Mmmm. December riding fix. (w/ pix)

[OreoGaborio]

I'm sure I'm not the only one here that pulled the bike out of "storage" for today's unusually warm December weather...

Pulled the Tuono out of the garage today & went on a nice cruise for a couple hours or so. Rode around on some of my local favorites, then up Rte 1 to Plum Island to explore a little bit. The roads weren't too terribly sandy, but they were a little too damp to get too crazy, so I kept it mellow for the most part.

Here's some shots I took along the way. The cloud cover didn't play nice for the most part, but once I got to the northernmost tip of Plum Island the skies started to clear up & I was able to get a couple of half decent pics.

Pic 1 - Just a field
Pic 2 - Water's gettin high...
Pic 3 - HAHA, your truck is stuck!
Pic 4 - "Oh, hello officer.... No, sir, this isn't what it looks like..... What's that? Why yes, I do work for Tony's Track Days...... A what? Pedophile kit? Uh oh..."

Pic 5 - Water's high at Bradley Palmer St. Forrest.
Pic 6 & 7 - Plum Island Airport.
Pic 8 - 182nd St.

Pic 9 - Northern most tip of the island. Sun starting to peek through
Pic 10 - Southern part of the island.
Pic 11 - Polar Bear Seagull floatin down the river.
Pic 12 - Time to head home.

[The Snowman]

Good deal Pete. Annalisa and I considered it. That is, until we remembered that I have a nail hole in my rear tire, that needs to be taken up to Tricky Mike.

So, I removed the rear wheel. Maybe I'll get it up there next weekend. We'll see.

We also saw a couple on an older Beemer on 146 north headed toward Millbury.

[Pittenger5]

I was thinkin bout it, but figured an hour of riding wasnt worth the chance of binning it in the wet.

[reiobard]

i wish i had a chance to take mine out, but it may very well be stuck in the basement... i have to figure out the up the ramp thing in the spring... but for now, i am going to start tearing it down for some TLC over the winter.

[tonup]

Got ice and snow and sand and ice. Just an envious bastard on this end, except for for the pediphile part, I'm forwarding your info to nambla

[scorp7]

Nice pics. I too got out for a bit. Finally installed my HIDs and got a chance to try them out. What a difference.

[Degsy]

Didn't go out.

1 word...SALT.

[schleppy]

It never fails that days like this pop up a week after I store the bike. Oh well...

[Sheppo]

Didn't go out.

1 word...SALT.

+1 tucked away waiting for spring.



Read, I am too lazy to wash it after I ride.

[ThisBitch]

Nice pics, Pete!

So I'm sitting at my sister's house in NJ yesterday morning and my sister says "Its 65 out. We should ride!" Luckily, she's the Ops Manager at a dealership, so I borrowed some of her gear and we "borrowed" a few bikes and did about a 3 hour ride. It was a nice break from the kids and chaos of the weekend and some quality time with my sorta-sister

[seth399]

Nice pics there, my December ride fix was going into the basement and putting white plastics on my crf

[OreoGaborio]

Didn't go out.

1 word...SALT.

Yeah I know Luckily the rain we got washed most of it off & I made sure to give her a bath when I got home. She ended up being cleaner than when I set off

Nice pics, Pete!

So I'm sitting at my sister's house in NJ yesterday morning and my sister says "Its 65 out. We should ride!" Luckily, she's the Ops Manager at a dealership, so I borrowed some of her gear and we "borrowed" a few bikes and did about a 3 hour ride. It was a nice break from the kids and chaos of the weekend and some quality time with my sorta-sister

Nice!

[Pittenger5]

we "borrowed" a few bikes

Whaddya get?

[ThisBitch]

Whaddya get?

I got to ride 2 bikes! When we left initially, I was on a 600rr and she had taken a really nice R1. Once I had gotten my muscle memory working again, she let me take the R1... I almost ripped my arms out of the socket getting on the GSP

[Pittenger5]

she let me take the R1...

Not man enough for a busa?

[a13x]

Nice pics Peter! 182nd.. haha.

[RandyO]

Didn't go out.

1 word...SALT.

salt,

what of it ?

other than gunking up yer calipers and easily taken care of with a squirt of brakleen

summer bug splats are more corrosive in my experience

[Degsy]

salt,

what of it ?

other than gunking up yer calipers and easily taken care of with a squirt of brakleen

summer bug splats are more corrosive in my experience

1 hour and 50 minutes Randy? you're losing your touch.

[OreoGaborio]

Nice pics Peter! 182nd.. haha.

Photoshop. It was really 82nd St. I couldn't resist

[BCT748]

Have I ever told you that I hate you? The closest thing to a ride I've gotten in about a month now was pulling it out of the garage real quick to use the decibel meter

[MattR302]

Didnt get a chance to ride Sunday when it was nice in the high 40's, but i took the EX500 out for a little 20 mile ride around town on Christmas afternoon when it was mid 30s, and then Saturday afternoon took it to the gf's in the afternoon when it was around 40F. My zx6r (it may look familiar to some of you) is full-on winterized until spring, but the 500 is ready to go in a couple minutes notice.

I did get to find out that the highbeam filament in the 500 is out, figures, I've read that 6 months is about all you can get out of a silverstar.

[ssg]

I did get to find out that the highbeam filament in the 500 is out, figures, I've read that 6 months is about all you can get out of a silverstar.

Good luck getting even that I hate those things. However if you write to them, I heard they send you more...I'm not sure thats good or bad



Nice pics Pete, glad to see someone rode. I stayed home and baked excuses all day.

[greenmonster]

Wow, great shots, Pete. The one with the sunset behind your bike is cool. I got some time in too that day, and another a week or so earlier. Winter's hell to wait thru as far as riding goes, but on those rare days when you can ride makes it all worthwhile....

[markbvt]

I was stuck in DC without a bike on Sunday (visiting the parents), but I did get out for about 30 miles on my V-Strom yesterday. I came home in a much better mood.

--mark