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DobbinsCMA wrote: Hey Im in Madison. You have a cool looking stock bike.
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After I shot the pic I went around the block to finally turn it over. The previous owner turned it to 0 to show me that it worked, and I never touched it since. Pretty proud of myself, I thought in my timeframe (4 months) and as often as I rode it 1,000 would be a good goal. I almost called my insurance guy to swap the insurance over for the winter this weekend; I think I got one more week left.
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1980 LTD 1000..,1976 LTD 900, have the 1000&900 now. the rest are previous= 1978 KZ 650 B.., 1980 Yamaha XT 500..,1978 Yamaha DT 400.., 1977 Yamaha yz 80..,Honda trail ct 70.., Honda QA 50...5-1/2 hp brigs & straton CAT chopper mini bike...3-1/2 hp mini bike (WHEN GAS WAS ABOUT 45 CENTS A GALLON)!!!!
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pete greek1 wrote: After it cools off for this weekend, I heard it's supposed to warm up again next week for a few more days
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Well I'm not seeing that in my forcast. After a couple days of 70 high it drops like a rock to 50 the rest of the week and next week. We'll see what happens at the end of this week.
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SmokyOwl wrote:
pete greek1 wrote: After it cools off for this weekend, I heard it's supposed to warm up again next week for a few more days
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Well I'm not seeing that in my forcast. After a couple days of 70 high it drops like a rock to 50 the rest of the week and next week. We'll see what happens at the end of this week.
And? That's a great time to get some cold weather riding in. Every motorcyclist should have a few miles under their belt in the colder weather.
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Shabba wrote:
SmokyOwl wrote:
pete greek1 wrote: After it cools off for this weekend, I heard it's supposed to warm up again next week for a few more days
Pete
Well I'm not seeing that in my forcast. After a couple days of 70 high it drops like a rock to 50 the rest of the week and next week. We'll see what happens at the end of this week.
And? That's a great time to get some cold weather riding in. Every motorcyclist should have a few miles under their belt in the colder weather.
As someone who himself rides year round, I wouldn't recommend it unless it's necessary. Otherwise, it's just more money on gear, more rust on the bike, and more risk of injury. It's just transportation at that point. I don't think anyone in their right mind actually enjoys riding in the winter.
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This morning I was hoping to ride into work this morning, but it was only 40 degrees and I'm like "nope". Ten minutes later I'm getting ready for work and I get a call from my friend....says "Don't ride to work today!" and I go "you rode your bike today didn't you?" and he responds "yeah, it was a horrible mistake!...Don't ride your bike into work". It's nice out during the day, but before the sun comes up it's still very chilly from the night. Hopefully today's high of 70 will bring up tomorrows morning temperatures.
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pete greek1 wrote: You can get a snowmobile suit that you can wear over your cloths, just unzip & take it off when you get to work
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Yeah but I'd have nowhere to put it on the ride home, my saddlebags barely fit my pair of work shoes. When it's 55 in the morning, it's like 70-75 after work.
Edit: I DO have a large backpack-like thing that's put over the sissy bar/seat, but I'm worried about high crosswinds on the highway, it can get VERY windy on my trip to work, it's very open.
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