anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

[Buffalo Bill]

We got moderate weather this week. 45f is warm enough to start my little princess.

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[Redman]

We got moderate weather this week. 45f is warm enough to start my little princess.
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Nice! Good to see you got out (not all bikes tied up undercover in back yard).
and found an intersting place to stop for a pic.

Was near 40 here for Christmas Day, but felt a lot colder, so didnt get out. Today wett (the ice was further north and east).

[Buffalo Bill]

Nice! Good to see you got out (not all bikes tied up undercover in back yard).
and found an intersting place to stop for a pic.

Was near 40 here for Christmas Day, but felt a lot colder, so didnt get out. Today wett (the ice was further north and east).

i did get out today for joy ride. It looks like winter comes back Monday and signs a 3 month lease.

[Don R]

20251223_114852 GS 2 yrs.jpg This was a week or so ago, it got up to 55*F so I checked out the new front rotors. I told Niche that I modified something so the rotor buttons would clear the calipers, they replied don't use them and gave my money back. Fat chance that I'm throwing them away now.

[Redman]

hey< all you guys that go for ride and maybe take a picture:
Maybe you dont go into the OffTopic Section (which I can understand).....
But maybe you might be interested in the Picture Of The Week Game/Contest.

Or maybe you just might like to see the photos and read of some of the adventures described.

IS a different theme each week.
You Can make a posting to that thread and use any pic of yours, needs to be of your bike you owned, and only qualification to alowing the submission is your idea that it matches the theme.

On Friday, anybody can make a posting to that thread stating thier vote on who's picture they like best (for whatever reason).
Saturday morning the winner gets the honor (a-hem) and duty to name next weeks theme.

Here are a quoting of the submissions so far for this week:

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I am sure we all have a place we stop fairly regularly to admire the view.
So the theme is: Your favorite local scenic view

Here's mine.

Local Scenic View, I have different pictures from different roads at different times. Same Scenic view of my local section of the Green Mountain Range at sunrise. I chose this variety for today.

DSCN0405_zps6f735ea0 by Carter Turk, on Flickr

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... a place where can overlook Lake Michigan in town.
Bare folage maybe not to photgenic, but can see thru and make out the pier and lighthouse(s).



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you can click on any of the ">>" to get to that thread. Or go look in OffTopic, the Campfire section.

you can add a posting there with your picture in that thread (not here).

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[Redman]

Hey! Got in a January Ride. Even if was only about 40 minutes.

44degF this afternoon, and roads dry, well, at least they were till I got further out of town


Tonight is s'pose to be back to regular winter weather, So good that I got in a January Ride this afternoon.

[Redman]

,,And, got in a Febuary ride.
Monday was 30degF, and roads were clear, so got out for a little less than half hour.
1- driveway 2- downtown along river channel 3- by closed up state park.


TUesday and Wednesday were a little warmer (mid 30s) but also lots of melt across road and shushy driveway.

[trevor]

We have been having great weather....last week 9 of us went up island for lunch....16 and sunny (60)

[Buffalo Bill]

Put the battery back in the bike and took a joy ride. 48f.

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[GS1150Pilot]

Did a 20 mile out and back to a saloon I love before changing the oil on the Sportster. I'll be out on the bike again tonight to grab dinner and see the new Dracula.

[trevor]

Been getting out too....great "winter" here on Canada's Wes Coast

[Eli69]

What's all that green stuff?

[trevor]

What's all that green stuff?

Lol....my son had to cut our grass yesterday....been a great "winter" here...riding lots.

[Grimly]

Wes Coast

I saw what you did, there.

[bobgroger]

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".

Stay away from new Corvettes. The ZR1-X ran 8.675@159 in street trim.... It is $180k more than a Busa though. Oh, top speed 233MPH.