anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

[DanTheMan]

On the 6th day of Christmas......

On the 6th day of Christmas......

I rode again today! I put in a 180 mile round trip to the St. Cloud MN VA Hospital so they could diagnose the reason for the pain in my incision scar on my ankle where they removed the screws. I only took two pictures (bad, I know), so here they are, at a really good little truckstop restaurant just south of Rice, MN. They have the best diesel price (#2) I've seen in MN lately.

It was a bright sunshiny day down south, a blistering 34*F and I didn't see any other bikes on the road! Don't know what their problem was. It was 26*F when I left my house, at 11:00 am, and about the same when I returned at 5:00 pm in the dark. There were some heavy black clouds aloft as I got further north on the way home as well, maybe we'll get some snow for Christmas and it'll be a white Christmas instead of a dreary, probably cloudy, dark and cold brown Christmas.

 

[Guest]

Still nice weather here, a little cooler, wore a windbreaker, got out today spent some time riding each bike. Sorry no pic's forgot to take the camera.

 

[Redneck]

Sedelen I will be back down in Florida in 6 months if I have the 550 going we are going to have to go for a ride when I come down to visit my sis in law she lives in Castleberry.

Paul

 

[DanTheMan]

On the 7th day of Christmas......

On the 7th day of Christmas......

I went for a short ride so I could supply the tags for the riding game, so I'll throw a couple of those pictures in here too.

Main Street (Barclay Ave.) Pine River, MN.

Norway Lake on Chickamaw Beach launching ramp, Pine River area.

I was out along the main N-S highway (State 371) when I was taking the town pictures, had a guy driving a crane truck blast his horn to say hi as he went past. I'm pretty sure this is the latest in the year I've ridden my bike since living here.

 

[BassCliff]

Dan,

You are an animal!

OK, maybe you're a Gonzo.




Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[trevor]

It was amazing here on the island today!! One therm. said it was 11 today (52)! Put on 75kms (47mi) today.

 

[DanTheMan]

Dan,

You are an animal!

OK, maybe you're a Gonzo.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

When I rode to the VA hospital yesterday, one of the nurses said I was a "NUT".

 

[DanTheMan]

Dan,

You are an animal!




Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

I like the new picture even better! But on my bike when I go to a gig, it's usually my violin/viola case and the bass guitar.:dancing:

 

[ChicagoBob]

Nearly 40 and not too wet

Nearly 40 and not too wet

Rode about 20 miles around town, errands, etc. Unlike most modern bikes, the exposed cylinder block is still very useful as a stoplight hand warmer.

 

[BassCliff]

Hi,

I rode into work, like I do every day. But today one of my office mates had brought his scooter into work.

It's a Kymco Agility 125. Wow, those wheels are small.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[trevor]

Rode to work this morning it was around plus 2. Bit chilly but warmed up to about 8 and was sunny. Went around visiting clients and managed to put on 70 kms! December 21st!! I'm so glad I moved to the island!

 

[Guest]

Sedelen I will be back down in Florida in 6 months if I have the 550 going we are going to have to go for a ride when I come down to visit my sis in law she lives in Castleberry.

Paul

Sure thing, Casselberry is just a few miles from where I live.

 

[lurch12_2000]

Reached 50 today, but exploring muddy, greasy dirt and gravel roads = dirty, dirty GS and grimy riding gear. Usually I'll wait til the next rain storm for a natural wash off, but being winter I'd better get out and wash the crud off before it sits for too long! At least my preload looks about right with the bumpy stuff.

 

[whereiwannabe]

My gut, a fellow GSer, and oil... oh no!

My gut, a fellow GSer, and oil... oh no!

I've been socked in with work + the weather has sucked here the last couple of weeks so this afternoon when I looked up from my 'puter and saw clear blue and mid-60s it was time to clear the cobwebs and fire up El Zuko.

Now that I have a battery tender installed she fires right up on the first crank.

I did a couple slow laps around the hood to let her warm up then I proceeded to a favorite straight just down the rode. I started accelerating past legal but then that funny feeling in my gut started up as I saw a pack of cars coming the other way so I backed off and good ole gut was right once again!

There was one of our finest stuck in the middle of the pack but better yet right behind him, and obviously doing the exact speed limit, was my friend and our fellow GSer Frankie Z out on his Cooley coming back from an afternoon of Xmas shopping! We gave each other a big wave as we passed by.

I rode around some more then came to a stoplight. Oh no, what is this? The dreaded oily smoke smell and visuals wafting up from my motor. Looks (and smells) like El Zuko has sprung her first official oil leak while under my watch.

I have a couple boxes of parts in from Boulevard Suzuki's Cyber Monday Sale a few weeks ago. Guess there will be some wrenching in my holiday future.

Thanks for reading and Merry Happy Everyone!!

 

[Frank Z.]

Did all my C-mas shopping on the bike today. Besides the convenience of front door parking (eat your heart out cagers!), it was an amazing 67 degree sun-drenched day down in south Tejas. Had to make a couple quick maneuvers around frantic holiday shoppers, but such is life.

Hey Mikey, glad you saw the bubble-top! I was gaining "kinda fast" on the bunch, then the setting sun backlit those blue-n-red lenses and was able to avert a lecture/ticket in the nick of time.

Happy Holidays!

 

[DanTheMan]

On the 9th day of Christmas.........

On the 9th day of Christmas.........

I had to ride again.........Had a tuning 14 miles out of town, so I stopped to buy gas...

The tuning was a long and difficult one, here are pictures on the long, long driveway leading out to get home...

 

[7981GS]

After doing nothing but working on several bikes on these beautiful Sunny December days,
I HAD to go for a ride!!! :dancing:
I also tried to cover a few of the previously posted "Riding Game" tags that I happened to come across along the way.
Two or more birds with one stone kind of thing.

Found this in the Sun. (Not celsius)

MauMart under construction.

Playground photo.

Wind-power generators.

Old decommissioned jet photo.

Control tower photo.

Fuel dump/ fire retardent tanks.

I didn't want to come home! Great fun! (Something tells me that the inhabitants in the OT section haven't even looked at a bike in months. )
Get out and go for a ride guys/girls. More coming in the upcoming month's as my bike's are allergic to hibernation.


Daniel

 

[7981GS]

Also got a picture of the compound surrounding the crash site of the Galloping Ghost that crashed at the Reno Air Races this past September.

The local news just said to expect a low of 3-4 degrees tonight. Again.


Daniel

 

[BassCliff]

Hi,

While I was out Christmas shopping this evening I thought I take a test drive on a new motorcycle, just for kicks.

This is the new CBR-D. As you can tell, it was a little underpowered and could only turn right.

"CBR-D" stands for "Clifford the Big Red Dog" motorcycle.

I also thought about taking this one out for a spin but decided it would be too much for me to handle.

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[Guest]

Cliff..you're a crazy dare devil, leave the speed for the kids.