Swoody, good for you. We have a ride on Saturday, but don't know what the weather has in store for it. We are currently having a lot of rain, which is good since we are in a drought here in California. We were going to Fairfield where a JellyBelly factory is and take a tour. We will have to see. I will probably take the Fatboy and I have some christmas tree lights that I will string on the bike and they plug into the accessory plug.
Greetings!
Excuse me for waking up this topic in its slumber. We did our annual HTTA (Honda Twisted Twins Association 40 year old CX500/GL500/GL650s) ride. Road my '83 GL650. I attached the route, which you can see is on both sides of the Mississippi River in Minnesota and WIsconsin. I put on 300 miles that day. I've taken my Royal Enfield Interceptor '21 650cc for the pre-ride in the past before I put the sidecar on last fall. Couldn't this time with the sidecar because we were on an Amtrak trip to Chicago. We saw some of most beautiful valleys and bluffs along the Mississippi River.
Even on the two wheeler, I go slower in the turns than the folks ahead of me and catch up in the straights. Still got 55 mpg while throttle happy. The Interceptor and car will get better than that on a trip. The rig weighs about 645lbs empty. Can hit 85mph, which I rarely need to do.
Reading here, it sounds like the best choice in a group ride would be to take the Tail End Charlie position. And probably, leave my Akita Momo at home.
We use Cardo BT, Slim and Bold and that has enough range to keep the leader in touch with the tail. The organizer always makes the route available for your phone or Garmin, so there is no chance of losing the group.
