At the races

got home from picket duty and watched the Knoxville nationals that I had taped..what a great A Main that was.

50's?? we havent seen a day less than the upper 90's in central Texas in about a month and a half. We went a couple straight weeks above 100. I wouldnt know how to handle temps in the 50's.

went to Devils Bowl Raceway in Mesquite, Tx back in 98 in early April, it was pretty cold. When I left Colorado Springs we had just had a blizzard and was very cold here. The weather must have followed me down there cause it was way colder than normal down there. I enjoyed it but my sis and her husband froze their butts off. Whenever we go to night races here we always take a coat, once the sun goes down it can get cold quick especially if there is a little breeze.

don't that just give you a woody !!! the smell and thunder have been to them in denver when they use to come here.

Speaking of drag racing: I went to my H-D dealer on Friday to look at the new 2011's, and zoomed-in on a new StreetGlide with the 103 motor. Salesman said that it is hotter than the CVO 110 motor, and asks if I would like to ride it.

It only had 4 miles on the clock when I rode away. After going a few miles to warm it up, I took it out on the highway and nailed it through the gears. OK.....but my stock 96" with 42,000 miles on it felt more OK.

Told the salesman that my bike would outrun his new 103", and he laughed. I said "seriously". He said "let's go see". We went down a frontage road close by, and I dusted him good. When we got back to dealership, he wanted to know what I had in my motor. I said it's never been opened-up, and is as stock as when I bought new (except for pipes, K&N air filter, and V&H FuelPak). None of the salesmen believed me.

I said "My friend who has a new CVO 110 RoadGlide doesn't believe me either". HAH!

I don't think they tune them at the factory they just through them together and out the door. Last year in Strugis my friend and I rode all the different touring models and some ran lots better than others,

Know what that cold felling is - rode down to Indianapolis on friday morning temp was 51 when I left waering a t-shirt and a leather jacket got so cold I had to stop and get my hands around a cup of coffee for a half -hour before the feeling returned. From friday to Sun it was in the hi 80's and 90's at the MotoGP - no shade on the track and the racers were piling up as fast as we could drag them off the track. Had 1 death of a 13 year old racer and at least 15 bikes wrecked during the races. There was a 8 bike pile up during the start of the final race which caused a restart with the loss of two bikes which were to messed up to race again.
Won't put any pics in here because they are posted all over you tube and some of the sport bike forums.

See, that's the thing, I've never done anything INSIDE my motor--only external mods. That new StreetGlide did feel like it was all plugged-up with the stock pipes. Amazing what a couple small changes can do.