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Bay of Gigs, WA | FINALLY! Got a ride in yesterday. A balmy 45 degrees up here and the mountains out-both ranges! So warm I only wore my cotton gloves and leather coat, with the seat and grips on, of course. But hey, anytime it's dry, I'm game.
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Western WA | LOL I forgot about that video. Man, welcome to my childhood. 
Thanks rainyryder and congrats on grabbing a ride! They can be few and far between this time of year. | |
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Bay of Gigs, WA | Yeah, one last relatively sunny days today and BOOM! it's gonna snow, of all things. A bit late in the year for that. Right now, it looks like water skiing weather...through a window, of course!
Pulled in at my local taproom Sunday to fill my growler, two Roadkings and a Kawi Concours parked there. Struck up a chat under the outside propane heater and soon they were ready to pull out. One RK and the late-model Kawasaki WOULDN'T START! We all stood around looking at them, and since the building is on a hill to a parking lot below, they decided to bump start'em. Heard the hog fire and pull back up the hill, but the UJM? Not a peep. Soon he came walking back up and was on his cell to AAA, who sent out a ramp truck and picked it up, I heard later.
Before that happened, my jug was filled, and I got on the Jukebox ('08 VV Street) and pushed the button. Luckily, whatever they had wasn't catching, and the ride home was grand, indeed. Grips and seat on high, I could give a rat's *$$ about what these blogs say about noisy trannies or whatever. I LOOOVE this thing!
Fergit the stylin'-it's good if they just run, right?
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seattle, wa | HA! Never seen that video before. I also got a ride in on sunday. Worked all day on monday, now they calling for snow! crazy time of year. | |
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Bullhead City, AZ | 70 and sunshine in Bullhead | |
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Jasper, MO | rainryder - 2011-02-22 12:58 PM
Fergit the stylin'-it's good if they just run, right?
Fer Sure! Three of my buddies and I got our bikes out last Thursday when the sun came out. It was very windy, but it actually got up to 74 degrees. We had been snowed in just a week earlier. Yesterday we had freezing drizzle again and today it's 30 degrees and promising more drizzle. We get everybody's weather here in Missouri, sometimes two seasons per day. Anyway, we had a Goldwing, a Harley Ultra, an FJR1300, and my Vision on the ride. The Yammi has an old battery and he had it on the charger the night before. It started that morning, but when we stopped for lunch it wouldn't start again. The GW rider keeps a set of MC jumper cables in his trunk, so we were able to jump start the Yammi and continue. Those old batteries can strand anybody.
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Tacoma, WA | I tooo got in a nice ride on Tuesday, when those North of me in this state were in snow. I go shooting on Tuesdays.... After 2 hours of killing targets, it was time to ride home. Beautiful WX! And then it began to snow....Got home, and in the garage before it stuck. Roads are clear again...(Saturday now) Maybe another little ride today?? It is a LITTLE cold, at 22 degrees, but that never stopped me before!-----Metalguy | |
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Bay of Gigs, WA | Hope you got out on Saturday, 'cause as the Eurythmics sang, "Here comes the rain again..."
Monday and it's nasty out, guess it'll be that way a week or 'till july 5th, as usual. Metalguy-where you at in T-town? I grew up there, just live across the bridge. | |
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Goldsboro, NC | I feel bad for all of you. There have only been about 12 days when I have NOT ridden this winter. <gloat, gloat> | |
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Bay of Gigs, WA | I know, huh? When I watch the weather around the country, I'm reminded that at least the rain around here doesn't kill anybody like all those tornadoes in the south & midwest.
rdbudd, a buddy of mine bought a 2010 FJR1300 last spring, one of those with no clutch, a quasi-automatic. The magazines all panned them, said they didn't shift right, or fast enough, or something, but whenever I've ridden it, when you pull the trigger it seems to shift RIGHT NOW. As long as the computer holds out, the thing is brilliant, both up and down the gears.
I guess those magazine guys are all retired racers or something, because if they're shifting faster than that thing can, they must be reeeaaal good!
Also, Aaron Frank, in Motorcyclist Magazine wrote an article on his long-term Victory Cross Country, and declared it the most competent and comfortable cold weather bike he's ever ridden. He should try a Vision.
Edited by rainryder 2011-03-01 12:16 PM
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New Bohemia, Va | rainryder - 2011-03-01 12:12 PM
... He should try a Vision.
I'm convinced people are afraid too, because they will like it and want to get one but don't know what their buddies will think.
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Jasper, MO | Cap'n Nemo - 2011-03-01 12:25 PM
rainryder - 2011-03-01 12:12 PM
... He should try a Vision.
I'm convinced people are afraid too, because they will like it and want to get one but don't know what their buddies will think.
I know and ride with those guys. "Yeah, that Vision rides and handles better, but it ain't a Harley/Goldwing".
Funny guys. 
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