The DR it will be. Now for a few last pieces of the puzzle to fall into place.
With winter storage coming, I do have a question regarding the four carbs. I know the winter routine, but I was wondering how do you know when the carbs are out of synch versus the cold hearted beast that she is. I understand that it takes a long time for a NH to warm up. But in this current cold weather with sluggish acceleration, especially early on a sign of the cold (low 30s / 0 C) or carb issues? She seems sluggish even later on in the ride, but was not so when I tested her out two weeks ago during a warm spell. 2003 10.7 k miles For those riding further north now, do you place a barrier in front of the oil cooler to allow the engine to heat up totally? Thank-you all for your kind patient replies. Dave I am going to get personal here for a moment during these early morning hours. If you cannot face your own fears, then mine come back to haunt me with back pain. Just to keep my thoughts away from what is really bothering me. And that is not just he awkward NH riding position. It is a scary proposition being in a moment in one's life with the prospect of a major life's change. Suddenly retired with the daily routine and income not the same after 35 years. i wonder if it is any easier to just get a notice and a gold watch and told that you are done, go enjoy. My situation is more like pulling the pin and hoping for fireworks not an explosion. Mark Twain said something about regretting the things you did not do twenty years from now. I won't be here that long, so what would there be to regret? I have never thought of myself as a chicken, having done some pretty off of the wall change of life stuff. Testosterone levels do not forsake me now. :) On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Javier Garcia <jajgar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Even if you stick to the main roads, in my experience Argentina has a > significant fraction of their roads unpaved, particularly to the south. You > can easily have to ride hundreds of miles in a gravel road, so I am not > sure how well the NH can take that. I would imagine that the DR is the > right choice (but then is less comfy on the long paved stretches?). > > Javier. > > On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 4:41 AM, birddog...@gmail.com < > birddog...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> From the pic of the 2014 DR, you may be able to tell that the bike was >> ratted down. No problems security wise on any of trips.. Mexico, Costa >> Rica, Peru. Small innocuous targets are hard to hit. >> This winter's escape would be a spur of the moment thing. >> >> Recall that you can ride any bike to P. It is how comfortable do you want >> to be and what you want to see along the way. If you want to experience the >> volcanoes around Lake Arsenal or the world's deepest canyon..... the dual >> purpose type bike is the way to go. >> I will save the NH for a national park Iron But or around the world. How >> far can Russian be from Polish? >> Saludos, >> David >> >> >> Sent from my HTC >> >> ----- Reply message ----- >> From: "EGrider" <gevan...@gmail.com> >> To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: New to the Group >> Date: Sun, Nov 29, 2015 7:09 AM >> >> The ride to Patagonia has been on my bucket list for a while. I've put a >> little research into it, and I've actually rented bikes for 3-day rides in >> Peru and Bolivia to see what it's like. I also did Patagonia in a car last >> year. If I didn't have to have my daughter along now, I would be riding >> around Colombia on a bike. There's a rental shop in Cali. Once I do New >> England this summer, the only challenge left for me on this continent will >> be to head south, and I'd love to take a bike to Patagonia while I'm still >> strong enough to do so. >> >> Until a week ago, I was in negotiations with a guy who was selling a >> Nighthawk with saddlebags and a top case, and he was agreeable to selling >> just the luggage to me. I didn't actually have time to do the deal before I >> hit the road, so I left with the arrangement in the picture I posted last >> night (don't know if you saw it). Since his ad disappeared off craigslist >> during my current ride, it appears he sold the bike as is. Regarding gear, >> I would like things to be locked down and out of sight if I were south of >> the border. I've been robbed 3 times down there. >> >> Let me know if you get serious about Patagonia and want to throw in. 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