WHY I CAN'T RIDE TODAY
The roads may be clear now, but the first 300 feet down my driveway is the killer. Sigh. Maybe next weekend.
The roads may be clear now, but the first 300 feet down my driveway is the killer. Sigh. Maybe next weekend.
Yes, yes, let's talk about the weather.
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silverhound
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I feel for you. 50 degrees here today but so much snow left to melt that it would be too messy to ride. I think it's worse to have good enough weather to ride but road conditions prevent it than to just have plain old bad weather.
agia
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Will probably hit 75F today here in inland San Diego...
ziggie
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Looks like its time to make a shortcut path for the motorcycle.
I feel for you man. My in-laws are done with it too. My supervisor is lives in Illinois too and he said he's had enough.
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LOL! 670cc, you must be the only one left up north because with all the out of state tags I see here in Florida, I figure everyone else is down here! Pretty nice riding weather though, so you might as well just take some time off and come on down.
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Well, it's minus 5, snowing like crazy and I'm inside drinking beer and celebrating Canada having won Gold in Hockey.
I call that a draw on not being able to be out riding my motorcycle, so all is good.
I call that a draw on not being able to be out riding my motorcycle, so all is good.
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It's 10*C, should I?
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26F this morning on my way in to work. No wind was the key. Made for a nice ride to work.
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Driveway finally thawed out again but it was 8'F when I left for work this morning and we are again expecting another winter storm Sunday. The road crews have already put down brine on the interstate
mpgandfun
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The good news: Insurance coverage for road use goes back on my bike in 2 weeks!
The bad news: Temp was -26F this morning, and the 10 day forecast shows only 3 days above 20 degree highs.
Still have close to 2' of snow on the ground. Unsure when I will be able to get back in the saddle again.
The bad news: Temp was -26F this morning, and the 10 day forecast shows only 3 days above 20 degree highs.
Still have close to 2' of snow on the ground. Unsure when I will be able to get back in the saddle again.
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F this stinking weather. I've had my bike out 3 times since some time in November.
I actually road a motorcycle today! I rode my Goldwing 1800 the 55 feet from my barn to my garage so I could begin some maintenance. It took at least 10 minutes to get there. She was hopelessly spinning the rear wheel at one point, so I had to dig out a little crunchy snow from underneath and put some sand down. I guess my dirt riding experience paid off.
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agia
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We had lots of rain today -- by Southern California standards...
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we had 8" of snow two weeks ago (though it melted off in a couple of days, thanks marine climate!).. and I've had the opportunity to ride 4x in the last week. Took every one of them and l loved how lucky i felt. shortest was a quick blast wednesday night after work because my daughter asked for a ride and had done good on her homework. longest was a beautiful 3 hour local back road exploration session last saturday, including about 15 miles of gravel secondary roads that looped back closer to my place than I had expected.. l've lived and driven all over here 20+ years and love finding new routes to ride right in my own back yard! Can't wait till the weather gets warmer overall, I'm tired of driving the truck to work.. too much $$.. ;-)
next project has to be getting the motor rebuilt on my '82 XL500R so I can really explore more of the gravel roads around here. the NC is good enough for a gentle pace of exploration, but the weight and street tires do make it a bit dodgy in the gravel... I'd like to make a loop at least a hundred miles long (or a full tank anyway) that starts and ends at my house and has less than 20% pavement.
next project has to be getting the motor rebuilt on my '82 XL500R so I can really explore more of the gravel roads around here. the NC is good enough for a gentle pace of exploration, but the weight and street tires do make it a bit dodgy in the gravel... I'd like to make a loop at least a hundred miles long (or a full tank anyway) that starts and ends at my house and has less than 20% pavement.
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