Comments on: Laughlin River Run 2007; A Spur of the Moment Thing!

By: Derick Jones

Derick Jones — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:31:24 +0000

Norm, if I were left in that situation, I would probably used paper towels too. Water over the gas spill..got to remember that one. Awesome post as always. I always walk away from your blog, with something new. Love to learn new stuff out here. Brilliant.

By: Norman Gregory Fernandez

Norman Gregory Fernandez — Mon, 14 May 2007 07:13:04 +0000

You got it Mike. Email me your address and I will send one out!

Norm

By: Norman Gregory Fernandez

Norman Gregory Fernandez — Fri, 04 May 2007 04:57:51 +0000

Actually the comment about money is an interesting one. While I was in the desert my Visa/ATM/Check card stopped working. My bank has anti-fraud measures in place for their cards so that when they see too many transactions in a short amount of time out of your area, they will cut your card off for my protection, (ya right)and their protection.

What I will normally do is call them to let them know I am taking a motorcycle trip so that they will not cut my card off. On this trip, I forgot and on Sunday night they cut my card off in the middle of the desert! I don't use Credit Cards because they are a rip-off. Luckily, I had plenty of cash on me otherwise I would have been screwed until the bank re-opened on Monday morning!

All bikers should have plenty of cash on them when traveling through the desert or in the middle of no where. All bikers should have some kind of road side protection plan such as AAA to protect them if they break down. This will be the subject of an upcoming article!

Norm

By: Norman Gregory Fernandez

Norman Gregory Fernandez — Wed, 02 May 2007 06:17:47 +0000

Sounds good. I remember the rally as the 4 corners rally! Oh well. No event is a Harley only event. I have never heard of someone on a metric cruiser being turned away at any rally. I saw Metrics at the 100 year Harley Anniversary run!

Don't worry about it. I will let you know when we are riding out. I may be doing a cross country run this summer :)

Norm

By: Norman Gregory Fernandez

Norman Gregory Fernandez — Wed, 02 May 2007 01:31:28 +0000

One of my friends turned me on to a product called Nu Finish Scratch doctor

http://www.nufinish.com/products.html#

He said this will do the trick. We will see!

Norm

By: Biker Betty

Biker Betty — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

What a great ride you both had. I enjoyed reading all about it. Bummer about the gas tank. I think most of us have learned about this the hard way. No good suggestions on how to rub out the micro scratches. I do use Pro Honda Spray Cleaner and Polish and it takes out about 1/2 the scratches, if not more. We use it to polish and clean our bikes. It took tar off my pipes that I thought would never come off. It also took off burnt synthetic fibers when I stupidly tried to wipe my pipes down after riding in the rain. Of course, took a few applications and elbow grease on both counts. We buy it at our local motorcycle store in town. Let us know if you find anything that works better.

By: Biker Betty

Biker Betty — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I'd be very interested in how it works. Let me know. That would be fun if we are able to meet when you come out for Thunder in the Rockies. For some reason I was thinking Thunder in the Rockies is a H/D event only, but I couldn't see anything about it on the official website. But that doesn't matter anyway. We will have to keep in touch about that.

I'm glad I found your blog. You have a lot of great info.

Biker Betty :)

By: sandie[Member}

sandie[Member} — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

What a nice trip. Glad you had enough money to get home!!! Ha! I did not know that gasoline was a paint thinner. I love reading your articles as I always learn something new.

By: Michael Odom

Michael Odom — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Great article Norm.

I want a hat : )