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General Category => Totally Off-Topic Discussions, Rants, Tire & Oil Threads, Etc. => Topic started by: Bob_Roller on January 01, 2011, 07:00:02 AM

Title: First Ride of 2011
Post by: Bob_Roller on January 01, 2011, 07:00:02 AM

I got my first ride of the year in, the commute to work .

A bit cold for this low desert dweller, it was 26F/-3C at 0515 .

I'm glad it's only 11 miles/18km to work, otherwise my inadequate riding gear may have forced me into a four wheeler .

This is what I really needed [smiley=flamethrowingsmiley.gif] !!!!

Title: Re: First Ride of 2011
Post by: montmil on January 01, 2011, 09:11:22 AM

Sun's up in Texas so I'm gonna get out for a ride right after the grandkids are safely locked in a closet. ::)

Monte

Title: Re: First Ride of 2011
Post by: Bengt_Phorqs on January 01, 2011, 07:07:06 PM

Had a chance to get out for a 20 miler today.  Brilliant sunshine and lovely blue sky, but a bit windy and rather cold.  One of the things I like to do on New Years Day is to go out to the stable and take the mileage off of all the bikes.  I only rode a little over 6000 miles last year.  Not bad considering that I was laid up with a broken collar bone for almost 3 months.

Hope that a bunch of you also got to take a ride today.

Title: Re: First Ride of 2011
Post by: marcmax on January 01, 2011, 08:01:06 PM

Got in my first ride of the year on a BMWNEF ride. Had a great turn out of almost 90 people and bikes. A lot of GS's (A LOT). Only 3 airheads, my LS, and two R90's. We formed our own little pack within the pack. Ended up being a little over 300 miles for me, about 2/3 of it through National Forest on the FL/GA border. Halfway point was a 100 year old inn that opened just for the club to serve a lunch buffet. After the unusually cold weather we have been having it was a perfect day. High 60's, blue sky and little puffy clouds. What a great start to the year.