Wind therapy.
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No wind therapy this weekend. The weather is not cooperating at all. Rain and storms in the area all day yesterday. Overcast and 47 degrees, with 20 plus mph winds today. I'm getting so sick of this weather. I'd love to get the Night Rod out for a ride, but it's gonna have to warm up quite a bit for that to happen. I'm free all week, so if the sun comes out and the winds stop, I'll take advantage of that in a heartbeat.
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No wind therapy this weekend. The weather is not cooperating at all. Rain and storms in the area all day yesterday. Overcast and 47 degrees, with 20 plus mph winds today. I'm getting so sick of this weather. I'd love to get the Night Rod out for a ride, but it's gonna have to warm up quite a bit for that to happen. I'm free all week, so if the sun comes out and the winds stop, I'll take advantage of that in a heartbeat.
We will be lucky to ride daily by June the way this crap greets us everyday.
We share your pain.
Cheers, Terry
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Nice weekend riding weather here in NY. I was able to get some wind therapy Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Saturday was nice as well but I had to give the wife a full day of my attention. 
Still f%$# windy until Sunday but hopefully our March winds are finally over now that it's May
We did some nice group rides here on Long Island. Ya have to head out East and North to get some twisties but man, riders were all over the place on Sunday! Long Island Expressway pot holes are worse than ever so I try and stay off that mess. I feel like i'm riding a slalom avoiding the pot holes and road repairs. Reports of bent rims on cars and bikes from that mess. A passenger actually fell off from one of the bumps/potholes and was killed on Saturday. NY sucks!
Hope to get upstate next week and get back to some mountain riding.
Still f%$# windy until Sunday but hopefully our March winds are finally over now that it's May
We did some nice group rides here on Long Island. Ya have to head out East and North to get some twisties but man, riders were all over the place on Sunday! Long Island Expressway pot holes are worse than ever so I try and stay off that mess. I feel like i'm riding a slalom avoiding the pot holes and road repairs. Reports of bent rims on cars and bikes from that mess. A passenger actually fell off from one of the bumps/potholes and was killed on Saturday. NY sucks!
Hope to get upstate next week and get back to some mountain riding.
Last edited by chopr147; May 2, 2022 at 09:51 AM.
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Yesterday I changed the oil in Night Rod, and it appears my fix for the oil leak it had developed after the last ride of 2021 worked. I also washed and quick waxed it after the oil change. After dinner I decided I needed to take it for a ride, even though it was only 50 degrees, cloudy and a bit windy. It felt more like 40 degrees, but I was itching to get the Night Rod out, so I put my heated Milwaukee vest on under my leather jacket, put on the flannel lined jeans, as well as long johns, a hat and gloves, and dealt with it. I got in 90 miles, and I loved every one of them. The Night Rod is an absolute joy to ride.....but even more of a joy when the sun is out and the temps are in the 80's.
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Yesterday, after mowing my lawn, I decided to take the Night Rod for another ride. Temps were still only in the 50's, but it was mostly sunny. If you believe the weather forecast, which I really don't anymore, we're supposed to be in the 80's all next week. Anyway, I just took a short ride yesterday and was only gone for about 1.5 hours. I'm tired of having to put on layers to ride and almost didn't go because of that.
Fingers crossed for warmer, less windy weather.
Fingers crossed for warmer, less windy weather.
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Got in a little afternoon wind therapy today. It hit the mid 50's and was sunny, but the winds were, once again, above 20mph, out of the west....which gave me a side wind for at least half the ride. The heavy winds could go away, any day now. I went down along the Illinois River. I got in 170 miles. Had it been either a bit warmer or a bit less windy, I probably would have gotten another 100 miles. The 50's felt a whole lot colder after having 80 just the other day.
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I drove from Langley to Cranbrook today (500 miles)… Not a motorcycle friendly day at all… More than a couple of times I had the windshield wipers on high speed and I was going 50 miles an hour because I could barely see… I’m glad I had the Grand Cherokee…😂
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Sunny and clear blue sky today. The winds weren't even out of control....for a change. I tried to get the wife to go with me, but no dice...too cold....sissy. It was 63 degrees when I left at 11am. It got up to 73. It was an awesome ride. I made my way to Prairie Du Chien WI, where I crossed over the Mississippi into Iowa, where I headed back home. I was gone for 9 hours and got in 406 miles.
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