Comming to a city near you

[DiverRay]

The Pacifico is a MUCH better fairing, IMHO! If you've never ridden with one, you will notice the better top end and fuel economy over the Vetter "barn door".

[Pat Kelly]

My Wife found a Pacifico fairing in good shape in Colorado. $200 and free shipping.
Previous owner(s) cut and drilled a lot of holes. Guess I'll be getting good at welding plastic.
Then to repaint the bike. Fairing, lowers, side covers, hard bags and trunk. Then there's the headlight bucket, seat cowl and rails for the OEM option.

[DiverRay]

Pat, I have the fairing motoman gave me years ago. If you can get close to Santa Cruz area, it's yours! Needs the mount area fixed, but with today's epoxy should be easy. I'm going to be moving to Idaho in less that two months, and it will go to the dumps if someone can't use it.

[Pat Kelly]

I'm still alive (suprisingly).
Been living in AZ for a year now, still a truck driver for the same company.
Ironically got recognized for "1,000,000 miles accident-free". They put a decal on the tractor proclaiming such. I asked they wait until my wrecked truck came back from the shop, lol. Some idiot passed oncoming on 2-lane highway and nearly hit me head-on. He lived.
Had a rogue gust of wind blow my parked "E" over onto some rocks and shattered the fairing.
So, looking for a square headlight Pacifico fairing. Wife contacted some one on Ebay selling fairing, bags, and trunk out of Ashland, OR. If that's a forum member, that's me inquiring.
Anyway, just checking in. Still have both XS's. LG just sits there non-oped.

[LoHo]

Hey Pat, good to hear from you! Although I'm guessing you just drive by Fresno a couple of hours ago....

[Pat Kelly]

Good for you Pat! Enjoy the time off. Which bike is back on the road, or are both of them?

Just the E. LG still sits under the cover.

[BillyRok]

Good for you Pat! Enjoy the time off. Which bike is back on the road, or are both of them?

[Pat Kelly]

2 Years?!?

Two years since I posted in this thread. New dedicated run has been:
- Thurs, Modesto, Paramount, Ontario CA
-Fri, Ontario to Continental Divide NM
-Sat, Cont Div to Tucumcari, through TX and OK panhandles (hwy 54), to Greensburg KS,
-Sun, Greensburg to Hutchinson KS, swap trailers, then retrace my steps.
-Get home Tue.
-repeat

On vacation and taking the bike to Palo Alto tomorrow (Mon) to be taught how to restring my compound bow. First ride other than to/from work since I got the bike back on the road.

[trdriver71]

Got that right Pat. Snow/ice and 12,000ft. passes are second nature to us daring few in an eighteener grossing 85thousand(non interstate)............

my truck is licenced for 129,800 and my have been over that once or twice... So i guess you didn't get the d16 and now have to regen.

[motoman]

I'm used to fog, others know snow. Depends on where you were raised I guess.

Got that right Pat. Snow/ice and 12,000ft. passes are second nature to us daring few in an eighteener grossing 85thousand(non interstate)............

[Cuda 69]

yea Pat,I drive a Pete with an auto now,I hate it. At least it doesn't have the scrubbers on it for smog control. I told them I ain't driving no auto in the snow.lol

[Pat Kelly]

Winter will be bad? Worst freaking heat wave and drought since 1956 and you say Winter will be bad? I count my blessings every day that I awaken to our blessed coastal "marine layer."
Nice to hear from you!
Special Ed

"For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction".
Driving I-80 in winter is not fun. Especially when I'm not comfortable in 'real' winter conditions. 60 MPH crosswinds blowing snow across the highway can be disconcerting. I'm told in winter we will go the southern route. I-40 thru Flagstaff and New Mexico isn't much better.
I'm used to fog, others know snow. Depends on where you were raised I guess.

[Pat Kelly]

Are you still driving that volvo? How do you like it? Doesn't sound like your winter will be too bad. I remember when i used to run state side but now i am just a short haul/city p&d driver now home every night. swmbo would do terrible things to me if i did long haul again and left her at home with 4 kids.

They stuck me with a new Volvo, mfg 3/12. I liked my 06 better. New one has less power, weaker jakes, auto-shift like my old one only now no clutch and can't manually select gear. new brakes are wider so they squeal horribly. I does have a nice stereo. I put all my CD's and a couple of audiobooks onto a flashdrive and just plug that in. Eight speakers that will go as loud as I can stand with almost no distortion. My CB already burned-out the co-phase box so I have my own single antenna on a birdperch.

[Special Ed]

Glad to hear you are still vertical.

Winter will be bad? Worst freaking heat wave and drought since 1956 and you say Winter will be bad? I count my blessings every day that I awaken to our blessed coastal "marine layer."
Nice to hear from you!
Special Ed

[trdriver71]

Are you still driving that volvo? How do you like it? Doesn't sound like your winter will be too bad. I remember when i used to run state side but now i am just a short haul/city p&d driver now home every night. swmbo would do terrible things to me if i did long haul again and left her at home with 4 kids.