Sunrise / Sunset Rides

[storm 64]

I do believe that was a northern bike, as I found registration paperwork in the tail piece when I got it, believe it was originally from Illinois, researched it back as best I could but it dead ended very quickly. All that paperwork went to GS Rick when I sold it. Guess it feels at home up there in the cooler temps.

It likes it up here in the north, but it misses the beach the bikini girls and the scents of suntan oil. We're going to have to get down to Florida soon. ☺

[cowboyup3371]

As I work from home usually and end my day at 5pm, it's a lot easier to go for a ride straight from the house instead of driving home from the hospital first to change clothes. The nights are finally getting shorter and the weather cooler so it's time to make the best of what daylight is left in the evenings. So, I threw my outer shells back on the jacket and pants and rode off to try out a road I have driven in the truck but not the bike yet. I wasn't able to fully enjoy its layout thanks to a farmer John in front of me but I nonetheless enjoyed the 75 miles I was able to put in tonight. I took this after I made the turn to start heading home


Sunset Ride 25 Oct 2017 by Scott Baker, on Flickr



As a side note, short sleeve t-shirts even under a full textile jacket are now banned until April. It got cold especially after the sun went down and according to the weather app when I got home, the wind chill had to be in the 30s already

[Redman]

Nice Scott.

Yah, sunset here, on western edge of time zone, is now well before 7pm.
Nope, aint summer time no mo'

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[cowboyup3371]

It is here too Dave; that picture was taken about 645pm

[Guest]

It likes it up here in the north, but it misses the beach the bikini girls and the scents of suntan oil. We're going to have to get down to Florida soon. ☺

When I owned it, I lived in the Orlando area, spent most of my time on the many rural back roads, Titusville, Cocoa, Daytona Beach, New Smyrna, were a few of the places I often frequented. I had one guy about run me off the road only to tell me he had a bike like that. One day though, I was riding on a nice back road in Altamonte springs to avoid Interstate 4 with a friend of mine. He rode a little ahead of me and to my right on a Harley Sportster 1200. This girl at a stop sign waited until we got right up to her, then pulled out in front of us and blocked our lane. We slammed the brakes and were sliding sideways, had we not let off the brakes we surely would have T-boned her. By letting off the brakes we gained control back and went in front of her. That was the final straw for me, I called up GS Rick and he bought it, I was moving to Colombia anyway, but was holding on to it for as long as I could until that happened. I really enjoyed that bike.

[gustovh]

Here ya go.DSCF1167.jpg

[gustovh]

DSCF1155.jpg Last light before the ride back, see above.

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[Burque73]

Sun setting in the Manzano Mountains today.

[Redman]

............. I took this after I made the turn to start heading home



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Scott, Please do not take this as critisism or messing with your personal stuff.

But just me playing with mo'cykle/scenery pictures, like I like to do. (and would be wiling to do better to the full resolution picture file)

[Burque73]

Nice colorful sky there Cowboy. Man, that's almost impossible for me to get.

Here's one from a few months ago. Not sure if I ever posted it or not.

[lurch12_2000]

Sun setting in the Manzano Mountains today.

Very nice! Liking the KLR over the DL650 for that stuff?

[Burque73]

Very nice! Liking the KLR over the DL650 for that stuff?

Very much so! The Vee was great on the highway though, gotta give credit where it's due. I have the 850 for highway riding still.

[cowboyup3371]

Scott, Please do not take this as critisism or messing with your personal stuff.

But just me playing with mo'cykle/scenery pictures, like I like to do. (and would be wiling to do better to the full resolution picture file)

Dave,

It's perfectly okay with me and I appreciate it. I just don't have the right software to remove those types of things and wish I did but don't want to spend the coin to get it

[Redman]

..... I just don't have the right software....

Paint.NET is what I have been using.
Is Free download (donation accepted).
Has some good features, without being too in depth.
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[Burque73]

OK I don't have a GS story, but I was thinking about GS's...and sunsets... It kinda works!

Departing LA took us out over the Pacific Ocean for a stretch. The water looked like vinyl from this altitude. Hey, I think I see the Loch Ness Monster out there!



I installed a speed checker app and had fun with it too. Here's a screenshot. Couldn't figure out how to get the altitude to show though before the captain turned on the phone jamming device Or maybe it just lost the signal...