View Full Version : It's motorcycle weather
markem
05-09-2010, 06:24 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84Jehn4ZsGY
or this, from where I live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a55zhzAdguo&feature=related
'nuff said :banger
Great videos. Only weather that isn't motorcycle weather is the ice.
Resipsa
05-09-2010, 07:08 PM
Love it.
I saw one pull up to the gym one morning a couple of years back here in the dead of winter while it was snowing out. Thought the guy was nuts, :r
I was able to ride up to Lincolnton, Georgia for a weekend Gospel sing with my wife, dad, mom, and brother for the weekend. I rode the bike and they all rode in a car. Took five hours up and about four back. It was great. Could smell all the blooms and clean air.
Ratters
05-09-2010, 08:34 PM
I ride year round, but am looking forward to the nice weather. Especially with my first trackday of the year coming up in two weeks.:D
I was able to ride up to Lincolnton, Georgia for a weekend Gospel sing with my wife, dad, mom, and brother for the weekend. I rode the bike and they all rode in a car. Took five hours up and about four back. It was great. Could smell all the blooms and clean air.
Right now the honeysuckle is popping all over VA. I love it when I am zipping past some woods, etc and it hits the nose. On the other hand, aint nothing quite like passing by a recent skunk road kill either. Praying you miss it with the bike.
nomadicwookie
05-10-2010, 07:49 AM
You rounders are hard core. I've got a buddie that would pull up on the bike in Feb. frozen solid. It ain't for me, but more power too ya. It sure has been nice riding lately though. Thanks for the vids. Johnny Cash & motorcycles... Good times!
leasingthisspace
05-10-2010, 08:02 AM
I ride year round here. I think the only time I don't ride is in the snow.
You rounders are hard core. I've got a buddie that would pull up on the bike in Feb. frozen solid. It ain't for me, but more power too ya. It sure has been nice riding lately though. Thanks for the vids. Johnny Cash & motorcycles... Good times!
I could quit riding just because its cold or raining but then I'd have to get a shrink and I hate Drs. My motorcycle is my sanity check. Besides I'll be a lot colder the day they put me in the ground. Ride while ya can.
nomadicwookie
05-10-2010, 10:18 AM
I hear ya brother. There really isn't anything else like it.
Cigary
05-10-2010, 02:04 PM
Nothing like taking a long ride on a sunny day and can smell all of the good smells of nature,,,fresh cut grass, honeysuckle, etc. Be careful out there and ride defensively all the time.
Goldie
05-10-2010, 02:17 PM
I really like the second one. I have been digging bikes with sidecars lately.
Roland of Gilead
05-10-2010, 07:44 PM
I really, really need another bike...
-Mark.
Volusianator
05-10-2010, 09:00 PM
Only weather that isn't motorcycle weather is the ice.
Yep, which in WI gives us about 3 good solid months to ride.
Ride on brothers, ride on!
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j20/Volusianator/Dragon.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j20/Volusianator/090804-0268.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j20/Volusianator/090804-0275.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j20/Volusianator/Judas.jpg
A man after my own heart. If you aint draggin floorboards - your not ridding hard. :tu Nice looking scoot.
Volusianator
05-11-2010, 05:27 AM
A man after my own heart. If you aint draggin floorboards - your not ridding hard. :tu Nice looking scoot.
:tu I've scrapped my highway bars on that road!
:tu I've scrapped my highway bars on that road!
On my Roadstar I scrapped so much my Brothers hated riding with me. They always thought I was going down. Now days I can't go to far over as the pipes grind. They cost to much to be scraping. But nothing like throwing sparks up at night and checking out the chicken strip on the tires. I hate the trunk but it has to stay on until I fix the damaged left saddle bag.
http://usera.ImageCave.com/Volt/Bike/damage.jpg
One bike for sale and tomorrow I'm heading out to look at a new one! :banger
It's going to be tough sleeping tonight.....
Volusianator
05-12-2010, 09:24 PM
One bike for sale and tomorrow I'm heading out to look at a new one! :banger
It's going to be tough sleeping tonight.....
Let the fun begin!
One bike for sale and tomorrow I'm heading out to look at a new one! :banger
It's going to be tough sleeping tonight.....
With your access to teh Smokies - absolutly the most beautiful country in the USA. The roads are just tons of fun to ride as well. I may have to ride down and visit with ya.
With your access to teh Smokies - absolutly the most beautiful country in the USA. The roads are just tons of fun to ride as well. I may have to ride down and visit with ya.
The only thing I dont dig is the loose gravel in the turns after rain. :td
Feel free to come on down Mike!
I hear ya on gravel, adds to the pucker factor like ice does.
I hear ya on gravel, adds to the pucker factor like ice does.
:=: WTF ever happened to Chat?
Volusianator
05-13-2010, 12:33 PM
I hear ya on gravel, adds to the pucker factor like ice does.
One of my best friends lives down a two mile long gravel road, so after years of riding down there, gravel really doesn't bother me. Rain on blacktop, that's a whole different story. Course...I dumped a bike doing 65mph on blacktop in the rain...so that may have a little something to do with that! :r
My "fear" if you can call it are the tar snakes and pies. I was in a hard 90* left turn, 98* temp and nearly lost it whne the back tire slid out on a big ole tar pie. I would have let the bike down but the wife was on so I jammed the left foot down. Next time I let the bike go down, to say the least that was painful. Now when I see them, especially in the hot weather I get a little nervous. But it all comes with the territory, if there was no danger I might as well be sitting in a rocking chair at the casa.
Went and picked this guy up last week.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll115/Lvmesum3zs/Picture094.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll115/Lvmesum3zs/Picture093.jpg
...now I wish the weather would clear up a little.
Hmmm if it isn't raining, how does the bike get washed? Looks good, one of the better looking Ducati's IMO. Some have that really rough look. A set of matching red leathers and your ready to rool.
Hmmm if it isn't raining, how does the bike get washed? Looks good, one of the better looking Ducati's IMO. Some have that really rough look. A set of matching red leathers and your ready to rool.
I'm not worried about getting wet.. My dad always told me sugar melted and sh*t floats and that I would be just fine. :) The current tires are not cut to the outside so traction on wet surfaces is limited.
oooo yea, bad in the wet. Sounds like you have go fast tires :D
oooo yea, bad in the wet. Sounds like you have go fast tires :D
I think they read "go fast in turn" tires. :D
weak_link
05-17-2010, 12:56 PM
Rode Sat and Sun this weekend, man I love bikes.
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