anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

[Gorminrider]

I went for a ride the other day. I currently am repainting the bike, but couldn't let that stop me on a nice day! I had to fill up every 3 miles, but it was worth it! I did get some awfully weird looks though!

and it'd be bizarre to ride without the big tank there!
.....might be an idea for April Fool's Day- hide the wee tank completely and put a sign on somewhere:
Hyper- Efficient Fuel Mileage Test Vehicle

[Suzooki]

Last week.

[pete]

Glad to see you guys out and about! Must be nice getting into Spring and being able to get your bikes out.

Our wet season is running a little late this year so our big ride yesterday was extremely wet. I'll post a ride report shortly but here's a couple of our meet up points yesterday:

[koolaid_kid]

Nice. 28F and wisps of snowflakes here in the Motor City.

[pete]

That's a little chilly for me! The temperature was ok yesterday, but when stopped the humidity started getting you... towards the end of the day my hands and feet were getting chilled from the constant wet though.

[gs850cafe]

rode today...heres a pic

[Jedz123]

850cafe I love that pic!!! Glad I'm not the only one not afraid of a little snow covered roads. Just play it safe on the turns.

[musicman]

That's too cold for me! If there's snow I'm driving the cage with the heat and radio. I thought about riding today... should've. I'm waiting for warm weather to roll around before I start commuting on 2 wheels again.

[tylerhurley94]

and it'd be bizarre to ride without the big tank there!
.....might be an idea for April Fool's Day- hide the wee tank completely and put a sign on somewhere:
Hyper- Efficient Fuel Mileage Test Vehicle

I like it! And April is just around the corner!

[dorkburger]

Hello suzooki. your 1100 is beautiful

[Suzooki]

Hello suzooki. your 1100 is beautiful

Thank you! This has been sitting since 1986,I bought it from the original owner, cleaned carbs and new battery. It sat unused for another twelve years of not being ridden, so I bought another battery, changed the oil, replaced the chain, dusted it, buffed the footpeg brackets because the anodizing was looking sketchy, cleaned rust from brake pedal, shifter and a few bolts, runs nice. It has 12,000 miles on it now, I've ridden it about 50 miles. I bought it from my friend who had the valve covers off but never finished adjusting them, he gave up and it was just sitting in his garage. I was just going to fix it and sell it because I had a new shiny CBR900 at the time and thought this was just an old slow heavy thing to do burnouts on but then I started staring at it and it started looking better and better, now the new shiny CBR is gone and after many bikes in between, this one stayed. I shined little parts here and there and now I can't give it up, I know if I did someone around here would just make a drag bike out of it from all the people who ask about it. We had been on many rides back in the 80's and it brings back a lot of memories and the bike still runs strong and it's comfortable. When my buddy bought this, I had a Moto Guzzi V50 Monza, one day we rode to Yosemite and at about 10pm on a Sunday night we were just leaving the park which was about 120 miles from home, my headlight burned out, I had to ride behind this bike all through the winding mountain roads all the way home, this big ol' honkin headlight saved the day, there was NO place to buy a light on a Sunday night back then. I never realized how cool these bikes are, every time I open the garage door I just admire it. It's all original except for the tires, chain and handlebars. I have a total of $900 into it and thats about $10,000 less than I wanted to spend on a new bike.

[pete]

First video from yesterday's ride:

http://youtu.be/5scau_rs6eI

[wedoo2]

I rode to work today...it was sunny in the am but when I left the gym at 11am the clouds rolled in. Here's what it looked like at 5pm; the sun was trying to come out.



And a close-up.



And a pic of the giant flag put up for a DV visit last week. It was either Tom Carper or Michael Castle of DE. I work Swing-Shift so I missed out.







Ed

Ed, you gotta take a picture of the freight terminal for me, for old times sake. That big old blue building still there? The place probably has a new NCO club huh?

[GSXR7ED]

I'll hook you up this week!

Ed, you gotta take a picture of the freight terminal for me, for old times sake. That big old blue building still there? The place probably has a new NCO club huh?

It's suppose to snow this week...but I will take pics.





Ed

[pete]

Part 2 from Saturday's wet ride...

http://youtu.be/JnKxVas6jqI