Good news.Originally Posted by Mykneesbehurtin
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Good news.
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. – Maya Angelou
Excellent Steve, what part of Florida will you be in ?
2021 CVO TriGlide - Sunset Orange & Black
Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave in a well-preserved body, but to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting...Holy Sh!t What a ride!
Cape Coral.
Meandering Trip Kind Of
Welp ... I had the Fat Bottom Girl all loaded on the trailer and Saturday I decided to look at the weather one last time. Didn't look good for the 3rd. I wouldn't be actually be trailering during that day, but, it was gonna get pretty cold, so there could be some lingering snow, ice, etc. Checked the weather Sunday morning and it was looking worse for Monday, so, I unloaded the Fat Bottom Girl and unhooked the trailer.
Cabin fever was still getting to me, so, I decided to just take the Jeep and still do my plans for seeing Count Kustoms place and get an estimate on getting the Fat Bottom Girl painted. Well that was a bust, kinda.
Drove to Mesquite, 435 miles. Normally I stop in Green River, Ut (110 miles), Richfield, Ut (120 miles), and Cedar City, Ut (about 130 miles), then onto Mesquite. I mostly make these stops for restroom breaks and fuel fill ups, etc.
I got to Green River, still had coffee, didn't need the potty stop and the Jeep was just under full by the gauge, I kept going. Got to Richfield and had about a 1/2 a 40 oz camel bak of coffee, 3/4 of a tank of fuel, and for some reason, I didn't need to go ...... I figured I'd stop in Beaver, Ut for breakfast, fuel, etc.
Got to Beaver and still had lots of fuel and a little coffee. Figured, what the heck, keep going for awhile. Stopped in Hurricane, Ut. for fuel, and found the only gas station I could find wanted me to tell them how much fuel I needed. Apparently, their credit card readers were all down. How would I know how much fuel it would take to fill???? So I just left and figured I'd stop in St. George.
Zipped right past the city of St. George and finally made Mesquite. Total driving time with the non fill fuel stop, 6 hours and 15 minutes, averaged just under 70 mph. Amazing how much highway you can chew up at 80 mph. Thirty two miles after I get on I70, I reach Utah, speed limit is 80 mph pretty much all the way through Utah, 75 mph in Colorado. There's a few places where it drops to like 70, but mostly 80 mph. The Virgin River canyon in Arizona is slower, 55 mph in some places, but, it's only like 30 miles.
I got 24.82 mpg at mostly 80 mph. Wheew ... this 3.0L diesel is some kind of kewl. the jeep floats over the little bumps and just feels like you're not going that fast. Listening to a good David Baldacci audio book really made the time fly ... as well as the miles. LOL.
So ... since the FBG was home ... no meandering. Still good to get out of town to let the head clear some.
Yesterday I went to Las Vegas to go see the Counts car museum. His collection is in the industrial area of Vegas, and with the winds they had Sunday night, there were palm frowns down all over the place. I was kind of worried that one might poke a hole in a tire, couple that with the pot holes, construction and really weird layout of the street, I pretty much got lost some. Since I planned to get there early, have breakfast, then go to the museum, I arrived at the Count's about an hour before they open. Now knowing where it was, I thought I'd go get some eats, big mistake. not much in that area, mostly "gentleman's clubs", and industrial stuff. Finally stumbled onto a McDonald's. Had a egg McMuffin and coffee and headed back. I had to us the GPS to find the place again. The roads are set up really weird, guess they need to do that work around the Casinos.
SO back at the Count's, I got there just before they opened. Signed in and wandered around the joint. Some really kewl "toys" in this joint. What was really neat was the fact that I'd seen most of the shows where he'd built these beauties.
So here are some pics, first Ozzy's Chopper
His shop truck
His Gasser
Borla Manta
His Mom's car
His Dad's and a Lambo
Kevin's Caddie and the Sema Kolor Truck
A caddie to haul your bike???
More in next post.
The lighting in the area is a bit "off" and "inconsistent".
Some more eye candy
More in the next post
Remember the fork lift? And Kevin's Son's racer
The gasser and friends
The patriot, donated but the winner of the auction let the Count leave it on display
Lastly ... and definitely the scariest ....... Horny Mike's "Mini Me"
So, what did I do to my Tri today ... I abandoned her ... kind of sad but, I hit a straight flush playing Pai Gow, and won a couple hundred playing black jack, so the trip is pretty much paid for ...
Glad you were able to get out of town and clear the cobwebs some. Too bad about leaving the FBG behind...but you gotta do what you gotta do. It's pouring rain here today...so borrowed Mary's truck to get in to work.
Cool pics, and nice wins to pay for the trip!
Kevin
I'm a couple days behind in posting but last Friday I installed the mount and wiring harness for my Garmin Road Tech Zumo 590 on my new 2020 TG. Yeah I know it has a built in GPS - and 'new and improved' one at that. But I like my Garmin so much better. I may use the factory gps on occassion but on any long or complicated ride it'll be the Garmin for sure.
And I installed the CB radio system which I removed from my 2018.
Then I rode the TG to the dealer for them to install the backlighted hand control switches I had ordered. Need to change the right one at minimum in order to get the PTT button for the CB. And heck the lighted ones weren't much more so I went for it. On my 2018 I installed the right hand switch when I installed the CB radio system but since the new TG is less than 30 days old I'm letting the dealer install the switches so they can register the parts and install with H-D and that way they'll be covered under the factory warranty and any ESP I might get.
It'll be a few days before they can get to it but hopefully I'll have it back later this week.
Hopefully I'll be able to get back tomorrow ... I can only tolerate the gambling thing for about 12 hours, in total. Laying around the hotel room this afternoon ... just relaxing until Curse Of Oak Island comes on, then I'm gonna hit the hay and get on the road early. There was some seriously heavy snow up near Salt Lake City, hopefully, not too bad down where I15 runs into I70, then there's the mountains for the first 60 or so miles.
According to UDOT (Utah Department of Transportation), all of my route should be dry by this afternoon and stay that way for the rest of the week ... we'll see. Might be a slower trip home. More cautious, especially in the mountains. Probably fuel up before and after the mountains ... just to be sure.
I don't know why this happens sometimes ... but .. usually, just rotating them left, saving them, then right and saving, then repost straightens them out ...
Don't forget to retorque after 50 to 100 miles.
Where did you get those ... FBG may get them as a makeup present for leaving her home ...
Glad to see you are recovering nicely and able to ride less than a month after the knee replacement!
Kevin
Thanks Kevin. Fortunately the dealer is only about 10 miles from my home. No problem at all riding that distance and I felt I could ride farther with no problem. Not all day yet for sure but a little putt around will be in the cards weather permitting after I get it back.
Oil Cooler bolted back down
Finished reinstalling the OEM oil cooler torun one more time to get a base line oil temperature before going to the new one. Now the wait for warmer weather to get rain and wash off the salt on the roads no hurry I'm having the new mount powdercoated. Possibly a dark graphite.
Vintage 09' Vivid Black, Boyesen X force intake, DK Customs DIY external breather, PV tuner, Mighty Mite love Jugs,Titanium Wrapped Header pipe, Khrome Werks 2+2 Wide Sweepers, DK 2" tank lift deluxe, Air Deflectors, Rear Bumper, Fender Chrome trim, Kuri. Rear lights, 9" LRS recurve flat top wind screen, LED headlight and spots, Hubcaps rear wheels
Welp ... Made it home safely. Very little in the form of weather issues. As I drove past Cedar City this morning the jeep said it was -9* outside .... I took it's word for it and didn't go out side to check ...
This was my first time in 20+ times I have gone to Mesquite, this was the first time I've ever had to get up in the middle of the night and turn on the heater. I've used the AC almost every time, but, never the heat. It was 21* in Mesquite Monday morning when I headed to Vegas.
I did make it home easily on one tank of fuel. I stopped about halfway, got a sandwich and used the facilities.
When I got home I gave the FBG a pat on the rump ... still trying to make up to her. I see some groveling in my future.
Looked at old oil cooler
I took a serious look at the OEM oil cooler still on on shiney.
So I decided to clean it out and straighten the cooling fins. I never realized how plugged up and smashed the cooling fins were, It is going to be removed soon My advise for those who don't look at the cooler tucked down under the front of their trikes you should, you may be alarmed at how much crud you will find stuck in the face of that cooler. And that my friends translates into a non functioning oil cooler humm not a good thing. Tomorrow I'm going to unbolt it and clean it out from the back side with soap and water and compressed air I will update on what I get out of it. 10 years of crud I never gave it a thought. ride safe Fred
Vintage 09' Vivid Black, Boyesen X force intake, DK Customs DIY external breather, PV tuner, Mighty Mite love Jugs,Titanium Wrapped Header pipe, Khrome Werks 2+2 Wide Sweepers, DK 2" tank lift deluxe, Air Deflectors, Rear Bumper, Fender Chrome trim, Kuri. Rear lights, 9" LRS recurve flat top wind screen, LED headlight and spots, Hubcaps rear wheels
Connect to Sena headset?
Jerry, will your Garmin 590 connect to a sena 20S (or other) headset via Bluetooth ok?
16 TGU Mysterious Red / Velocity Red. FM Ceramic Head pipe and FM E-Series tunable exhaust. PV Target Tune-AT WB Tuner. DK Outlaw 606 AC with EBS, Ward’s FCS fans. DK Custom Oil filter/Cooler relocation kit, Comfort Lift and 14 inch shocks. DK tank lift, wind deflectors, floorboard extenders, and tour pak relocator. Chrome TGU wheels. Bad Ass Lights tail lights. Lighted controls and Krome Works 2+2 narrow handle bars.
Ride Baby Ride
It was mid to high 50's today ... and sunny. Guess what I did today.
Went to Green River, Ut. on the FBG. Started the ride in the low 40's, but quickly got into the 50's.
Had a burger at Ray's and head back. Was good to be in the wind again. Total ride ... about 220 miles. All in all, a great day.
Joanne and I just loved that section on our Utah trek last year!
No idea about that Mike. Never had or even tried a BT headset. I suggest you call Garmin for the answer. BTW the 590 is no longer available - it is now the 595. If the 590/595 is like the older 660/665 models (and I think it is) the only difference is that the '5' models have SiriusXM capability.
In any case the 590 is the best GPS I've ever had . . . and I've had a bunch of them over the years. I just wish Harley could get a GPS unit as capable as the Garmins and I wouldn't have to go through this time, effort and expense.
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