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Rode it to work. 12 degrees this morning when I got there. Thank goodness for heated gear! Yesterdays predicted snowfall turned out to be pretty much a bust. Light dusting of maybe half an inch. Roads clear and dry this morning. Day 318 complete.

Sounds like you're in the DC region...that's the very same "forecast" I had.

Rode it to work. First ride in over 3 weeks; interfering causes include snow, freezing rain, a niece's wedding, and a miserable ten days with Flu type B that kicked my ass.

Felt good to be aboard, despite temps below 40F.

Rode it to work, again. Day 320 consecutive. Weekend forecast looks acceptable so far. Just have to get through February and early March......

BkerChuck wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:31 am early March......

Yea, and early March is always like "Look how nice it is.....JUST KIDDING!"

BkerChuck wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:31 am Rode it to work, again. Day 320 consecutive. Weekend forecast looks acceptable so far. Just have to get through February and early March......

Helluvan accomplishment! I can't even get out the driveway for the ice.

Dilly Dilly, BC!!!! Ride on, my brother.

Rode about 225 miles today with MikeP. Windy and upper 40s. Yeah, I plugged in the jacket, Pants gets chilly easily. Long way to Simmsport for the fried shrimp salad at the Family Grill Restaurant (Excellent!!). Then blasted down the levee road blowing the carbon out on some 80 mph sweepers and about a buck five on the straights. Had I known my front tire was as toasted as it is, I would have been pulled way back. Fortunately, my luck was running. And luck is a good thing, any way you can get it.

Tomorrow, I order a new tire. And I'm going to write an unusual ride report. Stay thirsty, my friends....

I forgot a had a front tire take off in my shop, so I had that one mounted. I don't think this set will get me to June for the start of CFR, but we'll just cross that bridge when we get there.

Changed the oil (right at 4K) while I was at it. Found just a little bit (maybe a pin needles worth) of what looks like brass dust in the bottom of the pan. Oh shit - maybe I should take the motor down and look for the culprit? I mean, it's got 38K miles on it and I'm sure it's about to let go any day now.

(Bites Fingernails....)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBcqd3cFRDU

Saturday: rode 575 miles to Tybee Island and back, collecting a bunch of BMR points. Didn't get above 40F for 2 hours in the morning, and dropped that low again for the last hour.

Nothing. not a damn thing. In D.R. at the moment. 80s during the day, 70s during the night. Lots of rum being poured.

Looked longingly through my garage security camera, been months since I've been able to leave KSA. @Wheety: I miss buying rum. The Magic Kingdom is a dry country. If you want rum you gotta make your own.
Left to right: Vodka, whiskey, Gin, Rum

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Top is cherry wine bottom is mead. If I can't ride or farkle then I guess I'll brew.

EDIT: If anyone knows how to turn that pic let me know or if you have superpowers just fix it.
EDIT: Thanks Red, Fixed it.

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Bluebullet wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:42 am //uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201802 ... ecfa6f.jpg
Top is cherry wine bottom is mead. If I can't ride or farkle then I guess I'll brew. EDIT: If anyone knows how to turn that pic let me know or if you have superpowers just fix it.

Bluebullet,

The GIMP image program is free, and very capable.

https://www.gimp.org/

ROTATE is on a drop-down menu. Use GIMP to open the image, and run through the menus. There is a HELP section, if you get stuck. Once you get things right-side up, EXPORT the image as a .JPG file. GIMP has dozens of features such as Text and Scale Image. My avatar is a GIMP product.

Rode it to work again. Day 324 consecutive safely in the books. Tomorrow's forecast currently not looking too good for my area. Will be keeping an eye on the forecast later after work and may just have to go Paul Revere again and do a quick midnight ride. We're looking at somewhere from 1-4" of snow but of course that's all a guess on the part of someone supposedly smarter than me. Keeping my fingers crossed. I made 294 days last time in my first attempt at this so I've already ridden more consecutive days this time but would LOVE to make it a whole year.

Thanks to everyone for the cheering on and encouragement!

Red wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2018 1:37 am

Bluebullet wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:42 am //uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201802 ... ecfa6f.jpg
Top is cherry wine bottom is mead. If I can't ride or farkle then I guess I'll brew. EDIT: If anyone knows how to turn that pic let me know or if you have superpowers just fix it.

Bluebullet,

The GIMP image program is free, and very capable.

https://www.gimp.org/

ROTATE is on a drop-down menu. Use GIMP to open the image, and run through the menus. There is a HELP section, if you get stuck. Once you get things right-side up, EXPORT the image as a .JPG file. GIMP has dozens of features such as Text and Scale Image. My avatar is a GIMP product.

Thanks Red

Installed T-Rex frame sliders, helmets locks (Townsend's) on both sides, Lightning Strike brake light, and RealTime reflective decals for the saddlebags.

A productive day.

LKLD wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2018 12:24 am Installed T-Rex frame sliders

Nice, I just ordered some this past week for the GSX-S. Thanks to talking to them at the motorcycle show they gave a discount and since their facility is here in Dallas near my work I'll get to save on shipping by picking up there when they are ready.

Not the FJR but...I took the liner out of my helmet and washed it...man that was over do.

Saturday made 328 days. Took a quick ride in the morning before meeting a coworker to go to a bike show in Timonium, MD. Took his truck as rain was forecast starting around 11 am and expected to last 24 hours. Today rain let up around noon so I went out on still wet roads with temps around 40 to put day 329 in the books. Forecast for this week is temps in the 40's possibly hitting 60 on Thursday.

Rode over to Tombstone. Lunch then rode back. No interstate