Spring is here!

[trolle]

The weatherman has promised us up to 65F this weekend which is really a high temp for this time of the year. If the wh8la2 had been ready for driving, y'all know where I'd be, but alas, due to my great amount of thumbs and general lack of routine, the assembling of the x-thousand parts has taken a little longer than expected and hoped for.

Did you know that to mount the exhaust pipes you have to dismantle the sidestand and that once the exhaust pipes are in place and everything is torqued up to the recommended levels, it is not possible to put the sidestand in place again because of the exhauspipes being in the way?  

Now you do.  

greetings from a sunny and warm north

[Ed Miller]

What side stand are you using?  I just put a Surefoot on my R65 yesterday and it doesn't involve the pipes.  I had to remove them to take off my old side stand, though.  That whole job took a lot longer than I thought it would.

The Surefoot looks like it won't scrape on left handers like my old stand did.  I wonder what will.

[nhmaf]

Another sure sign of spring showed up here this morning - we had a flock of 10-12 loons swimming in our lake this morning - they're migrating back northward now, AND our lake officially melted yesterday, quite quickly, too.  Yesterday morning there was still ice going out at least 100 yards from shore, and this morning, it is all gone, completely.

I finished up installing my new dual FIAMM horns and taking pictures for the wiki today - got the tank back on, etc. and of course, our road way out to the pavement is again an impassable 1 mile gauntlet of foot-deep porridge.   Maybe I should look for an R80GS for my next airhead...
 

[aussie]

Well at the 'top' end of the world...we have hit autumn (fall) with a bit of vengence (not I hasten to add that I'm complaining). The leaves are turning and I can smell woodsmoke as people begin to crank up their fires.

I love this time of the year.

Bought a 'new' Mountain bike on eBay a couple of weeks ago (a Cannondale dual suspension, Super V) but the seller has refused to ship it. So, over Easter I'm heading to Victoria to pick it up. Pity it will be in the car rather than on the bike. Should be rather 'interesting' to see where the fires have been...

[Motu]

We have just come off daylight saving,and the mornings are better,but it got dark pretty quick after work today.We have had a monster high parked over us the last week,and the weather has been bliss.Crisp mornings,nice warm days,not a cloud in the sky and no wind.If only the bike was going (dead battery),but have been tied up with family things anyhow.They have plans for Easter too - but I'll see if I can sneak off to check out the new front tyre I will fit on saturday.