Where did you ride today?

TPadden said:
All my pictures are looking alike... but how nice can Omaha get?

Tom

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Is that Cunningham Or Neola
 
Ran out to pick up a birthday present for one of the grand kids today. With the price of gas getting to be 75% higher than it was last year... or more... riding on 2 wheels is more and more the default mode of transport. Of course, I've always considered riding before taking the cage unless there was no way to strap on the bike what I need to carry... like my sliding compound miter saw with its stand. Gas tank was more than half gone so I knew the end of the ride today would be at the gas station. And with daily increases being the norm it was a good idea anyway before tomorrow's increase is added to the price.

Anyway, my grandson likes to create stop-action movies with his Avengers characters and Godzilla/King Kong stuff and needed one of those "helping hands" clamp/stands to do these. Harbor Freight has the smaller ones that can be combined to make bigger ones for half the price of buying a purpose made big one so I tacked on 43 miles to the odometer today riding all the country roads I could yet still get to HF for what I needed. Then I filled the tank just before getting back home. Calculated that the last tank was 54 mpg over 154.8 miles.
 
Took the ST to Road America. 225 miles round trip. Met my Son there to watch the Indy Car race. Fantastic atmosphere. Some vintage racers on display.D508933C-8033-4555-B01E-1BDBF895474C.jpeg258275B0-DCD4-4DFD-B082-A0C82BC195CA.jpeg9AEA99D4-A4B3-498B-98E7-4BC959CC8D98.jpegB0344FAD-9270-4A54-9858-5A0CE4FD8651.jpeg6727DCA6-BBB6-48C2-800F-2D4A4C77D387.jpeg03BCDD55-90B5-4AF2-879D-8763D75378DE.jpeg5C1F837B-F54B-4792-841B-12E5EAD765D1.jpeg258275B0-DCD4-4DFD-B082-A0C82BC195CA.jpeg9AEA99D4-A4B3-498B-98E7-4BC959CC8D98.jpegB0344FAD-9270-4A54-9858-5A0CE4FD8651.jpeg6727DCA6-BBB6-48C2-800F-2D4A4C77D387.jpeg03BCDD55-90B5-4AF2-879D-8763D75378DE.jpeg6D3EE7E1-A9A7-4239-816B-B74EDB3042E4.jpeg98E674DE-8ACF-429D-8087-A48E7A978B95.jpeg
 
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I can't compete with those fab motor pics, but on my customary trip on my VFR1200X Crosstourer to my riverside bike cafe I did enjoy a very nice hotdog.

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Now for the less interesting photos!

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I was hanging out for a ride and the forecast was so-so for Saturday and rubbish (wet) for Sunday. Getting through all the domestic chores took too long on Saturday and by the time I could gear up, it was raining. I don't mind riding in the rain, but I don't seek it out, so Saturday was out. Sunday was a surprise, possibly for our forecasters as well; started foggy then turned clear and by midday the roads were dry and the sun was out. I had a narrow 3 hour window to pack in as much riding as I could, and actually managed just on 300km, so I guess that is job done! Actually this was the worst fuel economy I've seen on my 1300 as I was riding in a "brisk and spirited" manner (but never fast!), 15 km/L. I think the picture captures the weather, the roads and a cool bike. IMG_3137.JPG
 
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Just went out to fill the tank after my trip to LOCSTOC. The gas station is 1.2 miles away and ended up with about 26 miles today. Since Costco Gas has LONG lines at all the pumps during the day I went at 8:40 pm (they close at 9) and they had a few open pumps when I got there. So just a short twilight ride after filling the tank. Calculated that I got 53.6 mpg average for the entire trip (LOCSTOC). That included a low of 49 mpg with a wicked head wind the entire tank during the first leg going out, and a high of 56 mpg with only a side wind coming home.
 
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