A ride around Tampa Bay...

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I left this morning around 9:00 and got back around 5:30. I covered 176 miles and according to
the nifty gas mileage computer... averaged 51.5 mpg. Pretty good. I left the beach and rode up toward Palm Harbor, then headed west on Trinity to US41. Then north on 41 to SR50. West on 50 to US19. Briefly south on US19 to Little Road, then West on 54 to the Harley Dealer in Pt. Ritchie. Needed to buy some Plexus... The Love Bugs are back!!! Then down McMullin Booth road to Tampa road, then out toward the beach. Cruised out on the Dunedin causeway to checkout the sights, than back south towards home. In the middle of this... 2 stops at Starbucks, one stop at a place for lunch, the Harley dealer, and then the gas stop. The more I ride this bike, the happier I am that I made the switch. That 6 speed trans is amazing... the seat is very comfortable... and the bike just feels right. I still don't think it would be a good tourer, but for me around the west part of Florida, it's perfect. Maybe someday I'll bring it up to Georgia to see what it's like in the mountains... but for now, it makes a great local bike here in Fla. Here's some photos including a close up of the Deflector Shield which I just mounted.



The first stop...Java time...



A selfie....



Off the Dunedin Causeway near Honeymoon Island...



I love those twin pipes...



Love Bugs... had to keep the shield closed for obvious reasons...



Downtown Cleawater... I hope Honda brings the rack here soon
before I ruin the seat. I don't know how anyone can get used to
keeping a bag on the seat. You can't swing your leg over it...






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