how about a Oklahoma,AR,MO,KS,TX,+IA GTG thread?

[Hinerman]

63 to Chelsea?

That's the scenic route I think..

Looks like the scenic route on the map.

 

[67L36Driver]

Looks like the scenic route on the map.

If it weren't for the driving time (4+ hours from Joetown) it would be worth taking. 35 & 80 get boring.

 

[Hedgerow]

Looks like the scenic route on the map.

Cant be any more scenic than the route to the races at lake wappapello this upcoming weekend...
Damn...
4 hours and still in the same state!!

Just got back from an area that's damn close to Monroe LA and it only took 6.5 hours!

 

[cobey]

Cant be any more scenic than the route to the races at lake wappapello this upcoming weekend...
Damn...
4 hours and still in the same state!!

Just got back from an area that's damn close to Monroe LA and it only took 6.5 hours!

I made that drive after working
12 hours in a foundry several times ......
Don't think I could do that anymore

 

[mdavlee]

Driving across TN is long as hell. To Memphis is around 8 hours and almost 500 miles.

 

[cobey]

Driving across TN is long as hell. To Memphis is around 8 hours and almost 500 miles.

Long drives. ......
My ride to tree monkeys a couple
Years ago was one of my longest trips
13 plus hours. ...
Many drive farther

 

[mdavlee]

Longest trip for me is 2300 miles. Done it 4 times. 1900 miles twice and lots of 3-800 mile ones.

 

[cobey]

Longest trip for me is 2300 miles. Done it 4 times. 1900 miles twice and lots of 3-800 mile ones.

No fun
Hurts my back to ride too long

 

[mdavlee]

No fun
Hurts my back to ride too long

No fun is right.

 

[SteveSS]

Back when I was still a whooper snapper, I did San Francisco to Norfolk a bunch of times without batting an eye. These days it would take a week or more to work the kinks out of my right hip if I tried that again. Ageing is painful.

Morning fella's.

 

[Workshop]

Is that a 2-stroke?

Yep. Mesquito fogging machines they were.

 

[67L36Driver]

Yep. Mesquito fogging machines they were.

At 16:1 they sure were.

I run my 'new' one (28 years) at 32:1. Not bad. So same for saws as they have to share fuel.

 

[Workshop]

At 16:1 they sure were.

I run my 'new' one (28 years) at 32:1. Not bad. So same for saws as they have to share fuel.

This one was born in 1978. I didn't know they made brick tops that late. It would be a 32:1 engine if I'm not mistaken. I'll be putting new rings and seals in it. I can actually get a set of Caber rings for it too.

 

[Lurch]

Looks like the scenic route on the map.

Not bad. Mostly 4 lane til IA. It's the short way for me.
In 2002 I did 88,000 mi. Lots of seat time.

 

[Hinerman]

I guess I haven't slowed down enough yet. I like to get from point A to point B as quick as possible, and for me that is the interstate usually; although the interstates are becoming more and more choked up these days. I know there is stuff to see on the scenic routes but I am supposed to keep my eyes on the road anyway; and if an 8 hour trip is bad, then I don't see how a 10 hour trip could be better.

I have been on some long trips. Drove to CA a couple of times, Vegas, Smokey Mountains, Mount Rushmore, Corning NY, Toronto/Niagara Falls, etc. The longest I have driven is 18.5 hrs from Niagara Falls to my door last summer, left at 6 am that morning and got home at 12:30 am that night.

 

[Hinerman]

Not bad. Mostly 4 lane til IA. It's the short way for me.
In 2002 I did 88,000 mi. Lots of seat time.

WOW, that is 3.5 times around the earth. Were you driving a truck?

 

[cobey]

Been buying and selling chain,
A couple rolls gave paid for themselves.
Sending some more out today

 

[mdavlee]

Been buying and selling chain,
A couple rolls gave paid for themselves.
Sending some more out today

What all do you have?

 

[Workshop]

Howdy everybody.

 

[Hedgerow]

Evenin Steve.