Across the Country on a Honda C70 Super Cub - Page 4

rgoers · 08-16-2011, 02:15 PM

You're sick!!!

...but it's awesome, I'm in! Bring it on...

Fastbrit · 08-16-2011, 02:17 PM

Subscribed
Wonderful, I toured the UK on a C90 back in 1979 I was also 18

syntec4 · 08-16-2011, 02:26 PM

Looking forward to the rest of this. Great pictures too

klaviator · 08-16-2011, 02:27 PM

Awesome report so far

. Looking forward to the rest

bajaburro · 08-16-2011, 02:39 PM

your psychiatrist called.

good luck on the trip.

rgoers · 08-16-2011, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hitchiker_forever

They turned out OK.

And you guys are going to have to wait a little, I have no pictures of Nevada due to camera loss... so I'm going to try and cook up some Ernest Hemingway writing.

Are there pictures still on the camera??? Where did you lose it in UT? Want me to go look for it?

petefromberkeley · 08-16-2011, 03:17 PM

Well Done!

Bendernz · 08-16-2011, 03:24 PM

Liking this.

Hammerspur · 08-16-2011, 03:48 PM

Felt it my duty to post a link to this thread in "Battle Scooters":
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=716621

I'm enjoying this very much, including your entertaining observations!

Wish I could have done the trip with you, even though...

I'm old enough to be your grandfather.

hitchiker_forever · 08-16-2011, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rgoers

Are there pictures still on the camera??? Where did you lose it in UT? Want me to go look for it?

Trust me I've looked everywhere for it... don't bother, kinda a shame too cause I had this whole stop motion collage thing planned out.

redpillar · 08-16-2011, 05:08 PM

Great job!! I hope you are able to bag yourself another sled and do another trip before your life gets too busy.

hitchiker_forever · 08-16-2011, 05:15 PM

Butt burner
the phrase I would use to describe this stretch of the trip.

The Great Basin is a series of basins that repeats and repeats and repeats. You enter over a hill and the road stretches straight out to another hill. The occasional curve and large ranch. Maybe some wild horses. No one drives this road.
Note to self: great top speed testing location, no cops.

But the most important thing on my mind remained gas. I had no idea what kind of mpg I got from this bike. I knew it didn't cost much but other than that I had no idea if I was going to make it to the next gas station 163 miles away. I had extra gallon reserve tank tied to my milk crate and the gallon in the fuel tank but if I only got 80mpg...

Copyright http://www.rocketcityrockcrawlers.com

The next 3 hours was basin after basin after basin, beautiful but a little monotonous after a while. I had nowhere to stop so my butt was more sore than usual even with breaks every hour. During one of these breaks I decided to call mom, as was my usual ritual but no cell phone service...
There should be some over the next ridge. The next ridge? The next ridge?

If my parents didn't hear from me they would freak. They would send out some kind of para rescue squad to comb the deserts for me. Shit, I was still another 3 hours away from Ely and it was already 5pm.

That stretch became a race to find cell phone service.
Gone was the half throttle and here came full speed 37mph! Maybe 40 on the downhill.

I don't really want remember these hours. It consisted of a very painful vibrating seat. I do remember that the valleys got greener, I started seeing houses, a lone mechanics shop, and my worse fear the deer crossing signs. It got dark, I turned on my crappy high beams that were blocked by my front basket anyway and I dodged trucks.

I turned on my reserve tank.

One of the trucks was coming in fast, and I started to move out of the way, but B let me down, she ran out of gas.
Why didn't this thing have a clutch?
I was a deer in the headlights, stuck in gear desperately trying to shit down to neutral. Fortunately the truck stopped and I moved out of the way. Whew, close one.

I refilled my tank and headed down the road, helped a couple who broke down and was looking for a service station down highway 6. Told them they should probably turn around and head back to find the closest one.

After some night riding I eventually came up into Ely...now to find a place to stay.

hitchiker_forever · 08-16-2011, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hammerspur

Felt it my duty to post a link to this thread in "Battle Scooters":
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=716621

I'm enjoying this very much, including your entertaining observations!

Wish I could have done the trip with you, even though...

I'm old enough to be your grandfather.

Thanks

for the repost, I would've enjoyed the company.

hitchiker_forever · 08-16-2011, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bajaburro

your psychiatrist called.

Tell him to go jump off a bridge.

ohgood · 08-16-2011, 07:10 PM

08-16-2011, 02:15 PM	#46
rgoers Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2011 Location: Northern Utah Oddometer: 372	You're sick!!! ...but it's awesome, I'm in! Bring it on... __________________ 2009 KLX 250S If it ain't broke, take it apart and find out why!

08-16-2011, 02:26 PM	#48
syntec4 Studly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2006 Location: Manchester, UK Oddometer: 853	Looking forward to the rest of this. Great pictures too __________________ My Smugmug

08-16-2011, 02:27 PM	#49
klaviator Beastly Adventurer Joined: May 2008 Location: Huntsville, AL Oddometer: 4,096	Awesome report so far. Looking forward to the rest __________________ Still trying to figure out what I wanna be when I grow up! If I ever grow up!

08-16-2011, 02:39 PM	#50
bajaburro Ancient Adventurer Joined: Jan 2006 Location: Huntington Beach CA Oddometer: 1,488	intresting your psychiatrist called.good luck on the trip. __________________ ancient adventurer

08-16-2011, 03:17 PM	#52
petefromberkeley - Joined: May 2004 Location: Berkeley, CA Oddometer: 3,261	Well Done! __________________ Nine mile skid on a ten mile ride. Hot as a pistol but cool inside.

08-16-2011, 02:17 PM	#47
Fastbrit n00b Joined: Jan 2010 Location: NC Oddometer: 6	Subscribed Wonderful, I toured the UK on a C90 back in 1979 I was also 18

08-16-2011, 03:24 PM	#53
Bendernz Torrential Joined: Aug 2009 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Oddometer: 453	Liking this. __________________ The Adventures of Yello Peril Yello Peril in Search of the Disappearing Guns Yello Peril: Return to Muriwai Yello Peril: Return to Woodhill Mountains, Memories and Magnficent Flying Machines

08-16-2011, 03:48 PM	#54
Hammerspur Beastly Adventurer Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Cranston, RI Oddometer: 1,138	Felt it my duty to post a link to this thread in "Battle Scooters": http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=716621 I'm enjoying this very much, including your entertaining observations! Wish I could have done the trip with you, even though... I'm old enough to be your grandfather.

08-16-2011, 05:08 PM	#56
redpillar Studly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2008 Location: Vancouver Island Oddometer: 794	Great job!! I hope you are able to bag yourself another sled and do another trip before your life gets too busy. __________________ ACROSS B.C. ON A KLX IDAHO AND MONTANA ON MY KLX 1200 MILE OREGON LOOP WASHINGTON DISCOVERY TRAIL

08-16-2011, 05:15 PM	#57
hitchiker_forever ^OP Crazy Joined: Aug 2010 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Oddometer: 157	Highway 6 from Tonopah to Ely Butt burner the phrase I would use to describe this stretch of the trip. The Great Basin is a series of basins that repeats and repeats and repeats. You enter over a hill and the road stretches straight out to another hill. The occasional curve and large ranch. Maybe some wild horses. No one drives this road. Note to self: great top speed testing location, no cops. But the most important thing on my mind remained gas. I had no idea what kind of mpg I got from this bike. I knew it didn't cost much but other than that I had no idea if I was going to make it to the next gas station 163 miles away. I had extra gallon reserve tank tied to my milk crate and the gallon in the fuel tank but if I only got 80mpg... Copyright http://www.rocketcityrockcrawlers.com The next 3 hours was basin after basin after basin, beautiful but a little monotonous after a while. I had nowhere to stop so my butt was more sore than usual even with breaks every hour. During one of these breaks I decided to call mom, as was my usual ritual but no cell phone service... There should be some over the next ridge. The next ridge? The next ridge? If my parents didn't hear from me they would freak. They would send out some kind of para rescue squad to comb the deserts for me. Shit, I was still another 3 hours away from Ely and it was already 5pm. That stretch became a race to find cell phone service. Gone was the half throttle and here came full speed 37mph! Maybe 40 on the downhill. I don't really want remember these hours. It consisted of a very painful vibrating seat. I do remember that the valleys got greener, I started seeing houses, a lone mechanics shop, and my worse fear the deer crossing signs. It got dark, I turned on my crappy high beams that were blocked by my front basket anyway and I dodged trucks. I turned on my reserve tank. One of the trucks was coming in fast, and I started to move out of the way, but B let me down, she ran out of gas. Why didn't this thing have a clutch? I was a deer in the headlights, stuck in gear desperately trying to shit down to neutral. Fortunately the truck stopped and I moved out of the way. Whew, close one. I refilled my tank and headed down the road, helped a couple who broke down and was looking for a service station down highway 6. Told them they should probably turn around and head back to find the closest one. After some night riding I eventually came up into Ely...now to find a place to stay.

08-16-2011, 07:10 PM	#60
ohgood Studly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2010 Location: alabama Oddometer: 745

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