Smoothcruz
07-18-2014, 09:02 AM
It Finally stopped raining ! I stretched the FB6 for a 450-mile ride yesterday. I rode hwy 100 from Palatka to Lake City, headed North on 441 to the Suwannee River in Fargo, Ga. Took some pics there, which I've got to learn to post, then I continued North on 441.I met a fellow and his wife stopped aside the road with heir Goldwing trike and trailer. I invited them to follow me along and we enjoyed lunch together at to pig-out at the OLD TIME Country Buffett in Douglas, Ga. That was some good-eating at a good price and well worth the 200-mile ride ! I made 2 new friends to boot!
I went from there East through Douglas to catch hwy 158. I caught it South through Folkston and Waycross. Then jumped on Hwy 301 to Hawthorne where I got on Hwy 20 back home. I left at 11:00 a.m and got home around 9:45p.m.
The bike was smooth as silk. Coming off a "piped" Harley Softail to this bike was a world of difference. I had a speeding problem as I usually found myself cruising around 80 m.p.h. What impressed me most was how effortless this bike accelerates when passing cars. I found myself at 100 m.p.h a couple of times while passing. I'm finally getting use to the fairing but am still cussing Honda engineers for making me have to use a key to get into my glove compartment and saddlebags:banghead: I actually stopped at an ACE hardware to get keys made while on this trip. They had no matches.
The slow-speed handling in the parking lots is amazing for such a large bike. I had people stopping and looking at my F6B everywhere I stopped. They never saw anything like it.
My gas mileage was about 39 m.p.g, which I attribute to the challenge of keeping this bike under 80 m.p.h.
The Harley Softail with the RUSH exhaust and Stage 1 kit was like a Sherman tank, you knew it was coming and it made it's presence known a s I rode it. The F6B is the Stealth Bomber. Sleek, silent, and fast.:biggthumpup:
I went from there East through Douglas to catch hwy 158. I caught it South through Folkston and Waycross. Then jumped on Hwy 301 to Hawthorne where I got on Hwy 20 back home. I left at 11:00 a.m and got home around 9:45p.m.
The bike was smooth as silk. Coming off a "piped" Harley Softail to this bike was a world of difference. I had a speeding problem as I usually found myself cruising around 80 m.p.h. What impressed me most was how effortless this bike accelerates when passing cars. I found myself at 100 m.p.h a couple of times while passing. I'm finally getting use to the fairing but am still cussing Honda engineers for making me have to use a key to get into my glove compartment and saddlebags:banghead: I actually stopped at an ACE hardware to get keys made while on this trip. They had no matches.
The slow-speed handling in the parking lots is amazing for such a large bike. I had people stopping and looking at my F6B everywhere I stopped. They never saw anything like it.
My gas mileage was about 39 m.p.g, which I attribute to the challenge of keeping this bike under 80 m.p.h.
The Harley Softail with the RUSH exhaust and Stage 1 kit was like a Sherman tank, you knew it was coming and it made it's presence known a s I rode it. The F6B is the Stealth Bomber. Sleek, silent, and fast.:biggthumpup: