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Old 11-18-2016, 03:10 PM
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I'm so jealous of you guys that live in climates where you can ride year round! Unfortunately here in northeast Ohio we get a limited riding season.
I rode my ultra to work this morning for the last time til next year, it's around 80 degrees here today and they're calling for 40 mile an hour winds and freezing temps with snow for the weekend.
Got both bikes winterized and on their tenders.
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Nice garage!! What r u using for a jack?
 
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Nice garage!! What r u using for a jack?
Thanks, the garage space is tight, we live in a condo and I get 1/2 the garage. Our other house the garage was all mine and was strictly for my cars so I made it look good. We use that house as a rental.










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Sorry, the bike jack is harbor freight, it does the job for what I need
 

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Old 11-18-2016, 05:29 PM
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Sorry, the bike jack is harbor freight, it does the job for what I need
Might not be a Pit Bull, but it's still a lot better than some I've seen - and one I have, unfortunately, a Larin, what a piece of crap. Looked nice, till I tried to lift a 350 lb bike with it. Yeah, 350 lbs, wobbled like it had rubber struts. But I have 3 others that work fine, including an HF standard and the HF high lift (single post).

If you get some winter days without salt covered roads, it sure helps that winter bike withdrawal getting a 3rd wheel. Has the added benefit of being able to do donuts real easy on pavement, too. I got this Russian rig used fairly cheap mainly to take my grandson riding, and we decided to give it a try in a snowstorm. That is so much fun. One of my sportsters stays ready to go, too, winterizing for it is putting on a windshield. After the initial shock of fast moving freezing air, it sure feels good when it's been days or weeks off the saddle, but when the roads are salt covered, I stay off.

 
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What a blast!
 
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Spent a few hrs today washing and rubbing some luv on mine today and called it a season.
 
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Sorry, the bike jack is harbor freight, it does the job for what I need
Thank you
 
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I usually put my bike away for the winter too...for about 2 weeks.
 
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I just put my Fat kid (Fatboy) down for a long winters nap this week. He sleeps inside the House even tho i have a garage. Lol.. Even tho im not riding its right there with me in my man cave all the time all year. Especially nice for polishing it and adding accessories during the winter.
 
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Now I remember why I left Ohio at the ripe old age of 18! I think I will have to ride in 40* mornings next weekend in the Texas Hill Country. Brrrrrrr
 


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