Dec 19, 2008, ©Copyright 2008, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.
From a press release issued by American Honda:
Torrance, CA: American Honda announced today that the 2008 Honda Hoot will bring to a close 15 years of what has been one of the most successful motorcycle rallies in history. Over the years, almost a quarter of a million guests attended the Honda Hoot which was born in the hills of Ashville North Carolina and eventually moved to Knoxville, Tennessee. At the first event, a little over 3000 attendees enjoyed what would grow to become one of the largest rallies in North America
The Hoot set new precedence for what a motorcycle rally should be, offering not only wonderful opportunity to test ride new products but also focusing on family fun and growing the industry from the ground up. Based on the current economic crunch which may have significant impact on our customers during 2009, American Honda will take this time to seek out new and innovative ways to engage with our customers so that we can continue to ride together.
American Honda extends our deepest gratitude to the more than 1300 volunteers who helped make the Honda Hoot a success and to all our event sponsors, to our two host cities, Knoxville, TN and Asheville, NC, and especially to all the good people who helped make the Hoot such a great event.
V-Strom 1000
Another object of my moto-lust. I won't be sure until I take one for a test drive, however.
Read more about it.
Why do YOU ride?
I've collected a bunch of responses to the question: "Why do you ride" and I've incorporated these responses into the head of this blog.
THE ATGATT RAT
WHY DO YOU RIDE? BECAUSE I CAN. BECAUSE I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. IF I HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU, YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND. BASIC TRANSPORTATION. I LOVE THE FEEL OF MY KNEES IN THE BREEZE. IT'S THE CLOSEST THING TO FLYING WHILE YOU'RE STILL ON THE GROUND. BECAUSE IT MAKES ME FEEL ALIVE. BECAUSE IT'S DANGEROUS. BECAUSE IT'S FUN. BECAUSE IT SAVES ME MONEY ON GAS. BECAUSE IT'S COOL. BECAUSE MOTORCYCLES SAVED MY LIFE
I would love to have more responses to include. Add yours as a comment to this blog post.
Underwhelming Gerbing
I bought a Gerbing heated jacket and temp controller online.
Took it out for a 15 mile run, including some highway running, at about 33 degrees.
I would have to say that I'm underwhelmed with the gear. If I use my imagination, I can *imagine* that it's warmer on FULL HEAT than when it's off.
I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong.
a. The heated jacket liner might be too loose.
b. There might be too much leakage of air through my leather jacket. It has a thinsulate liner, but I'm sure there are better sealed garmetns against the wind.
c. Could it be too weak a battery or too weak an alternator?
I expected FULL HEAT to be too much when sitting at a stop light. It was barely noticeable.
At the end of the ride the jacket liner was body temperature ... no warmer.
Took it out for a 15 mile run, including some highway running, at about 33 degrees.
I would have to say that I'm underwhelmed with the gear. If I use my imagination, I can *imagine* that it's warmer on FULL HEAT than when it's off.
I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong.
a. The heated jacket liner might be too loose.
b. There might be too much leakage of air through my leather jacket. It has a thinsulate liner, but I'm sure there are better sealed garmetns against the wind.
c. Could it be too weak a battery or too weak an alternator?
I expected FULL HEAT to be too much when sitting at a stop light. It was barely noticeable.
At the end of the ride the jacket liner was body temperature ... no warmer.
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