Helo's Big Adventure

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Helo's Big Adventure

Post by :FI:Heloego » Thu May 21, 2015 1:59 pm

Rode the bike up to Aurora to visit Tim and gave her (the bike) a good shakedown cruise of over 1200 miles round trip. Talk about!
Cool, overcast weather on the way up:
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Murph at play:
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Murph and another friend en route to Aurora:
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Wind, Rain, Hail, Sleet, and Snow for half the ride home.
It was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
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Post by :FI:Armitage » Thu May 28, 2015 3:56 pm

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Post by :FI:Genosse » Thu May 28, 2015 6:59 pm

Lovely pics, Dan! :)

What bikes did you ride there? :?:
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Post by :FI:TacticalS! » Sun May 31, 2015 11:28 pm

Thanks so much for sharing Dan!
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Post by :FI:Heloego » Thu Jun 11, 2015 4:41 am

Left to Right: Craig has the Harley Heritage Soft Tail, I have the Royal Enfield C5 Classic, and Tim has the Versys 650.
Great trip all around, and the amazingly bad weather just made it more enjoyable!
My boss says if you don't have a story, it makes for a lousy ride. ;)

Lookin' forward to the next one!!!! :D

( Oughta get a side car to mount a machine gun. ;) )
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Post by :FI:Genosse » Thu Jun 11, 2015 4:47 am

:FI:Heloego wrote:Left to Right: Craig has the Harley Heritage Soft Tail, I have the Royal Enfield C5 Classic, and Tim has the Versys 650.
Great trip all around, and the amazingly bad weather just made it more enjoyable!
My boss says if you don't have a story, it makes for a lousy ride. ;)

Lookin' forward to the next one!!!! :D

( Oughta get a side car to mount a machine gun. ;) )
Oh, man! I wish I could have such an amazing trip. :(

Ok, back to saving some money for my machine then ... :doubt:
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Post by :FI:Heloego » Thu Jun 11, 2015 4:53 am

It was sort of a fast one, all considered. Had to do the 1200+miles in less than a week, but I wouldn't have traded it for anything.
Now that the bike had a "proper" shakedown cruise, I have no problem doing another. In fact my boss and a couple of co-workers from the Phoenix area are planning a trip along the route I took for later this month, and I've been invited. :D
Hey, the Enfield is giving me a true 72 mpg, even loaded down, so why not? :p
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Post by :FI:Sneaky_Russian » Thu Jun 11, 2015 7:57 am

S[eaking of Enfields, hows this for a steady hand?

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"The marksman hitteth the target partly by pulling, partly by letting go. The boatsman reacheth the landing partly by pulling, partly by letting go." (Egyptian proverb)
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Post by :FI:Heloego » Sat Jun 13, 2015 3:02 pm

McB said you included a link, but I'm not seeing anything, Sneaker. :(
My guess is it's the vid of the dude that hand paints the pin striping. Steady? Talk about! I winder how he manages with his brother talking non-stop! :shock:
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Post by :FI:Heloego » Sat Jun 13, 2015 3:08 pm

In other news...

Murph came up with a suggestion to fix my '46 no-controls glitch. Maybe copying the config.ini from a clean install and replacing it will help. :? If it does I'll DL the latest patch for HSFX and give it a go! :D
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Post by :FI:Gurberly » Fri Sep 25, 2015 6:38 pm

Oops a bit late seeing that but great stuff :)
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Post by :FI:Snoop Baron » Fri Oct 02, 2015 5:03 pm

Cool trip helo thanks for sharing :D!
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