Spring is here, boys

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 10:40 pm

Got the trimmer out, trimmed the grass, then ran the mower over it. Had to replace a sprinkler I hit with the mower (dumbass...), sprinklers are running right now, then comes the first fertilizer of the season. Riding weather is coming. boys!

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 10:46 pm

Go ahead and rub it in, Rick. Evil or Very Mad

Meanwhile, there's still snow on the ground and it's in the low 30's here. Hopefully in a couple of weeks it will be warm enough to take a bike out of hibernation.

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:11 pm

Going snowmobiling for five days next week. Anybody interested?

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:26 pm

I think he is referring to the vernal equinox. Just looked out the window and saw nothing but white and the 10 day forecast is for more snow and cold.

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:54 pm

It is wonderful here...but rain this weekend...no riding for me Sad

Jebby

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:57 pm

Ya and if I lived in the Sahara where it must be spring I'd enjoy it. 50s today and then 20s and 30s for the next week.

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:18 am

Way too much snow here, and 2-week forecast isn't good. No riding for me until mid-April at best, probably later. Now to rub it in a bit - heading to Miami tomorrow & getting on the Celebrity Reflection for 7-days of Caribbean sunshine and warmth. Laughing

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:17 am

atomic wrote:

Going snowmobiling for five days next week. Anybody interested?

Old forge, tug hill?

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:52 am

cliffiec wrote:

Got the trimmer out, trimmed the grass, then ran the mower over it. Had to replace a sprinkler I hit with the mower (dumbass...), sprinklers are running right now, then comes the first fertilizer of the season. Riding weather is coming. boys!

All 20 x 40 of it,did you have to replace the string in the trimmer when you finnished?

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:04 am

Low 40's high 30's for a few days then a warmup. After a 60 degree day tomorrow...... welcome to southern Ohio! I have had the bikes out a couple times though. Come on mother nature, stop being such a bitch. Confused

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:04 am

Got in a 100 mile ride today on the W650, testing out some new tires. Suppposed to be nice tomorrow too -- demo'ing a new Yamaha FZ-09 and the new FJR13. I am so ready for spring!

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:38 am

You guys need to move down under if you want to ride 365. Though having such pronounced seasons as you do in the northern regions it must be very pleasurable to experience that moment when you don the gear and hit the starter .

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:16 am

Still too damn cold here and then we are getting into a bloody awful pot hole season. I am not anticipating much for this year.

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:37 am

Spring

Red CB1100F Joined: Jul 19, 2010 Posts: 6420 Location: Ct

I still have a foot of snow up on top of the hill here!!!!

Lawn mower............LAWN MOWER!!!!!!!! Mad

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 6:45 pm

ya, it sucks. I had to wear my jacket today on my ride to work.

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 12:30 am

ZGrand wrote:

Got in a 100 mile ride today on the W650, testing out some new tires. Suppposed to be nice tomorrow too -- demo'ing a new Yamaha FZ-09 and the new FJR13. I am so ready for spring!

On an "unrelated to spring" note -- both the FZ09 and the FJR1300 were pretty damn impressive. I was surprised how smooth the triple was and how much power it had. The FJR is one fine looking bike in candy apple red, and the transmission was extremely smooth. Tons of torque, too! I'd be happy with either one.

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:45 am

Yeah, spring!

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 3:23 pm

So, I started this thread, you see, and then came home to visit Mom and Dad (Central Maine), you see...

Karma's a bitch, you see...

Spent yesterday chopping ice out of the driveway, and wake up to about 6" of heavy wet snow this AM, so I've been shoveling like a madman, trying to clean things up (again).

Just spoke to the wife back home in Abq, beautiful day there, shitty day here:

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 4:16 pm

cliffiec wrote:

So, I started this thread, you see, and then came home to visit Mom and Dad (Central Maine), you see...

Karma's a bitch, you see...

Spent yesterday chopping ice out of the driveway, and wake up to about 6" of heavy wet snow this AM, so I've been shoveling like a madman, trying to clean things up (again).

Just spoke to the wife back home in Abq, beautiful day there, shitty day here:

Wow. That is much more that we have even up here. In January we could see our lawn due to no snow and very warm temps for January. February brought a 3' snowstorm but we haven't had any since. While we can still get more snow, I am hoping for the best and getting some riding in in April. Saw 6 bikes out on the roads yesterday. Still too cold and too much gravel on the roads for me though.

We are getting somewhere as I see patches of lawn poking through again. Very Happy

Dave

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 4:27 pm

Stole a friends bike since it was at the shop................................

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Funny side note, I called first to make sure he would be alright with it and he insisted that in the future I just take it, because he was depressed that he was at work on such a nice day.

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:51 pm

And, now, the pool is open!

But the thermometer says only 59 deg F...

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:57 am

This guy is just Thawing out. Laughing

Chico

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 2:08 am

Cliffie, don't you have a batch of meth you need to finish?

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 2:24 am

mwe wrote:

Cliffie, don't you have a batch of meth you need to finish?

LOL, no Meth, but I do have a 985 to finish the details on, and a 750 motor to put back together...

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 5:13 am

cliffiec wrote:

And, now, the pool is open!

The goose is drooling, the lake here is still ice bound (but should be breaking up any day now). Maybe we can hit a water temp of 50F by Memorial Day - just like swimming in Maine in the summer. Very Happy

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 11:36 pm

sillygoose wrote:

cliffiec wrote:

And, now, the pool is open!

The goose is drooling, the lake here is still ice bound (but should be breaking up any day now). Maybe we can hit a water temp of 50F by Memorial Day - just like swimming in Maine in the summer. Very Happy

First swim of the year, today. Pool thermometer said 62 deg.

There's them that would say "That boy just ain't right..."

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 1:58 am

I dug the 1100F out of the shop this morning and fired her up. Then I took a ride out to look at a '73 DOHC 450 for my son. The bike was a piece of junk but the 1100F ran beautifully. I put around 70 miles on it through some small towns and nice country roads.

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 3:37 am

Pool temp is 76......I should already have it open...but it was a cool winter here too....

Jebby

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 4:48 am

Jebbysan wrote:

Pool temp is 76......I should already have it open...but it was a cool winter here too....

Jebby

and you want to move back to Michigan ????