Where did you ride today?

I didn't go far today. There was a Small Craft Advisory posted by the weather service. I figured that applied to motorcycles as well. :D

It's always fun to imagine what the driver behind me does when I come to a stop. The bike is standing upright, then jerks to the right (or left) because of the wind gusts. And then when I got to the parking lot at Costco, this father with his young son gave me one of those astonished looks and exclamations. Like "You rode that in this weather?!?!?"

Coming home was an eye opener. Came around a slight bend and there's this formerly 100+ foot tall tree, broken about a third of the way up. Part of it was laying in the lane blocking the entire lane. It wasn't across, it was laying lengthwise in the lane and filling the entire lane. The biggest portion was upside down leaning against a telephone pole.

Some people are just now getting their power back on.

Chris
 
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Esti1300 said:
Short ride today to the Quebec border and back in 4°C overcast weather, collected a town for the A-Z game and then, after lunch, rode to my winter storage location to drop off the motorcycle for it’s long winter slumber. I feel alone and empty… :confused:
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Those are the worst rides of the season. If we have a warm winter day and the roads are clear, are you able to get it out of storage for a ride?
 
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Rode this back to Ocala where my wife is staying and working for the winter. Bought it today from a super nice guy outside of Orlando. It is a '13 RT and very minty. While not my first choice it was a good bike from the kind of guy you want to buy a bike from. My wife figures if I have a bike here I will spend more time here with her than at home in the frozen tundra.
 
I haven't rode a Honda ST bike since that one test ride five weeks ago. But I did get some motivation to buy a newer bike (and a sport touring model) when my 1996 Honda Shadow broke down two weeks ago along the road. It turns out it melted the three yellow wire connector between the stator and the regulator - rectifier. I know I need to do a soldering job and I need to put some extensions on those wires so it's really going to be six soldering jobs I have not started that yet.

Today I'm going back to negotiate with the owner of that 2007 Honda ST 1300 with only 39,000 miles on the clock.
I might end up buying that one, and then I'll sell my Shadow 1100 as soon as possible after it's repaired, and after I've put a thousand more miles on it to make sure the repair is satisfactory.
 
Sadlsor said:
The Dos Equis is still one of Honda's best looking bikes of all time, with performance to match.
And of course, you know me, so you know i can say that with no bias whatsoever.
But i don't get that yellow polypropylene rope holding it up in your garage... is the sidestand not working...?
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For sure. It's a "look back" bike. You can't help but look back at it as you walk away. Chrome wheels really take it up a level, too. I'm glad mine is silver. I heard that's the fastest one.)
 
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For sure. It's a "look back" bike. You can't help but look back at it as you walk away.
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I probably did that a lot.
I truly liked the blacked out look, with the exception of the chromed mufflers.
It was subtle and stealthy, reaching supra-legal speeds without a lot of noise or fuss, so I preferred it stock. Black wheels for me, thank you.
I wish I could find that dealer poster of the Blackbird with the SR-71 stealth bomber in the background.
 

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I had a pretty gruelling ride yesterday. 530 mile round trip from the south east of England to Preston, Lancashire and back. Pouring with rain when I set out at 07.30 and 5 degrees C. Rain continued for the first 150 miles, most of which was on motorways with heavy traffic and resultant spray adding to the fun. The sun came out around Stoke on Trent but did nothing for the temperature which dropped to 3 degrees C. Thank goodness for my Gerbing heated jacket liner and trousers!!
Stayed dry the rest of the way and for the return, not pleasant but, hey, it's what I get paid for!!
Thank you ST1100TX for telling us about your ride in 80 degrees F, I'm not jealous, really!
 
J.Murphy said:
I had a pretty gruelling ride yesterday. 530 mile round trip from the south east of England to Preston, Lancashire and back. Pouring with rain when I set out at 07.30 and 5 degrees C. Rain continued for the first 150 miles, most of which was on motorways with heavy traffic and resultant spray adding to the fun. The sun came out around Stoke on Trent but did nothing for the temperature which dropped to 3 degrees C. Thank goodness for my Gerbing heated jacket liner and trousers!!
Stayed dry the rest of the way and for the return, not pleasant but, hey, it's what I get paid for!!
Thank you ST1100TX for telling us about your ride in 80 degrees F, I'm not jealous, really!
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I've already been punished. It's only going to get up to 56f today and mid-60's the rest of the week. Brutal.

I've had some challenging rides, but none like yours. I was miserable just reading about it.
 
A nice day for an after Thanksgiving ride around Santa Barbara County today, I tried going to Solvang but the traffic was a mess so I made a u-turn and went over Tepusquet Canyon Road in both directions. 115 miles temps 70 for the high.

I did this after my morning 9 mile hike and then putting up the Christmas lights and other decorations.

Here are a few pictures

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