Re: [St] Getting the Bikes

[Matt Knowles <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well that solved the oil change issue didn't it!

One tip, speeding with a trailer generally isn't a great idea,  
especially if it has undersized tires. Don't know if Texas has the  
same law (for some reason I doubt it) but in California you're  
limited to 55mph when towing a trailer. This is actively enforced (I  
know this from experience, when I got cited while towing my Tornado  
Red Sprint ST).

The better reason is that as you found out, small trailer tires  
generate a fair amount of heat and can fail. Back around 2000 I took  
my Sprint to Thunderhill for a track day. I rented a U-Haul garden  
trailer to tow the bike up there, the kind that has a don't exceed  
45mph sticker on it. On the way back one other lister (who I forget  
his name) that also used the same type of trailer to tow his black  
Sprint up there, wizzed past me on the freeway doing 65. I was  
plugging along at 55mph.

Just like the rabbit and the tortoise fable, I soon caught up to him  
as he was stranded on the side of the road with a blown out trailer  
tire.

Glad you got them home safe, and Richard must be going crazy knowing  
those are sitting in the garage.

On May 20, 2008, at 7:52 AM, Lisa & Richard White wrote:

> I learned several things on this trip.  One, men do not like to be  
> passed by two women hauling a trailer with two motorcycles on it.   
> They tend to speed up as you go by them ;-).  Two, a tire on a  
> trailer can "release" part of is threads and not go flat  
> (thankfully!!!!).  This happened while we were going south on I-35W  
> in Fort Worth.  I saw (and of course felt) the "alligator strip" go.

Matt Knowles - Ferndale, CA - http://www.knowlesville.com/matt/ 
motorcycles
 '99 Sprint ST - for going fast and far (2CZUSA)
 '01 KLR650 (A15) - for exploring the North Coast backroads
 '97 KLX300 & '01 Lakota - for playing in the dirt
 '79 KZ400 - just because it was the first vehicle I ever owned

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