EKHKHK56 wrote:I have had great success with AVON Speedmasters, but I don't ride `hard`. Roads in Alaska are not the best. They have a good feel. The AVONs hold up well on dirt, gravel, snow or asphalt. Used to ride up until Halloween on a Paughco hardtail 55KHK, -20F, never took a spill. Erik
Erik, I really like the "never took a spill" part. My 62-year-old butt is not as "hard-asssed" as it used to be. I have only taken two motorcycle spills in my life.
My first wreck was in 1972 or 1973 on my 1960 FL with a bald rear tire - I tried to make a quick U-turn, and slid out badly. I whacked my head on the curb, passed out, and woke up a couple minutes later to find my bike in flames. I awoke, and quickly blew out the flames and then passed out again from hyper-venilatiion.
My second wreck was about a year later, in 1973, when I was driving a gravel road, and my Panhead clutch lever-to-mousetrap cable broke. No problem - I just used the mousetrap as a clutch lever, until I reached a gravel T-intersection...
Whoops - I forgot - In the mid-1980's. I was driving down Interstate 270 at 70 mph on my 1937 Knucklehead when the sleeve of my leather jacket came undone from the tie-downs, and jammed my chain/rear sprocket. The rear wheel locked rather quickly. I skidded and ended up in a deep ditch on the side of the Interstate. I laid the bike over and rotated the wheel backwards, and withdrew the offending sleeve. Problem solved. I drove out of the ditch and went on my way. Not sure if this counts as a "spill".
No more accidents for the last 35 years, - and I'm trying to keep it that way.
DaveH