anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

[2BRacing]

Had the unpleasant task to visit the dentist today. As it was a nice sunshine winter's day here, I decided to turn the trip into a pleasant one by riding into town!

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[Hayabuser]

I’m between jobs so thought I’d take a 300 km round trip from Toronto to Sunderland, Ontario. I’d never been there, but looked at the map and thought it would make for some good riding, and the cafe looked nice. I was not disappointed, as the roads were twisty and the coffee good. The River St. Cafe is in an old butcher shop and they kept the 19th century fittings and look.

The thing I miss most about living in Ontario is the abundance of interesting small towns. And empty back roads. OK, the two things I miss most about living in Ontario are....

 

[Jedz123]

Out running thunderstorms after work yesterday.

Putting some mile on the TUX...

Took the T120 today, going to see if I get lucky and not have to work another +12 hour day and I can go for a decently long ride after work.

 

[Guest]

good luck :encouragement:

 

[dorkburger]

Last night.
http://GS @ Perth Amboy by Glen Brenner, on Flickr

 

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Hey, Glen
I fixed your picture for you so you could submit it in this week's pic of the week game. You're welcome (I went to 2 different lakes Sunday on my bike and didn't get any usable pics with a boat either). Just having fun. In all seriousness, I really love your shot.

 

[dorkburger]

Nice photo edit

 

[Guest]

took the 650 out for it's longest ride tonight, 110 miles round trip to a motorcycle cruise in,
things to do
Replace 15 yo new rear tire,
fix buzzing tachometer
new shifter(very sloppy)
headlight has developed a poor connection when handle bars are all the way to the right,
rear socks are more "shock" than "absorbers"

had several complements on it tonight,

 

[Rich82GS750TZ]

chased rainbows yesterday, got soaking wet, but found 2, together.

 

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Today, took the MSP Advanced Rider Course. It's free in PA. Lots of fun. Learned a lot. Almost got the the point of scraping a knee. That's close enough for me. Definitly pushed my limits (mostly psychological) in cornering. Increased my understanding and practice of picking a line and looking through the turn. Only 5 in the class made it move along at a good pace. 3 nice fellas from the Poconos area on a Big Harley full dresser, a V-Strom, and a beautiful new BMW Tiger 800, and another local guy on a new Fat Boy (not shown). BMW on the end was a 1600 (I think), belonged to one of the instructors. It was a great, but exhaustingly long, hot day in full ATTGATT and slow speed manuevers.
I highly recommend this course.

 

[steve murdoch]

Love the rainbow shot, Rich.

Up here there is a 2 day advanced rider course based on the LeeParks classes but it is $465.00. Add the 2 night motel cost because it is 4 hours away makes it too pricey for me.
The local, 1 day "upgrade your skills" is $140.00 and not advanced enough to take.

 

[Jedz123]

Nice ride into work this AM

 

[kerrfunk]

I managed close to a hundred miles yesterday, the last 4-5 miles slowly toodling through the local 750-acre park at dusk, looking for wildlife for the picture of the week contest over in the Campfire.

Right after taking this picture I saw a buck with maybe 6-8 points about 15 feet to my right. Got a nice blurry pic of that majestic beast.

 

[kerrfunk]

Today, took the MSP Advanced Rider Course. It's free in PA. Lots of fun. Learned a lot. Almost got the the point of scraping a knee. That's close enough for me. Definitly pushed my limits (mostly psychological) in cornering. Increased my understanding and practice of picking a line and looking through the turn. Only 5 in the class made it move along at a good pace. 3 nice fellas from the Poconos area on a Big Harley full dresser, a V-Strom, and a beautiful new BMW Tiger 800, and another local guy on a new Fat Boy (not shown). BMW on the end was a 1600 (I think), belonged to one of the instructors. It was a great, but exhaustingly long, hot day in full ATTGATT and slow speed manuevers.
I highly recommend this course.

Hey Rich, if you like that course I highly recommend http://ridelikeapronj.com/. It's only 180 miles from you, and I took it twice when I lived in SE PA. It's slow-speed maneuvering, low-radius turning, great for excellent skill building.

I also recommend Lee Park's Total Control Advanced Riding Course, which I took one time and would take again.

Both are terrific for building and maintaining motorcycle proficiency, and are well worth the money.

 

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Thanks Kerry. I may look into that NJ course someday after I get a windshield of some sort. The short 10 mile I-80 trip i took a few weeks ago was not what I would call fun. I can't imagine slabbing it for 3 hours at this time. Looks like a great course, though.

 

[trevor]

Went for a ride in my hood tonight after dinner....rained here most of the day...we needed it...it's only rained a few days in the last two months...beautiful night.

 

[Rich82GS750TZ]

I definitely have to visit Vancouver some day. Nice pics Trevor.

 

[GS1150Pilot]

We just returned from a four day, 500 mile ride around the state, the last day of which was spent in Sedona. Some wonderful roads, great food, and excellent towns made this a great couples getaway.

 

[trevor]

I definitely have to visit Vancouver some day. Nice pics Trevor.

Thanks Rich, I live in Victoria on Vancouver Island....you are welcome here anytime, plenty of room.

 

[Guest]

FINALLY (been 3 months since it last moved) got the bike out for a clean up and a quick ride. Give the ole suzie a good cleaning, had the tender on the battery while I was doing it and checked the tires. Before I started it I set it on prime for a couple minutes, turned the key and about the 2nd-3rd try she fried right up. No sputtering or anything just a nice good idle. I was afraid the carbs might have gummed up some though apparently not. Did have a good amount of Lucas ethanol treatment in the tank and carbs. Ran really strong for the 30 miles I did. Did notice the rear brake was a bit soft, may need to bleed it out. It was a bit weird feeling getting back on it from riding the Spyder so much lately but it really felt good on two wheels!