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lurch12_2000
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...actually 2 short rides (15 miles each). My wife and I took the 1100G to the kid's first soccer game. A balmy 38 degree morning, but a little warmer ride back later.
I went back on the 1100E at noon by myself (no one likes to ride on the back with me on that one:twistedevil
to the 2nd game. Maybe a case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde! Much warmer at 50 degrees. Almost lost it coming off a side street onto a 55 mph major route. A little too much throttle to beat traffic and the rear end started to fish tail pretty good on me. Managed to back off a little and rein it in before an ugly incident occured and possibly getting run over by oncoming traffic. Once I straightened it out I had to get on it because those cars were catching up quick. As you know, all this hapens in less than a second! Maybe mixing the 2 bikes in one day has me underestimating the quickness of the E or that the E's Dunlop rear is a little more slippery than the G's Cheng-Shins?
Got home to find my horn hanging by the wires. Luckily no damage except the mount bracket had cracked clean off. I was able to use the remaing metal and drill a new hole to remount the bugger....my day on the bikes....
I went back on the 1100E at noon by myself (no one likes to ride on the back with me on that one:twistedevil
to the 2nd game. Maybe a case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde! Much warmer at 50 degrees. Almost lost it coming off a side street onto a 55 mph major route. A little too much throttle to beat traffic and the rear end started to fish tail pretty good on me. Managed to back off a little and rein it in before an ugly incident occured and possibly getting run over by oncoming traffic. Once I straightened it out I had to get on it because those cars were catching up quick. As you know, all this hapens in less than a second! Maybe mixing the 2 bikes in one day has me underestimating the quickness of the E or that the E's Dunlop rear is a little more slippery than the G's Cheng-Shins?Got home to find my horn hanging by the wires. Luckily no damage except the mount bracket had cracked clean off. I was able to use the remaing metal and drill a new hole to remount the bugger....my day on the bikes....
