Brick, I remember when you and I both had our new 1998 Super Hawks and we rode more than a half hour at the first Mail Pouch Fly By event. Of course, we were a lot younger then. I put VFR bars and a Sargent seat on mine and then put 24,000 fun filled miles on it.
That 100-120 mile range with the stock tank was something that added to the "adventure" of riding that bike. I ran completely out at 120 one time. The funniest story that I recall is when Rick Watts and I were riding back to IL from the T event in Mena. We wanted to get home as fast as possible, so took Interstate 44 most of the way, where we set a pretty fast pace. Of course, we burned fuel at a high rate and stopped about every 100 miles to fill up the Super Hawk. Our last stop was about 50 miles from home, right after we crossed into IL. As we filled up at a gas station, the lady in the next car came over and said "You passed us 3 times on those bikes." :-)
My next bike was a RC51 and it wasn't as comfortable as the SH, but I still managed to ride it to a few events. Not much fun on the highway, but a blast once we got to the twisties. Also it was magic on the Road Atlanta track where I rode it for a couple of Reg Pridmore's CLASS schools. I only put a bit over 5,000 miles on it in the 2 years I owned it. When I later bought my Super Hawk back, it was like an old friend coming home. Great looking, great sounding, beautiful bike that loved to wheelie (yes, I'm still a juvenile in my mind) but I only rode once in a while as I grew older. I finally had to admit that I should let someone else enjoy it as I wasn't riding it much and it sold easily on advrider.com.
Brick and I both have similar tastes in bikes, it seems, as we both went from Super Hawks in our younger days and now each have owned 2 Super Teneres. Much easier on my "senior" body and still lots of fun.
