Ride to work day

[Special Ed]

Ride for Work Day

I didn’t know there was a “Ride to Work Day” either. I’m lucky: virtually every day is a “Ride for Work Day!” I’m a wood floor contractor and I take care of a surprising amount of business on my “79 XS11 S!
I do estimates, bill collecting and pick up small supplies… not bundles of wood of course.
When I was a teenager growing up in Lubbock Texas I would have fantasies of finding a way to make a living riding a bike… somewhere near the ocean, with trees, lakes, curving roads that weren’t laid out on a N E S W grid. Now if I could just make money. Santa Cruz County vies with San Francisco and Manhattan for the title of “Most Expensive Place to Live in America.”
Ah well, ya pays yer money and ya takes yer chances.
My door is open to anyone east of here that wants to come out to the “Left Coast.”

[trbig]

My door is open to anyone east of here that wants to come out to the “Left Coast.”

Great!! How's Septemebr through New Years sound?? Whatcha got to eat?? Any beer in the fridge!?!? lmao. Can I just send my oldest teen boy?
Man the peeps on here are soooo nice!
I have always dreamed of riding that highway 1 all the way up the west coast from the south, all the way up to where I was raised up in Washington State. Lots of curves, hills and scenery. I think about halfway through though I would say screw it and jump back out onto I-5 and hurry up and get there! lol.

Tod

[DiverRay]

I think about halfway through though I would say screw it and jump back out onto I-5 and hurry up and get there! lol.

The halfway point for me was Coos Bay, OR. But that was in a Jensen Healy back in '80 or '81.
I have been most of the way from Santa Cruz to Washington State, including the trip around the penisula up there.
Ray

[DiverRay]

To keep with the thread, I'm on VACATION for two more weeks, so I was just Riding FROM work, if that counts.
Ray

[gerkenbruce]

For those tthat did not know ride to work day is an AMA thing to support motorcycle parking at work and to show support for those of us that do ride .
I an an AMA member . I an XSive

XSively
Bruce

[Dragonrider]

Originally posted by pggg
I'd like to 'ride to work' each day, but carrying 2 chainsaws, petrol/oil cans, safety gear, helmets, water containers, spare clothes, wet weather gear, tool boxes, and a lunch bag with food and hot water - is a wee bit tricky Besides, it's usually dark, wet and freezing in the mornings, and not much better in the afternoons. I'm sticking to the cage

Heh...I headed to South-east Texas once to help a friend clear a bigg-ass fallen tree.

Bungied the box with the gas, oil, gloves, hearing protection, goggles etc on the back seat...stuck the chainsaw bar/blade through the luggage rack, pointing straight down and tossed a bungie over it.

State trooper pulled me over...when he eyed the setup and asked me where I was headed, I just rubbed my hands together, opened my eyes as wide as I could, grinned and said, "Muhahahah. Off to visit a friend!"

I pulled the gas can out of the box and said, "Think I've got enough gas?"

[Special Ed]

Yada Yada Yada

Trbig and others-
Dudes, I'm serious-"me casa su casa." And "east of here" can mean the cenral valley. 'course if XS650mike wanted to ride down from Lake Co. He'd be welcome too!
On his way to work, of course (to stay on topic.)
And Dragonrider: Maximan thinks I'm certifiably nutz?

[mro]

XS650mike wanted to ride down from Lake Co

Mysteriously absent lately
Hope he's just trying to make "guru" somewhere else

Ride to work day,
Ride everywhere almost every day


mro

btw

certifiably nutz?

naw,...... little crazy maybe, but not nutz

[pggg]

If XS650 rode motorbikes, he'd be either 6 foot under or in a casualty ward. More probably the former than the latter.

[BLUEJEEPLAB]

I ride to work every day, even with rain (good rain suit), except today, the Battle Cruider refused to fire. Didn't have time to investigate so I Jeeped it. I think it's either low voltage or possibly lost my ignition module. We rode 150 miles without a problem yesterday, but he won't fire this morning. Sorry to hijack the thread.

[REFFI]

Ride to work day is the one day I make sure to ride. I'm the only rider in the office, though one of the salesmen also has bikes (Harley and Rocket 3). Usually I only ride to work when the weather is propitious and I won't arrive at work soaking wet (maybe the new mesh jacket will up my average).

Ralph

[excess11]

Riding to work

I enjoy riding to work. I cross 3 county lines in two states and cover about 105 miles in a round trip. Usually the weather has to be right to do It though. You can get real wet or cold in 50+ miles of riding. I work 3rd shift so traffic is not a problem, Just those cold valleys this time of year,make you crank on the throttle to get back up to where the air is warmer.