anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

[Burque73]

I put the extra liner in the riding pants and will ride into town this morning around 730am. The forecast is for temps in the mid-20s. I'm planning on flipping the grip warmers on and hope they get hot before my pinkies start to hurt. I have big bulky thick gloves but I am looking at heated liners to wear under them. Everything else is protected but the fingers always seem to feel the cold.

I'm pushing it this year.

My heated liners work far better than grip warmers ever did. You can even wear thinner gloves which don't hinder your grip as much, IMHO.

[Redman]

Monday, near 50degF . . . . and s'pose to be colder and rainy and "some accumulation" snow over next several day, so got out for late afternoon ride.

Late afternoon, this time of year is also sunset time (5:15pm).
But was too heavy clouds for any sunset,
but I came back to the beach/pier later and was a little bit of twilight color in a small area of the sky.



Yep, will have to admit, is now the time of year where have to think of how many weeks between rides. <<heavy sigh>>

[Redman]

Went for ride?

Nope.

[trevor]

i got out today

[trevor]

And we had a good turnout for the Friday afternoon safety meeting

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[trevor]

Saturday my son and I rode to to out local bmw's open house


Grass cut today....clean up the driveway....end of November in Canada


And a couple of other rides and I bought an E-Bike finally...lol

[Buffalo Bill]

Cacooned until next April… meh

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[Rob S.]

I'm calling the A.S.P.C.M. (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Motorcycles).

[rphillips]

Inhumane ain't it.

[Redman]

Cacooned until next April… meh

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Cover nicley tied down. I s'pose to withstand wind.

[Redman]

Havent been out since Nov 24th.

Been cold and multiple storms latley. Snowed most every day for over two weeks. ANd some days below 10degF.

But today in upper 30s, and sunny, and barley 40degF for awhile.
Roads clear, but still ice in driveway.

Maybe mid 40s tommorow, but rain.

So got out late afternoon today.

Out for about an hour.

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[Buffalo Bill]

Havent been out since Nov 24th.

Been cold and multiple storms latley. Snowed most every day for over two weeks. ANd some days below 10degF.

But today in upper 30s, and sunny, and barley 40degF for awhile.
Roads clear, but still ice in driveway.

Maybe mid 40s tommorow, but rain.

So got out late afternoon today.

Out for about an hour.

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Borderline, I considered riding my CBR, but after a drive for auto parts and grocery store, the roads were too salty. I don't want road salt all over my bike and chain.
With the temps all the way up to 30, I'll be disassembling my GPz engine for removal from the frame. Looks like 30 labor hours over 10 days. (O.B. Joyful)

[trevor]

Got the Busa out today

[Rob S.]

Fastest, quickest thing you've ever ridden?

[trevor]

Fastest, quickest thing you've ever ridden?

Probably....although my K1300R with the factory quick shifter is very quick to 60mph.
The fastest I ever had my k1300r was 265kmph (165mph)...it had more but I was done lol
The K1300R has a factory 173hp
The Busa has 175hp
And my VFR1200F has 170hp
torque numbers are all basically the same at around 100

But the Busa has had some performance upgrades like full Yoshi exhaust and power commander....and she has two dyno sheets of 171hp and 165hp

Now all this said, I have not really had a chance to open the Busa up....and those days (nerve) may be behind me...lol

Either way the 1st gen Busa is supposed to be the fastest production motorcycle ever made.

From Cycle World Magazine....

"The Cycle World 1999 ?Haya?busa ran a 9.86-second, 146 mph ?quarter-mile—face-meltingly fast for the time and still among the best we’ve ever recorded. It also did 194 mph for the old CW Stalker radar gun, which we are going to bronze and hang on the wall in our office because no bike that gun has recorded before or since will ever go so fast. Yes, the ‘Busa remains the fastest production top speed we have ever recorded, and its over?riding competence in crushing air like this led to the 2000 “gentleman’s agreement” among manufacturers to voluntarily limit top speed to 300 kph, or 186 mph, so that governments wouldn’t intervene. A record attained, then preserved".