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anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

Funny, I have never been to the east coast. I had pictured it as a frozen snow covered wasteland until April. Glad you guys could get out....
 
Trev is that snow in the mountains??? Or just houses?

What kind of suspension is on the rear there?

Enjoy the weather!
 
Blasted 50 miles out yesterday before the ice storm moved in... 30' but well worth it!
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Very typical Vermont January day, except it was warm... Yeah warm...
 
Spent most of the afternoon on the bike today. Never left the city but had a blast riding. With the addition of the bags I can easily use the bike for work now. Just riding around doing estimates all I need is a briefcase and tape measure. :)
Popped in to say hi to my parents acrossed town. They came out and took my pic before I rode off into the sunset, hehehe.


No but seriously, the sunset was amazing tonight. Not to the west though, the mountains east of town glow at sunset.



Oh, and I had to see if anyone actually went to the local Cycle Gear for their bike night thing. It was just over freezing by then with 30 mile an hour winds so just a bit chilly out there. Turns out that I had the best looking bike in the parking lot!

 
From that picture you also have the worst looking bike in the lot.







Just kidding. Your bike is a very nice looking bike.
 
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Oh, and I had to see if anyone actually went to the local Cycle Gear for their bike night thing. It was just over freezing by then with 30 mile an hour winds so just a bit chilly out there. Turns out that I had the best looking bike in the parking lot!.....

That would probably be true had there been 50.

Did you wander inside, so someone could see you were there...?

Near freezing in NM ... I am wondering if that is something of a natural disaster.

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That would probably be true had there been 50.

Did you wander inside, so someone could see you were there...?

Near freezing in NM ... I am wondering if that is something of a natural disaster.

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Just two employees from what I saw through the window, but no I didn't wander in. I know from shopping there that there's no public facility and the coffee I had earlier, well.....

The climate is really all over the place in NM. Temps in the teens up in higher elevations and near 70s F down south. We're somewhere in the middle usually.

If there were 50 or even a hundred other bikes, these old GS's would still catch my eye. Theres just something about them!



edit: 70's may be too optimistic for southern NM, but it's usually a lot warmer anyways.
 
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Bump started for another 60 mile loop.
The cops were out.
Had a guy in an Explorer fake like he's heading south on I-5, then continues on his way straight.
I'm following, after a few miles he heads north on to I-5? I resist the urge to pass and hang in the slow lane.
Some cars go by clearly speeding, Sheriff in an SUV goes by (where did he come from?).
I exit off the highway after 2 miles, who's getting on Northbound, a WSP SUV right as I exit. Whew!
It's an easy place to speed, they actually lowered the speed limit on this section several years ago.
Made it home with no awards.
 
Spring is here in the PNW. 53F today, plenty warm for a 50 mile loop on the 850. Yesterday was nicer but work got in the way...
Mt. Rainier above the left mirror.

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Yes Bob...beautiful day here as well....I took the Cooley out for the first "good" ride...went up island for a total of 130 miles....found out that I have charging issues....shocking on a GS...lol....I'm thinking it's the reg/rec....new Rick's stator and new battery....stopped on the way home for a photo op and had to bump start the bike....had to stop for gas...again bump start....then on the highway close to home it died.....luckily I was near a cut off...my wife came and rescued me in my truck....work to do....





 
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Hey Trevor,

What's your bump start technique?

Well first time I ran with it and then jumped on..the way I used to do it when I was much younger..lol....but today what worked best was finding a hill and being on the bike to begin with. I know people like 2nd gear but I prefer 1st gear...find it starts quicker.
 
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