Where did you ride today?

Another nice day and another day without my wife "suggesting" things for me to do. Well, not entirely true. My son brought his old mower (he's replacing it) to our garage today for us to sell and my wife "suggested" that I wipe it down to be more presentable even though she is still over around eastern Iowa.

Anyway, went for another ride today. Sunny with temps just under 80*F for most of it. Rode 82 miles. This time I stopped at The Duke's (John Wayne) birth place house on the way. It was in the middle of this ride when I got an alert from my security cam system and several texts at the same time. So I stopped while there to find out about my son's mower situation. I replied that I was on a ride... code for "don't text but call if very important."
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Great day riding in the north Sierras. The temperature was quite mild, especially up in the mountains. The guys I'm with call one section the "Little Dragon". I'm sure there are a million of those "Little Dragons", but it was incredibly fun and this one lived up to the name.

Tomorrow, we're heading across three passes. Again, one of those routes that looks like someone dropped some wet spaghetti on a plate and made the roads look like that...twisty and fun.

At one of our rest stops.

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Didn't think I'd get to ride for a few days due to rain storms. It did rain rather hard this morning and dropped about 1/2 inch. But then the sky dried up and the sun started shining a little through partial cloud cover. So...
Rode 55 miles today. Mostly straight roads but just wanted to get out and ride a little bit.

No ice cream stop today. No stopping for pictures... but I did stop at the end of the ride to pick up 1 lb of carrots that my wife was asking for to make carrot cake muffins.

edit: The muffins are delicious. Especially with a creme cheese frosting. :thumb:
 
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rogo said:
I usually don’t stop for pictures.

Picked up a nail on rear tire on my way to daughter’s place.
Taking a break after getting bike on center stand, thought to take a pic.IMG_2601.jpeg
Just south of Dawsonville GA, several nice folks stopped to see if I needed anything.
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Hopefully you had plugs and a pump on board.
 
My Son-in-Law owns a 2015 Versys 1000 that he never rides. Last two years maybe 150 miles. So I took it home to do some over due service on it and then needed to take a test ride. Rode up into the foot hills to Evergreen and back home again. Left at 06:30 and was home at 09:45 115 miles. Along the way I stopped at "Lynn's Whistle Stop" across from Tiny Town. 1. to check it out, never stopped there before, and 2. to get a cup of coffee. Nice place and very friendly people. I will be going back again. Great early morning ride. A bit overcast and quite cool this morning. A pleasant change from the heat that we have been having this past couple of months. ( Thinking of making SIL an offer on the Versys and then putting my FJR up for sale.)

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Did a little local Ojai loop ride on the Super 10 today. It was a 60 MPG ride. One slow ass driver after another. Not a lot of traffic, just everyone putt putting around well below the speed limits. As soon as one slow poke turned off, another one would pull out up ahead. Couldn’t even upshift! Out frustration and a need to clear the carbon out I ended up on the freeway for a bit! ☹️
 
ChucksKLRST said:
My Son-in-Law owns a 2015 Versys 1000 that he never rides. Last two years maybe 150 miles. So I took it home to do some over due service on it and then needed to take a test ride. Rode up into the foot hills to Evergreen and back home again. Left at 06:30 and was home at 09:45 115 miles. Along the way I stopped at "Lynn's Whistle Stop" across from Tiny Town. 1. to check it out, never stopped there before, and 2. to get a cup of coffee. Nice place and very friendly people. I will be going back again. Great early morning ride. A bit overcast and quite cool this morning. A pleasant change from the heat that we have been having this past couple of months. ( Thinking of making SIL an offer on the Versys and then putting my FJR up for sale.)

https://maps.app.goo.gl/EMefVXaw6cM5RsLq6

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As of yesterday evening I am now the new owner of this motorcycle. What am I going to do with four motorcycle. I guess the FJR is going to go up for sale in a few weeks. Gotta make one last German Bakery ride with the FJR. :giggle:
 
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