Edbo

For sure the prettiest color of them all, and your right about that pillow seat. Have fun on your new toy.

I would use use at least a 20 gauge so that your roof screws will have some meat to hold to. 18 gauge would be even better

If if your going to use hats channel then 30 gauge will work and it is more forgiving as making the radius. on the sides I would recommend running metal horizontal from the ground up and over that sharp turn on the sides at the top then put my metal roof on and let it hang over that sort of like a soffit.

Im in commercial construction here in Alabama and I’ve seen this done before. You can do it one of two ways. One is to put what they call Hats channel running the length of the building screwed to the persons that are there about every 2ft, it’s light and doesn’t add much weight then you can put metal on top of that and yes it will bend to fit that curve. Will have to do run it different at the very top of the side walls but can make it work. The other way is to run your metal with the ribs running horizontal, start at the bottom and work your way up so that the water runs down from over the other. You will need to use 28 gauge metal to span that 6’ or you can run the Hats channel under it for support.

My my wife and I visit gulf shores often. Used to own condo there before a hurricane wiped it off the beach. One place to eat is called Bahama Bobs, take a right at the tee where the hang out is about a mile on the left. Small place but food is excellent. Another place but is expensive is called Louisiana Lagnapie, Very up scale but food is great. If your in Pensacola area in evening you must eat at this placed called Maquire’s it’s an iris pub with some of the best food and an unusual atmosphere. Again an experience you will always remember. Visiting the naval museum is a very memorable time that you will never forget, try to put that into schedule. If you would like you can go out to Fort Morgan and catch the ferry over mobile bay to dauphin island, that’s a fun trip. There may be more things I think of if so I’ll let you know. Please let us know what adventures you go on for others that may want to visit the most beautiful beach’s.

Thank you you for the time you took to answer these questions. I hope it helps others to see this because what you said about everybody has a different riding style but this gives us an idea of what the bike would be like for passenger. You where very helpful to me and my bride in what you shared. Thank you Tip and Cowpuc for the valuable insight you give to the riding community not only with this topic but also just to be able to see the country with your videos while you travel. Thank you again for sharing this with us.

Some some questions that would help is, how hard/easy is it to get on or off of, do you feel enclosed or is there ample room to slid around a little in your seat, how far away are you from your riding buddy, is the seat comfortable, or is it hard, can you see over your riding buddy's head or do you have to look around him to see, can you sit back and relax, did you feel heat from the engine. That's all I can think of right now. Thanks for the info that you will be providing.

What did Tip think of the ride, was it comfortable, did she have plenty of room? Just some thoughts from the brides perspective please.

Here is a interesting read on the new Venture you might be interested in. http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/2018-yamaha-star-venture-first-look-review I thought it interesting about the engine oil cooler that is built into the frame. I wonder how well that works to keep engine heat down.

Edbo - I have NO idea how I missed this but I did!! I have been looking and searching - trying to figure out where we were when we found those border towns meeting each other - Maccaysville and Copper Hill! It was SOOOOO awesome up there.. Anyway - doing a little research here trying to find a picture about Sturgis to share with another member who was just talking about riding a Canyon out in Sturgis and BINGO - I discover your post,,, checked it out and guess what? Looks like YOU NAILED IT BROTHER!! THANK YOU!! Tip and I were talking about maybe swinging down that way very very soon - perhaps as soon as this summer on our way west!! That is some AWESOME riding down there in that area - definitely out classes The Dragon IMHO.. Anyway,, thanks again Edbo Now back to looking for those photos.. Puc i thought about this several times why you didn't respond I thought maybe this wasn't the area you were talking about. Glad I could help out. I really enjoy reading about your trips and hope someday I can ride out west and enjoy Gods country, but right now I'm enjoying gods country here in the south. North Georgia and North Carolina have some great roads to ride but Tennessee and south Kentucky has some great roads also to ride. If your ever coming back down into Tennessee let me know I know of a road that I have rode several times and still yet to meet a motorcycle on it. I hope no one finds it but I will let you in on the little secret. It's definitely way more fun than the dragon IMHO. Glad your feeling better, get out and ride that will put a smile on your face and heal your body and soul.

There is an APP that's called Glympse that you can send someone your current location and also they can follow your travels down the road for a set time limit . Very usefull when out and about and trying to meet up with someone. They can see exactly where your at and at what speed your traveling.

I'm not on face book myself but I wanted to responded to this thread by saying, when I get a ride together with my riding friends I always remind them that there is to be no "complaining" and no talking "politics". All my friends are of them same opinion about politics but it just seems that it gets everyone so riled up that it makes my blood pressure go up so I make that rule so we can focus on the reason we are here together. That it is for the RIDE, the scenery, the wind in the face and the good times we have as friends. Some times along the way I might have to remind them of the rules. But it's all in good fun and so far we've never had anyone get mad. I feel I have good friends to ride with, just like here on this site there are good friends to bond with even though I may not meet anyone in person it's still home here on this site. Thanks to all that post and bring joy to so many others. And remember we are here for the RIDE.

I just go go to the weather page like intellicast or weather bug and type in the city and look at the 10 day forecast for that area.

I was in that area just this past weekend, doing what I call the water fall ride. Saw some great falls and the weather was already getting cooler there compared to down here in Alabama. Hope you have a great time on your adventure.

Now that would have been a funny sight to see. If I could go fast enough I might could have flown back home.