Maiden voyage for my '23 R18 Bagger

[jasonisdn]

Well I took off on 3/20 at 8am ish from Greensboro NC and ended up at my buddies place in Orlando at 7:30pm. Thanks goes out to the many people in FL that can't drive. Those kind folks end up wrecking out because they are the most important people on the planet, while not being able to drive worth a crap... anyway... We hung out there for 2 nights before heading out 3/22 at 7am ish, to head down to meet the wife and his girlfriend in KeyWest. We got there around 5:15pm and stayed until 3/27 and came back to his place. I then came back on Friday morning and made it from Orlando to Greensboro in 8 hours and 43 mins covering 599 miles. The bike did great for what it was put though. We were stuck in stop and go traffic on the way down and it started pulling timing from the heat. We didn't have anyway to pull off (concrete barricades) for a few miles. I need to change the oil after that abuse. The rear end assembly has the famous seal leak, that is slated to get fixed under warranty on 4/16. I had installed the Chinese TC leg wind deflectors, and along with the single piece non-adjustable fairing deflectors, I had no wind issue with beating my helmet to death and vibrating my eyes out of their sockets. I had installed the comfort TC seat for the trip and a gel pad, I did throw the gel pad away and replaced it with standing up to relax the cheeks. This bike can eat the miles easily and I felt pretty damn good at the end of all the trips. Looking forward to the next decent length trip with this beautiful bike!
P.S. Yeah my clock is 1 hour behind lol, sue me.

 

[Rufus]

Wow, sounds like a fabulous trip. You’ll soon iron out those niggles and have a great traveling companion.

 

[FVallely]

That sounds like a pretty great maiden voyage.

 

[Anibal]

Amazing trip by the sound of it and lovely pictures depicting two rare unicorns side by side.