Where did you ride today?

Tdinova said:
All ready for 2021 maiden venture.. but to much salt still down. +15c today, then below 0c all next week
Click to expand...

I got out yesterday for my 1st ride of 2021 on my lunch break. It was +12C and I got about 60km in. I was doing back roads but agree there's a lot of grit down, and the potholes and frost heaves are nasty. The highways were much better which is what I spent most of the time on.

1615660008102.png
 
My wife and I took about a 150 mile loop on the wing today for a late breakfast. Weather was perfect In N. Florida today 82 and sunny! Bike week here so we saw bikes everywhere!
 
Last edited:
Black water river state forest Florida panhandle dual sport ride on a WR250R with friends. I encourage others to venture off pavement on two wheels. A decent dual sport bike is the DRZ400 which sell used for about $4000.
 
Another nice day for riding... sort of.
Sunny and just over 60F so that was very nice. But a constant 25-30 mph wind out of the south with gusts over that pretty much all day. Expecting rain tonight and for the next few days so figured a ride was in order for today.

Decided on a route that was mostly north/south with starting out going a little west then east in the middle. Rode 79.8 miles. A lot of straight roads, as is common around Iowa, but also some low hills and curves. Just working on restoring my travel legs... er... bum. IOW, time in saddle travel endurance for some motorcycle/camping trips this season. Though I've yet to have any issues with doing a lot of time in the saddle on my Corbin seat. I can sit on that for a really long time or a lot of miles. I guess mostly this is for mental endurance much more than physical endurance.

On the way around I passed near the High Tressle Trail Bridge so stopped to snap a photo. This used to be a railroad bridge that was replaced, and then the railroad was taken out and replaced with a biking/walking trail to add to the trail system throughout central Iowa. Since I usually don't stop for photo ops while riding I figured it would be nice to do once in a while. I also stopped for another photo while crossing the Saylorville Lake Reservoir dam at the south end of Saylorville Lake. That's the marina you can just see way across the lake just to the right of the water tower (actually it's a third of the way up that side of the lake). edit: I know you cannot see the water tower. If you zoom in on that picture you can see some buildings way across the lake just above the nose of the Burgman seat. That's 1/3 of the way up the lake. Just to the left of that you can almost see the Mile Long Bridge that crosses the lake about half way up. Wind was too much this day to want to cross that on the bike.

PXL_20210321_194300819.jpg PXL_20210321_201340686.jpg
 
Last edited:
Over the weekend, I went out and rode my favorite 300-ish mile not-quite a loop. I stop before the loop closes, turn around and ride it all over again in the other direction. Anyway, I took this picture while on the return portion. It bugged me all winter to be so close to this milestone. And yes, those miles are all mine.
odo_150_crop.jpg
 
I've been undergoing a moto-transformation, and have shifted my previous fleet (09 ST1300, 97 VTR1000F and 01 Silver Wing) in favour of something completely different, a 17 Yamaha MT-10SP. Something like that was probably inevitable as usual my riding mates have a Tuono V4 and Z-H2, so I have been actively shopping a for a month or so. The MT hooked me with its rangy ride position, incredible sounding engine and handling, and the SP version comes with semi-active Ohlins gold plus a TFT dash. I found a low-mileage bike locally that someone had thrown the Yamaha accesories catalog at, for a decent price, so I snapped it up. I fitted a small screen, heated grips (not quite needed yet but soon) and a set of Givi panniers, hey presto a sport-tourer! Saturday was my first decently long outing and I covered 520km in about 6 hours of constant riding, all of the roads were twisty, bumpy and what I consider fun, from my Auckland home down to the Kawhia Harbour and Waitomo. A blustery day but warm enough.

IMG_1989.jpg
Looking down to the Kawhia Harbour in the distance.
IMG_1990.jpg
Definitely not as easy to keep this clean as the 1300...so many nooks and crannys...
IMG_1991.jpg

The MT acquitted itself well, remaining comfy throughout, loads of fun to throw around and occasionally scaring the bejeezus out of me when I opened the throttle...In spite of a reputation as a fuel-hog, the bike actually used less fuel than my 1300 would have done under the same conditions. Pushing home into a stiff headwind was less pleasant than the 1300 would have been, but overall I was delighted with the way the bike works.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom