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First Ride
05/15/09 at 19:27:24

It was a perfect day today and it so happened that I only worked 4 hours, so I took my bike for a ride. It was fun. This was my first REAL ride. I must admit, there were a couple of turns/swerves that I think I was going too fast. I panicked a little. The motor died on my at least two times during throttle from a deceleration. The fastest I was going was 60MPH. In Ohio, there are a lot of a mixture of country and city roads. I was having a blast.... Cheesy

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Jay Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1445 Fort Worth, Texas Gender:	Re: First Ride Reply #1 - 05/15/09 at 23:09:40 The first of the "smiles per gallon". Congratulations. It's a great feeling. That bog on decel will no doubt get the attention of some of the gurus here, who can tell you what needs done to the carb to stop that. It's gonna be a great summer!
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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	Re: First Ride Reply #2 - 05/16/09 at 11:23:56 congrats! i'm still in the "wow this is new and awesome" mode! be happy u have back roads, in south florida it's either the beach...or bumper 2 bumper.....that's y i ride @ night!! and there's so many stop lights i have gotten very good @ start, stop, down shift....etc etc....except when i fish tail lol
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Re: First Ride
Reply #3 - 05/16/09 at 11:28:16

Rocco wrote on 05/16/09 at 11:23:56:

congrats! i'm still in the "wow this is new and awesome" mode!

be happy u have back roads, in south florida it's either the beach...or bumper 2 bumper.....that's y i ride @ night!!

and there's so many stop lights i have gotten very good @ start, stop, down shift....etc etc....except when i fish tail lol

rte 27, okeechobee rd (awesome twisties), and just about any road in western martin county!!

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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	Re: First Ride Reply #4 - 05/16/09 at 11:31:11 from jog take okeechobee....then a left or a right? cuz greenacres and lake worth are slacking on scenery haha
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Re: First Ride
Reply #5 - 05/16/09 at 13:00:53

Rocco wrote on 05/16/09 at 11:31:11:

from jog take okeechobee....then a left or a right? cuz greenacres and lake worth are slacking on scenery haha

west and north... towards the lake... redneck cattle country.... most of the cross peninsula state and old fed roads would make good rides (north of PB county).... it's just us "way down south boyz" that get ripped off for scenery.... 27 is great for winding her out on long straights.... just be mile and fuel concious, there aint lots of texacos out in the toolies...lol and check the reasonably local "wildlife management areas" (john lloyd, etc), most have great roads through them, and real nature kinda stuff... not alot of old cypress growing along "calle ocho"... the one place to avoid is hialeah... you take your life in your hands piloting a cage through that neighborhood, let alone a bike...rofl

edit: just remember, most of those rural roads are tarred macadam down here, not smooth asphalt... less actual tire patch contact, so less traction.... for those with question marks floating over their heads, Macadam "invented" the gravel road... "tarred macadam" is those gravel roads that are glued together with asphalt...

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PTRider Senior Member Offline Posts: 397	Re: First Ride Reply #6 - 05/16/09 at 13:21:18 Quote: "tarred macadam" is those gravel roads that are glued together with asphalt... Called "chip seal" in this part of the country. John Loudon McAdam (1756-1836) is the guy, and when you hear pavement referred to as tarmac, you're hearing a reference back to this Scottish engineer.
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Re: First Ride
Reply #7 - 05/16/09 at 18:29:30

Gideon1986 wrote on 05/15/09 at 19:27:24:

It was a perfect day today and it so happened that I only worked 4 hours, so I took my bike for a ride. It was fun. This was my first REAL ride. I must admit, there were a couple of turns/swerves that I think I was going too fast. I panicked a little. The motor died on my at least two times during throttle from a deceleration. The fastest I was going was 60MPH. In Ohio, there are a lot of a mixture of country and city roads. I was having a blast.... Cheesy

What parts of NE Ohio you from? I'm close to Ravenna.

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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	Re: First Ride Reply #8 - 05/16/09 at 19:14:33 sweeet! my friend rides lake okeechobee all the time and he says it beautiful! i love a1a near the inlet, but there's just 2 many stop lights around here....i'll def be looking for room here shortly...speaking of which..gonna check the weather and roll on!
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Re: First Ride
Reply #9 - 05/16/09 at 19:47:36

PTRider wrote on 05/16/09 at 13:21:18:

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"tarred macadam" is those gravel roads that are glued together with asphalt...

Called "chip seal" in this part of the country. John Loudon McAdam (1756-1836) is the guy, and when you hear pavement referred to as tarmac, you're hearing a reference back to this Scottish engineer.

I've always wondered about the origin of "tarmac". Thanks for sharing that one PTRider.

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Gideon1986 Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 66 NE Ohio Gender:	Re: First Ride Reply #10 - 05/16/09 at 20:28:58 [/quote] What parts of NE Ohio you from? I'm close to Ravenna. [/quote] I live in Cortland. I rode route 305, Route 87 and Route 322... It was a blast....
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drums1 Serious Thumper Offline '87 Savage Bashed--Down for the count Posts: 664 Racine, Wisconsin Gender:	Re: First Ride Reply #11 - 05/17/09 at 10:04:37 My wife is from Liberty, just outside of Youngstown. There are some good country roads in that area too. Or just cross over into Penn., and visit with the backroads Amish. Some nice scenery there.
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marshall13 Senior Member Offline the first step is to admit your ignorance Posts: 301 Fort Lauderdale FL Gender:	Re: First Ride Reply #12 - 05/18/09 at 12:12:07 oh, and Gideon, buy a "firm" toothbrush.... much easier to scrub the accumulation of bug-guts on your teeth from that ear to ear grin...
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Duane Senior Member Offline Creatively Maladjusted Posts: 335 Terra Plane Gender:	Re: First Ride Reply #13 - 05/18/09 at 12:19:34 As far a bike dying on decel, I'd just bump up my idle a little bit and see if that helps.
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Gideon1986 Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 66 NE Ohio Gender:	Re: First Ride Reply #14 - 05/19/09 at 04:42:23 Duane wrote on 05/18/09 at 12:19:34: As far a bike dying on decel, I'd just bump up my idle a little bit and see if that helps. pix would help me a lot... i am mechanically challenged
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