I became increasingly uncomfortable in this setting, not because of being a hater but because of not wanting the wrong signals to be broadcast to those “cruising” the parking lot. I stayed all of about 10 minutes there before moving on. I use to drive this route when I worked in Bartlesville but never on a motorcycle. I was curious to retrace the path of Killers of a Flower Moon country on my two-wheeled steed.

With a release date of May 2, 2022, Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is directed by Sam Raimi and written by Michael Waldron. Benedict Cumberbatch makes a returning appearance as Dr. Strange and is by all accounts, the “face” of Dr. Strange, as the movie-going public knows him, since the 2016 origin film.

The difference in horsepower between the 2002 1600 and the 2004 1700 is 22.17 with the 1700 averaging 84.3 hp @ 4400 rpm and the 1600 around 62.13 HP @ 4000 rpm. So, the differences are there but they do not seem to be as definitive as first perceived.

Okay, so the reason for this post is to be able to say I took my bike to Roaring River and back (approximately 240 miles) and get some idea of how it does on longer trips. The thing did awesomely! The only issue I had was the connection on the battery loosened up on the ride and started giving me fits when I got back to Langley to get gas. One other interesting aside is that my right saddlebag latch became disengaged on the way back and found out that the entire locking mechanism had been somehow ripped out of the side. Yeah, weird.

I am not a motorcycle mechanic by any means, but when my Midnight Star's front cylinder decided to puke up a piston and leave me stranded alongside the turnpike in northeast Oklahoma, I determined it was time to swap the damaged engine for a '99 eBay motor I lovingly rebuilt with my own two thumbs. Now the bike runs stronger and has more power than when I originally bought it and that makes me very, very happy!