end of world ride

Since May 21st was the end of the world, 5 guys and I went for a ride from Ft Worth TX to Hot Springs AR. I found a nail in my back tire the night before we were to leave on the 19th. So the next morning I went to Cycle Gear and bought a 190/50 Pirelli Angel ST tire. After riding 900 miles, I think the 190/50 is no problem; maybe 2mm lower in the back than the 190/55. I left Thurs afternoon and made it to Mena Arkansas, where we stayed the 1st night. It rained all day Friday going from Mena to Hot Springs, and I have to say the Pirelli did great it the rain. We had 2 Goldwings, 1 VFR, 1 BMW RT1150, and 2 Harleys. One of the Harley's must have got wet in the electrical system and we had to leave it at a gas station. Saturday was beautiful, and when we went back to the station the Harley fired up, so we were all good to go from there. Highway 8 from Glenwood to Mena is a fantastic windy road through the woods, highly recommended. I had to wait about 20 minutes when I got to Mena on the other guys; the VFR did great through the twisties. The other guys had ridden through Highway 1 going to Mena on Thursday, but I hadn't since I was running late Thursday. They weren't interested in doing it again, but that's one of the best rides in AR. So I went up to Queen Wilhemina State Park on Hwy 1, but for most of the ride it was fogged over really heavy. Kind of eery in a way. I did take a good pic when I got down below the fog line though. One point that may help gen 7 riders is that I went for about 40 miles with the single fuel bar flashing and found a small station to fill up. Thought for sure I was going to run out of gas. The last 3 hours saturday my bony rear end was getting really sore though. All in all the VFR was a great sport touring bike, and the Pirelli looks like a good tire choice.

 

Myself and all who read this are proof that re-incarnation is a fact.

 

oh great...I 'm stuck here with a Canadian and a guy from Texas, what happened to all the girls.....

The fog you encountered was probably steam from post rapture you must have driven through a small evangelical town

 

Alang

Sounds like a grat ride. Post some pics plz, always intyeresting.

The Angel is a good tire in wet and dry but having just replaced mine with a Pilot road one my only complaint is that it seems a bit limeted on milage. Did about 5K miles on the Angel.
The Pilot is a bit harder and takes longer to get to running temperature but once there sticks just fine.

Cheers!

 

Uhm....Crusty...or Cristine..... whatever you like. I guess you haven't figured out the changes.

 

your funny, everybody knows that Canadians are easy....

 

I uploaded this photo, not sure if the link will work though.

 

Nope Alang. Did not load to the site. Must be because you have your thong on to tight.

 

Talimena scenic drive - VFRworld Photo Gallery
right click and open?

 

Yip, thats what I'm talking about. Thanks.

 

nice pictures by the way

 

What...........two pictures of your bike WTH

 

sorry, just one ride pic.
looks like a lot of us survived Armageddon.

 

No bikers allowed, have you not heard?