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Do the letters FO mean anything to you? From the guy with 9" of snow and temps in the single digits.
Is that all? It was 7*F this AM when I got in my car to go to work. Only about 5" of snow on the ground at my place but 15-30 mins away they have 2 ft and are projecting another 1 ft or more.
"What they do have is an implacable, unrelenting presence and movement that bespeaks massive power lurking behind paint and chrome. They don't wail like a screeching ninja, the don't rumble like a harley. They just growl like a spactic, stressed out badger waiting to rip your face off and eat your soul." Trainzz~RIP~
I've been riding almost every day, but need a jacket. However, its the same riding gear I wear in the summer so I nothing really different.
Brent is riding every day too and I met up with him for a couple hours last week. Marty is riding to work every morning before sunrise
-and- he his north of us in the mountains so he has had a few challenges, like helmet fogging over enroute.
Around the US there is just too much snow still on the ground for us to get our usual warm up unless the breezes start blowing off the Gulf of Mexico. Its time for Oklahoma & Arkansas to take care of their ice and snow problem. Then it will warm up here a bit more back to normal range. Good time to get my bike ready for our xs 2,000 mile ride starting Feb 7 to South FLA & Key West.
On the news last night they were showing off Atlanta's new combo snow plow and salt truck. Not sure what just one truck is going to do. Actually it is for the freeways to plow & treat two lanes at one time. $285,000 monster truck but who know When & If it will ever be used?? People get mad if there is a problem so GA DOT spent the money to show they listen. Truth is, if it ever snows here we just wait for the warm up to melt the streets. It ain't 80 but I'm heading out shortly.
Jeff
78' XS1100 E 78' XS1100 E
78' XS1100 E
'73 Norton 850 Commando
'99 Triumph Sprint ST
'02 G-Wing GL1800
Yep. Rain, shine, freezing temps, and I ride every day. Bald tire, sleet, and I still go. They painted new lines on the road yesterday. My route is full of curves and changing elevations. I travel before sunrise, as Jeff pointed out.
There are a few Harley riders here at the plant, but the only motorcycle in the parking lot every day is a very dirty XS Eleven.
Marty (in Mississippi)
XS1100SG
XS650SK
XS650SH
XS650G
XS6502F
XS650E
O K- N. MI has been feelin' temps in the teens for highs all week long. No end in sight for at least another week, maybe 20's is all.
Ah yes - the reason I left in June....
1979 XS110F, Stock
1980 XS1100G, Mostly Stock, gifted to my son.
2000 YZ 250, Sold
2002 YZ125, Sold
2009 Royal Star Venture
'94 Pontiac Trans Am, 25th Anniversary, For Sale
Here in the Valley of the Sun, the forecast is high 60's to low 70's until at least Christmas Day ... planning to take advantage and get some nice rides in!
Marco
Current bikes: 1979 Yamaha XS Eleven Special (SF)
1979 Honda CBX
2002 Kawasaki ZRX1200R
Rest in Peace, Don Glardon (DGXSER) 1966-2014 WE MISS YOU, DON
I haven't ridden in negative temps.. yet.. but single digits nearly every year. Like Marty, I ride year round unless there's ice on the roads that don't have a wheel path.
Unless I happen to be coming home from a winter trip west.. lol.
Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!
Current bikes:
'06 Suzuki DR650
*'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
'82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
'82 XJ1100 Parts bike
'81 XS1100 Special
'81 YZ250
'80 XS850 Special
'80 XR100
*Crashed/Totalled, still own
Yep. Rain, shine, freezing temps, and I ride every day. Bald tire, sleet, and I still go.
Marty,get a new tire. Here in the very cold upstate N.Y. there talking a foot of snow for this upcoming weekend. I'm guessing dump truck season is over for this season. At least everything has slowed to a crawl.
FOXS-XS11SG
2009 Suzuki V Strom 650,Adventure in Touring,I call her "Smooth" SW Motech engine guard,Coocase top case w/ LED brake and tail lights,20" MRA touring screen w/adjusable bracket,Grip heaters,fender ex-tender,Givi hard sidebags
Either way, I'm sure the do-rag matched the shorts......least in protection.
81H Venturer1100 "The Bentley" (on steroids) 97 Yamaha YZ250(age reducer) 92 Honda ST1100 "Twisty"(touring rocket) Age is relative to the number of seconds counted 'airing' out an 85ft. table-top.
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