I had a great ride today

[onearmedbandit]

Well this is a biking site, but not many threads about just going out for a ride. Just a quick blast out to my usual spot, radar saved my bacon once, tyres gripped like they were made with ultra-sticky adhesive, bike performed faultlessly, sun was out, just a little wind. But fark it was great to go blow out the cobwebs, forget about work, forget about life's worries. Just me, my machine and the road. If I win lotto (and I'd have to start buying tickets to achieve that) I'd spend the rest of my days riding, every day, everywhere I could go. If anything would define me, it would be my love of motorcycling.

Roll on summer.

[Madness]

Hallelujah!

[Fast Eddie]

Well this is a biking site, but not many threads about just going out for a ride.
Roll on summer.

for sure!

I had the same today, just nice and warm and sunny for a change in Dunedin. Had to take the long way to and from town. Stunning.

raining now tho..

[Crasherfromwayback]

If I win lotto (and I'd have to start buying tickets to achieve that) I'd spend the rest of my days riding, every day, everywhere I could go. If anything would define me, it would be my love of motorcycling.

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Here's hoping you do then Bro!

[baffa]

Went for the first proper ride on sunday that ive had in about a month.
Its not easy to describe the feeling of a good ride on a nice day.

[sinfull]

Yeah good on ya !
Sick of reading about everything except MC


Just went and dragged me speed 3 out the shed after 2 1/2 years of only riding the HD (apart form the odd track day)

Had a few issues of late with fucked elbows and well, the set up on the HD is all about hangin on so has been causing me grief after 30 or 40 k !

So i made the call and dragged it out on monday, done a short trip down to Pram to visit Randel at Twin cam for a wof, grabbed a bottle of radiator flush on the way (it's only had water wetter in it for the last few years and has a corrosion thing going on) and realised i'd forgot how much bloody fun it is lol (don't leave the radar detector at home lol)

Well after fucking up the radiator flush (too keen to get out yesterday) and copping a small burn on the arm and covering the french doors in corrosive shit (anyone know what might lift it off glass lol)
Yeah Yeah i know better but thought the pressure would have dropped, fuck it must have been hot !
I went out for a hoon hehehe !

Had a bloody ball, looking forward to each intersection, cause i just couldn't help myself and popped one out of every corner lol
I think i did quite well in keeping my top speed down to a realistic level (where i could reel in most of the excess and also re-learn how to ride it) while out there, it was difficult, but i'm older and wiser now and high speed shit is for the track !
I was just enjoying the ride again, breaking in the new touring/race boots was not that much fun but hey ....

Got a bit of a group/day ride on this sat and it should be fun lol not too many sports bikes, so i'll have to entertain myself riding with 20-80 mostly HDs, might shove a pillow in the tank bag seein the wind don't prop me up off the wrists till after harley speeds hehehe

[EJK]

I thought I saw you going down Moorhouse ave around 1-2pm.

[mulletman]

Well so did i , a short ride thru the tunnel round the bays past Purau and up the hill (to P/Levy), stopped up there took in the views back down round to Govenors, Dyers then home. Great sunny
warm ride,hmm where to tomorro?!

[Maha]

Last night was the best for riding...dry/calm/moonlight ...when you know the road, it doesn't get much better.
Well worth the effort of gearing up ...even for an hour.

[nodrog:Me]

What sort of cat do you have?

[Big Dave]

And what about our reputation?

[SMOKEU]

All this talking about bikes makes me miss riding. I must fire up the TS185 one of these days and hoon up and down the road a few times.

[onearmedbandit]

Great hearing others getting out and going for a ride. Wish there were more 'pointless' threads like this.

[hayd3n]

rides my bikes everyday
whats there to talk about?

[onearmedbandit]

rides my bikes everyday
whats there to talk about?

Good on you. Unfortunately it doesn't make sense for me to ride the bike the 2km from home to work, so the bike stays locked up in the garage. And while I used to ride everywhere in every condition, incl snow and ice I prefer to use my steed in ideal conditions now if I can.