I had a front flat on a gravel road once with a girl on back. Luckily i got it stopped without spilling her off.

The Mrs. and I when we first got married did two weeks on my 72 BMW R60/5 from Lafayette, to detroit, toronto, montreal, quebec city, bay of funday, down through Maine and that area, boston and up into New Hampshire. Then home. We did 4000 miles in two weeks I believe. No mechanical difficulties, but wore my brand new continental rear tire right out.

We almost got nailed by a semi switching lanes on the freeway but I managed to back off and squeeze to the left edge of the pavements.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.