99 Mile

99 Mile
Originally uploaded by Tall Pines Lodge

You can't really see it (click on the pic, then click "other sizes" right above the photo), but the trip odometer on the right is just showing itself slipping into its 100th mile. Hot damn!

A hundred miles into the first 300-mile day on this thing. Things are going really well -- but I wished I had got the clock in this photo. I'll try to remember doing that going forward.

Later in the day, I also had the good fortune of happening to just glance down and see it rolling into 200, and then 300, miles. Its just nice watching that.

The Connie is HOT as hell. I mean, this fairing takes like 90% of the wind away. Still, I'm not suffering too much. The riding pants are like my new best friend with the mesh panels, and the Vanson mesh jackets is great too. I had a Buff neck gator with me, soaked with water, too -- and that did surprisingly well, requiring only rewatering every hour or so. Yes, the bike is hot, no doubt about it -- but my gear is very cooling, so it all works out. Bottom line? Manageable.

RP and I stiffened up the suspension this morning and things are feeling real good. Throttle lock is working well. Mirrors are good, but things look a LOT farther away then they really are. Gotta watch for that.

All the gear checks out. Boots, jacket, pants, gloves, helmet -- all are less than a month old. And they all cut the mustard. Fantastic.