Motorcycle trip diary 1916 - Page 5

crooked roads · 07-06-2007, 02:22 PM

motor on stand..........and went backto the place I hit the ground,then followed my tracks back to the road! I had come from and I knew my routewas straight thru. Next littletownI lost three min. getting a gal. gas and then beat it on into "Winder Ga." A run of two hours from Atlanta. Stayed at a small hotel,same one my farther and myself stayed at,and got a good nights rest. The end of the first day's run. 250 miles........

ajones · 07-06-2007, 02:23 PM

1916 Indian "Power plus"

Cauldron · 07-06-2007, 03:07 PM

azabeemerboy · 07-06-2007, 03:25 PM

You are doing a SUPER job, please just keep ut coming

Quote:

Originally Posted by crooked roads

should I quit typing ?.....I'll send bike & bike riders picture for someone to post. I'm just not computer person

Sometimes folks forget there's other lines of work and many folks still who never even own or touch a computer.

Cauldron · 07-06-2007, 03:34 PM

ikonoklass · 07-06-2007, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cauldron

Notice how the ad copy actually states features, and then indicates how those features are reasons for you to buy the motocycle?

Jeffro115 · 07-06-2007, 04:00 PM

I'm in on this one.

Wout67 · 07-06-2007, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kowalski

When do you think he'll blow up the motor and buy a Vstrom?

and more importantly, do you ever think he'll get to Alaska?

hez · 07-06-2007, 04:58 PM

So, so cool. Thank you for typing this up!

Gregster · 07-06-2007, 05:10 PM

Seeing the original hand writing would realy bring us right there in the moment.
But the typing still gets the story told.
Many thanks, I too look forward to the rest of his story and pictures.
It's kind of like a new movie or book release.

crooked roads · 07-06-2007, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ajones

1916 Indian "Power plus"

Guy on it in picture. Don't look like 2cyl . black/white picture.

crooked roads · 07-06-2007, 05:31 PM

Fri. June 9th 1916 I had my breakfast early so I could get a good start at the road. About 6:45. I left Winder, Ga. and was on my way to Athens, Ga. The road to Athensis a VERY GOOD road,broadand hard but you have to be careful becauseat placesit seems to jump right off a cliff right into a chasm! Down you go,aroundsteep and sharp curves and then shoot out across a bridge at bottom ,thenup again on the other side about the same..........page 16............way as going down. A little less than an hour riding put me in Athens Which is a very good size town. The roads from here on are not so good,It is very hilly and rough, It gets good at times and thenbad ,and then bad to worse and then good for a while and so on. Gee! The sun is hot! The handle bars of the motorare so hotI can't touch them anywhere except on the rubber grips. And the heat from that engine!Good.............

Hayduke · 07-06-2007, 05:35 PM

really, really cool of you to share this with us.

crooked roads · 07-06-2007, 05:41 PM

good........Night!I had to ride with my feet on the handle bars to keep my legs from being burn't Couldn't hold myhand a foot away from it,It was so hot.It's a wonder it didn't melt.I didn'tstop, I just keep on going and that engine was running just a pretty as you please,but believe me I was giving it the oil ,I used two quarts in 20 miles!I left a trail of smoke behind melike a ocean liner!I got off the motor at one town when I was.......

Wout67 · 07-06-2007, 05:55 PM

just imagine if this guy knew when he was writing his journal, that it would be posted on a board like this admired by folks all over the world.

my, how far we've come technologically.

07-06-2007, 02:22 PM	#61
crooked roads ^OP I'm back Joined: May 2007 Location: Crooked road va. Oddometer: 843	page 14 motor on stand..........and went backto the place I hit the ground,then followed my tracks back to the road! I had come from and I knew my routewas straight thru. Next littletownI lost three min. getting a gal. gas and then beat it on into "Winder Ga." A run of two hours from Atlanta. Stayed at a small hotel,same one my farther and myself stayed at,and got a good nights rest. The end of the first day's run. 250 miles........ dragoon screwed with this post 07-08-2007 at 07:21 PM

07-06-2007, 02:23 PM	#62
ajones Left Blinker is ON Joined: Apr 2007 Location: Middle Tennessee Oddometer: 258	was this the type of bike? 1916 Indian "Power plus" __________________ XR650L ajones screwed with this post 11-16-2007 at 12:26 PM

07-06-2007, 03:07 PM	#63
Cauldron Now in DESMODROMIC! Joined: Apr 2004 Location: Chaingolia Oddometer: 2,841	__________________ and sorry about the D-con sprinkles on your strawberry shortcake.

07-06-2007, 03:34 PM	#65
Cauldron Now in DESMODROMIC! Joined: Apr 2004 Location: Chaingolia Oddometer: 2,841	__________________ and sorry about the D-con sprinkles on your strawberry shortcake.

07-06-2007, 04:00 PM	#67
Jeffro115 Redemption. Joined: Jan 2006 Location: Pittsburgh (Brookline) Oddometer: 4,162	I'm in on this one. __________________ Danger is one thing. But danger plus extreme discomfort for long periods is quite another.

07-06-2007, 04:58 PM	#69
hez no longer rational Joined: Feb 2006 Location: Boise Oddometer: 348	So, so cool. Thank you for typing this up! __________________ The sight of the huge world put mad ideas into me, as if I could wander away, wander forever, see strange and beautiful things, one after the other to the world's end. -- C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces [ My Ride Reports ] [ Idaho Adventure Motorcycle Club ]

07-06-2007, 05:10 PM	#70
Gregster Studly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2005 Location: New Brunswick, Canada Oddometer: 905	Seeing the original hand writing would realy bring us right there in the moment. But the typing still gets the story told. Many thanks, I too look forward to the rest of his story and pictures. It's kind of like a new movie or book release.

07-06-2007, 05:31 PM	#72
crooked roads ^OP I'm back Joined: May 2007 Location: Crooked road va. Oddometer: 843	Page 15 Fri. June 9th 1916 I had my breakfast early so I could get a good start at the road. About 6:45. I left Winder, Ga. and was on my way to Athens, Ga. The road to Athensis a VERY GOOD road,broadand hard but you have to be careful becauseat placesit seems to jump right off a cliff right into a chasm! Down you go,aroundsteep and sharp curves and then shoot out across a bridge at bottom ,thenup again on the other side about the same..........page 16............way as going down. A little less than an hour riding put me in Athens Which is a very good size town. The roads from here on are not so good,It is very hilly and rough, It gets good at times and thenbad ,and then bad to worse and then good for a while and so on. Gee! The sun is hot! The handle bars of the motorare so hotI can't touch them anywhere except on the rubber grips. And the heat from that engine!Good............. dragoon screwed with this post 07-08-2007 at 07:21 PM

07-06-2007, 05:35 PM	#73
Hayduke ///SAFETY THIRD/// Joined: Jun 2004 Location: Salida, coloRADo Oddometer: 41,783	really, really cool of you to share this with us. __________________ Official Adventure Rider T-Shirts! . Dual Sport Riding Techniques videos! Rally Moto Kit ///

07-06-2007, 05:41 PM	#74
crooked roads ^OP I'm back Joined: May 2007 Location: Crooked road va. Oddometer: 843	page 17 good........Night!I had to ride with my feet on the handle bars to keep my legs from being burn't Couldn't hold myhand a foot away from it,It was so hot.It's a wonder it didn't melt.I didn'tstop, I just keep on going and that engine was running just a pretty as you please,but believe me I was giving it the oil ,I used two quarts in 20 miles!I left a trail of smoke behind melike a ocean liner!I got off the motor at one town when I was....... dragoon screwed with this post 07-08-2007 at 07:22 PM

07-06-2007, 05:55 PM	#75
Wout67 Beastly Adventurer Joined: May 2007 Location: Portland, OR Oddometer: 1,408	just imagine if this guy knew when he was writing his journal, that it would be posted on a board like this admired by folks all over the world. my, how far we've come technologically. __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you can never confirm their validity. - Abraham Lincoln www.iamsecond.com

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