Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Maybe found one...

2011-03-30 Thread Joey Kelley
Paul, Found one! Its on the bike already! :-) I do think this is going to be a landmark year in my motorcycling - the year I was able to ride all day and not worry about feeling stiff. -Joey On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Paul wrote: > *Joey, I think you will find that put

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Maybe found one...

2011-03-30 Thread Paul
*Joey, I think you will find that putting those kinds of miles on a 1000cc bike versus a 450cc is going to be quite different. Especially if you can find yourself a good windshield which will greatly minimize wind fatigue on longer road trips. * * * *Paul * On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Joey Kel

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Maybe found one...

2011-03-30 Thread Allen Thomas
bject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Maybe found one... I did 1047 miles on a VFR700 when I was 35 to earn my Iron Butt! Awesome day and my friend on a Road King did it with me. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Joey Kelley Sender: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Maybe found one...

2011-03-30 Thread Kurt Nolte
m *Subject: *Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Maybe found one... Paul and All, My mileage record was last fall - 375 miles on the 82 450. Yes - it hurt. ... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Love... -- You received this

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Maybe found one...

2011-03-30 Thread paul annen
oglegroups.com > *Subject: *Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Maybe found one... > > Paul and All, > My mileage record was last fall - 375 miles on the 82 450. Yes - > it hurt. Yes it was a long day. Yes I regretted it when I tried to get up > the stairs to my apartment. >

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Maybe found one...

2011-03-30 Thread vfr700blue
: Reply-To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Maybe found one... Paul and All, My mileage record was last fall - 375 miles on the 82 450. Yes - it hurt. Yes it was a long day. Yes I regretted it when I tried to get up the stairs to my apartment

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Maybe found one...

2011-03-30 Thread Joey Kelley
Paul and All, My mileage record was last fall - 375 miles on the 82 450. Yes - it hurt. Yes it was a long day. Yes I regretted it when I tried to get up the stairs to my apartment. That having been said - it was a great final act for it - the only ride since has been a brief one

[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Maybe found one...

2011-03-30 Thread jaybird248
I recently did over 500 miles in a day on my NH on a return from the Dragon in NC. By stopping every couple of hours to stretch and gas up, and then breaking for an hour for lunch, it was no problem. Yes, I was tired when I got home, but felt fine the next day. Of course, the bike never missed a b

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Maybe found one...

2011-03-29 Thread Paul
*Honestly, I will admit that the MOST I have ever ridden in one day (as far back as my memory can go) is 500 miles. I was in my 20s and riding a Goldwing. It was STILL hard on me!* * * *Paul * On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Jurisgnostic wrote: > I rode my 1984 Honda nighthawk 650 700 miles one d

[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Maybe found one...

2011-03-29 Thread Jurisgnostic
I rode my 1984 Honda nighthawk 650 700 miles one day. Don't recommend it, but i survived. On Mar 28, 6:22 pm, Javier Garcia wrote: > Nice finding Paul. I would ask what is his definition for "low mileage" > first. I once ride for about 8 hours on mine. I did a bunch of stops, and > there were at