Rode to work yesterday Dec 10th

[TonUp]

Well sometimes we do silly things , but it was over 40F yesterday morning with slight rain and I said what the hell, I am riding my bike to work today.

BIG MISTAKE!

The temperature dropped 20F instantly after lunch and the rain turned into sleet and snow so I ended up parking the bike in a heated garage at work and driving my service vehicle home. Wow was that driveway slippery!

I will wash it this week and top it off with some non ethanol fuel and wait for a sunny day this coming week to put it away for the winter.

Nevertheless it felt great to ride the bike yesterday, I am still smiling!


Tito

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[b_mason]

Tito, I thought about riding in yesterday also. However I need gas i nthe bike so I didn't want to stop in the morning for gas.

Atleast you got one last ride in. Glad you parked the bike instead of riding it. Now if you had the v-strom with studs you could ride it.

[mark]

This week is the first time since April that I HAVEN'T ridden the bike to work. It was too slippery out Monday and Tuesday. I did ride to work yesterday, but by lunchtime it was looking so shitty out that I rode the bike home and came back in the car.

Conveniently, the tires left a perfect tread imprint on the street in front of my house so I can tell exactly where to put studs.


I'm hoping to stud the Honda's tires in the next week or two, then I'll be able to ride whenever I feel like it.

The V-Strom, meanwhile, sits under its cover and waits for days when the roads are clean. And the Triumph sits in the neighbor's garage, topped off with stabilized non-ethanol gas, carbs empty, fresh oil in the sump, waiting for spring.

--mark

[NEPatriots9]

That's awesome guys.

I put my Scrambler up for good last weekend, my last ride this year was the weekend after Thanksgiving, pretty good for Northern Maine.

[davidc]

I rode to work about a week and a half ago - 40's to around 50 degrees. This Monday, the 13th, looks good too, about the same.
I never really put my motorcycle up for winter because throughout the season in NJ an occasional day pops up suitable for riding.
Now those Florida folks....!

[TonUp]

I rode the V-Strom today to put it away in storage for the winter today. Rode 14miles in cold weather, 2 slippery spots on the road, had to shovel the snow bank in front of the door to get the bike in the building.

I am going to miss riding!It was a good year I rode over 12,000 miles, Where are those snow shoes and cross country skis? LOL


Tito


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[mark]

It was a good year I rode over 12,000 miles

???

There's no way I beat you, Tito -- I've got nearly 12,500 on the V-Strom alone (which, as you'll recall, I picked up brand-new in April). Add in the mileage I put on the Honda and the Triumph and I've got 16,000+ miles for the season. You've got to have done more than that with all the rallies and stuff you went to.

As for winter riding... I rode to work three out of five days this week, and I talked to my friend John yesterday who owns a motorcycle repair shop here in Burlington -- we're planning a tire studding session for the first weekend in January.

--mark

[bennybmn]

Mark, I'll be interested to know the outcome of the studding. Ok that sounds a little dirty... But interesting! I have no plans on that for my bike, but maybe the mountain bike

[bruce19]

I rode through two CT winters a couple decades back. That ended when I found myself on I-84 in Hartford at about 65 mph when I hit black ice. Managed to stay up and keep going but I got the message in a big way. No more cold weather riding for me.

[JEnfield]

Bet your asses aren't riding to work 1/16/09 anywhere in the north east LOL. It is 8f out right now shit I hate the cold.

Jimmy

[bruce19]

According to local TV it's minus 9 here in the Willimantic area at 6AM today.

[TonUp]

My thermometer says -27 below zero and the local weather says -17 below zero, it is way too cold for me today. One cold week for sure and hopefully warmer by next week.


Tito

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[LoVel]

It was 15 degrees this morning. Robin keeps telling me I misrepresented the warm sunny south. This is about as cold as it gets down here and then maybe only once a year, I hope.

[JEnfield]

Lovel tell her it was 5f here so it is warm there LOL.

Jimmy

[mark]

It was about 15 below zero when I drove to work on Friday morning. I haven't been able to ride for a couple weeks now and it's really pissing me off. Tire studding has yet to happen because my friend who has access to the studding gun has been impossible to get a hold of for weeks now. And since we're now halfway through the winter, I'm not sure there's much point anymore, so I may not bother. Unfortunately that does mean that I can't ride when the roads are snowy like today, which sucks.

--mark