Thxgiving maintenance and riding! [pics]

[a13x]

Like me preface this by saying you just gotta love New England weather. One day it's snow on the ground and freezing and the next it's 55 and sunny... sigh. Anyway!


Over the holiday's -jro- and I headed down to her family's place in glorious Norwalk CT. Besides stuffing ourselves with some awesome home-cooking we took the time Sunday, crappy raining freezing cold Sunday, to do some winter-prep and maintenance to her SV. I had broken the turn-signal off her SV a few months back transporting it in my truck, and thanks to one very nice NESRian (thx Oxx!!) we had a new one to install. So between bouts of shivering uncontrollably Jen got busy removing the plastics and getting that baby fixed while I changed the oil and added some Stabil to the tank. We finished up, parked it away in the corner of the garage, plugged the battery in, and expected never to see the SV out again until 2009....



Well that didn't last long... Monday we pack up and get ready to leave and realize it's 55 out and I'm waltzing around in a tshirt. Of course Jen has to go 'man we should go riding....' to which I stare dumbfounded as I have no bike and Jen ain't down with riding bitch.

Well "Dad" to the rescue! It's decided that I can ride lil sis's bike:



aaaand everyone goes scrambling off to find riding gear. Out comes Jen's old Bell helmet, "Mom's" riding jacket, the boots with the fur, "Dad's" Harley jacket, gloves, sweet open face helmet, Timbo's, damn we ready to ride!

See JRO's ready to rock


Yea.. badass all right.


Really thou. Nothing beats cruising around town on bikes and enjoying a nice motorcycle ride on December 1st! We headed down to the Norwalk beach to snap some pics of the ill rides and we took turns taking the CB around as blown rear shocks + speedbumps = much fun. After that we rode across town and got some bomb-ass Venezualian food. Booya that was tasty!

We then rode back (the long way), parked the bikes (again), and got ready to hunker down for 4 more months without riding

A good ride and pleasant surprise.


At the beach modeling the oh-so-fun 1974 Honda CB360


Jen likes it when it bounces


I think it fits her better....

[a13x]

*few more pics*

[KillBill]

Cool CB

[nt650hawk]

Nice throw back. Bike and gear. Ya fit the part.

[mikeb]

dude that looked fun as hell. i'd rock an ol cb or kz no problem.

[akira700]

Cool Alex, JRO,

Sometimes the best rides are the ones not planned.

Weather is crazy!
Today is aweesome.
Have to say I rode to work with no discomfort at all.

[cdovego]

Alex, you're one smooth operator.

[GixerJockey]

right click->save as

[OreoGaborio]

HA! Awesome! Sweet little CB

I woulda gone riding but the battery on the Tuono is dead..... again

[seth399]

right click->save as

hahaa!!

Damn, those old bikes always have something super sweet about the paint...that one just seems like a neat color too. Makes me wanna find one with a blown rear end and romp around making it bounce funny too

[hammadown]

Nice dude! That was my dad's first bike back in the day...thinkin about pickin one up for him...so I can ride it

[Sheppo]

The CB360 was my first 4 stroke street bike. I beat it like a rented mule and it keep coming back for more.

[breakdirt916]

it was a nice day for a ride...great way to compliment any holiday

[SVRACER01]

Jro races and she didnt have proper boots?
wish i hadnt stored my bike

[jwm2k3]

I woulda gone riding but the battery on the Tuono is dead..... again

Damn worthless Italian piece of.....oh, wait...

[Paul_E_D]

Sweet, I love riding old bikes wearing old gear!

[spicy]

i'm diggin' the bomber hat + goggles combo.

bet it's very protective in a crash

[-jro-]

Jro races and she didnt have proper boots?
wish i hadnt stored my bike

hah we had NO gear, everything you see on us is borrowed. Moms jacket, her gloves, my old busted bell helmet (musta been dropped a million times). She has tiny feet so I couldn't borrow her boots!!

doesn't alex look like jim carrey in that half face helmet!?!

[a13x]

Nice throw back. Bike and gear. Ya fit the part.

Coming from you Gene, the guy racing the 20-year old iron, that's really saying something!


Hey looking good btw Paul.. *highfive*


I so want to rip that CB around Boston... roll up to Newbury Pose with that! Oh yea.. bitches be dropping panties left and RIGHT.

[OreoGaborio]

Ya dude, that CB is pimp I want a lightweight old school cruiser/cafe like that.

Damn worthless Italian piece of.....oh, wait...

hehehe.... Eh, it was my own damn fault... I didn't put it on the trickle or disconnect the battery like I shoudla. The ECU is known to eat a little juice when the bike sits for a long time.

[KB]

Sweet, I love riding old bikes wearing old gear!

Freakin paul always got to trump!!

Cool pic!!

KB

[DucDave]

...nice...

I had a bike just like that back in the day!!! Rode the piss out of if. I remember getting on 93 and drafting a tractor trailer up to 90mph or something. And, if I remember right, I was literaly wearing an old football helmet...

Wow...

If I'd a known I was going to live this long I'd have taken better care of myself..!

GREAT PICS!!!

[Paul_E_D]

Freakin paul always got to trump!!

Cool pic!!

KB

Haha! I don't know that I'll ever be as cool as Alex, but I can try

That's Tim Court's bike. He's one hard dude.

Let's see a scooter shot?

[a13x]

Haha! I don't know that I'll ever be as cool as Alex, but I can try

I ain't running 16's mang so I dunno about that!

That helmet/googles combo is super-sick. You know I was wishing I had some crazy bomber googles to wear while riding that CB around....

[Dieseldan]

well atleast u know "dad" likes ya to let you borrow his bike.