Subject: Quick trip
Author: John Boettcher
Date: Jun 13, 2003, 2:06 PM
Post ID: 1713380633
I had a buddy email me saying he needed a rear drive for his Guzzi which
I happened to have. He said he'd swap an Eldo motor for it (sans heads)
I left work yesterday at 3:30pm out of Richmond, IL on the raT-3,
slabbed it hard and was at his house south of Council Bluffs, IA by
11pm. A smidgen over 500 miles. I unloaded the rear drive and mounted
the Guzzi motor on a temporary rack mounted behind the solo seat. 7
bungee cords later and all was secure. They put me up for the night and
I was back on the road by 6am. This time it was US34 east to Iowa 14
north to Iowa 92 east. All nice through there. Then Iowa 1 through Iowa
City and up to Iowa 64 which goes into US52 near the IL border. The
Savannah, IL area looked great. I took US 52 east until it curved south
and ended up on an eastbound farm road. Went north and west on several
roads, a few scenic and a few long and straight but still better than
the freeway the night before. Cut through Rockford slowly because of
traffic and took the McHenry county backroads that I know by heart to
put me back in Wonder Lake, IL. Mileage was almost identical. I was back
by 3:15pm so a tad over 1000 miles in the last 24 hrs.
Here's a couple of pics of my twin engined T-3
http://groups.msn.com/JohnBoettcher/heavyload.msnw?Page=Last
If that doesn't work go here and click on heavy load
http://groups.msn.com/JohnBoettcher/shoebox.msnw
JB