Galveston to Dallas ... and back ...

MPRanger · 04-13-2007, 10:20 AM

After getting my bike broke in, I rode to Dallas for Easter.
I shook the poor thing apart but have it mostly back together now.

I do not need to change my tires or back sprocket. My bike did just fine
the way it came.

http://www.stormloader.com/users/gre...own/index.html

Regards,

TheOtherRide · 04-13-2007, 01:21 PM

Hey, nice write-up. Sounds like you had an adventure, only maybe not so much the fun kind. :? How did you manage to have breakdowns near/in a town when businesses were open? Wish I had that kind of karma! lol

MPRanger · 04-13-2007, 02:54 PM

Dear Princess,

It was actually a blast. Once I address all the issues from it, I'm sure
they will not happen again. I guess civilization has spread about
everywhere by now as far as being near hardware stores when I
needed one.

MPRanger

TheOtherRide · 04-13-2007, 03:55 PM

You obviously haven't been across Montana/Wyoming/S. Dakota...

Glad you got it all fixed.

Jim · 04-13-2007, 06:55 PM

Cool, sounds like it was a fun trip.... Remeber loc-tite is your best friend

FMYStreetRacer · 04-13-2007, 07:21 PM

hell yeah that sounds like a fun trip.

sheadouglas · 04-14-2007, 02:19 PM

Wow MP that was a great write-up. I've had a couple of those bolts come loose myself. Just got to loc-tite em. That sure is a nice looking ride ya got.

mdsuave13 · 04-24-2007, 10:27 PM

i wish i had more chinabike buds nearby me, i am itching to do a long distance ride on one... i like the fact that its almost always an adventure on these bikes as things are bound to happen on a 300 mile ride...

did you feel intimidated by the drivers going 80 mph? around here, the speed limit is 65 on most of the interstates, so i have to basically stay at top speed to stay with the flow of traffic at the speed limit..

MPRanger · 05-01-2007, 11:06 AM

mdsuave13,

No I wasn't to wooried about traffic. I45 is a nice hiway and I stayed in
the right lane. I definitely got jostled around though with the bow wave
from those semi's and then again on the backwash as they went by.

Greg

04-13-2007, 10:20 AM	#1
MPRanger Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 9	Galveston to Dallas ... and back ... After getting my bike broke in, I rode to Dallas for Easter. I shook the poor thing apart but have it mostly back together now. I do not need to change my tires or back sprocket. My bike did just fine the way it came. http://www.stormloader.com/users/gre...own/index.html Regards,
	0

04-13-2007, 01:21 PM	#2
TheOtherRide Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Montana Posts: 403	Hey, nice write-up. Sounds like you had an adventure, only maybe not so much the fun kind. :? How did you manage to have breakdowns near/in a town when businesses were open? Wish I had that kind of karma! lol __________________ ~Pauli~ Former 2006 Viva VX200SX owner
	0

04-13-2007, 02:54 PM	#3
MPRanger Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 9	Just lucky I guess Dear Princess, It was actually a blast. Once I address all the issues from it, I'm sure they will not happen again. I guess civilization has spread about everywhere by now as far as being near hardware stores when I needed one. MPRanger
	0

04-13-2007, 03:55 PM	#4
TheOtherRide Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Montana Posts: 403	You obviously haven't been across Montana/Wyoming/S. Dakota... Glad you got it all fixed. __________________ ~Pauli~ Former 2006 Viva VX200SX owner
	0

04-13-2007, 07:21 PM	#6
FMYStreetRacer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ft. Myers, Fl. Posts: 416	hell yeah that sounds like a fun trip. __________________ Roketa DB-07a HID Headlight
	0

04-13-2007, 06:55 PM	#5
Jim Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Abbotsford, BC, Canada Posts: 4,880	Cool, sounds like it was a fun trip.... Remeber loc-tite is your best friend
	0

04-14-2007, 02:19 PM	#7
sheadouglas Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hattiesburg, Mississippi Posts: 349	Wow MP that was a great write-up. I've had a couple of those bolts come loose myself. Just got to loc-tite em. That sure is a nice looking ride ya got.
	0

04-24-2007, 10:27 PM	#8
mdsuave13 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: ellicott city, Maryland Posts: 857	i wish i had more chinabike buds nearby me, i am itching to do a long distance ride on one... i like the fact that its almost always an adventure on these bikes as things are bound to happen on a 300 mile ride... did you feel intimidated by the drivers going 80 mph? around here, the speed limit is 65 on most of the interstates, so i have to basically stay at top speed to stay with the flow of traffic at the speed limit.. __________________ My name is Justin, my friends call me Stix. 2008 Kawasaki KLR650 Candy Lime Green ______________________________ I am the official China bike registration Guru For the State of Maryland..... HA.
	0

05-01-2007, 11:06 AM	#9
MPRanger Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 9	Traffic worries - not reallytoo bad mdsuave13, No I wasn't to wooried about traffic. I45 is a nice hiway and I stayed in the right lane. I definitely got jostled around though with the bow wave from those semi's and then again on the backwash as they went by. Greg
	0