"... I fear taking a long ride on the Parkway in case I need to call for the trailer." BRW Well,
Br. Blue, you just might be worrying too much about the ability of your Bullet. Case in point: Last Saturday Perla and I were up against 6 multiple-cylindered, large capacity, 600 lbs., at minimum, bikes, as we left Roswell, GA for the twisty mountains north of us. The Captain ran a Screaming Eagled-out-the-wazoo HD Duece; he was followed by a Victory, a Yamaha sport tourer, a 1500cc Kawi Nomad, an 1800cc Honda VTX, a 1300cc Yamaha Star and, running Sweep a proud 500cc RE Sixty-5 --
Miss Perla. Although we took nothing but two-laners, there were plenty of straight aways where those other 6 boys ran up their big girls to 75 mph. Perla and I stayed up with them with my knees tucked in very close to -- it seemed, at times, inside -- the tank and my chest on -- it seemed, at times, in -- the tank and my butt off the solo seat and on the rear fender! The other 6
compadres marveled at that little bike that stuck to them like glue! Our fun came in the up-the-mounains and down-the-mountains curves and comebacks, of which were more, more than plenty! Perla and I laughed at the 6 big ladies ahead of us whose pace suddenly became very moderate, as they were forced to parade in what seemed the
red light district (for all those brake lights that stayed on more than off). As it turned out, little Perla was pushing her front K71 Dunlop up the wide rear ends of these 6 big ladies.
With all the appropriate stops -- coffee, sight seeing, stretching, eating and gassing up -- we ran from approximately 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM for about 230 miles (R/T). Perla, thanks to God, ran like the trooper she is without a single complaint. She did give me a terrific wink and a smile, as we pulled back into the garage, and said:
Papa, that was one HELLUVA run... WOWZAA!!! In closing,
Br. Blue, it is entirely up to you to run your Bullet for 20 or 200 miles. Nonetheless, I encourage you to trust your lady and your star a bit more and to have fun while doing it!!!