- Joined
- Apr 5, 2002
- Location
- San Jose, bottom of dirty 130
- Moto(s)
- ‘18 Alta EX006, ‘17 Alta MX019, 06R6, 05TM530, 01TM250 2T, ‘24 Yam Tenere 700, Lightning Spark
- Name
- Butch
- BARF perks
- AMA #: 1093637
from Philip’s Alta website: https://altaownersforum.com/threads...-midnight-ride-under-the-stars.283/#post-3616
"...We finally arrived home (with the new bike) at midnight. I decide to take the bike for a test ride in the yard. My wife and daughter go into the house, and I start riding around our property (just over 4 acres) with several passes close to our bedroom. It was one of those rare cool Ohio skies in which you could see a ton of stars and the bands of the Milky Way, a great riding experience! I rode in modes 1 & 2 for a half hour, put the bike away, and went inside to see how noisy the bike was. They were asleep. The next morning, my wife asked if I really rode that late at night, which I did.
A couple of days later, I was riding in my yard when I noticed my neighbor mowing his yard. He stopped his zero turn and watched me for a while, then he waved me over to his property. "What the (blank) is that?" he asked. I told him it was an electric bike, and asked if the noise bothered him. "I can't here a thing!", he said. Anyway, he invited me to ride the trails in the back woods of his property, due to the quietness of the bike. Less sound does equal more ground!"
"...We finally arrived home (with the new bike) at midnight. I decide to take the bike for a test ride in the yard. My wife and daughter go into the house, and I start riding around our property (just over 4 acres) with several passes close to our bedroom. It was one of those rare cool Ohio skies in which you could see a ton of stars and the bands of the Milky Way, a great riding experience! I rode in modes 1 & 2 for a half hour, put the bike away, and went inside to see how noisy the bike was. They were asleep. The next morning, my wife asked if I really rode that late at night, which I did.
A couple of days later, I was riding in my yard when I noticed my neighbor mowing his yard. He stopped his zero turn and watched me for a while, then he waved me over to his property. "What the (blank) is that?" he asked. I told him it was an electric bike, and asked if the noise bothered him. "I can't here a thing!", he said. Anyway, he invited me to ride the trails in the back woods of his property, due to the quietness of the bike. Less sound does equal more ground!"
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