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For all of you who need bad weather to work on your bikes you're invited to my place, snow, cold and today we have rain/fog.
I was lucky enough to get in a short ride 2 weeks ago, it was 35 and sunny.
well its nice that you feel sorry for us, up here in the northern states, but we adapt.
i just put the bike in the back of the garage,
and switch places with what lives in the back of the garage during the nice months.
the item i talk about, is one of the more powerful of its kind,
it does have 2 wheels, but not a motorcycle.
it has a mind bogeling 8 horse power, all wheel drive,
and a 24 inch swatch of cut, ask the northern people what that means,
they already know what i'm talking about
it will do the standing start quarter mile in about 15 to 20 minutes
with good going, with hard going it will do the 1/4 mile in about a half hour
hope the picture comes out
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yes friends and XSers, it is our winter toy the snowblower
not quite an XS but a high performer in its own class
http://home.securespeed.us/~xswilly/
78E main ride, since birth the "good"
78E Parts, the "bad" fixing up now
78E Parts the "ugly" maybe next year
79F Parts
80G Parts
75 DT 400B enduro
Heh willy
Got chains on mine and with synthetic in the bottom end she will do 1/4 in at least that . Have to race some time Driveway to driveway no gears bared
Ed
Ed
78/82 XS/XJ mostly made up of parts bikes
XS1100 SG 1980 Will restore to original over time
if I had that much snow, I would make a tunnel out the front door to get the mail. here we got some of that white stuff. Most of it that was outside my garage door turned yellow by the time it was gone. (the house is just too far away) It was gone in one day and now we are left with just rain. We need the rain, but when it only snows for one day in TX, you are left with a bunch of dirty crap and a LOT of sand. Aparently Texan's don't know how to drive on Ice. It was sure funny to watch on the TV. Next time around maby we will get some real snow. Actually i would prefer 60deg sunnny weather but who knows.
United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY
If I can do it at 18 yrs old, anyone can
"You know something, You can't polish a turd"
"What are you rebelling against", "Well, what do you got?"
Acta Non Verba
Forgot to mention that the largest snow blower I have seen would sure "blow" your's away. Been to anchorage lately? They have this steam train engine with a Giant snow blower wheel built on to the front. Its pretty big. I bet it could do a mile of track in a few min. I would have sure liked to see it in its day in operation. I guess its a love for antique machinery.
United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY
If I can do it at 18 yrs old, anyone can
"You know something, You can't polish a turd"
"What are you rebelling against", "Well, what do you got?"
Acta Non Verba
Got my wish today. Sunny 60's. Made for nice riding.
United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY
If I can do it at 18 yrs old, anyone can
"You know something, You can't polish a turd"
"What are you rebelling against", "Well, what do you got?"
Acta Non Verba
I have been riding to work lately, about an hour each way, and it has been fairly cold around here. Mid 30's in the AM, low 40's in the afternoon. It is not too bad with the insulated coveralls, leather jacket and chaps, hippohands, scarf. and full face helmet!
I need the winter. Otherwise I would never get ANYTHING done on the bike.
Hey 81xsproject...It won't snow here so I STILL can't get anything done!!
JimBoReeno
My Ex!"Half-Breed"
'82 XJ1100 Maxim with
'80 XS1100SG Motor
I live in the city, so people here are generaly good at complaining anyway. But all the talk I've heard in the past few days about moving to Florida has just made me laugh. Sure I've complained about not being able to ride, but I also understand that I live in the mountains and it snows here. Sometimes it snows a-lot, and this is one of those times.
I like the subaru pic. I have a similar one. This was about halfway through the first round of storms. Only got three feet of snow that time.
"It is better to die on your feet, than live on your knees."
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