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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 05:45 PM
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weather is finally starting to turn here on the east coast. last night was a beautiful night had to be in the sixties. I got home around 8pm dropped the bike off the jack gave each cylinder a shot of marvel oil and fired up the bike. went for an hour ride wow after a long and boring winter that just made ay my week my month . went out again today for an hour but it was much colder. Sunday is the first day of spring bring on that warm weather
 
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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 06:04 PM
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I am purely envious... I am going to pick my up out of storage come Monday!
 
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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 06:06 PM
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weather is finally starting to turn here on the east coast. last night was a beautiful night had to be in the sixties. I got home around 8pm dropped the bike off the jack gave each cylinder a shot of marvel oil and fired up the bike. went for an hour ride wow after a long and boring winter that just made ay my week my month . went out again today for an hour but it was much colder. Sunday is the first day of spring bring on that warm weather
I here ya on the long winter. I live in the Pacific Northwest. Central Oregon. Cold and snowing today. I am really ready for the warm weather. I ride sleds (long track snowmobiles) in the cascade mountains all winter so it keeps me sane through the winter. But im ready to ride the Harley.
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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 06:09 PM
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Glad you had a good ride. Went riding today here in CO and it was a windy ****. Still good though
 
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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 06:20 PM
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Thursday was our best day so far this year in E Central Indiana...69 degrees! Went for a two hour ride..It was the best possible therapy for recovering from a relentless winter! I was raised in Michigan and went to school in Minnesota. This still seemed like my worst winter in recent history.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 06:23 PM
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Yep, yesterday it 73 degrees and it was the first official ride. Hit up 3 watering holes with the new barebones and tons of bike out. Bout time
 
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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 06:32 PM
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Sounds like a nice long awaited ride.

I put 5000 on this winter. Time to fill all three with new fluids.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 08:36 PM
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I just got minre together today and went out for an hour, cold today but felt damn good. got the motor done last night and it should be a runner. Hope it gets warm and stays that way
 
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Can't wait for that feeling!
 
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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 09:15 PM
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We hit around 60 here in Western NY a few days this past week. Took the bike outta the house Monday, changed all the fluids Tuesday and I've put about 65 miles on it between Tuesday and yesterday. Almost forgot how great it feels to ride! I'm still gettin the feel for my apes, but they're growing on me. Supposed to snow this coming week tho, so maybe I'll be gettin the sled back out lol.
 
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