Re: [ST] 2 of every kind in the GIVI luggage!

[Bryce <bster13@xxxxxxxxx>]

Man am I ever jealous of what is within your riding
distance Scott....those were some great pics and it
looks like u have some great people to sport-tour
with.

Can u give a comparo of the VFR and the ST?  Not
positive u have ridden/owned an ST, but I'm just
assuming since u are on the list.

Thanks,

Bryce
94' Zx-11D
http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/bster13
- --- Scott <98-VFR800@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> 	I just thought I'd let some of you know how last
> weekend went.
> I have been trying to get up to Arkansas the last
> few weeks to enjoy
> the peak of the fall foliage. At every turn the
> weather channel has
> botched their forecasts and the weather has not
> cooperated. I made a
> run for it last Thursday evening and made for
> Texarkana. It was in the
> mid 50's but not raining. From Huntsville, it is
> about a 4-1/2 run to
> Texarkana. I met up with one of my clients that
> lives there and he
> treated me to dinner and a free hotel room for the
> night, sweet!
> 	Friday morning as I start to head North, I spot a
> red VFR
> pulling into a gas station and I stop in to
> introduce myself. Yet
> another VFR rider that has never heard of the
> mailing list hehe. He is
> meeting some friends and they are heading to
> Kerrville for the HSTA
> Hill Country rally, something I had been
> considering. I give him a
> business card and head North. I get as far as
> DeQueen, Ar., before the
> 50 F and rain stop me. Without electrics I am
> thinking this will only
> get worse, maybe I should have gone South with the
> guy and his buddies
> to Kerrville. I had planned on heading as far as
> Springfield, Mo., to
> stay with VFR lister Brad Holcomb. I call him an let
> him know I won't
> be able to make it. Then I call Beth and tell her I
> am switching to
> plan B, head to Kerrville for the HSTA rally. It is
> bound to be warmer
> and drier there. At least that is what the weather
> channel predicted
> ;-)
> 	So I set out, cold and wet, working my way across
> Texas. I
> skirt South of the DFW messoplex and head for
> central Texas. It is not
> any warmer and it is only raining harder!? As I pass
> through Meridian,
> a tiny town Northwest of Waco, it starts to get real
> foggy. The temp is
> still hovering at the 50 F mark. The fog gets
> progressively thicker as
> I get further and further out into the middle of
> nothing. On each side
> of the road I catch ghostly glimpses of the outlines
> of trees and
> grazing cattle. It is times like this that the VFR
> gives me a warm
> fuzzy feeling, my baby has always been totally
> reliable and that goes a
> long way on days like this.
> 	I finally reach highway 16 and US 183. Does anyone
> actually
> live out here? So far, the roads have actually been
> kind of fun.
> Despite the wet conditions, the Pirelli Dragon GTS
> tires stick like
> glue to the road and inspire great confidence. I
> have miles to go and I
> want to get there. Once I start South on 16, the fog
> begins to give way
> to a hard steady rain. I have been on the road since
> 8:00am and it is
> now pushing 6:00pm, remarkably, I am not that cold
> and my hands are
> still dry. The new Tourmaster gloves I just bought a
> few days before
> leaving are doing a great job. However, I do feel a
> little bit like the
> little brother in the movie "A Christmas Story". You
> know, the one that
> can't get up when he falls down because he is
> wearing so many layers of
> sweaters and coats. But I don't have to move that
> much when sitting on
> the bike ;-)
> 	Just before I reach Llano, the water finally
> manages to work
> its way into the cuff of my gloves and wick down
> into the liner and
> reach my hands. They lasted for 10 hours so I am not
> too unhappy.
> Fortunately, I have a second set of dry gloves with
> me and I stop to
> swap them out. The gas station attendant must have
> thought I wet myself
> considering the size of the puddle on the floor
> under me whilst waiting
> inside for my turn in the restroom. I'm sure she was
> not happy about
> having to follow me around with a mop.
> 	With a new set of gloves and warm hands, I continue
> my trek. I
> reach Kerrville about 7:45pm. A little over 550
> miles in just under 12
> hours. Fortunately, the LEO's don't like to stand in
> the cold driving
> rain to write tickets ;-) I have totally lost faith
> in the weather
> channel people to make accurate predictions. It is
> still 50 F and
> raining all the way down here! Had I realized what I
> was in for, I
> would certainly have just headed for home back
> around 1:00pm! Oh well,
> at least here I can wallow in my misery with
> everyone else that rode in
> for the weekend.
> 	Despite the nasty weather, there is a pretty good
> crowd,
> somewhere over a hundred people show up. I manage to
> find a guy that
> needs a roommate for the weekend so I don't have to
> pay for a room by
> myself, sweet. I meet up with some Sprint ST riding
> friends from
> Houston, Richard and Lisa White, and we get dinner
> at the Cracker
> Barrel across the street. Then it is back to the
> hotel and to bed. I am
> beat and still cold. After a HOT shower, I pass out
> within minutes of
> my head hitting the pillow.
> 	We get up nice and early Saturday morning. It is
> still 50 F and
> raining. A local dealership just up the road has
> setup a free breakfast
> for us. So we bundle up and ride down to check out
> the place. After
> several breakfast Tacos, we all pretty much decide
> to just go back to
> the hotel and hang out in front of their massive
> fireplace, drink beers
> all day and share stories. A few die hards actually
> head out to ride.
> Later that evening they come dripping back in
> looking quite bleak. They
> don't seem to anxious to talk about it hehe. The
> HSTA put together a
> banquet for this evening and the food is great.
> There are drawings for
> door prizes after dinner. My new found roommate wins
> the prize of
> having our room paid for the entire weekend. SWEET!!
> I manage to get a
> free T-shirt and another rider that won a Shoei face
> shield gave it to
> me because she could not use it. This is turning out
> to be a better
> weekend than I had thought!
> 	Sunday, we get up and it is still cold but not
> raining. I ride
> back with Richard and Lisa, taking some backroads to
> Austin. While we
> are in Austin visiting Richard's sister and her
> husband, we hook up
> with another riding bud of mine and go get lunch. In
> the time it takes
> for us to get lunch, the weather turns wet again.
> Great. Lunch is
> awesome. All I want to do now is curl up in a nice
> warm corner and go
> to sleep. But we still have about three hours of
> riding to get home.
> Heading East on Hwy 290, we hit more rain and heavy
> drizzle. I split
> off from Richard and Lisa in Brenham, the home of
> Blue Bell Ice Cream,
> and take the backroads home to Huntsville. The rain
> gets worse the
> closer I get to home. It is starting to get dark.
> Strangely, I haven't
> seen many other riders out and about today?
> Somewhere past Navasota, I
> pass an unhappy looking line of Goldwings plodding
> along in the gloom.
> 	I finally pull into the garage around 6:30pm. The
> rain
> continues all night, the next day, and into the next
> night. Tuesday the
> schools are closed because of flooding on area
> roads. Today, Wednesday,
> it finally clears out and the sky is a brilliant
> blue! It seems the
> weather is predicted to be perfect for this weekend,
> clear and in the
> low 70's with a 0% chance of rain. I am still
> craving a ride up into
> Arkansas but that just doesn't seem to be in the
> cards for me. So some
> friends and I are planning to romp around East Texas
> this weekend on
> the endless FM roads that wind through the National
> Forests. I think
> I'll definitely be taking the rain suit with me!
> 
> Adios,
> 
> -- 
> Scott Friday
> 98-VFR800@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> 2001 Honda VFR 800 Fi His in Red
> 1998 Honda VFR 800 Fi Hers in Blue - RED BODYWORK
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