My own "get on the road, you slugs" thread

[DanTheMan]

We got 8" of snow today. No riding until next week sometime.

[GS ace]

That cursed white stuff is one of the main reasons why I moved south after I retired.

[Gssheller]

I managed to get about 70 miles put on the 1100E today. It got up to 88 degrees today with low humidity, so after a fine lunch of a carne guisada taco and a fajita gordita made from scratch at a local Shamrock station, I hit the Hill Country roads.

That sounds AWESOME!!

We haven't seen a day above 60 this year.

[Gravity Tester]

Little late to the Dance but this past weekend I rode to the mountain (Okay they call it a Mountain Reno Bruce would call it a Bunny Slope :-) ) to ski 2 of my favorite things rolled into one!

[DanTheMan]

Finally!!!! It got warm enough to ride again, and there is minimal ice at the bottom of my driveway. I had a bass gig practice last night that I could take my electric bass to (actual performance will be with the stand up string bass), so I put my bass guitar on the bike and rode to Brainerd (60 mile round trip) and back last night. When I left at 6pm, it was 37 deg. F, but when I returned at 9:30pm, it had dropped to 26 deg. by the time I got home. It was chilly, but my bike loves running in cold weather, always has. I decided next time I'm wearing my mittens, even with the grip heaters I had three really cold fingers. Otherwise, with the heated vest, fully suited up with long johns under my jeans and riding suit, heated vest, balaclava under my helmet, I was pretty comfortable.
Now, today, I'll have to go for a ride to get the next tag for the riding game...

[1948man]

I don't understand this whole concept of only riding part of the year. I do drive my truck if it is raining.

[Mike]

From yesterday

[DanTheMan]

From yesterday

Nice picture Mike. Even with the snowflakes falling, the green grass is showing. Here, in "da frozen 'nort", we still have 6"+ on the ground, and up to 1/2" predicted tomorrow night, which will melt on Saturday. I got out on the bike again Tuesday, but didn't have time for looking for the tag for the riding game. Maybe next time. Today is tire changing day. My front tire still has some tread, but it's cupping and I've noticed cracks in the tread lines. Not too safe anymore, and it's only got about 16,000 miles on it. I usually get closer to 20,000 out of the front, but I think my CA trip last year was rough on it.