5500 miles thanks to EPF and MPH Cycles

[st. augustine]

Left St. Augustine FL and made it as far as the west side of Arizona. Me on the Scura and my daughter on her S4Rs left around a month or so ago. Headed out of here to Dallas, TX first off. Met Triple T just outside of Ft. Worth. Talk about a bike that should be one of the Pic of the month awards, Triple T has the one. We later headed over to Albuquerque, NM where camping in the tent made some cool mornings. We stayed close to the Camino Real for around a week, met a great guy in Lemitar NM that specializes in 1949 to 1951 Indians. He turned me on to a guy in Bayfield, CO who specializes in other models (I am looking for a mid 30's Indian Four..which was my dad's first bike). So we headed up to Durango via Chaco Canyon (the dirt road made a most interesting ride for the goose, the duc sliced through it like butter...I know she can ride). We rode into Mesa Verde, then over to Valley of the Gods, Utah in what seemed like winter weather. Then on to Mexican Hat, Monument Valley, the Grand Canyon, and on to Prescott, AZ, where the good chaps of Encore Performance (http://www.epfguzzi.com) serviced up the bike (they filled 'er up with oil and checked the gas). After contemplating whether to head over to Joshua Tree, CA, we decided it was time to head east. After spending the night in Tombstone, AZ, we headed along the border to Las Cruces, NM. Guess what, ain't no gas stations for 200+ miles. Luckily, the MinuteMen were handy in Hachita NM and really willing to help (starting off speaking spanish was fun!). So we gased up and gave a well deserved donation and headed further east. Later headed down to Barbarosa country (Big Bend, TX) and camped out in Terlingua. The road from Presidio to Lacinta is all they say it is, awesome turns. Then we headed off to San Antoin for some well deserved time in a hotel on the river walk. Later made it over to Houston where MPH did a bang up job adjusting the valves, etc. Later on to Alabama, then the all day ride across northern Florida. Got to admit that as much crap interstate riding gets, it sure was nice hanging out with the 90+ miler per hour gangs on that long last day.

[belfastguzzi]

Must have been pretty AMAZING.

[Guzzirider]

Sounds like a great trip- I got the opportunity to ride some of those roads in the summer and loved the rocks and scenery.

 

How did your daughter get on with fuel range in the more remote parts?

 

The fuel light comes on at 85 miles on my S4Rs, and then I only have 2.5 litres left.

 

Guy

[st. augustine]

not sure about the conversion, Guy, but the first time the fuel light turned on it was around 115 miles. We filled up the tank at that point and figured she had a gallon of gas left in the tank. That equates to another 40 miles or so. We pretty much traveled at 80 mph during the whole trip.

 

In any event, we we adjusted our range to anytime we got over 100 miles, we looked for the next station. In comparison, every time I filled the guzzi, her tank took about the same amount of fuel. It was pretty close.