
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>I'm posting from the Rawhide Motel in Lusk, WY — one of those places
>old enough to be all on one level but with windows you can open and
>where the shower runs well.
Wyoming? You sure are taking your time getting home.
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