Took my Wing for a little 900 mile jaunt yesterday to the Canadian border. Today I'm trying to recover. By the numbers:
Miles 900
Bonuses 38 (Tour of honor, Great Lakes Motorcycle Club Grand Tour, Coddiwomple, Mural Madness)
Time 17:30
Avg mph 51.4
Miles per Bonus 24
Deer: 7
Horn resistant deer: 1
High Temp: 106 (in International Falls of all places!)
Most common temp: 94
Low temp 67
Unpredicted thunderstorms: 1
Number of dead armadillos found for sale: 1
Gas stops: 2
Number of road closures unknown to MN511, Google, Waze, and Apple: 5
Time lost to road closures: Lots
Fog banks encountered: dozens
Highlights:
Got 4 Tour of MN bonuses and finished State of MN with TofH.
Newly installed Aux fuel tank fuel pump transfers fuel well and quickly.*
Low Lights:
Fuel pump transfers fuel well and quickly. I knew I'd have to keep an eye on the fuel gauge during refuelling to prevent overfilling the bike and killing the engine. Did that ok once, then got distracted and overfilled the tank. Left a gas trail for a few miles.
So I'm clever to get the fuel pump installed and working. I'm stupid to overfill it when I knew that needed to be watched. So am I cleverly stupid? Or stupidly clever? I think maybe the latter.
The insane heat really zapped me. Drank over a half gallon of gatorade, another half gallon of water. Started getting woozy toward the end but thankfully around sundown the temps dropped. Today I am recovering from the heat AND my grandkids seem to have
left behind an upper respiratory bug so I am never without kleenex. Here are the 4 Tour of MN bonuses:
Miles 900
Bonuses 38 (Tour of honor, Great Lakes Motorcycle Club Grand Tour, Coddiwomple, Mural Madness)
Time 17:30
Avg mph 51.4
Miles per Bonus 24
Deer: 7
Horn resistant deer: 1
High Temp: 106 (in International Falls of all places!)
Most common temp: 94
Low temp 67
Unpredicted thunderstorms: 1
Number of dead armadillos found for sale: 1
Gas stops: 2
Number of road closures unknown to MN511, Google, Waze, and Apple: 5
Time lost to road closures: Lots
Fog banks encountered: dozens
Highlights:
Got 4 Tour of MN bonuses and finished State of MN with TofH.
Newly installed Aux fuel tank fuel pump transfers fuel well and quickly.*
Low Lights:
Fuel pump transfers fuel well and quickly. I knew I'd have to keep an eye on the fuel gauge during refuelling to prevent overfilling the bike and killing the engine. Did that ok once, then got distracted and overfilled the tank. Left a gas trail for a few miles.
So I'm clever to get the fuel pump installed and working. I'm stupid to overfill it when I knew that needed to be watched. So am I cleverly stupid? Or stupidly clever? I think maybe the latter.
The insane heat really zapped me. Drank over a half gallon of gatorade, another half gallon of water. Started getting woozy toward the end but thankfully around sundown the temps dropped. Today I am recovering from the heat AND my grandkids seem to have
left behind an upper respiratory bug so I am never without kleenex. Here are the 4 Tour of MN bonuses:
