Winters over.
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Ya'll that have been shut in for the winter, just remember to take it easy at first. I ride all year. But today was the first Saturday here with sunny skies and mid 70 degrees (it's been a pretty cold winter here. Was just in the 30's 5 days ago). I think damn near every motorcycle in the area was out.
People get the bike out. Forget they haven't rode in several months, and get in trouble. I saw 3 different individual wipe outs today. A couple of them were pretty bad. I don't think anybody was seriously hurt in any of them, but 2 resulted in some major damage to the bike. One of the wipe outs was a guy that came out from a country cross road behind me. It was a bit of a twisty road, and he was determined to keep up. I wasn't "racing" him. Just doing a nice spirited ride. If it had been August, he probably would have been fine. First serious curve I ran through. He didn't. Was running about 60 mph when he crashed. He seemed to be ok. Bike was kinda messed up, but didn't need a tow. He was very lucky.
If it's been a while since you've been on 2 wheels. Take it easy at first!!!!
People get the bike out. Forget they haven't rode in several months, and get in trouble. I saw 3 different individual wipe outs today. A couple of them were pretty bad. I don't think anybody was seriously hurt in any of them, but 2 resulted in some major damage to the bike. One of the wipe outs was a guy that came out from a country cross road behind me. It was a bit of a twisty road, and he was determined to keep up. I wasn't "racing" him. Just doing a nice spirited ride. If it had been August, he probably would have been fine. First serious curve I ran through. He didn't. Was running about 60 mph when he crashed. He seemed to be ok. Bike was kinda messed up, but didn't need a tow. He was very lucky.
If it's been a while since you've been on 2 wheels. Take it easy at first!!!!
Last edited by SportyPig; Mar 8, 2009 at 12:01 AM.
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I know the feeling.. I got to break in my new Iron on Thursday night and all day Friday.. then yesterday rolls around and its back to cold and hard rain all day. Same with today. Not out of the woods yet...
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