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[FR8TRN]

FR8TRN,
Sounds like we have something in common. [smiley=nixweiss.gif] On my trip back from Sturgis I did this, and I now have the nickname of "Sleepy" from the group of guys I rode out there with. All it takes is one time doing this, and wake up drifting into another lane w/a car in it. Only thing that comes to mind to describe this is an old saying I've heard.....

"Shaking like a dog chitting razor blades." [smiley=nervous.gif]

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Ride Safe,
Fired00d
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Yeah I did it on a x-country trip back in '03, scared the bageezus outta me.  Now I blink too many times in a row and I'm lookin to pull over.  I can certainly relate to the dog shakin...... [smiley=nervous.gif]

[ultrafxr]

.....and DON'T fall asleep at the bars (uhhh, handlebars), it's scarey as hell wakin up at 75mph......that is something you'll only do ONCE.....and hopefully live to type about it.

For sure.  Had to haul it back on the slab from LA a few years back and got zoned out real bad.  Thankfully my Bushtec's left fender clipped one of the orange traffic cones in the construction zone and that woke me up.  Otherwise, who knows what might have happened.  Scared the chit outa me for sure.

[spydglide]

yeah, you guys woulda been on the 'Live To Die' website, all knarly and grossed out.  My worse time to stay awake is on a super-slab in the early afternoon sun, especially if I stop and eat the way SpiderMan was talking about.  Something about the 'pounding' rhythm of the 75 to 85 mph monotone, the warmth of the sun, and the fatigue.  Not a health scenario.  [smiley=nervous.gif] aaarrgh.  spyder

[ultrafxr]

yeah, you guys woulda been on the 'Live To Die' website, all knarly and grossed out.  My worse time to stay awake is on a super-slab in the early afternoon sun, especially if I stop and eat the way SpiderMan was talking about.  Something about the 'pounding' rhythm of the 75 to 85 mph monotone, the warmth of the sun, and the fatigue.  Not a health scenario.  [smiley=nervous.gif] aaarrgh.  spyder

Were you riding with me?  That's exactly what happened.  Only difference is that I had not eaten a big lunch - too darn hot.  But that rhythm really lulls you to sleep doesn't it. That is one of the many reasons I do not like the super-slab but sometimes you gotta do it.