First Ride

[WarrenJ]

I rolled the Monster out of the garage this afternoon, aired up the tires and took a spin - fog and rain be darned!  It felt like 100 pounds had been taken off my shoulders and I couldn't stop smiling.  A positive day after months of pretty dark stuff!

[Schmitty]

Yeah, I moved the bike from inside the house to the garage yesterday.  Rain threatened all day today, so I have some time to clean 'er up in the next few days.   

[gregrnel]

Picking up mine from Duc MKE tomorrow, hopefully. 12K service. [moto]

[WarrenJ]

Just thawing out from a 50 mile spin this afternoon.  A little rusty and lots of sand in the intersections.  Picked up a new helmet from a DMF member - an Arai RX-Q - noticably nicer and quieter than my old HJC CL-15.  I'm cold, but I'm smiling!  Slimy Crud Run is the 1st Sunday in May.......

[WarrenJ]

Got another 30 mile spin in this afternoon but it looks like thunderstorms tomorrow, decent Monday and snow Tuesday through Thursday.  I hate March.

[WarrenJ]

Well I put 150 miles on the bike before the storm and I spent all day skiing at Wausau today.  Its time for some consistent riding weather!

[Queestce]

You guys gotta come to Australia! Here we never have to take seasons off riding. Its brilliant so long as you can put up with the snakes on the roads...

Enjoy the warm weather! 

Tk

[WarrenJ]

Greetings Queestce!

I actually love winter, I cross country and downhill ski, ice fish, hunt, etc. but when March rolls around with its usual turmoil of warm, cold, thunderstorms, ice, blizzards, mud all within a few weeks, it gets tiresome. 

I'd love to ride down there but you guys drive on the wrong side of the road and being on the bottom of the planet, I'd be afraid of falling off. 

Actually, there is a slim chance, I might end up down there for a short consulting job in Brisbane.  I'll have to see if I can find a program for learning to speak Australian before I go down there!

Have a great day and keep the rubber side down!

[WarrenJ]

Well it was finally "nice" enough to go for an 80 mile spin tonight.  I was a little chilled by the time I got back, but at least I was riding!

[scduc]

With the good rain storms lately, I bet the roads aren't looking too bad? I dont think I'll have mine ready for at least another month.

[WarrenJ]

Still lots of sand and gravel at the intersections and some curves.  I've been taking it pretty careful.  Hit one spot of wet sand that had drained across the road from the melting snow.  Back end stepped out a bit and gave me a little bit of pucker.

[WarrenJ]

Hope you guys got out and rode a bit today.  I had a great ride before the tornados came in.  Weather was warm and I finally felt comfortable on the bike after the winter layoff.  Took a 130 mile spin to the Wisconsin River and back - rode some fun twisties that felt good, rode fast on some straigt empty roads, was a bit of a hooligan a couple of times - just a great, happy ride.  It felt good not to be frozen after the ride for a change.

[loki1957]

I only got 40 miles yesterday but I've had my Paso out about 3 times this nasty, cold spring. We haven't gotten Linda's Monster out yet.

[WarrenJ]

Glad you got out!  I've got about 500 miles on already but most of them were pretty darn cold. 

[loki1957]

It's got new tyres, starter motor,and rebuilt carbs. It runs so much better now. Hopefully no more trips to the dealer in the back of my van. I did run out of gas already this Spring though. That was most troublesome.