<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Have never driven The Tail but recall some wonderful Wasatch Mountain roads in Utah. <div>John: I do have an audio clip somewhere of you expressing your great displeasure with that Goldwing. </div><div>Bill B</div><div>TS 30766L</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">“The harder I work, the luckier I get<span style="font-size: 19pt;">” H. Ford</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Jan 14, 2026, at 10:46 AM, John Macartney <johnbmacartney@gmx.com> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span>I did the Tail in 2009 in both directions on the same day in an ISOA rebuilt Stag on the Trans AmeriCan charity drive - 18000 miles in a tad over three months. It would have been a lot more fun if I hadn’t been stuck behind a Honda Goldwing with flapping pennants and two riders pulling a luggage trailer at 25mph on the fast bits. On the return, I got stuck behind a tractor with a trailer of hay bales and nowhere to pull off. A great drive that would have been a lot more enjoyable were it not for the equivalent of people manhandling a concert grand piano as mobile obstructions.</span><br><span>By contrast, a high speed drive up and down Pikes Peak was far more worthwhile.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Jonmac</span><br><span>** triumphs@autox.team.net **</span><br><span></span><br><span>Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html</span><br><span>Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs http://www.team.net/archive</span><br><span></span><br><span>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/notakitcar@yahoo.com</span><br></div></div></body></html>