| Author | Message | ||
     Tattoodnscrewd |
Now that I got rid of 2 cars, and bought another bike ... it's nothing but subfreezing weather, ice, snow and salt !!! SOOOO FRUSTRATING !!!! Especially when you consider the 2 cars I sold were drivers .. now we only have one car on the road as the other I kept is my toy and doesn't get the privilege of seeing snow .... That'll learn me .... should've kept a second driver - even if it sits for 10 months out of the year .... Sorry ... had to vent a little ... | ||
| Carparts009 |
I'm right there with you man. It's bittersweet buying a new bike in winter. Awesome to get a new bike and sucks cuz you can't ride it. Did you get a chance to start on the S1? -Matt | ||
| Tattoodnscrewd |
I haven't even gotten the damn thing home yet ! Put down a big enough down payment to hold it for a bit, just waiting to be paid on all that I sold ... hopefully this weekend... | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
I have 200+ feet of snow covered driveway until I can get to dry pavement. The sun is shining, I need to ride!!  I know I can make it!!  | ||
| Steve_mackay |
I haven't even ridden the past week and a half. Been too much ice and snow on the ground. Brian, Toni got to sit on the bike yesterday and make vroom vroom noises though with her new leather pants on(had to sit on the bike to try 'em out of course!). That's the closest she's come to riding since before Thanksgiving. | ||
| Jimidan |
German and other Euros pride themselves in having no cars at all...just motorcycles. How do THEY do it? jimidan | ||
| Steve_mackay |
Usually a better mass transit system. Unfortunately, our buses here don't run near my place of employment, nor at the times I need to be here. But, I did only put 2 tank of gas in my truck all of 2006. | ||
| No_rice |
i havent been able to ride for the last couple weeks. the roads have been very slick most of the time. i want to ride, but i dont have the finances to piece my bike back together again anytime soon so i'll just wait. it might get out this weekend though because we are having a degree ride at work. if it's 5 degrees outside, we go 5 miles. 20 outside we go 20 miles. not sure what we do if its negative something outside though. maybe push the bikes backwards that many miles lol. | ||
| Gearhead |
Hey, the good news is the the days are getting longer, warm weather is on the way!! | ||
| Carparts009 |
I got to put 40 miles on the R6 when I got it. Not bad for MN. | ||
| Liquorwhere |
Well growing up in Colorado we would ride year round, I had a 1943 WLA 45cu HD with a sidecar, knobby tires in winter, streets in summer, and a modified Mercedes-Benz plug in oil stick that keeps the oil hot while the bike is sitting. High school and the first few years of the Army. Man there were some cold rides home, I got that bike for $1500.00, he gave me $800.00 for my 1975 Yamaha XS650B electric and I rode it home that day..in November. I was 22 when I sold that bike to a Full bird Colonel in Washington DC for $5000.00, it still had the original leather rifle holster on it. In Germany many ride with spiked tires and plug in suits that are good to freezing temps, also while in Russia for cold weather training I rode a Ural with a side car almost like my HD but the sidecar wheel was driven, spiked tires, that was in Vladivolstok in 1991 in January in ice and snow. It can be done, just isn't very easy. I feel for you all up there, but I moved to the south for this very reason. | ||
| Tattoodnscrewd |
Yea .. it's been exactly 2 weeks since I've been out on my bike ... I keep going to the door to check the weather every morning in hopes that the snow and ice has melted and I can go riding ... hasn't happened, and it doesn't look like it will any time soon.... | ||
| Snowscum |
Its been since December 15th since I rode here in Colorado. Just one of those years when the ice doesnt go away.I still have a foot of ice from my driveway to my street. That first blizzard is still around even over a month later. For Colorado its been a wild year for weather. Sounds like this week it will finally melt some. Just in time for another system this weekend. The lakes around here might still have water in them by July.  | ||
| Mtch |
here in the southwest of england (about 80 miles from the shipwreck with bmw bikes in) its rained almost every day since 18th november when i got my XB12Scg. the last couple of days tho it has gone from 10 - 13C to 0 - 2 C , but is now bone dry . problem is now my fingers freeze after 1/2 an hour on the bike. still rather have the dry cold weather tho | ||
| Liquorwhere |
Snow, My brothers and my dad and most of my friends from college still live there and man the front range has gotten pounded this year. Wow lots of snow my friend. It will melt soon, my brother is dying to get his Ducati out soon. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
I did't make it  | ||
| Bake |
6' of settled snow everywhere! Gonna be a while. | ||
| Kdan |
I rode today. It was cold for Georgia. 49 degrees. I didn't do a lot of waving to fellow riders. | ||
| Essthreetee |
Looks like winter has broken here...I rode to work today, it has warmed up and was 30* this morning.  | ||
| Glitch |
When will winter go away and riding weather return !?!? 56 days until the first day of Spring. | ||
| Jumpinjewels |
It's suppose to be around 50 degrees in Denver on Thurs. Only problem is we have about 2 miles of snow covered road to get to dry pavement. . Soon, very soon!!!!!!!! | ||
| Toe_cutter |
I hear ya' It's been pretty crappy here too and I got the JONES! I mean how much polishing can you really do  | ||
| Tattoodnscrewd |
I mean how much polishing can you really do That is a question you don't want to ask me ... I spent many days, polishing my race header before I mounted it .. (in summer though) ... I have been known to be a bit on the excessive side when it comes to polishing and cleaning .... | ||
| Carparts009 |
cleanliness is next to godliness, especially when it comes to your toys | ||
| Steve_mackay |
You mean you guys CLEAN your bikes? You don't just wait till the next rain storm to ride in? | ||
| Glitch |
I mean how much polishing can you really do Toecutter? polishing a bike?  You don't just wait till the next rain storm to ride in? They all tease me about how dirty my bike is, and tease Black_sunshine with how clean his is. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
More snow last night....this sucks!!!  | ||
| Bodyshot1 |
..it's only been two weeks of real cold/no riding..killing me. If the suns out this weekend..I gotta give it a shot! | ||
| Steve_mackay |
Well, I must admit, the S3T is clean, thanks to Tattoodnscrewd. I trade him billet goodies for a clean bike | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
At least I will get to look at some bikes in Cleveland this weekend.... |
