Topic: 20 Rides 100miles or more, in 2020..

[70CB750]

Trip #10:

123 miles. Running errands and enjoying my local favored roads.  Nothing epic, just to round up my trip count.

[Terry in Australia]

Well #17 is in the can, only 2 days out from our summer, and two weeks out from taking 5 weeks annual leave, there'll be plenty more rides between now and December 31. I took the F2 again as I was hoping that lubing the tach with WD40 would improve it's issue of the needle not returning when i backed off, but instead, it made it worse, reading 8K RPM @ 60 MPH in top gear, when it should have been around 4500. Oh well.

I managed to blow 2 more fuses (lights and main) when I put the left blinker on, hence my pic of the bike parked on the side of the road after I replaced the fuses, and used hand signals for the rest of the (uneventful) ride. I wanted to stop and get some food and refuel on the way back, only to realise that I'd left my wallet at home, bugger. I also had to break into the house on my return, because I keep my house key in my wallet. Luckily for me, #1 son had left a window open when he went to the gym, so I was able to remove the flyscreen and climb thru the window.

F2 K0 Saturday 28 Nov 2020 2 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Oh well, any ride's a good ride, and I got home in time to get some quality work done on my K0 build. More rain forecast for tomorrow, but if I get a chance I'll swap out the speedo for one that I swapped the guts out for, with (hopefully) a working odometer, as I need it to work out when I need to do a fuel stop. Next thing is to find a working tach, if anyone here has a good working F2 tach for sale, let me know?

F2 K0 Saturday 28 Nov 2020 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

[RAFster122s]

That's not fun to fry fuses when trying to signal a turn. At least you know where to look in diagnosing and isolating the cause...
Sorry I haven't gotten you the diagram for the relay you asked for... Been away from home since 11th house/pet sitting for friend less than 2 miles from Mexico border. Will be back home Monday.

[754]

Good job you now fit though the window...

 What do you mean 2 days from Summer ? The season change is Dec 21st on this side if the Equator..

[Terry in Australia]

Thanks Frank, yeah, it's a pretty narrow window, your head probably wouldn't fit through it? Our seasons are pretty simple, first day of December is first day of summer, first day of March is first day of Autumn (Fall) etc etc.

[BenelliSEI]

I’m done.....

[lash]

Give it a week John! You have a KLR dont you?

[BenelliSEI]

Yup..... rode it Sunday. Still pointed out the door.

[lash]

Me too! Did 100 km with mine on Sunday. I get in at least one day a month over the winter with it..

[Terry in Australia]

Well ride #18 is done and dusted. I initially only intended to ride to the gas station on my newly built K0, and then I thought it prudent to go get a roadworthy inspection done, (passed with flying colours) and as I had a few hours up my sleeve, took off for parts unknown. Was a sunny day but unseasonably cold, so I should have worn something warmer under my old Brando jacket than just a T shirt, and as I was only wearing my old tank commanders gloves, the wind was blowing up my sleeves, so @ 70 MPH, I froze. No matter, the bike ran faultlessly, and I had a great ride.

K0 Thursday 10 Dec 2020 7 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

K0 Thursday 10 Dec 2020 9b by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Tomorrow is my last work day for the year, and as I don't have much to do on the K0, I'm gonna give the K2 "Bitsa" a heart transplant. I bought an engine last week for cheap, so I'll drop the pan and the pump, clean and prime it, set the valves, and throw it in the frame. All going well, ride #19 will be on the revitalised K2.

[Kevin D]

Things are looking up for you Terry. So soon after your Victory Day and the first day of summer, a trip to the gas station turns into 111 miles on a red K0, after riding a nice blue F2 for #17, and plans for #19 on the K2 bitsa. What are you gonna do for #20?

[RAFster122s]

I have chalked up 3 rides since I replaced the battery that died from neglect in the scorching heat this summer, too hot to ride with all the gear so I didn't ride. One ride diwn to Sonoita, aZ from Marana area and back in mid 50s and windy day that got a little cold and another ling ride around Tucson and area and then a ride to breakfast Wednesday and met friend at Costco near Ajo road and I10 before scooting bavk home to avoid getting caught in some rain. We finally had some decent rain late last night through mid day or so.  We have been in severe drought, 6.88" of rain behind the annual intake. Driest weather in years to go with the record heat this summer. Going to be a warmer and dryer winter too since it is a La Nina weather pattern year.
I will ride on weekend to church and take some detours to put another 100 miles on the bike. Should easily get to the 1/2 way mark in next 20 days. Cannot do twenty 100 milers this month though funds too limited and too much to do. Ecen with bike getting 40-55 mpg 40 gallons of fuel would be another $80 in fuel and it isn't in the cards.

[70CB750]

Ride #11:

Yesterday we had 18°C , little trip, just 120 miles.

[70CB750]

Ride #11:

Yesterday we had 18°C , little trip, just 120 miles.

Also set the record for Red, filled up 3.8 gallons, last few miles to the gas station was quite scary.

[BallAquatics]

Thanks Frank for a very interesting thread!  We definitely need to do this again in 2021.

Not sure exactly how many 100+ mile trips I did on the 550 this year, but I did end up with 5582 total miles so far.  It was the top bike in the garage with the CBR250R coming in at 2512 miles, and the NC700X totaling 4221 miles.

Hoping we can do some miles next year Kevin.  Point that bike south and let's burn up some southern Ohio back roads!

Dennis

[PeWe]

I'll up for 2021!

I did 10100km (6275 miles) on my K6. I got the feeling back when riding the bike +200km rides rather often.
Really relaxing cruising around in almost legal speeds most of the time cleansing my mind.

Better documentation next year.

[onepieceatatime]

I got 2 more at about 120 miles each last week. Didn't really go anywhere, just riding around the area, since it was nice winter days.
if all goes well, and the weather is in my favor, on the 20th/21st I'll be doing another 1000+ mile ride

[RAFster122s]

I did 222 miles today, does that count as two?
Left around 7:45 for church and it was a cool ride in 39F for the 34 miles with sidetrip to fill the tank. After Church I rode down to Sierra Vista via I10 and  SR90-91 to Hereford and then back in SV for couple stops at close friends from when I lived there before to give them a Christmas gift. Then grabbed a chicken burrito from Chipotle for late lunch and then back to Tucson. Was about 52F in SV at 2:15pm while Tucson was at 60F. Was nice to get back into warmer weather getting back into Tucson. I10 is a little brutal at posted speed limit of 75mph. My hands were getting numb by the time I made it to Benson (SR90 and I10) so I stopped at McDonald's for a hot chocolate and to warm up  then on for the remaining 32 miles down past US Army Post Ft Huachuca and Sierra Vista then down towards the border and Hereford...about 10-15 minutes south of Sierra Vista.
Kept having a rib pop out and in near bottom of shoulder blades on left side. Right side felt off but couldn't get it to pop in place by stretching and clenching muscles like I could easily with left side. That's a topic for the pissed off thread...along with the magnetic tank bag picking up magnetic sand  early this morning when my glasses were fogging badly and I didn't see this until I was 34 miles from home and it scratched up the paint. Was strange, tan sand like material that just coated the magnets on the underside.  Never occurred to me to look closely at it.

Was a good ride and only one person tried to harm me on the bike in Tucson...

[Terry in Australia]

OK, so ride #19 was not on the K2 bitsa, but a great ride, just the same. I'd invited Spotty to my Christmas Eve BBQ extravaganza, but he had other plans, so we decided on a ride after Christmas, instead. As the weather tomorrow is supposed to be hotter, but raining, today was the day. Spotty's VMax wasn't quite right for a ride, so I thought it'd be a great idea to go over to the storage place and see if we could fire up two of the bikes that have been sitting unridden and unloved, since June. (Stage 4 lockdown)

I picked him up around 11am, and drove him over to the storage place. The big Yamaha FJR1300 started right up, but the Rocket III, with it's new (in April or May) lead/acid battery, didn't have the gumption to spin the engine over. We ended up jumpstarting it from the car, and away it went. Both fuel tanks were low, but I wanted to ride the 20-odd miles to Wallan to refuel, so as to give the Triumph's battery a charge. It worked, the Trumpy fired right up after filling up with 95 RON Caltex fuel.   

We rode on thru Romsey, Lancefield, Tooborac and onto Heathcote, where we stopped at the magnificent bakery for lunch, I took this pic of Spotty as he inspected the quite badly worn out tyres on the Rocket III, it's done 9000 miles from new in 2007, and the front tyre is quite badly scalloped. Oh well, I'll get 'em replaced soon........... Spotty makes these two very large bikes look quite small.

Boxing Day Ride 26 Dec 2020 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

After a fine repast of meat pies etc, we rode on to Bendigo, then, in a very roundabout way due to my "Imginative Navigation" we rode back to Melbourne. I needed to refill the Triumph, but the Yamaha has magnificent fuel efficiency, and didn't require refilling, even though we'd ridden around 250 miles all up. It was a great day, warm but not horribly hot, and we'll do it again soon. In the meantime, I need to get Ride #20 out of the way this week, hopefully my rebuilt K2 bitsa engine won't fail me, we'll see...........

[754]

Well Chaps, last week of 2020, last chance to get another ride or two in.. Cheers..

[PeWe]

But, its only SOHC miles that counts, right?

[Terry in Australia]

But, its only SOHC miles that counts, right?

Only if the only bikes you own are SOHC4's Per, which is pretty narrow minded, considering there are so many members here who own bikes other than just old Honda 4's.....

No matter, if the rules for Frank's anticipated "21 rides in 2021" thread outlaw non SOHC4's, I'll start a separate thread for us guys who own more than just old Honda's. Owning 20 bikes, I intend to ride as many of my bikes as I can next year, and regardless of which bike I ride, every ride matters to me.    

[754]

....SOHC  Miles Matter....
 There are ...2 main types of OHC Fours..
 SAINTLY  OHC......AND ........DEVILS  OHC.....

[spotty]

that was indeed a most enjoyable ride with young terry, miles and pies, my favourite sort of day out ( i did finsih with some relaxing lagers when i got home )

i can claim another two 100mile plus rides too, back on the 12th of december i went for a xmas ride with the boys in the bike club, we went from melbourne to barmah NSW , about 300km ( 180miles ) and then rode back on the 13th, slightly longer way back but as far as i know that can be claimed as two 100mile rides ? much beer was consumed, much food was eaten and due to the ergonomics of the vmax much sore arse was experienced

due to legal reasons the following may or may not be true......i at no point exceeded 220kmh

[PeWe]

Terry, I could not resist to tease just a little

It is extra important with rides now instead of sitting in jail at home all of the time!

SOHC miles can be worth double than DOHC to compensate? 

I have to wait 3 months ....