One thing to bring plenty of

**MAS Tequila** · 07-10-2011, 04:14 PM

I just finished riding about 700 mile this weekend in south FL and the keys.

I will tel you this, if you bring just one bottle of sunscreen you will be buying more.

I was putting it on every hour to hour and a half and still got burned.

Not just burned but BURNED.

Bring lots if you go on this ride, April won't be much different than July. It was only in the mid eighties today but BRIGHT.

And I used to live down here.

Lots of nice scenery, but long straight flat roads.

If you're going to use the turnpike, most of the the exits are sunpass only. They are automating, making drivers buy the prepaid transponders. I bought one for $25, then had to activate it online with a credit card. Just something to think about. You can order them online at:

https://www.sunpass.com/index

MT

**canedriver** · 07-10-2011, 05:37 PM

How did you mount the transponder? Or did you just grab it from a pouch and wave as you went through? They don't do to well through windscreens is why i ask.

**MAS Tequila** · 07-10-2011, 09:09 PM

Mine stuck to the windshield just fine.

I don't think there were any issues.

MT

AlabamaNomadRider · 07-10-2011, 09:16 PM

Guess I should be using sunscreen here in North Alabama. I don't but really should. My arms are really getting dark. I haven't burned in a while.

**ringadingh** · 07-10-2011, 10:56 PM

On the toll roads here my tour pak hid the plate, so you never got billed, bikes don't need a transponder since its hard to mount on some bikes.

wiz · 07-21-2011, 01:56 PM

The Dade County toll plazas do Sunpass or Toll by Plate (where a camera takes a picture of your license plate and bills the registered owner by mail later) but no attendants or cash lanes. I do not see much chance of those overhead cameras having a picture of my plate under the trunk. If you are not a regular rider in Florida the $25 Sunpass is not worth getting - the total tolls back and forth to the Keys is much less than $25. I did use sunscreen once or twice a day without being burned - but I suspect if I didn't use it I would have been lobsterized.

nightmare · 08-12-2011, 10:29 AM

We wont be hitting any toll roads, but do bring sunscreen

07-10-2011, 04:14 PM	#1
MAS Tequila Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Psychiatric Ward FL Posts: 3,429	One thing to bring plenty of I just finished riding about 700 mile this weekend in south FL and the keys. I will tel you this, if you bring just one bottle of sunscreen you will be buying more. I was putting it on every hour to hour and a half and still got burned. Not just burned but BURNED. Bring lots if you go on this ride, April won't be much different than July. It was only in the mid eighties today but BRIGHT. And I used to live down here. Lots of nice scenery, but long straight flat roads. If you're going to use the turnpike, most of the the exits are sunpass only. They are automating, making drivers buy the prepaid transponders. I bought one for $25, then had to activate it online with a credit card. Just something to think about. You can order them online at: https://www.sunpass.com/index MT __________________ MT 2016 FLHP Psychiatric Ward FL VBA 936 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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07-10-2011, 05:37 PM	#2
canedriver Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 632	One thing to bring plenty of How did you mount the transponder? Or did you just grab it from a pouch and wave as you went through? They don't do to well through windscreens is why i ask.
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07-10-2011, 09:09 PM	#3
MAS Tequila Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Psychiatric Ward FL Posts: 3,429	One thing to bring plenty of Mine stuck to the windshield just fine. I don't think there were any issues. MT __________________ MT 2016 FLHP Psychiatric Ward FL VBA 936
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07-10-2011, 09:16 PM	#4
AlabamaNomadRider Sr. Contributor Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boaz, Alabama Posts: 13,742	One thing to bring plenty of Guess I should be using sunscreen here in North Alabama. I don't but really should. My arms are really getting dark. I haven't burned in a while. __________________ Gene Cross, Jr. Boaz, Alabama KawaNOW/VBA #1181
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07-10-2011, 10:56 PM	#5
ringadingh Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Newmarket Ontario Canada Posts: 35,387	One thing to bring plenty of On the toll roads here my tour pak hid the plate, so you never got billed, bikes don't need a transponder since its hard to mount on some bikes. __________________ 2002 Nomad aka Bountyhunter VBA #27 VROC #18951 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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07-21-2011, 01:56 PM	#6
wiz Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 498	One thing to bring plenty of The Dade County toll plazas do Sunpass or Toll by Plate (where a camera takes a picture of your license plate and bills the registered owner by mail later) but no attendants or cash lanes. I do not see much chance of those overhead cameras having a picture of my plate under the trunk. If you are not a regular rider in Florida the $25 Sunpass is not worth getting - the total tolls back and forth to the Keys is much less than $25. I did use sunscreen once or twice a day without being burned - but I suspect if I didn't use it I would have been lobsterized.
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08-12-2011, 10:29 AM	#7
nightmare Advanced Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Antlers, OK Posts: 892	One thing to bring plenty of We wont be hitting any toll roads, but do bring sunscreen __________________ Victor "Nightmare" Golubowsky Moyers, Ok Kawanow/VBA # 304 Patriot Guard VROC OKVROC 2001 Kawasaki Nomad Turbo 1998 Harley Sportster Hardtail Bobber Custom 1983 Kawasaki GPZ 550
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