"Justin Hughes" (justinhughes54)
01/08/2015 at 15:15 • Filed to: Two wheels good
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"Justin Hughes" (justinhughes54)
01/08/2015 at 15:15 • Filed to: Two wheels good | 4
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For the past few years I've written a motorcycle travel blog over on Wordpress, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Maybe some of you Lanesplitter readers would like it.
I had so many scheduling and bike issues last year that my last major trip was a couple of days on a rented Harley in Florida last January. I took some pretty cool trips before that, though, including the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
505Turbeaux
> Justin Hughes
01/08/2015 at 15:22 |
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WHAT you have a PC800 too?
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Justin Hughes
> 505Turbeaux
01/08/2015 at 15:32 |
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I do! But I've lost faith in it last year. See my comment about bike issues and not getting any trips in. Parts are becoming hard to find too. The Honda dealer had to replace the dead coils with used ones because even they couldn't get new. And the bodywork is made of unobtainium.
I like the idea of the PC, but I'm planning to sell it in the spring. Interested?
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505Turbeaux
> Justin Hughes
01/08/2015 at 15:35 |
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ha my coils are fucked too right now which is why I didnt ride it this year. Yours is a later one, I have an 89 in pearl. I might be interested. what are you looking to get out of it?
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Justin Hughes
> 505Turbeaux
01/08/2015 at 15:42 |
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Yep, mine's one of the last ever made. It has a few extra features too - the Givi trunk and frame, obviously.
I hadn't considered a price yet but I guess I should. I paid $3400 for it a bit over 2 years ago. It's in a friend's garage for the winter right now. I rode it there with no problem, but it may need a new battery. Has new Metzlers and a lot of recent work. Left mirror is currently held on with lots of tape because the bolts fell out on the crappy road to Mt. Greylock!
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505Turbeaux
> Justin Hughes
01/08/2015 at 15:43 |
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hmm, well let me know. Now having a girlfriend to ride with me is a little much for my single cylinder pre war BMW
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Justin Hughes
> 505Turbeaux
01/08/2015 at 15:49 |
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Ooo, that Beemer sounds sweet! My girlfriend is quite comfortable on the back of my PC. The top trunk doubles as a padded back rest.
If you throw me a reasonable offer I'll probably take it to save the hassle of Craigslist!
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505Turbeaux
> Justin Hughes
01/08/2015 at 15:58 |
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ok well the weather sucks for even thinking of another bike right now but lets get in touch off oppo and set something up, you on facebook?
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Justin Hughes
> 505Turbeaux
01/08/2015 at 16:06 |
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I am - feel free to look me up. You can figure out which Justin I am by looking for some of my Oppo articles shared publicly there.
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505Turbeaux
> Justin Hughes
01/08/2015 at 16:10 |
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your profile pic you in front of a mountain?
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Justin Hughes
> 505Turbeaux
01/08/2015 at 16:18 |
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No, I'm dipping a knee and looking through the turn on playground equipment.
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505Turbeaux
> Justin Hughes
01/08/2015 at 16:21 |
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haha BOOM found you then. Welcome to the weird world of 505
JEM
> Justin Hughes
01/08/2015 at 17:51 |
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Neat blog! I didn't realize you were so close to where I am. As for commuting on a bike, I started doing it this summer, between Worcester and Waltham. Honestly, it's not as bad as you think.
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Justin Hughes
> JEM
01/08/2015 at 17:58 |
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It's all about where you commute and what roads you take. The idiots I contend with every day in Franatickham are insane. But I may try it again on the Marauder I'm picking up in the spring, maybe when school traffic isn't adding to the madness.
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JEM
> Justin Hughes
01/08/2015 at 20:14 |
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For me the worst of it is stop and go traffic on the pike and I-95. Especially when it's 90 out in the summer.