RE: [ST] Re: st-digest V2002 #539

[Scott.Fehr@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Our route was roughly as follows:
I-5 from Seattle to Burlington
Cascade highway (hwy #20) from Burlington to Winthrop
Continued Northeast through Okanogan valley (US version) and into Osyoos, BC
via hwy 97
Up into Penticton, Kelowna and Vernon - we made Penticton our home base (for
a day, at least)
Coming back we went off hwy 3a South and then East to Grand Forks, BC and
then back Southwest  via Republic, Omak and finally back the same way over
hwy 20.
While in Penticton area be sure to hit both Green Mountain rd. on the south
end of Penticton, and the west Okanogan Lake road just outside of Kelowna.

Scott



 -----Original Message-----
From: 	John Owen [mailto:johnnyo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent:	Tuesday, September 24, 2002 6:00 PM
To:	ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:	[ST] Re: st-digest V2002 #539

Hey Scott,
    Very nice story. What route did you use and was Kelowna,BC your
turnaround point? I grew up in Washington (Olympia), however 9 yrs ago I up
and moved to warmer climes (Phoenix). It's pictures like you  uploaded that
cause that little voice in my head (they're not that loud...yet) to start
asking why I moved to the desert. Happy riding!
JohnnyO
'01 Sapphire Blue ST


9/24/02 9:55

> 
> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 09:20:04 -0700
> From: Scott.Fehr@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ST] Mountain Trip - 01 ST vs. 02 Interceptor (long)
> 
> It was me on my 01 BRG and my buddy on his 02 VFR.  He just bought the
> highly anticipated (read looong delayed) hard bags for the VFR and we set
> out from Seattle on Thursday afternoon.
> 
> The official stats according to my BC800 computer:
> 
> Total trip distance: 1006.1 miles
> Avg.  Speed: 53.5 mph
> Total saddle time: 18:44
> Top speed: 129 mph (actually 140mph indicated on my speedo)
> 
> 
> A few of my observations on my bike vs. the Interceptor:
> 
> Performance, as the mags all say seems to be nearly identical.
> The big difference is on the VFR you have to constantly be aware of RPM
and
> be willing to downshift twice at highway speed in order to get into the
meat
> - - the VFR doesn't really do much unless you're in the 7000-11000 rpm
range.


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