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Old Feb 10, 2026 | 02:38 PM
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After a brutal extended bout of ice, snow, and extremely cold weather it hit 55 degrees here In Virginia today. I fired the Servi up, which came to life immediately, let her warm for quite awhile, and around the block we went. It ran great and with all of the salt and sand still on the roads the three wheels on the ground was appreciated. Come on spring............
 
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Old Feb 10, 2026 | 05:55 PM
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No pictures or videos?
 
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Old Feb 10, 2026 | 09:24 PM
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After a brutal extended bout of ice, snow, and extremely cold weather it hit 55 degrees here In Virginia today. I fired the Servi up, which came to life immediately, let her warm for quite awhile, and around the block we went. It ran great and with all of the salt and sand still on the roads the three wheels on the ground was appreciated. Come on spring............
bet that gave some much needed grinning!
 
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Old Feb 11, 2026 | 06:31 AM
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Pictures or it never happened!?!?!?!?
 
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Old Feb 11, 2026 | 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Britman45
After a brutal extended bout of ice, snow, and extremely cold weather it hit 55 degrees here In Virginia today. I fired the Servi up, which came to life immediately, let her warm for quite awhile, and around the block we went. It ran great and with all of the salt and sand still on the roads the three wheels on the ground was appreciated. Come on spring............
Man, I am jealous. I am hoping to get out next week. Eastern VA weather has been trashy. Today was beautiful temps but raining this morning... Hing to get out next week!!!
 
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Old Feb 11, 2026 | 02:36 PM
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Damn you guys are tough. If I had a newspaper with a date on it I would have included in the picture. As you can see the snow is leaving, well about freezing again today so I pushed the "Old Girl" out to let her work on her tan, I have been waiting all day for a new garage frig. The cold killed my 20 year unit covered with stickers from past projects and the holder of many cold Coors Lights through the years. I dopped it at the metal recycle station yesterday, just please don't let it come back as a Prius.......



 
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Nice bikes and trike, glad you are enjoying the thaw.

BTW are you sure the fridge is dead? If it's cold enough outside that the inside says below 40 degrees it won't come on, and everything the freezer will melt. But it'll come back on when the temps rise.
 
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Well done thank you. Newspaper with date not required
 
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Yep, the frig was DOA. Tested on a couple of days well above freezing cutting it on and off. It had been dying a slow death for quite awhile. Served me well through the years. I will be happy if the new one has a life cycle half as long. In my 76 years this has been one of the harshest winters I can ever recall.....
 
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Good to see these old bikes out and running, our winter has been very mild and we've seen bikes running past the shop all winter. We're getting a pair of knuckleheads ready for a show next weekend. Then I'll finally have some time to start on my '31 DL project. I'll probably start a build thread.
 
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