Post by kz1000st on Jun 23, 2013 13:13:58 GMT -6
I had to pick up a new pair of sneakers in Binghamton today. Before I left I asked the wife if she wanted to come along. Not only did she want to come along but she didn't flinch at passengering on the Fashion. Once underway it became pretty obvious after a few miles that this was going to be a warm ride. Now 86* may not be warm to those of you from Alabama and Arkansas, but for here that's about as warm as it gets. Maybe one or two 90* days but that's about it for here. Two days ago it got down to 44* so this yo-yo temperature effect makes a sudden rise to mid-80s feel steamy.
My wife is an excellent passenger so you don't even feel the offset in weight but the engine grunts pretty good with the added load. Taking curves off the interstate is not an adventure in wobbling with her and the bike tracked solidly through the bends. It also confirmed the wisdom of spending the extra money on a good Bridgestone tire.
Once we got to the store we really felt the heat and shed our leather jackets quickly, placing them in a handy shopping cart to push around the store instead of carrying them on our shoulders.
After a short search I found what I needed and we left the store.
My wife suggested that we stop at McDonald's for soft drinks to cool off and soak up some AC. We spent twenty minutes sitting there sipping our sodas and conversing before we continued on. I kept the scooter at a sane pace but it was easy to see the cooling system was working. Every time I stopped the fan was running, but the heat gauge never rose above three bars.
When we got in the driveway we yanked off the leather jackets quickly again and listened to the fan singing its little song. We traveled a good eighty miles today and the scooter performed well. My wife said, "That was fun" which is her stamp of approval. As I noted once before she only rode on the back of my Kawasaki but once. This is about the third or fourth trip on the back of the scooter. Who would have thought a CF Moto 250 would become the choice machine for shopping?
My wife is an excellent passenger so you don't even feel the offset in weight but the engine grunts pretty good with the added load. Taking curves off the interstate is not an adventure in wobbling with her and the bike tracked solidly through the bends. It also confirmed the wisdom of spending the extra money on a good Bridgestone tire.
Once we got to the store we really felt the heat and shed our leather jackets quickly, placing them in a handy shopping cart to push around the store instead of carrying them on our shoulders.
After a short search I found what I needed and we left the store.
My wife suggested that we stop at McDonald's for soft drinks to cool off and soak up some AC. We spent twenty minutes sitting there sipping our sodas and conversing before we continued on. I kept the scooter at a sane pace but it was easy to see the cooling system was working. Every time I stopped the fan was running, but the heat gauge never rose above three bars.
When we got in the driveway we yanked off the leather jackets quickly again and listened to the fan singing its little song. We traveled a good eighty miles today and the scooter performed well. My wife said, "That was fun" which is her stamp of approval. As I noted once before she only rode on the back of my Kawasaki but once. This is about the third or fourth trip on the back of the scooter. Who would have thought a CF Moto 250 would become the choice machine for shopping?
when she ask you to hop on the back of her's.
