Softail ride.
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Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Montclair, CA.
The smoke and ashes are flowing SSW from the fire towards Long Beach and out to Catalina Island.
Yeah a bud of mine lives in Maine, one hour south of the Canadian border, and they are buried under 8 to 10 feet of snow and with the wind chill it is around -20 degrees.
That's why I still live in Southern California: where we just rock and roll, from the earth quakes, didn't feel the last one and the epicenter was only five miles from my house, and Smoke, from the fires...
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From: TOAK western branch
It was 91* here yesterday and mid 80's at the beach....
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Joined: Nov 2013
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From: Central IL
Tony are you in the Chicago area? Typically colder up there than it is down here in Central IL but this has been a crappy year. I got to ride the Sunday after Christmas but she has been parked since, wasn't really any salt then here so I was able to get a few hours in.
Have lived here my whole life but the older I get the more I hate our weather. I will definately be retiring to a warmer enviroment, may even try to transfer once my youngest gets out of school.
Have lived here my whole life but the older I get the more I hate our weather. I will definately be retiring to a warmer enviroment, may even try to transfer once my youngest gets out of school.
Tourer
Joined: Nov 2011
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From: Pa
I'll be riding in 49 days down in Daytona (can't frickin' wait!!) Here in Pa we have had snow or rain with tons of salt and cinders on the road since the beginning of Nov it seems. After my week in Daytona I will be on suicide watch for about a month until the spring weather starts to show up here.
Road Master
Joined: Jun 2013
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From: Denver, CO
We are going to Fort Collins this August, what will the weather be like there, days and nights, at that time of the year? Also, EFI? Is it going to be Ok at some of those elevations in the Mountains? It's going to be my 1st time out that way and into the mountains. I have heard it causes issues going up, staying up then back down sometime in the next day or two. I have zero first hand experience cutting up twisties in the Rockies. Also, to be clear this is also the first bike I ever even owned with EFI and not a carb so I don't know what to expect there either?
I don't like that mag chloride stuff either but it does the job I guess. Nice thing about it is w/in a few days of a snow storm you can be out and riding again as it doesn't stick around. Like others said you just gotta watch the sand which between traffic and street sweepers gets pushed out of the way fairly decent. I've been riding a lot this winter as it's been pretty mild. The heated gear helps too for those night rides home.
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From: BC
New to the forum but a long time rider. I used to pride myself on riding every month of the year. Maybe I'm getting older (51) but I don't like the cold rides on the street in January. So I put studs on my KTM eduro plated bike and ride to the trails and blast through the woods while sweating up a storm. Hell Ya!
Hell yeah! Lovin the KTM - good times
I think I should throw some screws in my KX (problem is there is 3+ feet of snow here and it ain't going anywhere soon)
Last edited by Midgard; Jan 17, 2014 at 09:47 PM.
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thin air
Ya Tony, the only thing wheezing will be you up in the mountains. Bike will do fine, just less power for sure. It's always fun to do some floorboard rubbing on the twisties to. Was there last August and was reminded that I was 60 years old when we got up around 11,000'. Tried to walk up the trail to some monument and sounded like a like a choo choo train puffing along.