Where did you ride today?

iv'e crossed rivers two times too, but newer seen beavers here unfortunately/ but like to seе)):
 
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Alberto I like seeing the riding pics from everywhere around the world also so give us more!

It was a pretty good day here for a last ride of the year. Temps where 51 to 65 on my ride about today. I went up to Stockton again for some reason and then crossed the 5 rivers that all end and create Mobile Bay in ALABAMA and then back to the house.

I said I'd ride 123.123 miles today but I got excited by the good temps and did 160 miles. I even got a pic at the giant beaver (Buc-ee's gas superstore) stop in BAMA! They have 120 gas pumps at this location. Across the road was close enough today with all the holiday tourist stopping there.

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Ha, I was inspired by you Raymond, I went 183, tried to photo the 123 odometer, highway and all, didn't work out. Saw all this though.

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Went for the 123123 ride this morning, started about 0815 at 38°. I had some tags to grab and was hoping to find a PCC Trolley, off to the city we go. There didn't use to be a fence here, you see the whole of PHL from up here... No love at the trolley garage either, they took them off line...
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It was 2 degrees warmer around here today Mike. I saw 68.9 today and enjoyed all of the 60's temps today for sure. Good ride for the first day of the year. I rode through the Blackwater River State Forest up into Bama and then westish back down to Walnut Hill FL area and home.
 
A few roads just south and north of the FL/GA line riding the 2024 Penguin Ride To Lunch with the local chapter of BMWMOA. I had other things to do during and after lunch hour so I left the ride early before the lunch stop. Turned out 35-40 riders for a beautiful day. It was 42F when I left the house and 65 three hours later. 140 miles.
 
Got out for my first ride of 2024 on January 2. I was thinking of getting out yesterday, Jan 1, but started working on an electrical diagram to add a trailer plug harness to my AK 550 and time got away from me. It was dark before I knew it and so I made sure to get out today.

I rode 63 miles for my first 63 miles to put on the annual miles list. The temp started out about a balmy 38F and dropped to 33F by about half way around at the southernmost point of the ride. Then it warmed back up to around 37F by the time I returned home. I left the heated grips turned off most of the way around but as the temp dropped I turned them on low and left them on the rest of the ride. Otherwise the Kemimoto bar muffs were plenty for the temps. I had maybe 3 miles of city road at the beginning and another 3 miles at the end of the ride but in between was all country roads.

If I had turned left instead of right and taken an even longer way back home I would have been more miles than @the Ferret for just a little while. But I AM ahead of @ardykay54 for the first time in a very long time. :biggrin:

(I know that won't last)
 
rjs987 said:
But I AM ahead of @ardykay54 for the first time in a very long time. :biggrin:
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He just doesn't ride as much since he got that 155 mph bike.

I got a ride in today too. Clear down to tourist central in Bama. I crossed the toll bridge at "The Wharf", the end of the Foley Beach Express route in Bama. $5 to ride from the toll both to the side south of the bridge. .8 miles. And another $5 if you go back over it!! They think it's like NYC or something I guess. My first and hopefully last time paying that toll. I'll go the 5 miles around next time. Been there, tried it, didn't like it, done that.

Edit: I'm glad I had my helmet on today. I do 99.99% of the time but I heard something go TICK very loudly today going down the road in traffic. It sounded liked plastic cracking so I looked all over the bike and found nothing. I looked at the helmet and just above the eyebrow there is a good ding that chipped down into the plastic about .030" deep. I'll bet that would have cut pretty good without the helmet on my head.

And I only saw one pirate riding today here in Tshirt - shorts and no helmet. Saw the same yesterday when it was about 50 degrees. YMMV
 
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I went for a quick ride around the neighborhood. Nothing fancy, just a little spin to clear my mind.
 
I took Nozomi out for a run to NZ's "Nordkapp" equivalent. Any further north and you need a boat. I left home at 0440 under clear and starry skies and reached Cape Reinga by 1000. After a spot of sightseeing, we did a u-turn and headed south through Kaitaia and Broadwood before htting SH 15 out of Kaikohe and then SH16 from Wellsford to avoid the worsening holiday traffic. In spite of it being mid-summer I did contemplate switching on the heated grips when the temp dropped to 9C on the northwards leg, but this was offset by mid 20's on the way home. After 920km of more-or-less continuous riding, we returned home around 1600 for a well-earned rest.
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ardykay54 said:
You guys are both nuts!! :biggrin: ........I get a nosebleed if I ride over 60 mph......Russ.
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Oh, come on Russ... I know you've gone at LEAST 70 when you were following me to FerrySTOC! But I couldn't tell if you were dealing with a bloody nose or not since you were so far back there :rofl1:
 
Another nice day before daycare services start up again (tomorrow) so went for a ride. A little chillier than yesterday. Started out at 37F but within 5 miles dropped to 35F. About half way around it was 33F. I did turn on the grip heat on low about 15 miles into the ride since it is better not to have slightly chilled hands... but ended up with sweaty hands and almost burned the palms. Warmer is still better than cooler. Went north and west this time. Temps also dropped all over the area during the ride. Rode 42 miles today.

And I'm STILL behind @the Ferret ... but only by 2 miles now. :04biker:

Almost got a picture of an eagle sitting on a tree branch over a small river the road was following. Just as I was about to take the shot a car drove by and the eagle flew off and down close to the water in the trees so couldn't get it. This is the same spot I saw an eagle last year so maybe next time.
 
Good January day here for a rideabout. It was 53 when I left home and when I got to Dothan ALABAMA!! it was up to 68.8 on the bike tempomometer. I had to get a pic in front of a "motor" dealership (see tag thread) but I couldn't get the Germany bike to pull completely into the HD parking lot.

A bit windy I guess going east, the RT sure used the gas with the cooler temps and 20mph headwind. It had nothing to do with my choice of setting the CC on 81 mph. FYI I was on I-10 and still got passed by 100 cars. I think one KIA had it set on WFT gas pedal as it rolled by me somewhere like at least 95.
 
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