It was meant to be it seems, the weather was forecasted for and turned out to be absolutely perfect. Started out about 50ºF this morning and by 2PM it was a perfect 75º, with pure blue sky's.
In a hurry to get out of the city, anxious to feel how the new Roadster is on the open road, I jumped onto I-290 and headed West. After riding about an hour, in Dekalb I jumped off the super-slab, and started zigzagging my way west and south.
I stopped by this place I used to hunt with my Dad as a kid.
After about 10 miles of riding on loose gravel, this is what the oil cooler looked like, I think that we don't need to worry about road debris on the 1200R.
Even though it was a perfectly warm and sunny day, there was still reminder's of Northern Illinois', um shall we say, diverse weather.
For GyspyRR
Dixon, Illinois Home of President Ronald Reagan
Mississippi River, playing with color effect's on my new Cannon
Wow! This is a rare sight in the midwest, I was so pleased to find a good stretch of twisty road. Sweet!
Lots of this.
There's a good amount of this around these parts from the hot/cold/hot/cold weather we have.
A typical Midwest farm.
More of the Mississippi river
If you've been through Iowa, you've seen this more than likely. The worlds largest truck stop, or so they say.
University of Iowa, Iowa City. This is were I turned around and started heading back East.
Um...... Yeah.....
This is what the rear tire looked like after a high speed super-slab run.
These conti's sure are soft...
I was now in a race with the sun, the temps were dropping fast and I decided to super-slab' it back home for the last 200 miles. The temperature dropped from 75º to 49º in 2 hours.
Mission Accomplished!
I dropped the bike off at the dealer with 600 miles as promised.
What a great first little road trip this was. I'm very pleased with the 1200R. It's a wonderful bike. Did I mention that it's FAST AS HELL.
The front wheel will come up in 2nd gear....
The stock seat.......
Well in all fairness I think the best way to describe it is....
It's much better than the 1150R stock seat, but not even close to a Sargent. 500 miles, no problem. 500 miles day in and day out........... hmmm we'll see. I did get a Alaska Sheepskin pad to fit the seat, but for purely scientific purposes I went without it today. Next trip I'll use the pad and compare.
-Joe
