Runnin nekkid

[Varmintmist]

We have actually been getting a summer finally. It was getting so bad that the leading boy name at the hospital was Noah. Figure parents were hedging their bets. So I have put a few tanks of fuel through her and got some new sneakers for her, so I pulled the saddlebags off. (metz 880 front and Pirelli rear, it was a "what they had that would fit" decision) Broke the speedometer cable changing the front tire, or more than likely finished it off. So I pulled the windshield to make access easier. When I pulled the cable out it was mostly rusted off. It's like new found freedom without really knowing how fast you are going. 

Cable is on the way. When it gets here I figure she will get dressed again, but running naked is OK as long as the weather holds.

[Earl43P]

Western Pa, huh?
I go to Uniontown every month.

Lemme tell you a little story about 3 State Police Performance Awards in 13 months on my nekkid GL1100 without a working speedometer.

79 in a 55, on I64 in Va Beach included Reckless and an expensive attorney. Mandatory court, but he got it reduced considerably.
77 in a 60, Rt. 17 in Camden County, NC. Went to court and took a Driving School course to get it reduced.
70 in a 55, Pasquatank County, NC. Went to court, got it reduced to an equipment violation. Gorgeous ADA, former Navy JAG, with a soft spot for Marines, THANK GOD.

Regardless of what they reduced the violation / charges to, I still had to pay the original citation charges amounts.

Moral of THAT story....don't rely on the tachometer and your memory.....and if'n you replace the snail, replace the cable too (and vice-versa). No telling which one caused the other's failure. I reckon I logged somewhere north of 28,000 miles commuting in that year+ of intermittent, repeated, broken speedometer events.

I don't recommend it.

[baldo]

The speedo AND tach on my 82 Goldwing smoked themselves to death on the same trip 3 years ago. I just last week got a replacement cluster and cable. Luckily, no tickets in those three years....

[czuch]

The guages are my friends.                                                                       xcd 

[The emperor has no clothes]

I keep getting arrested when I run naked. 

[Gryphon Rider]

I keep getting arrested when I run naked. 

At least the cops in YOUR town are doing their job!

[The emperor has no clothes]

I keep getting arrested when I run naked. 

At least the cops in YOUR town are doing their job!

Yes they are. But you'd think they'd give me a break after 4 arrests. 

[Varmintmist]

I discovered I have become a wimp. I want the windshield.