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2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
sandblaster:
The weather got above 50 degrees and it wasn't raining today.
So after about 2 months of not starting the SM I kicked it about 20 times before it finally started :x
I let it warm up jumped on and rode it for about 10 minutes to get it warmed up.
I brought it back to the house and let my 70 year old Dad take it for a spin.
After about 20 minutes he shows up at the house and parks the bike.
No comments, no nothing.
I was a little disappointed.
Anyway... I had some buddies over and we had BBQ carne asada tacos, Corona, and Knob Creek Whiskey (Thanks for the suggestion Motorrad) for dinner.
Sitting around a nice warm fire my Dad asks, how fast will it go in 4th gear pinned.
I said a little over 90.
And then I asked, Did you go that fast?
He said yes.
I asked "where?"
Then he told me.... It is in a 45 mph zone :-o
I hope when I hit 70 years old I will still hit 90mph in a 45mph residential zone.
But like my Dad said, "it peaks in 4th so fast that it only took a block to go that fast" :-D
Pmcg:
--- Quote from: sandblaster on February 26, 2014, 04:33:33 PM ---The weather got above 50 degrees and it wasn't raining today.
So after about 2 months of not starting the SM I kicked it about 20 times before it finally started :x
I let it warm up jumped on and rode it for about 10 minutes to get it warmed up.
I brought it back to the house and let my 70 year old Dad take it for a spin.
After about 20 minutes he shows up at the house and parks the bike.
No comments, no nothing.
I was a little disappointed.
Anyway... I had some buddies over and we had BBQ carne asada tacos, Corona, and Knob Creek Whiskey (Thanks for the suggestion Motorrad) for dinner.
Sitting around a nice warm fire my Dad asks, how fast will it go in 4th gear pinned.
I said a little over 90.
And then I asked, Did you go that fast?
He said yes.
I asked "where?"
Then he told me.... It is in a 45 mph zone :-o
I hope when I hit 70 years old I will still hit 90mph in a 45mph residential zone.
But like my Dad said, "it peaks in 4th so fast that it only took a block to go that fast" :-D
--- End quote ---
Thats awesome. I hope I still have the balls to throw a leg over at 70
Brute:
Good for him! My Dad did a similar thing with a built 433 (427 + .030) in a '69 El Camino I stored with the folks in Montana. Only he scared the crap out of himself. I take it your Dad rode or rides quite a bit?
sandblaster:
--- Quote from: Brute on February 26, 2014, 06:45:47 PM ---Good for him! My Dad did a similar thing with a built 433 (427 + .030) in a '69 El Camino I stored with the folks in Montana. Only he scared the crap out of himself. I take it your Dad rode or rides quite a bit?
--- End quote ---
Yeah we get together and ride about every 2-3 months in the desert or dunes.
Of course he does ride in between but he is 4.5 hours away from me so we don't get to ride together as much as we would like.
Funny thing is he can still out wheelie me on his wr450 by a long shot :-o
It seems that I have a phobia of breaking rear fenders :-D
Motorrad:
My 63yr old pops still passes all my 20-30 something friends in the sandwashes. On a 1974 bike. Really pisses them off when they a are on their modern bikes
15-39 gearing and an overdrive 5th makes for a really good time on a sumo bike
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