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More & more impressed
Written by lcshepp on 10/5/2010 at 02:27 am

Hi Elden,

> Mostly open interstate with 75 mph limit. I found the PC to be
> absolutely amazing. It seemed to be most happy at 80 mph. It would
> effortlessly run up past 90 during passing drills. I think it could
> have ran all day at 80.

I can confirm that they will. Four years ago, I did a Bun Burner Gold
(1500 miles in 24 hours) on my '90. I ran at 80 mph for 24 hours
stopping only for gas every 2 or 2.5 hours. I got about 40mpg on that trip.

When my '94 was new, I took it my mechanic. He had heard of PCs but had
never seen one before. He knew it was an 800 Shadow engine (out of the
'88 800 Shadow, I think) so I asked him what he expected for longevity
before it would need top end work. He said about 70,000 miles. When I
hit 100,000 we were both shaking our heads. When I hit 200,000 and
still no engine work had been done, our mouths were open. "We're going
for 300,000, right?", he said. I said we were. We didn't make it,
though. About 11,000 miles later the '94 started blowing oil from
somewhere. It was getting on the rear wheel and on the windshields of
cars behind me so I put it in the shop. I have a spare engine waiting
for it. As soon as I get the money, I will finish pulling the plastic
off and John (my mechanic) will replace the motor for me.

PCs are amazing bikes...

Leland

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Leland Sheppard
Placerville, California, USA

...Life is good on the Pacific Coast...

'94 Pacific Coast, "Black Beauty", 211,500 miles
'89 Pacific Coast, "Shadow Dancer", 122,300 miles
'90 Pacific Coast, "Red Baron", 107,975 miles
'96 Pacific Coast/SuperSport sidecar, "Handsome Hannigan", 31,275 miles
'02 Ural Patrol, "Boris Blueanov", 15,282 kilometers
'89 GB500, "Little Bugger", 13,801 miles
'02 GL1800, "Copper", 59,200, '07 Aspen Classic, "Copper's Camper", 2,011 miles
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