by fyrftr50 » Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:17 pm
Aside from the rad blowing a half hour into the 2,500+ mile drive, it was a truly awesome experience. I did the trip in a couple weeks, with no A/C, in July/August where temps hit 110. At the time, I had a brother in Denver and another in Chicago so I spent extended times there to break the trip up quite nicely. I'd love to do something like that again but it would have been nice to have a passenger ... WAIT ... I did. lol
I bought my Road Hawk in Phoenix and drove it home to Toronto too a couple years later, but this tiem, Michelle was with me. We ended renting a Uhaul truck and tow dolly because I wasn't totally confidant in the powerplant getting us across the country (I would have risked it on my own, but I had Michelle with me on this trip so ... take no chances). Again, stops in Denver and Chicago to break up the drive. We ended up driving the car home from Chicago, figured I was close enough to home, knew the area from visits etc and the car gave us NO problems for the last 9 hour drive home.
Just makes having these 2 cars that much more special to me, considering the lengths I went to acquire them, and the trips to get them home.
Bryan