Fluff Re: Fish & Chips rally (+ Borrego Springs weekend?)

1999-10-02 Thread Rob Chapman
Dave says"Big rooms with 2 queen beds so you could buddy up to cut costs further". Is this a sort of American biker bonding thing.? Please enlighten me as it may be something we should introduce here down under!! Regards, Rob Chapman

Re: Fish & Chips rally (+ Borrego Springs weekend?)

1999-10-02 Thread Dave Biasotti
The hotel we stayed at was the Palm Canyon resort, real nice and only $55 night, although Terry got a group rate I think. Big rooms with 2 queen beds so you could buddy up to cut costs further. Great pool area where they had the welcome BBQ / buffet. Great roads, like 33 from Taft into Ojai (to s

Re: K&N's vs air box (was Fish & Chips rally)

1999-10-01 Thread Dave Biasotti
It is hard to tell from the seat of the pants, but with the K&N's it didn't seem to have as much torque at lower revs or rev faster, but ran really well at higher revs/ speeds. I think I may have found the compromise with the hole drilling/air box, as I have the low end grunt again and didn't seem

Re: Fish & Chips rally

1999-10-01 Thread Dave Biasotti
Thanks Roger, I only did a little over 1,100. I felt great, no problems. Believe me, reading & understanding the directions is another lesson learned (the hard way). Although, his scoring system was based on an efficiency factor which was derived from the points / miles, then that factor times you

Re: Fish & Chips rally

1999-09-29 Thread Roger Van Santen
Dave, Terry Smith posted that you had finished third. Congratulations on a good ride. How many miles did you cover in the rally? Kneebone hammered at us to read and understand bonus point instructions/locations--it can save a lot of wasted time. You going to Gerlach? Roger --

Re: Fish & Chips rally

1999-09-28 Thread George Paramithas
> The K&N's didn't really change the performance, other than give a > raspier sound from the unmuffled intake. I am very surprised by the above comment, not that I doubt you Dave but I have noticed an increase in performance with the K&Ns. What size did you have on? As for the raspy sound I can a

Re: Fish & Chips rally (+ Borrego Springs weekend?)

1999-09-28 Thread RangerJay
Congrats on doing so well in the Rally, Dave. I briefly thought of entering that one because it started so close to home. Then I remembered that I'm not really a long-distance nut and even though it started close enough to home, it involved riding pretty far away. Heck, I consider just to Borr

Fish & Chips rally

1999-09-28 Thread Dave Biasotti
Well, I tried my second 24 hr rally down at Borrego Springs (east of San Diego), the annual Fish & Chips rally. My first goal was to not run out of gas (like I did in the Utah 1088) and secondly to finish. Both goals accomplished plus I ended up taking 3rd place! Surprise, surprise! Prob