I don't know if you got a Radio on your Bike?? I never had... just the wind and the songs in my head... these were a couple Favs that always popped up.. the second one usually because it was raining or starting to and I was already committed to the Ride!!!
TRAVELIN’ MAN
Up with the sun, gone with the wind,
She always said I was lazy.
Leavin’ my home, leavin’ my friends,
Runnin’ when things get too crazy.
Out on thr road, out ’neath the stars,
Feelin’ the breeze, passin’ the cars.
Women have come, women have gone,
Everyone tryin’ to cage me.
Some were so sweet, I barely got free,
Others, they only enraged me.
Sometimes at night, I see their faces,
I feel the traces they left on my soul.
Those are the memories that made me a wealthy soul.
Travelin’ man, love when I can,
Turn loose my hand ’cause I’m goin’.
Travelin’ man, catch if you can,
But sooner or lare I’m goin’.
Travelin’ man ... travelin’ man, yes I am.
Sometimes at night, I see their faces,
I feel the traces they left on my soul.
These are the memories that made me a wealthy soul.
These are the memories that made me a wealthy soul.
TURN THE PAGE
On a long and lonesome highway, east of omaha.
You can listen to the engine moaning out it’s one lone song
You can think about woman, or the girl you knew the night before,
But your thoughts will soon be wandering, the way they always do.
When your riding sixteen hours and there’s nothing much to do
And you don’t feel much like riding, you just wish the trip was through.
Say, here I am, on the road again. there I am, up on the stage.
Here I go, playing star again.
There I go, turn the page.
Well you walk into a restaurant, strung out from the road,
You can feel the eyes upon you as your shaking off the cold
You pretend it doesn’t bother you, but you just want to explode.
Most times you can’t hear em talk, other times you can.
Oh the same old cliche, as that woman on her a man
You always see my number, you don’t dare make a stand.
Here I am, on the road again. there I am, up on the stage.
Here I go, playing star again.
There I go, turn the page.
Out there in the spotlight your a million miles away,
Every ounce of energy, you try and give away,
As the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play.
Later in the evening as you lie awake in bed,
With the echo from the amplifiers ringing in your head,
You smoke the days last cigarette, remembering what she said.
Now here I am, on the road again. there I am, up on the stage.
Here I go, playing star again.
There I go, turn the page.
Here I am, on the road again. there I am, up on the stage.
Ah here I go, playing star again.
There I go, there I go.
Thom, You sound like you've made the best plans... no phones... no schedule...no point to point check in advance... I did a trip like that back in 1996.. 3,600 miles round trip... the only problem was I had my ex wife on the back.... and she was always trying to change the plans or make a set destination.. and every frickin time we stopped somewhere's, she had to buy a pair of frikin shoes and a T-Shirt... we ended up stopping off someplace in South Dakota to mail most her purchases home LOL
When we made it to Montana and I seen the no speed limit signs, I opened the bike up and let it eat.. I got bruises on my ribs from her (ex) jabbing me screaming slow down, slow down this thing has to get us home!!! Simple.. it got us out here, it will get us home now STFU before I put yer azz on a plane and I finish the vacation myself... 13 days on the road and 3,600 round trip...
if you don't have fuel injection and your getting up in high altitudes.. run the cheaper Octain fuel... high octain knocks down your performance on the motor and also runs raw fuel out the pipes 87 or less will work just fine...
I used to shove 1700-1800 miles in a 3 day weekend camping off in the woods from Interstates LOL... MRE's and bottled water!!!
Good Luck and Have a Safe Trip!!!!
Hog
