Solomoriah
XS650 Addict
I have a loop I run about once a week, on a ridge road, takes half an hour or so and always makes me smile. Yeah, I'd like to be taking long rides, but right now more than an hour one way is probably out of the question.
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Just Ride.
- Thread starter Jim
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BTDT! I remember when my youngest daughter (now 25) had something very important in the garage to show me. She was pretty worked up. She went to the motorcycle parked in there, climbed up and made sure I was looking at her feet planted on the pegs. I had told her long before that we would not be going for a ride together before her feet reached the pegs. She may have been eight or nine years old at the time. After that the miles started racking up on the bikes again.
@jetmechmarty dang it, you made my eyes get a little blurry just now. I'm not sure why really but little feet on the pegs brought back some really important memories for me. Okay, I know why. I have seven children, the youngest is 23 now. Each of them had the same requirement though truth be told, a couple got a ride before that. Still, I can picture a little being excited about that day. Good on you brother!
Well, she passes the rain test.
Had a meeting on the other side of the city and due to 20% chance of light rain I took the bike. Downpour started during the meeting and I had a 40 minute ride home in this - https://streamable.com/0yx8e1
Had a meeting on the other side of the city and due to 20% chance of light rain I took the bike. Downpour started during the meeting and I had a 40 minute ride home in this - https://streamable.com/0yx8e1
Well that sucks don't it? But some days you're the pigeon,others the statue.
Youse guys guilted me into it, especially gray n riding. Just an overnighter, may have some work to do on this whole packing lite thing...
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Or an 80% chance of not raining
I was once a half block from home stuck at a red light
We thought we had outrun the storm ( NOT) Torrential rain wind blowing like it wanted to tip you over
My buddy and I just laid on the horns AND HAD A GOOD LAUGH
put the bikes in the garage and had a cold beer
What ya going to do
I just have a backpack on the sissy bar unless I'm going a LONG distance
Even a rain suit will only keep you so dry for so long then your just partially wet
Nothing to see round here
just gotta keep move'n on.
just gotta keep move'n on.
Do you ever wonder why cell towers are not allowed to be built in some places?
Found a cool old barn along the way.
Still being used.
And a gas station, general store at a country crossroads.
"Proprietor" came out said it was in business from 1901 to 2008. Statated any pictures i took would be copywrited. I offered to split my revenue stream 50/50.
And camp is set up. Rough, rough day gotta rest now.
Chef Phil has arrived.
Guess it wont be canned soup tonight
Still being used.
And a gas station, general store at a country crossroads.
"Proprietor" came out said it was in business from 1901 to 2008. Statated any pictures i took would be copywrited. I offered to split my revenue stream 50/50.
And camp is set up. Rough, rough day gotta rest now.
Chef Phil has arrived.
Guess it wont be canned soup tonight
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Well, I’m done dinner and now I’m heading out for a little toot on Lucille to pick up a new book on my next acquisition......
"Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About the 10mm Wrench - Except How To Keep Track Of It." by Ima Wyzash
Supper with phil and Joe last night
lies around the campfire,
a nice morning hike round the lake
and headed home via the roundabout county roads route.
lies around the campfire,
a nice morning hike round the lake
and headed home via the roundabout county roads route.
You gonna make us guess?
In due course...I am on the hunt as we speak.
Not the most exotic of rides, but me and my mum went for a ride over to my mechanics this morning so I could grab a HEL stainless steel brake line. He lives just out of town on the opposite side of the city, so this was the first time I've got the bike up to highway speed. Got to say, I'm very happy with it! I think I prefer my XS400 still for city driving, but it was just brutal at 100km/h+. This is a noticeable improvement on highway driving and still pretty fun to boot around town on, so overall I think this bike is a win. Might mess with the sprockets to make it a bit more of a hooligan to whip around on, but we'll see.
The 4k bog I'm experiencing made highway driving a bit sketchy at times, but that should be sorted out soon. The guy I was supposed to do my carbs with initially had to move it because his ex-wife got sick and had to get COVID tested - with the kids in the house if she had it chances are they could pass to him as well so we were waiting for her results... then he got in a bike accident and hooped his leg. Looking like we should be good to go next week.
Quick picture of mine and my mums bikes - she also rides a Yamaha 650, just 30 some years newer.
The 4k bog I'm experiencing made highway driving a bit sketchy at times, but that should be sorted out soon. The guy I was supposed to do my carbs with initially had to move it because his ex-wife got sick and had to get COVID tested - with the kids in the house if she had it chances are they could pass to him as well so we were waiting for her results... then he got in a bike accident and hooped his leg. Looking like we should be good to go next week.
Quick picture of mine and my mums bikes - she also rides a Yamaha 650, just 30 some years newer.
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A thunderstorm blew through last night, dropping temperatures down to a human level. So this morning I drug Old Blackie outa the barn and went for a blast. No stopping for photos today, I just wanted to fly.
Riding on a lonesome two lane highway
Early morning , the air still smells of rain
Trying to find the last wide open spaces
This old man and his flying carpet made of steel
All along his southwest odyssey
The motor keeps a steady beat
As he rolls along past houses farms and fields
Passing towns that time forgot
and the graveyards of the early pioneers
my apologies to Arlo Guthrie for butchering his song.
Riding on a lonesome two lane highway
Early morning , the air still smells of rain
Trying to find the last wide open spaces
This old man and his flying carpet made of steel
All along his southwest odyssey
The motor keeps a steady beat
As he rolls along past houses farms and fields
Passing towns that time forgot
and the graveyards of the early pioneers
my apologies to Arlo Guthrie for butchering his song.