The K4 had a good ride this weekend: 1010 mile round trip to Winter Harbor ME. The bike ran amazingly well. First it was high speed on the highway out of Boston to Miss Wakefields Diner in Wakefield NH then a spirited ride up through Evans Notch, NH to Bethel ME. From here it was back roads that paralleled Rt2 then North from Dixfield up through Weld on Rt142 to Avon then Madison to Stetson. All empty backroads through the Maine wilderness. Finally it was dropping in to Bangor where we hit some afternoon traffic before finding quietness again on Rt180 south to dinner in Ellsworth before finally making it to Winter Harbor for sunset.
The next day it was North to Machias for breakfast and finally to Lubec/Canadian border and another visit to West Quoddy Head Lighthouse the most Easterly point on mainland US. We ended the day sampling pickled winkles in the Pickled Winkle pub in Winter Harbor/Schoodic Point.
Finally on Sunday it was time to head home: south on coastal Rt1 to Camden, ME then inland across small backroads to Avon, ME before heading south in NH to eventually find I-93 and home by 5pm
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In terms of how the CB750K4 ran and ergonomics it held its own against a modern day fuel-injected Triumph, a very comfortable touring Harley and a Suzuki Boulevard cruiser. The only place I got sore was due to the seat. The handlebars are Euro K1 bars which for me with long arms give perfect ergos. No running issues whatsover. Bike ran at all speeds with no issues/no vibration. Needs a new rear tire and thats about it
- have a new BT-20 I need to install.
Bike turned over 89,000 miles on this trip: now need just 400 more to make it to 90,000 so one more trip beckons...
cheers
Andy
