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I belong to a group called Sport-Touring.net, or ST.N. We meet almost every weekend in the summer for, um, spirited rides in the Midwest (Called region 4).
This winter has been very mild (If no one had noticed), so the summer rides are sill going on. The roads, however, had deteriorated where spirited riding is almost suicidal. Since our region is rather proud of it's lack of crashes, the latest ride was intentionally at a slower, "Flower-Sniffin" pace. Which means I only hit 80 once or twice, and didn't scrape anything. All the pics are
My Beemer is my winter bike (Bad roads means I fall over more, I don't want to hurt the 11's), but with the mild weather I have keep my special (Named Misery) out still (The Beemer was in storage still. It is out now, as we have freezing rain.), and took it on this ride.
The expected hi was in the forties, but it got in to the 20s overnight, and with fog, so everything had a thin sheen of frost in the morning. Actually, a lot of roads had ice, and some people opted out in the morning. I can't blame them. A lot of car accidents, anc they shut down one of the major north south bridges in Milwaukee.
My landlords car. That was ice.
When I got there, there was only one other bike in the lot, and I parked next to it. See the special, over by the building?
Everyone else parked over here. I didn't feel like moving. We waited for a while, seeing who else would show, and drinking warm drinks. I was having second thoughts about risking Misery on these roads, but decided to start the ride and see how the roads were.
First stop was a covered bridge. I rode near the back, both to not feel pushed (by the electroglide), and to be at anyone who did fall as soon as I could. I carry a decent first aid kit, and have the most training in this group.
There was also a matter of my 4-1 Kerker pipe. Seems they all thought it was tad too loud. Sissies. The guy on the Harley (He works at a H-D dealer, and gets the bike for, well, very little. It is his beater/back-up bike, his normal ride is an ST1300.), loved it, but I couldn't drown out the harley's built in stero.
Right after this a deer came running across. Gloved hands are not the best for quick action shots.
Next stop was an old mill (on Mill road, figure that out.)
Everyone still there, and the riders walking around looking for that perfect shot. Harley parked in front of me again.
Look! Learning, and stuff.
Another of those artsy shots.
This was the 'Bathroom' stop. There were no females on this trip.
This lake was the last planned photo stop of the ride. We were planning to head for a coffee place after this, a good thing since the warm drinks packed by everyone were running low.
This lake had a fine layer of ice on it, I am not sure you can see it in the pic, but I wanted to try to get it.
A convienet parking lot gave the chance for this pic, getting ready for the gate to drop, I guess.
The Harley rider reminding everyone he was at the back, and not to lose him.
The coffee place was closed, so instead we ended up at a citgo, that sells coffee. It really wasn't the same, but did feature this sign;
No upside down trucks? I guess that is a problem. I think the cold was starting to seep into my brain.
We all left not long after the gas station. I will admit that on the ride back to Milwaukee, I did finally get a little cold, and openned up the throttle some to get home faster (Wind chills over 65 not changing much). I installed a 160mph speedo last year, but really haven't cranked it open since then. I wanted to hit 100, butthe wind buffeting was too bad, so I don't think I got much over 95. All well, there is plenty of riding time left.here
This winter has been very mild (If no one had noticed), so the summer rides are sill going on. The roads, however, had deteriorated where spirited riding is almost suicidal. Since our region is rather proud of it's lack of crashes, the latest ride was intentionally at a slower, "Flower-Sniffin" pace. Which means I only hit 80 once or twice, and didn't scrape anything. All the pics are
My Beemer is my winter bike (Bad roads means I fall over more, I don't want to hurt the 11's), but with the mild weather I have keep my special (Named Misery) out still (The Beemer was in storage still. It is out now, as we have freezing rain.), and took it on this ride.
The expected hi was in the forties, but it got in to the 20s overnight, and with fog, so everything had a thin sheen of frost in the morning. Actually, a lot of roads had ice, and some people opted out in the morning. I can't blame them. A lot of car accidents, anc they shut down one of the major north south bridges in Milwaukee.
My landlords car. That was ice.
When I got there, there was only one other bike in the lot, and I parked next to it. See the special, over by the building?
Everyone else parked over here. I didn't feel like moving. We waited for a while, seeing who else would show, and drinking warm drinks. I was having second thoughts about risking Misery on these roads, but decided to start the ride and see how the roads were.
First stop was a covered bridge. I rode near the back, both to not feel pushed (by the electroglide), and to be at anyone who did fall as soon as I could. I carry a decent first aid kit, and have the most training in this group.
There was also a matter of my 4-1 Kerker pipe. Seems they all thought it was tad too loud. Sissies. The guy on the Harley (He works at a H-D dealer, and gets the bike for, well, very little. It is his beater/back-up bike, his normal ride is an ST1300.), loved it, but I couldn't drown out the harley's built in stero.
Right after this a deer came running across. Gloved hands are not the best for quick action shots.
Next stop was an old mill (on Mill road, figure that out.)
Everyone still there, and the riders walking around looking for that perfect shot. Harley parked in front of me again.
Look! Learning, and stuff.
Another of those artsy shots.
This was the 'Bathroom' stop. There were no females on this trip.
This lake was the last planned photo stop of the ride. We were planning to head for a coffee place after this, a good thing since the warm drinks packed by everyone were running low.
This lake had a fine layer of ice on it, I am not sure you can see it in the pic, but I wanted to try to get it.
A convienet parking lot gave the chance for this pic, getting ready for the gate to drop, I guess.
The Harley rider reminding everyone he was at the back, and not to lose him.
The coffee place was closed, so instead we ended up at a citgo, that sells coffee. It really wasn't the same, but did feature this sign;
No upside down trucks? I guess that is a problem. I think the cold was starting to seep into my brain.
We all left not long after the gas station. I will admit that on the ride back to Milwaukee, I did finally get a little cold, and openned up the throttle some to get home faster (Wind chills over 65 not changing much). I installed a 160mph speedo last year, but really haven't cranked it open since then. I wanted to hit 100, butthe wind buffeting was too bad, so I don't think I got much over 95. All well, there is plenty of riding time left.here
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