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Posted by John Hopkins
- October 14, 2013, 05:42:44 AMI've got to do a few hundred miles whatever the weather on Thursday to attend a fellow bikers funeral..then on a brighter note on Sunday another few hundred miles to attend Hoggin the bridge where they more or less hand the town of Chepstow over to motorcyclists for the day.
John.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 13, 2013, 21:13:36 PMSo Troll what is the number of miles we are supposed to be striving to reach?
Posted by jmbo
- October 13, 2013, 20:41:42 PMRan a tank pf gazz through the old 99er today. High '50's today. Not bad until the sun started going down. Once the temp dipped into the high 40's it got a bit nippy. Getting to that point in the year where the morning breakfast rides are going to be few and far between..
Posted by Troll
- October 13, 2013, 15:42:46 PMWent out for a putt this morning. When I left, it was 45 deg. with a promise of 65...yeah, right. Saw lots of groups of riders, everything you could imagine, including somebody flogging a 250 Rebel trying to keep up with her group. It goes without saying, there were no other Drifters. If Ratman can go out on Thanksgiving, then I can ride on New Years...so happy Hmong New Year! Halfway through my planned route, I decided to go home and put a new thermostat in the Buick, since it's getting to be the time of year I actually need a car, and a heater is one of those little things that makes life here tolerable in the winter...So I only rode about 90 miles today...I only need 546 more this season!!!!
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 13, 2013, 13:00:30 PM Ok forecast for yesterday was way off and it was nice so I did the ride locals call the double loop, 2 stretches on the different Trans Canada Highway, part on 17 and part on 11, the rest is back paved roads and they have some nice turns and twists to keep you awake. Lots of nice colours this time of the year, but a lot of the leaves are off the trees now. Today is wet and damp, so no riding, but forecast is 40 to 60 *F tomorrow so if it is then I'll do the ride again tomorrow.
A really nice way to burn up an afternoon or about 5 hours......
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 09, 2013, 09:01:07 AMDC just to remind you 14 Oct is Canadian Thanksgiving, we have ours in Oct so we can use up the turkey before xmas comes around and we are cooking another bird. I will be getting a bunch of riding in this weekend
0600 and 37*F riding up the hill to work, the difference 600 vertical ft makes is cold....lol....but temps are suppsed to be in the mid 60's by afternoon.
Posted by DC
- October 09, 2013, 06:59:01 AMQuote from: CDNRatMan on October 08, 2013, 21:53:03 PMThanksgiving Weekend? BRRRRRRRThanksgiving Weekend has always been a decent weekend for a ride.
thanks Washbrook, 1968 DC was in his forties by then and I was in my oh not teens yet......
Yes, those were the days. I had several local wives that would keep my helicopter polished and fueled, ready to go for a pizza run.
A friend of mine went back to Vietnam to do legal contract work for businesses. He met a nice woman and they have been together a while now. He's late 60s. She's 26.
Posted by Washbrook
- October 09, 2013, 01:15:19 AMCheers. Enjoy the ride this coming weekend. Our summer coming up so lots more riding.
Regards
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 08, 2013, 21:53:03 PMgood for you; forecast for the next four days is sunny and clear temps ranging from the low 40s to mid sixties in the F scale, ride to work for the rest of the week and get some last few miles in, and hope to get a decent long ride on Sat or Sunday, Thanksgiving Weekend has always been a decent weekend for a ride.
thanks Washbrook, 1968 DC was in his forties by then and I was in my oh not teens yet......
as for the correct side of the road it depends on were you are right.......Newfoundland still drove on the right till 1947 and joined the Confederation in 1949...
nice vid again.....
Posted by Washbrook
- October 08, 2013, 21:45:45 PMOK, I will not get into a debate about which is the correct side of the road, suffice to say that I did not have a head on with oncoming traffic so I must have been on the correct side. 
The second song is "I wish it would rain" by the Temptations from back in 1968 [Note I was only 4 years old at the time but I thought the song suited].
Coffee certainly helps to warm one up. Here is another video clip taken the day after the one above. I was riding alone, or just Drifting along.
See people are still out riding.Posted by jmbo
- October 08, 2013, 21:02:27 PMHit the road for a breakfast run this morning after a couple rain days. Forty-one degrees (F) this AM. A bit nippily out. I usually ride for a bit then find some place to eat but this morning I hit the first cafe I could find. Ate my grub and downed a few cups of Joe then hit the road. It was back up in the '50's by then. I can handle that. The color is spotty here. Still a lot of green. Might see more color by the weekend. We'll definitely be out and about.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 08, 2013, 19:52:05 PMReally nice, other then you are on the wrong side of the road....lol....
Really like the second song, what is it?
Never did like the rain myself, but have had some nice rides in a light rain, either because it was just a nice day or less traffic on the road but it turned into a nice ride...more reasons for elephant ears too...
Posted by Washbrook
- October 08, 2013, 19:02:38 PMWell I was out on the weekend with some friends riding. The video below is a snippet of one of our rides. OK you may not see my Drifter but its a bit hard to film the Drifter whilst the camera is mounted to the handlebars.
I have more coming as I get to edit all my footage. It only rained on 1 of the 4 days of riding.
There was so much great footage that I regret having to cut so much to keep it within the 10 minute time frame and match up with the music. I concentrated on shots when it was raining but could not help put in some footage as we rode along Eight Mile Creek Road between Port MacDonnell and Nelson. Look out for it on the Right Hand Side. Footage sees us riding south out of Mount Gambier Victoria after we had visited The Blue Lake. We traveled along Bay Road then the Riddoch Highway to Port MacDonnell where we stopped for a coffee.
We all had fun poking fun at a group of Corvette owners who all managed to scrape the bottom of their cars as they turned onto the main road near us. Our group then travelled along Eight Mile Creek Road hugging the coast before turning onto Punt Road, Crossing into Victoria and heading to the Nelson Hotel for lunch. The return to Mount Gambier was a straight run back along Punt Road. Here is a google map of our trip after we left Blue Lake: http://goo.gl/maps/R2s2E . The route was only about 95 km long but what a great 95 kilometres they were.
I hate riding in the rain and usually go to great effort to avoid it. I decided to forgo my usual reluctance and plow ahead [when I was a teenager I used to race Class Australia Go Karts and rain was my Achilles heel]. The ride ended up being the best ride I've had in quite a while, I loved it!
I was the only person wearing an open face helmet. I had my neck scarf pulled up over my face and nose and my head tilted down to avoid the horizontal rain which at times was stinging my face it was so hard. For a lot of the time I could only see a small gap between my helmet visor and the top of the rain covered windshield. Imagine two eyes scanning back and forth through a small slit like a Cylon eye (refer to Battlestar Galactica if you are not a science fiction nerd like me) and you get the idea.
Safe Riding.
Posted by DC
- October 04, 2013, 20:53:01 PMWarm here too. . . 80s. Went for a ride tonight through some small local towns and running errands. Felt great!
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 04, 2013, 19:39:41 PM Red sky in morning drive the truck
Red sky at night ride the bike to work
Ride home down the hill along the back twist road, then up a back highway to the main highway and then a side road home......