Here is my ZX14 at my campside in the Natural Bridge KOA from the 6th through the 10th of October 2010.

I neglected to get a picture with the big RKA seatbag still on it, but it had all my cooking gear and soap, razor, etc. in it and was already on the nearby picnic table. That bag is fantastic and was a great purchase.

Got to really hear the CT-DUALs on this ride (about 200 each way) and rode a good section of the Blue Ridge Parkway with great twisties and some memorable tight S and switchback turns. More than a few truckers gave me the thumbs up as I motored past in 6th gear at around 4,000 rpm with the throttle lock set.

And got the bird from a duo of Pagans, but that wasn't the first time.

Very cool...glad ya had some good times.In Pagan language the bird means...."You're our hero"...so all's well!

Made me smile, there Blue !

My experience with the Pagans goes back to 1972, when I had my brand new Kawasaki Mach 4 H2 2-stroke triple, replete with a Yoshimura tuned 3-into-1 expansion chamber pipe and the then state of the art tires.

Which all meant nothing, since the H2 had brakes barely better than the H1, meaning almost none at all. And developed 80% of its horsepower suddenly, like a light switch, at 8,000 rpm. "Widow Maker" was an appropriate name given it by Cycle World, I think it was. I still have the actual magazine (in vacuum-sealed bag) when they announced the H2 coming to the USA.

So back to the Pagans. I was riding from West Point NY to Hagerstown, MD, down through the Pocono Mountains. And coming around a big long curve I passed about a dozen Pagans in full tri-patch 1%er colors. They actually tried to give chase, I think I must have insulted them somehow.

I left them behind easily.