anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

[BassCliff]

Hi,

Wow, Dan. Your weather is not much colder than mine. I've just been commuting to work every day. It's been in the mid-70s for highs and in the low 50s during my morning and evening commutes. We're still sort of waiting for winter around here. We did have a little cold spell last month where I was commuting in the low 40s but so far this year the temps have been very mild.

Here's where I usually park at work, beside the cart shed.

During the long, hot summer days I usually squeeze under the cart shed to stay in the shade, or out of the weather during the rainy season.

Hey Mr. trevor, riding around at 0?C is pretty hard core. The coldest I've ever ridden was 37?F. I'm sure I could do colder.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[Redman]

Was 47 when got home from work, great, lets go for ride.

Shadow is easier to get out of back corner of garage, and I dont care so much if it gets a bit ao salt dust.

Rode into town, and down by the lake. Was about sunset.
Restraunt parking lot at beach, with sand piled up from clearing the sand from parking lot.

Then rode out of town and along the river for a while.
Was 38-40 when got back home.
Should have had the chaps and heavier gloves. But was good to be out in January.


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[BassCliff]

Hey Dave,

Beautiful!

Thanks for sharing.

Cliff

 

[trevor]

Rode my bike for work yesterday. Got up to 5 degrees (40) put on 80km. This is a pic between Sidney and Victoria BC beside the Pacific, you can see Mt. Baker in the background all covered in snow!!

 

[BassCliff]

Hi,

I rode into work as usual this morning. When I stopped for gas the attendant started talking to me about the bike he had in his service bay.

It's a '79 GS1000, only 5000 miles on the odometer. We chatted for a bit, exchanged emails, and I pointed him in the right direction for maintenance help. Maybe he'll show up here. Hopefully I'll have time to lend him a hand.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[trevor]

Had a plan of giving the old girl a bath then a little ride. It was sunny and 4 or 5 degrees out when I started the bath. then this weird white stuff started to fall from the sky.

 

[7981GS]

Although the weather report said it was only going to get to 45 here today... they lied!
It felt like about 70 degrees out! At least for a few minutes, around 2 P.M.
Anyhow, I HAD to take poor old neglected Goldy out for some fun!

I have always loved this mountain range as it is always so looming above everything around it. (Peterson Range)
Apparently it is only about 8,000 feet: http://www.summitpost.org/petersen-mountain-high-point/588563
On the other side in the middle of July, there is usually some snow as the Sun never gets to that side.
I had to put up with some washboard roads to get near it for some pic's.
I tried the panorama mode to get its glory but it seems lacking as to what it looks like in person.

Some of the washboard road...

I happened upon this relatively new (2 years old perhaps?) Park while checking out strange roads to me.
I liked this little rock formation...

Only got in about 75 miles and saw about a dozen H-D's and two sport bikes.
At least when I was on pavement anyway.


Daniel

 

[Guest]

Man this sucks... you guys are in the middle of winter and getting more riding done than me, how does that work?? I finally got a chance this afternoon for the first time this weekend to think about going for a ride... and it started raining... I haven't got any wet weather gear just yet so that meant a ride free weekend for the first time since the 450 went back on the road

Daniel, I love that scenery... so open and clear...

And Trevor, you know if you didn't wash your bike it wouldn't have started to snow right?

 

[Redman]

Was 47 when got home from work, great, lets go for ride....
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That ride of mine was Wednesday evening.




This was my ride Friday morning,
...... and ... Saturday morning
...... and ... Sunday afternoon (about an hour ago).

 

[7981GS]

After having too much fun on Goldy yesterday, she got to go out today!
It was windy as hell and a very bad idea but, whatcha gonna do?

40 degrees when I left and not too terrible on the back roads but, cross winds were treacherous!!!
Tree branches, plastic soda/drink bottles, rabbits, sagebrush, etc. all flying across the road!
I really wish I had taken the video camera off of the GSX1100G just so you could see all of the stuff flying across the roads!

I even went by that POS GS1100GK that is still for sale and the idiot owner pulled up after I took this picture and asked me if I wanted to buy it. LMFAO!
I told him that I had already offered him too much for it and he turned me down.
He then said, I'll take $300 for it to which I replied "I paid $300 for THIS bike, why on Earth would I pay $300 for that?"

I tried to take a video (forgetting not to try and take a side-ways video. )
But it was so windy that it looked like the bike was going to be knocked over in this parking lot!
I was trying to show the flag at Jack in the box wipping around and the street sign swinging all over the place.
Here is the short vid followed by a quick pic while grabbing the bike!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEIzTem25iM

A little while later with the wind blocked behind this hill.

Enjoying this warm JANUARY (???) weather.

Daniel

 

[GS1000G Shopper]

No pics and no thermometer on the blue bike yet, but my wife said it was 28 (F) on the way to church Sunday (according to her truck's thermometer)- I leave about 30 minutes before she does. Love my 12V heated gloves.

I think some of the video I posted here last fall on the red GS1000 was in 32 degree (F) weather.

 

[Guest]

Seventeen degrees when I left the house for work this morning. I also am loving my heated glove liners. The rest of my gear is fine for the commute, but I wouldn't be riding in these temperatures with cold hands. Sorry no pics.

 

[7981GS]

Heated gear? What's that? LOL.
Wish I had some or that the GS charging system could handle it.
Gloves and socks would be all that is really necessary or desired.


Daniel

 

[SVSooke]

Heated gear? What's that? LOL.
Wish I had some or that the GS charging system could handle it.
Gloves and socks would be all that is really necessary or desired.


Daniel

Heated gear is WONDERFUL.Best investment for riding I ever made.IMHO a vest is the way to go.Keep your core warm the rest of the body follows

 

[Guest]

Just put a sissy bar on my bike for my girl and we went on a one-hundred mile burst up near Santa Maria.
Sorry no pics

 

[DanTheMan]

Heated gear? What's that? LOL.
Wish I had some or that the GS charging system could handle it.
Gloves and socks would be all that is really necessary or desired.


Daniel

It will handle it. I use a heated vest and oxford grip heaters. That's how I get out and ride in the cold weather.

 

[7981GS]

Took Goldy for another ride today.
I got tired of having to keep the visor open to keep it from fogging up.
I guess that I should start wearing one of my balaclavas that I bought.

IT WAS FRICKIN' COLD!!!

The ice covering the entire lanes on the back roads simply sucked!
No pic's today even though I took a camera. I can only now feel my fingers again.

Thanks for the heads-up Dan!
I'll be looking into some heated gloves and socks this year.

Daniel

 

[Guest]

Finally! Out for a jaunt today with John and his son over Mt Nebo and Mt Glorious which are some fun roads near my place. The only downside is if there's any rain it tends to wash debris over the road in places and it takes a while for the road to dry out because there's so much foliage coverage. It was like that a little in a few places today but not too bad.

I didn't take a camera and it was quite cloudy so not a spectacular day for pic's, but here's a couple from a lookout (Jolly's lookout?) overlooking Wivenhoe Dam taken on my phone:



And John's son with the obligatory proof shot... he was actually looking at the camera except my ineptitude with any photographic device means I missed it... twice...



That also meant 937 trouble free km's since the rebuild so first service time

 

[john82q]

my ineptitude with any photographic device means I missed it

dont be hard on yourself he's bloody hard to photograph!

 

[Guest]

dont be hard on yourself he's bloody hard to photograph!

Hahahaha like photographing our cats... impossible