Interesting trip!

We took the Barth down to Watkins Glen for a weekend track event as the maiden run for the season. I go through the same cycle each year – fear of what has to be fixed when I get it out of its winter coma. Then I give it the once over and find that everything still works and only very minor things need fixin’ – this year it was a small air leak and one bolt holding up the generator exhaust. The last part of the ritual is driving it and once again realizing what a nice piece of work these things are!

We parked next to my friends 70’s rig (small inexpensive brand Y – its not nice enough to even call a brand X!). When I leveled mine it looked odd because his was so far out of level (ground not even close to flat).

With the weather report getting pretty bad for Sunday we decided to return on Saturday after the track closed. I knew the weather was not ‘optimal’ but I was quite surprised by the excellent drivability of the Barth with a steady 40mph cross wind with 60mph gusts! I was even wondering about the accuracy of those reports until we had to drive around many fallen branches and a 10 minute detour around a section of road closed due to downed power lines (we could still see the arcing!).
I should have had the wife take a picture – I was driving the Barth quite comfortably with a Coke in one hand during a wind storm with a 40mph crosswind!

Got home at 9pm. Woke up this morning with 2” of snow on the ground. The trees are not happy – but I am happy we came home early!

So, the same ritual every spring – I fall back in love with the Barth. Its as much fun as driving the Porsches and BWMs out on the track!

Thank you for the positive report Chris.... Our maiden voyage is tomorrow...

Good luck! - at least the snow has passed!

Maybe you should take the Barth out on the track!!!

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Originally posted by Shadow man:
Maybe you should take the Barth out on the track!!!

Yeah, Do It! Do it!

I once got a ride around either Riverside Raceway or Willow Springs by a fellow bike racer in an FMC. What an experience! I flat couldn't believe it.

In the early sixties, it was the custom to allow fans around the Nurburgring after the race was over. The time I was there, it had everything except motor homes, and someone told me they had seen that, too.