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Posted by CDNRatMan
- February 21, 2015, 08:40:09 AMSome dimwit in Toronto has decided that the moose hunt is to long so wants to shorten it by a week , well come here and go for a drive at twilight and see what is out there, and they stop you faster then any deer I have met.......or when you hit them.....everything stops....
Posted by greenbarn
- February 21, 2015, 08:14:01 AMQuote from: John Hopkins on February 21, 2015, 07:40:01 AMWe don't have a problem with deer in Wales, but aren't you allowed to shoot them? We aren't allowed to shoot anything, in fact even owning a BB gun can be against the law..No really..
I can't imagine living in a country where you are allowed to shoot deer and not going hunting at least once a week for food.John.
There are strict hunting seasons and bag limits in the states. Each state sets it's own season and limit. For Ohio, the deer season (for guns) is usually 1 week, the week following thanksgiving. Some years, they have increased it to 2 weeks. Depends on perceived deer populations and such. Many states have longer seasons. Some you have to put your name in a lottery to be drawn as they only issue a limited number of permits. Oh, and did I mention that ALWAYS (as far as I know) you have to PAY for the hunting license(s) required to hunt deer???
Posted by John Hopkins
- February 21, 2015, 07:40:01 AMWe don't have a problem with deer in Wales, but aren't you allowed to shoot them? We aren't allowed to shoot anything, in fact even owning a BB gun can be against the law..No really.. We get cows, sheep and horses wandering out on unfenced roads, I've had a few narrow escapes.. Some parts of England and Scotland have problems with Deer, they just burst through the hedges without warning and you don't have a chance to avoid them, The trouble is Britain is very small when you are riding a motorcycle.
I can't imagine living in a country where you are allowed to shoot deer and not going hunting at least once a week for food.
John.
Posted by DC
- February 21, 2015, 00:46:48 AMAround here, the problem is deer.
Posted by Troll
- February 20, 2015, 08:00:02 AMSounds like you live in Iowa, John!
Posted by John Hopkins
- February 19, 2015, 23:42:56 PMWe only have 246,000 miles of roads in Britain so it is not always easy to find a road not already travelled, you have over 3,000,000 miles of roads.. There are only two roads out of my town one north and one south.
John.
Posted by jmbo
- February 19, 2015, 21:13:21 PMi guess it all depends on where you ride. I plan all my trips on the back roads. The more back the roads are the better. Lucky to hit 70 on most of the roads I travel. Anything faster and I'm likely to hit a cow around the next turn.
Posted by John Hopkins
- February 19, 2015, 21:02:12 PM280 miles on a road often travelled can get pretty boring..
1200 miles in 23 hours doesn't allow much time for looking at the view.
But I made a new year resolution to try my best to keep to the speed limits this year.
John.
Posted by Bucko
- February 19, 2015, 20:11:19 PMMe 2!
Posted by DC
- February 19, 2015, 14:13:15 PMI'm not one for going really fast. I like to take my time and enjoy the ride and the views. Basically, I just putt-putt around on my bike.
Posted by John Hopkins
- February 19, 2015, 06:46:59 AMThere is a downside, at 107 mph you only get 90 miles to a 16 litre tank and that top speed drops to 90 mph if you have a strong crosswind.
Our national speed limit is 70 mph so there are not many roads left without speed cameras that you can do that sort of speed for a full tank.
John.
Posted by jmbo
- February 18, 2015, 19:09:25 PM107 mph? Holy crap! If I rode that fast the wind would blow my beard up over my head and I wouldn't be able to see the road.
Posted by John Hopkins
- February 18, 2015, 18:18:08 PMI have had 107 mph from my VN1500, an extra gear could increase that considerably.. Trouble is if they did that nobody would ever want to buy a Harley.
John.
Posted by DC
- February 18, 2015, 14:40:46 PMMy Drifter seems to have more power than gears it could effectively use. There's so much power waiting to be tapped in 5th. It really is begging for a 6th gear.
Posted by jmbo
- February 07, 2015, 18:27:19 PMMy son and I ride together a lot. He has a Harley-Davidson FLHRI Road King. Both he and I have five speeds but on the highway his bike is alway running at a higher RPM than mine. So I checked the torque spec on the two. They are within 3 lbs of each other but the Drifter hits max tourque at. 2800 vs 3400 RPM. I was told the Drifter's top two gears were overdrive. Perhaps that is why I can cruise at a lower engine speed. I'll check that out next.