At the laundramat...waiting for the jeans to dry...still dreaming about touring...

Found this on a blog done by an artist who saw a goofy lanky guy on a Honda 350. a quick sketch she did by memory....scary how much that could be a younger me....

Here it is, the perfectly streamlined touring bike....ummm, not practical, without air conditioning and a helper at stop signs...(NSU streamliner...a 125, I believe...)

Craig Vetter (The touring fairing guy and designer of that cool triple...Do I remember that he got over 100 MPG on this bike...? I'll have to re-Google that. He actually achieved 125 with this bike.

Craig Vetter site<------------Click here for info on Vetter

Dan Gurney's 710cc  'Gator', How low can you go? Interesting, but at $35,000 a copy ...out of my price range. The new model is powered by an S&S motor. Gotta wonder about visibility straight ahead. This thing is quicker off the line than a lot of sport bikes and handles corners like a racer...they say. My parents used to watch guys like Gurney racing on dirt tracks in Southern California...I was still in diapers, so don't really remember it...

Dan Gurney site<--------click here for Dan Gurney's site

Back to that new Honda, I should have bought last year, the prices have gone up...

I like the new Cruise-tourer model, but the pegs and handlebar configuration aren't the way I'd prefer them.... 

I mocked up a hybrid using the 'Paint' program on this computer...this is the tourer with the rearward mounted pegs and lower bars of the adventure model...I'm not a big fan of 'feet-forward'...probably has something to do with the fact that I was weened on 'Scramblers'...and used to do a lot of wheelies, not that I would do any wheelies on a tourer...not on purpose anyway.

...or go with the 'Adventure model and slap some aluminum panniers on it....another crude paint rendering....

Time to fold laundry.....