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First Ride on my 96 Pacific coast
Written by skyeenter on 3/11/2012 at 04:07 pm

Ben, welcome to the the joys of riding your PC. But I gave you get an F for run
on sentence. I tried reading but gave up after about ten lines. Sorry.

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "ben.zeppa" <ben.zeppa@...> wrote:
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> I am sure that what I say here is not going to surprise any of the
> readers that lurk on this board. I am in essense, "preaching to the
> choir". I did a lot of research before I bought my PC and poured over
> many varied opinions. I am amazed that two riders can ride the same bike
> and sometimes come up with completely different findings. For anyone out
> there that is on the fence and looking for information, here is my two
> cents. I have been a motorcyclist for fifty-two years and have probably
> owned more than thirty motorcycles in that time. I have owned bikes as
> little as a Z50 and as large as an 1800 Goldwing. So, for anyone that
> cares, here is my two cents.I will "cut to the chase". The PC800
> surpassed all of my expectations, and was only wanting in a few
> instances. Those things that impressed me were:It feels like a
> mini-wing. That is good for me because I have owned four Goldwings and
> believe me, they are nice bikes. The PC has a Goldwings protection from
> the wind, low seat height, those great mirrors, and a very quiet
> environment to ride in. With a few mods I believe that I could ride
> many, many, miles on my PC, in comfort, and protected from the elements.
> I had heard that the Dunlops were a little squirrely and tended to
> follow grooves in the pavement. Actually they behaved quite well. In the
> 140 some miles that I traveled today toward the end I was actually
> looking for imperfections in the road to see if I could get those
> Dunlops to dance! They were very well behaved and I would not hesitate
> to put them on the PC again. One thing that I might mention is the fact
> that I usually always run tire pressures higher than what is suggested
> from the factory. Today I ran 35 front and 40 in the rear. The only time
> that I would use lower tire pressures would be when I am running on a
> track. On the street all my tires are run using higher than suggested
> tire pressures. I can't believe it, I actually have STORAGE SPACE! And
> lot's of it. That flip up tail section is the bomb.I tried to find that,
> air pressure thing hitting me in the back, but it was not present from 0
> MPH to around 80 MPH. I bought my PC with a Rifle windscreen on it but I
> don't know what length it is. Maybe that makes a difference. Some folks
> did not like the transmission operation. I guess that I am fat, dumb,
> and happy. The transmission, although not silky smooth, would shift
> pretty good if you were very observant of the RPMs when you made your
> upshift/downshift. Oil leaks? I got no stinking oil leaks. The first
> thing that I did when I got home is, I put down paper towels under the
> bike so I could see any drips that might make it to the ground. It's
> been three hours now, and no spots.There are a lot more things that made
> me feel glad that I purchased a PC, I just can't seem to remember them
> though. It may be the fact that I am 69 and my short term memory is
> really, really, short.I can remember those things that I told myself,
> self, it would be a good idea to try to do some mods to change this
> characteristic of this bike. The most glaring need, as far as I am
> concerned, is the need to stop my PC in a shorter distance. The braking
> system is OK in normal every day riding, but is not good enough in an
> emergency situation, IMHO. I am five miles from my house coming back
> from my ride. I am in dense traffic in the city doing about 45-50 MPH on
> a city street. A newer SUV is in front of me and I am probably a little
> closer to his rear end than I should be. We near a traffic light and the
> light turns yellow, at this point the SUV in front of me gives me what I
> call, "a brake check". This intersection has a red light camera and I am
> sure that he thought that he did not have enough time to clear the
> intersection before the red light camera took his picture. His ABS is
> working hard, but not as hard as I am trying my best to not become an
> ornament on his rear bumper. He stopped eight feet into the intersection
> and I stopped near his passenger door between the two lanes. If I had
> not altered my angle when I tried to stop, I would have clearly ran into
> the back of the SUV. So what does this prove? It proves that in an
> emergency situation, his SUV, with ABS, could stop faster than my PC. I
> am going to work on this problem. Maybe better lines, bigger disks,
> improved calipers, there must be something. The stock seat? Does not
> seem to work very well for me. Maybe Corbin, Mr. Wog, I can fix that.A
> little more power would be nice but I think that I will just have to
> live in the 4-6K RPM range. That's about it. It is a much better bike
> than I had expected and I will probably own this bike until I die or
> can't ride a two wheeler.
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