Gonna come up and take the cedar island ferry at 10:30 grab lunch somewhere there, then take the Hatteras ferry and ride up to Manteo and circle back towards our house. Supposed to be a 10ish hour ride and about 400 miles. So I'm sure it'll end up taking Atleast 12-13 hours with fuel stops and eating.

 

Nice area. We just got back from nine days at Frisco Woods Campground.

 

ahh so youll be getting pretty close to me then... Hatteras isnt too far away... 2hr 30 min trip for me...

 

I gotcha, this will be the loop we actually take.

 

good thing theres not a hurricane there... hatteras tends to go under water when they come through lol

 

No kidding.. according to the extended forecast the weather is looking decent right now for next weekend with a high around 85.

 

today would have been a nice day to do it..

 

Yea it would of, but I just got my new tire on, so gotta do some break in miles on that. They are a bit waxy and slick when you first install them so a break in of a 100-200 miles is recommended.

 

guess youll be riding it all week aye??

 

Have fun on your trip Larry. Looks like a nice route. Hope the weather holds.

Yall have a good week.

 

Groceries are done, and spicey sausages on the grill for lunch.
Hope everybody gets to enjoy this beautiful weather we're having.

 

Planning on it!

Took my bike, and then my buddies bike to get inspections this morning. Man was that a little chilly, headed out in a tshirt and it was about 56 degrees. Now I'm cutting grass since it's still not to hot.

 

LOL thought the same when i walked outside today..

ive heard of some guys taking course sand paper to new motorcycle tires to rough them up so they dont get that slick feeling on the first ride... ever tried it?

 

Not really the case anymore with the new molding technology. In the old days they used a different release agent to get the rubber out of the mold. Which indeed would make the tires feel "greasy" when new. These days most tires come ready to ride right off the pallet. I still don't push them the first few rides but they don't have that slick feeling like they used too.

If your tires feel slick after the initial mount it's most likely due to cold tire temps. Cold tires of any age will dump you in a heart beat if you push them. On cold mornings I can't push my tires, sometimes, for up to 30 minutes until they warm up. That's why all the track junkies pay big money for tire warmers. So they don't have to make a few "warm-up" laps to get the tires up to temp.

If you're really worried about it you can do figure eights in a parking lot for about 20 minutes when the tires are new. That should scuff them in enough and remove any doubt.

 

Hmm I have just been going off what I was told, and the tires actually had a sticker that said that. Either way I rode them for a couple miles going from white to yellow to get little bit of all the tire.