Last weekend I had a foot of snow in the back yard, today I have almost none. Wed. morning it was -6 F...right now, it's 50 F, and what ever snow there is, is really melting fast. I REALLY wanted to go for a ride today, but my only access to the street is currently a river of muddy, salty water....maybe tomorrow. Supposed to be warmer then, anyway. Since you guys won't believe anything unless there's photographic proof...here's a few shots of my bikes, outside for the first time since November (except for the "W" which I rode on Christmas day for a little bit).
Good for you and carry on and be safe have fun, bikes are looking good.
I jut came in from shovelling another snowfall...........
Holy cow! You hardly have any snow left.
Here's my backyard on Friday.
Mine looked like that, except I only have one bare ash tree, last weekend. According to a news report I heard this morning, last week 50% of the country was snow covered, and now, since the jet stream shifted, only 25%. We didn't get the usual 4+ feet of snow this year, so that means no Spring floods, but some other places are really going to be in for it. It's 30 right now, going up to 50+ this afternoon. If the alley is decent, I'm going to put on a few miles.
DC that is a really nice dusting of snow.........I have to get the blower out once I get home after work........
OK, then...the alley river has subsided, so off I went...down to Riverside Park...still a bit of ice on the River...I decided that I should wear my Icon visibility vest...too many yahoos on cell phones, and they really don't expect a bike just yet. Saw 3 other guys out riding while I was One guy on a SofTail, one on an old Wing and a third on a Honda Rebel....
Quote from: CDNRatMan on March 09, 2015, 09:36:53 AM
DC that is a really nice dusting of snow.........I have to get the blower out once I get home after work........
Here's a better pic.
Ok a really nice dusting of snow, I am waiting for the spring lake once the temps rise........
Got in a 50 mile ride this afternoon. Got up to 70....almost unheard of around here, this early in the year. Pictures for proof. The last 2 are of the BIG RIVER and some goofy f%$#ers ice fishing on lake Onalaska...
lucky you been snowing all day, storm warnings of 6 - 8 " of snow and freezing rain starting sometime this afternoon till tomorrow evening....so ride my friend and ride hard....
Spring seems to be here at least for the time being in Kansas. I'm betting we still get one more dusting of snow. Seems to be about the norm lately. I'm hoping for a good rain shower to help wash the sand off the road. Haven't been able to get the time to really get the bike out much other than driving to/from work and a couple quick little jaunts. I'm hoping to in the next couple days though.
Glad to see you out and about Troll...won't be long and you will be headin' south to KY.
You got that right!
After living here in the north woods for over 40 years, nothing really surprises me when it comes to weather. Saturday, it was 50+, and I went out for a nice ride. That's the first picture....THEN on Sunday, the weather changed...just a bit. That's the next few. The last one is what I had this morning. 7" of new, heavy wet snow.
we had this over the weekend....
Well, everybody expects that near the arctic circle....You think it'll melt in time for you to leave for Drift-In?
Quote from: Troll on March 23, 2015, 12:40:47 PM
Well, everybody expects that near the arctic circle....You think it'll melt in time for you to leave for Drift-In?
WOW!!!!
Couldn't have said it better myself! :P
Quote from: CDNRatMan on March 23, 2015, 12:00:51 PM
we had this over the weekend....
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CRAP!! Now WE got it! It was supposed to be 40-50F and sunny today. Instead, it never got above 35 and we got about 4" of the white stuff. Nice of you to share, Ratman, but next time you can just KEEP it...
You can keep the snow. I think we're supposed to get rain. Which in Kansas means that tornado season is almost here.
you know hurricane season, tornado season.......think I'll stick with snow a lot safer and more fun.......
when was the last time you heard of anyone going out in a tornado or hurricane of their own volition.......
I went outside when Hurricane Gloria hit Connecticut in 1985. It was only about 85-90mph winds though.
I stayed inside for hurricane Iwa in Hawaii though. That was a really bad one!
Seems like Canada here...
It's supposed to be near 50 today, but so far it can't get above 30, and all the white stuff is still all over the place. We don't usually get snow that sticks this late.
I guess it could be worse, though
Meanwhile, in Canada......
Nice picture of the Coc in BC........
you are now sounding like Pastor Dude.....and I will deliver a live picture of a snow angel......
just had this posted on the news....
>:(
A special weather statement issued Tuesday morning says that a low-pressure area developing in Colorado is expected to travel across the Great Lakes on Wednesday and bring freezing rain early Wednesday morning to Southwestern Ontario, spreading north and east through the morning.
The Environment Canada statement warns that freezing rain could last for hours in some areas and pose hazardous driving conditions on Wednesday morning with as much as two to five millimetres of ice accumulation possible.
>:(
so glad I live up North.....
Well, the good news is it can't last too long this time of year... what, another couple weeks??
We had freezing rain turning to another 3" of snow last night. 10" in 4 days....
Spring is NOT here yet! :'(
I hear ya... down to about 20 F tonight, then maybe by next week.....
well North Bay has not figured out that spring has sprung either.....
but March came in like a lamb so if tonight is an indication.....22 mph winds and snowing ......March is going to go out like a Lion.........
I have just a couple of very small piles of snow left.
When I was in the army I spent a lot of my time in Kenya on the equator and in Yemen which was even hotter, probably because it is closer to hell..
These days it would be nice to have some of that heat in Britain instead of paying all these heating bills and having my bike in the garage for so long.
John.
Saturday was 40 mph wind, freezing rain, turning to rain and back again...Sunday was cold and dreary...TODAY it's supposed to be 60 and partly cloudy...I'll wait a bit, but maybe I won't need to even start the car....
0330 this morning woke up to the wind howling, house creaking, and my arthritis was easing up so the storm had arrived or moved out of range, so go up to look out side and wish I had just stayed in bed......
You need to move south my man! It's 60F in Indiana today, and Thursday is supposed to be nearly 70F!
Got up to 55, but no sun. Oh well, I got to ride looking for something for my wife I couldn't find...about 50 miles!
I am just saying here in the deep south it going to be a great weekend for the first ride of my life. It going to be 75 and no wind. I am so ready I swear i can taste the bugs already.
Well, it got warm enough to actually wear some lighter gloves, today. I have 300 miles on so far this year, and I haven't gone anywhere. My riding goal for 2015: I've been doing some calculations, and I need to put on 60 miles every day (minimum) from tomorrow to July 19th when I leave for Drift-In so I turn over 100,000 miles when I get there....I do believe it's do-able...That 60 would be discounting any longer rides, like, say my usual 400+ rode on Memorial Day, or a 350 down to Madison for our ABATE Lobby Day, or the 300 or so to go to the National Motorcycle Museum again...I already have a plan if I get too close to my goal too quickly. It's 829 miles from here to Pikeville, so that means I have to have no more than 99171 on the bike when I leave...So I'll just ride the W....it's only got 25,000 on it...it's still like new! Of course, when I get back home, I'll still need to put on another 2700 for my 10,000 a year... :o
You have me beat if I don't count the rides to the shop this winter (new tires) which I'm not counting. Right now I'm at roughly 250. Long ways to my 10,000 mile goal (I decided to make it a lofty goal this year). I do have an approximately 3600 mile ride this summer, so that will help a lot towards getting to that goal.
Quote from: CDNRatMan on March 30, 2015, 14:08:08 PM
0330 this morning woke up to the wind howling, house creaking, and my arthritis was easing up so the storm had arrived or moved out of range, so go up to look out side and wish I had just stayed in bed......
That weather is just wrong in every way.
ah but soon we will be riding, and if funds hold out then the Ride to Drift In and then late fall a ride to PEI are in the plans along with 2 Ride For Dad events (Kingston and North Bay|), the Biker Reunion (New Liskeard), and Ride for the Cure (North Bay).
Now that I am officially old and retired I wan to do a loop ride for Drift In. but time will tell.
Isn't it about time for you to buy a Can Am Spyder or something like that??
Seriously though, at Drift In last year there were two old guys (a little older than Troll) rooming near us. They were not there for Drift In, just in the area. One of them on a Gold Wing trike, the other one on a Spyder. They seemed to both enjoy them. They were passing through going somewhere....
THEN, there was this other old guy (a lot older than Troll), I'm thinking he was in his 70s. He was riding with his son, who had, if I remember, a HD, with tons of chrome. They were not with Drift In either, but spend several days there. Every time when the two of them would go out for a ride, the old guy would put his half helmet on without fastening the strap. Someone would say "Hey, your helmet isn't strapped", and he's say "I know it isn't strapped, I never strap it". Son confirmed this- I heard this at least 4 times - "He never straps on his helmet, I don't know how he keeps it on". SO ANYWAYS, the old guy rode a great big red (I believe) v-6 cruiser, I think it was a Valkyrie, with loud 6-banger pipes - that is true duals X 3 on each side. Every time (and I mean every single time) they would go out for a ride, the old guy would get on his Valky, start it up, and just rev the daylights out of it..... Vroom... Vrooom.. Vrooom Vrooom ..... For as long as it took him to get it backed out of the parking spot. It sounded kind of like a drag car at the racetrack warming up getting ready to take off... Made me laugh every time.
So see, Ratman, you've got a lot to look forward to. 8)
I do not plan on quitting any time soon, but who knows what will happen, I just might out last a lot of you young whippersnappers...........
;) Day three of rain today, and it is getting cold again. Temps are going to stay in the 30's the rest of the week and into next week. I have written a letter to the Town Council about my issues with the city, and this happens every spring, I get this nice large lake in front of my house. So I have asked the city to raise my land taxes to the same as the people along the lake. If they do not want to do this for me then to allow me a permit to allow a marina on my lake so people can use my lake to fish and camp around.
I am seeing the snow melt and the green stuff showing up so soon the path will be clear and the bike will move from the house to the shed and the season will be here. Well ok have a good day......
Snow last night, right after the thunderstorms....but the sun came out..for about a minute, and we had more rain. The show melted, but now it's going below freezing over night..But tomorrow is SUPPOSED to be 63....I'll wait and see.
Yeah, it's pretty tough around here too. I had to leave my coat halfway zipped up as I rode all afternoon. Fortunately I was able to be pretty comfortable with my fingerless gloves.
Just be careful at your age you do not need to catch a cold this time of year. You might consider full gloves at your age in case you fall and slid along the road, you don't heal as fast as you once did. Take care of yourself so you can enjoy all the riding you can get now.
I'll try and remember that while I'm out today......Thanks! :D
Yes you be careful and watch for the other road users and be safe, enjoy your ride and have fun.
Went to the Monthly ABATE meeting and then for a ride...about 100 miles. Some proof pictures! I found a boat landing that was deserted, so I rolled down there and took a couple...The Black River is pretty high, and is likely to remain so for a while. The got 12" of wet snow north of here, and we got 1 3/4" rain. 62 degrees today!!!!
.......why is Ratman being so nice? It kinda scares me!
Quote.......why is Ratman being so nice? It kinda scares me!
I just care that you look after yourself, you need to dress warm and have your PPE when out riding and enjoy yourself. I will have my bike out soon, and then I too will have Wind Therapy again and get to be myself.
Looks like you had a good day for a ride today Troll. We are supposed to be getting into the 50's this coming week so once the snow melts enough so I can get the bike out the front door I'll be doing that.
Ok, Kiddies...I have officially decided it's Spring in the North Woods. I didn't see any snow this time out, and after a bit I switched to a set of summer gloves. Here are 2 pictures of the ride...This is the second time I've reached the end...and another mileage milestone. I now need 6,171 more before July 20th at 06:00
Well the snow is almost gone from the front lawn, so perhaps weeks end I'll get my bike out to the shed, and here is what I noticed today when I was cleaning the bike......
Quote from: CDNRatMan on April 12, 2015, 18:27:25 PM......and here is what I noticed today when I was cleaning the bike......
That your bike has those screwy km/h instead of the correct mph? ;D
NO KPH FOR ME...good old MILES!!!!!!
Thanks PC now the confusion has been lifted, you are truly a man among us mere mortals, I hope someday to be able to tell people I knew you......
but seems more of the world is in kms the mph?
ok was just interested in the 3's and 9's.........ok seem to have been lost on most people......
Here I thought you were bragging b/c YOUR drifter would go 200, whilst most of us can only go 120...... :)
GB that is why I'll be riding behind you so you can get the police to come out and ask you if you know how fast your were travelling.
Quote from: CDNRatMan on April 12, 2015, 20:57:48 PM
Thanks PC now the confusion has been lifted,
I am here to serve!
Quote....you are truly a man among us mere mortals, I hope someday to be able to tell people I knew you......
You may want to hold off on that.
Quotebut seems more of the world is in kms the mph?
Yeah, the world is a screwed up place, huh?
Quoteok was just interested in the 3's and 9's.........ok seem to have been lost on most people......
Keep it up and you'll catch up to Troll!
no need to catch up with Troll we each have our own things to do and we do them at our pace. You have a wonderful day and enjoy it.
well today turned out to be a really nice and sunny day, so I decided to get the bike out of the house, it is getting to be a tad too much for me alone, but it is in the shed, front engine guard and floor boards are back in place, so tomorrow will get some gas, fill the tank and get her started and see how it runs. Ordered a Modular helmet to have for the ride to Drift In......
We've had some 80° days for about a week, now. The bottom is going to drop out tonight...They're guessing we could have some snow by Wed...In keeping with how the weather is around here...I have some pictures I took today. Yes, that's snow....
pretty cool or rather nice pictures but it looks a tad chilly, my arthritis has picked today to flare up so we are getting a barometric change in the next 36 hours, and I am having issues bearing weight on my left leg.........lots of drugs tonight........
FINALLY got to go for a ride. My oldest son and his GF, on his 750 Shadow Ace, and Missus GB and me on the 1500 - we rode out to Piqua OH, to the BK Root Beer stand. This is an old -time drive-up root beer stand, with hot dogs and hamburgers and such. It was a great day. We met Chris, one of the guys at work that I ride with quite a bit with his wife, and 2 more bikes there, and then the 5 of us rode back together. Got in a little over 200 miles. Beautiful day...
I think it was a put up picture, because there is no picture of you eating one of them cardiac arrest burgers....lol.....glad you got the lady of the house out for a ride.
All I had was 2 "spanish dogs" and some onion rings....
ok smart a$$ what is a Spanish dog,
A 24" dog on a huge bun, mustard, ketchup, onions, bacon, pickles, relish, cheese, and chili, salsa.......and you had 2 of them........
Quote from: CDNRatMan on April 19, 2015, 22:53:55 PM
ok smart a$$ what is a Spanish dog,
A 24" dog on a huge bun, mustard, ketchup, onions, bacon, pickles, relish, cheese, and chili, salsa.......and you had 2 of them........
Nope, their verision of a coney dog or chili dog. Just a mere 6" dog with coney sauce
;) PC my good friend.... ;D
Told you it was gone, this was today at 1330 and it was cold outside.......from the lower back door into the yard....it did stay for a few hours some still around but it will be gone hopefully by morning unless the temps drop again......Monday we are supposed to break the 50 *F mark......and get to 52*F
I had to go to Racine yesterday. It's 225 miles each way. Drove a 2015 Chevy Traverse down and picked up another one with more goodies...same car, but more stuff. It was raining and about 35 when I left here, and by the time I got 50 miles away, it was snowing, and it kept showing all the rest of the way, and all the way back, except for a couple of miles near Milwaukee where it was clear. The readout on the dash of both vehicles said it was between 33-38 deg. all the time. It snowed enough over night that my deck was covered this morning, and it kept it up most of the morning. The sun came out about 11:00, and now it's 50. Going up into the mid 50s to 60 over the next couple days...Winter is still coming to us courtesy of a Canadian low sitting over St. John's Bay.
I was ordering something off the internet last night and the young lady, (very pleasant she was) was located in WI. So I asked her if she knew a person I knew from the motorcycle forum I was a member of. I told her that he was a nice older gentleman, looked sort of like a thin Santa Claus type of person, but then she did not know you, and more to my disappointment she did not even have a cheese head hat. But she had a bunch of cheese head stuff. Her and her husband have a Honda Magna 750, or she thinks it is, so if you see people on one say to them........
Fun driving in the snow eh!
I usually say hello to people on Magnas.... :o
OH this morning it was not a nice thing to wake up to.......I am really thinking of moving south now, like to Windsor or even to Fort Erie, but man to move that far south will be hard on me.....but if it avoids this.........I knew we should not listen to that groundhog.....
The moves you propose will not help! We have snow in Rochester, NY this morning. There was also snow in the Hudson Valley, much further south.
Ugh!
But is Rochester not in NORTHERN NY state........now PC will be all over you to move south......like to Poughkeepsie...... ::)
We have decent weather here. It's still kind of cold to ride in the mornings but I don't have that far so I ride anyways usually. But, 40°F is kind of cold in the mornings. Definitely wakes you up. Not as bad as you up North, but cold enough. In the afternoon and evenings when it's in the 60's is great weather for riding.
Quote from: CDNRatMan on April 23, 2015, 08:37:08 AM
OH this morning it was not a nice thing to wake up to.......I am really thinking of moving south now, like to Windsor or even to Fort Erie, but man to move that far south will be hard on me.....but if it avoids this.........I knew we should not listen to that groundhog.....
See, Ratman, what you need is a SOUTHERN house and a NORTHERN house. You can spend the summers UP NORTH in North Bay, where you can stay cool, and then WINTER in the south with much better winters.... Someplace like Kingston or something.....
Well Kingston is too close to family and that would be problems. Now on the other hand I had time to think of this idea.......I now have no schedule, no ties as such to bind me here, I could if I had a friend who owned some land, or a place to park a small trailer......like a small 18ft fifth wheel trailer, and I could hook up to some water and electricity, and it was out of the way, like say behind a business in a small town, and then I could be like a night watchman and then during the day I could be out riding and having fun........little or no cost to me......think it might be a good idea.
Or if I knew someone with a nice driveway and had a garage I could park in their driveway and if he is not out at meetings and being an activist, or at his part time job we could just hang out in his backyard and play with the dogs and from WI it is not that far a ride to North Bay, so I really have 2 options.....to park my trailer.......
Garage might get a little crowded. Driveway's pretty small, but I think we could make it work..You won't be able to bring your bike inside during the winter, though
;) we would have the garage though...that would work......just need you to have it heated and of course we will need a big screen TV and fridge out there too..........
The frige part is all winter...heat, no so much
Sorry I didn't see your posts until now. I've been out riding motorcycles all day! ;D
Quote from: Troll on April 23, 2015, 19:05:40 PM
Garage might get a little crowded. Driveway's pretty small, but I think we could make it work..You won't be able to bring your bike inside during the winter, though
He won't need to bring it into YOUR house, Troll.... He'll have plenty of room in his 50' trailer...
only a 18 ft'er at Troll's now behind the Tire Center it just might be a 25 ft'er with a storage area.........
I'm thinking that Ratman's snow will be melting soon...and then the floods will wash away all the remaining trash on the roads. It got up to 82° F today. I went for a little ride up to Red Wing MN. (where they make the shoes) and then across the river and back down the Wisco side. About 190 miles, all together. I finally took the winter front off, and midway through I switched to my mesh jacket!...On the way back toward LaX, I stopped to take some pics of a place called Prairie Moon...strange "sculpture garden and museum" oh yeah, proof:
Well I got up early today, finished my chores, did my errands, and had lunch. Then I took the bike from the shed, fired it up, and went for a ride, sorry no pictures so perhaps I never went and just dreamed it. I did stop at the outlook and it was packed with people looking at the lake, one lady was amazed she could see the other shore, then had to tell her it was not the other shore it was the off laying ice, as of today the ice is still not off the lake. I only put on about 120km but nothing fell off, nothing stopped working, so we are ok. Just saw I was missing one bolt off the windscreen so will replace that in the morning. But we can now ride all day and being retired I can ride like the TrollMan........oh camera need to put the camera on board.....
On the way home, I caught this out of the corner of my eye...turned around and got this picture
Quote from: Troll on May 02, 2015, 20:02:40 PM
On the way home, I caught this out of the corner of my eye...turned around and got this picture
You need to make a left turn, Troll, and check the place out.
::) That will look so cool in your garage......