Riding today for damn sure.

:buddies:

Meeee tooo! Riding my horse cause I don't have a road bike anymore!

Definitely a good day for a scooter ride. :yahoo:Time to go pull the flathead out of the trailer.

Gotta make a run to the grocery first - than a bike ride on this beautiful day!

Meeee tooo! Riding my horse cause I don't have a road bike anymore!

I'm sure you could talk someone into giving you a ride. If you asked nicely.

It's been a long time since I've even started mine. Off to the garage now to see it it will start.


:yahoo: That wasn't so bad... warming up now.

Ahhhrg!!!! Painting the exterior of a house, not sure if there will be any daylight left when I'm done:doh:

Put a few miles on today. Down to St. George's Island, lighthouse, then to Pt. Lookout, over to Solomons Island, met DesertRat on his ride near home.

Felt good.

Put a few miles on today. Down to St. George's Island, lighthouse, then to Pt. Lookout, over to Solomons Island, met DesertRat on his ride near home.

Felt good.

You two shoulda stopped by my trailer.

Put a few miles on today. Down to St. George's Island, lighthouse, then to Pt. Lookout, over to Solomons Island, met DesertRat on his ride near home.

Felt good.

You should have stopped by..

I never left the shop. By the time I finished welding up the fabrication jig/trailer for my Triumph project, it was 3 PM and I was nackered.

Forecast for next weekend is awesome though...:yahoo:

I hear you, Giligan. Upside, the old house is painted, mostly, just trim left, downside, discovered the Charger needs a new battery, and I didnt get done til close to five.

Yesterday was a great riding day! Even when we got rained on at the end of the day. :lol:

Two bar tips; Woodstock Inn, Woodstock Md. Really good food by any standard. Incredibly good by biker bar standards. Fantastic place to bike watch. Neat place down by the river in the middle of nowhere.

Good riding all over the place.




Daniels in Eldridge. Right on Route 1. Open air bar and nice inside. Also really good food.

Good riding from Daniels down to River road and into Ellicott City.

:buddies:

Two bar tips; Woodstock Inn, Woodstock Md. Really good food by any standard. Incredibly good by biker bar standards. Fantastic place to bike watch. Neat place down by the river in the middle of nowhere.

Good riding all over the place.

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Holy crap. You get around. That was my 'backyard once'; I operated my landscape and pool construction company from a property on Marriottsville Rd. and lived in a trailer there too, on the Howard side but almost to the river and county line. Quarry country.

'course that was back in the 70s. :whistle:

You should have stopped by..

I never left the shop. By the time I finished welding up the fabrication jig/trailer for my Triumph project, it was 3 PM and I was nackered.

Forecast for next weekend is awesome though...:yahoo:

Well, you said you were going to take the flathead out, so I was kind of keeping an eye out for that. Beyond that, I don't know where you live, and I don't generally drop in unannounced.

But I did think about it...next time :yay:

Holy crap. You get around. That was my 'backyard once'; I operated my landscape and pool construction company from a property on Marriottsville Rd. and lived in a trailer there too, on the Howard side but almost to the river and county line. Quarry country.

'course that was back in the 70s. :whistle:

:buddies:

We're heading either to Thursdays or Stoney's Broomes Island next weekend if the weather holds.

Or, is Broome's Island closed for the season???

:buddies:

We're heading either to Thursdays or Stoney's Broomes Island next weekend if the weather holds.

Or, is Broome's Island closed for the season???

Forecast for next Saturday is downright amazing at the moment..62 and sunny? In January??

Thursdays? In 'downtown' North Beach?

Forecast for next Saturday is downright amazing at the moment..62 and sunny? In January??

Thursdays? In 'downtown' North Beach?

Yup.

Sounds like a plan. I'll look for further announcements as the week progresses. Might join ya if that's OK. :howdy:

Sounds like a plan. I'll look for further announcements as the week progresses. Might join ya if that's OK. :howdy:

Love to see the flat head! And you can educate me on what I'm looking at.

Still looking at 60 degrees Saturday, Larry. You pick a destination yet?

Still looking at 60 degrees Saturday, Larry. You pick a destination yet?

State of flux waiting for the cat herd to develop some sort of pseudo plan. :lol:

Stoney's is out; closed for the season.

Love to see the flat head! And you can educate me on what I'm looking at.

If she owns a liquor store you maybe looking at a future fantasy wife...

If she owns a liquor store you maybe looking at a future fantasy wife...

:drummer:

If she owns a liquor store you maybe looking at a future fantasy wife...

Isn't there something about having ears that resemble motorcycle hand grips in that description too?....:whistle:

Bet I'm not the only one who rode today.

But, I might be the only who rode in shorts. :dye:

State of flux waiting for the cat herd to develop some sort of pseudo plan. :lol:

Stoney's is out; closed for the season.

Gil, everyone is working which means we're staying local.

:buddies:

Gil, everyone is working which means we're staying local.

:buddies:

Thx. Just got out of the shop. Guess I'll just roll the flattie around the short loop and call it good. If yr down 249 way for any reason, give me a call on my cell.

Today was another great day for a ride.

:yay:

No ride yet, but going to head up to Leonardtown on an errand, and damnit, taking the bike. Been too long.

Ah, hour long moonlight ride, just what the doctor ordered..........now a tasty beverage and a movie......:buddies:

Anybody can ride in good weather, who ride tonight?

I really didn't think it was going to rain today, and the only comfort issue I had is I left my helmet on the triple tree. Nothing Wales you up more than putting on a cold wet helmet.

Did get the flashy snowflake all the way home tonight.

Anybody can ride in good weather, .

With no front fender and the front wheel that far out in front...I'm the epitome of 'anybody'....:coffee:

Anybody can ride in good weather, who ride tonight?

I really didn't think it was going to rain today, and the only comfort issue I had is I left my helmet on the triple tree. Nothing Wales you up more than putting on a cold wet helmet.

Did get the flashy snowflake all the way home tonight.

Not me:) Not the right gear for it. I can go down to mid 40s, with enough layers, but no moisture:) Have done it by accident, but certainly not a pleasant ride. I always take my helmet with me, or lock it in the trunk, never leave it loose on the bike.

With the crazy spring temps headed our way Tuesday and Wednesday, I had to open the trailer and make sure the scooter was going to start. Gonna have to play hooky Wednesday.

With the crazy spring temps headed our way Tuesday and Wednesday, I had to open the trailer and make sure the scooter was going to start. Gonna have to play hooky Wednesday.

150 miles yesterday. Just awesome. Thinking about it right now...

:dye:

With the crazy spring temps headed our way Tuesday and Wednesday, I had to open the trailer and make sure the scooter was going to start. Gonna have to play hooky Wednesday.

filling out a leave slip for wednesday tommorow.

So who rode today?

Called a buddy and he and my son met me for a ride. What a day:yahoo:

Did ride in to work today, fantastic ride. Maybe take a ride out to Target later...

Did ride in to work today, fantastic ride. Maybe take a ride out to Target later...

I agree, it was an awesome ride today. I was hit with only 5 or 6 drops of rain on the way to work, the ride home was wonderfully relaxing.

I rolled out at about 1530 on the flattie...made a loop of about 40 miles out and back to Piney Point. I passed probably three or four other scoots out and about.

There were several at Toot's this afternoon. Including one with a side car carrying a black lab. Wearing sunglasses. :lol:

So who rode today?

Almost everyday.

Talk to the hardcore riders at work that actually winterize their bikes. We are way too far South for winterizing a bike. To many nice days here between December and March to take the bike off the road.

Yep, even though I hardly qualify as hardcore, I still refuse to winterize the bike, very rare that you cant get at least one ridable day in a two week span.

The warm weather has the deer moving. Guy on a sportbike went down just long enough before I came along for pretty much every piece of EMT stuff Woodsboro has to arrive. Bike trashed, deer KIA and the rider getting a lift to the hospital. Banged up pretty good, maybe broken shoulder but, it coulda been worse. They were in no hurry to take him off scene. I pulled over and chatted with the local senior types to get the details and she gave me the sweetest "Now you be careful!" as we said good bye. I said "Yes ma'am!" and smiled, put my lid back on and pondered deer for the rest of the way home as darkness took over.

:buddies:

Deer, to me, are the scary part of riding a motorcycle.

And those damn kamikazi squirrels.

Squirells dont bug me much, you pretty much have the mometum to roll over them if you have to. Far more dangerous to try and avoid them with last second hysterics at the controls. In a corner, of course, that's a bit different.

Deer keep me very alert.

Oh, I don't try to avoid the squirrels, and so far they've all managed to get away with their little lives. But I really rue the day I actually hit one. I'm sure I'll stay upright and all that, just don't want to hit one.

I also am always scanning the sides of the road for deeer, but I do the same driving a car. REALLY don't want to hit one of them while on the bike.

I always throw that out there. Was explaining to to two co-workers that I had emphasized to my daughter while teacher her to drive that sometimes, it's better to hit the animal than kill yourself trying to dodge it, the
"Sometimes Fluffys Got To Die" rule. One of them asked if I knew about another coworkers child. I said no, and he told that the young man had swerved to avoid a dog, and crashed so bad he lost a limb.

Yep, even though I hardly qualify as hardcore, I still refuse to winterize the bike, very rare that you cant get at least one ridable day in a two week span.

:yeahthat:

Yep, even though I hardly qualify as hardcore, I still refuse to winterize the bike, very rare that you cant get at least one ridable day in a two week span.

I'm not quite sure what I would do to mine to 'winterize' it if I even wanted to. Change the air in the tires?

:whistle:

I'm not quite sure what I would do to mine to 'winterize' it if I even wanted to. Change the air in the tires?

:whistle:

You're NOT using 'Winter Air"?????????????? :jameo:

Run some Stabil through it, I suppose. Hook up a trickle charger?

Run some Stabil through it, I suppose. Hook up a trickle charger?

My '47 will probably run on parafin or used motor oil if I wanted it too...and the battery is almost optional; in a pinch a couple "D" cells will suffice. :killingme

I have not ridden the thing since August actually...and yet it started on my first attempt*.

*Attempt: For a '47 flathead, an 'attempt' consists of:

1. block timer in retarded position with piece of hose.

2. Turn on fuel and close choke.

3. Twist throttle about an 1/8 turn and lock it there with thumbscrew

4. Kick engine through exactly three times. Not one..not four..three.

5. Turn ignition to 'on' and open choke back up

6. Roll over engine to compression stroke with kick starter and then give a mighty shove to kick it over.

7. Enjoy load roaring noise.

Oh, I don't try to avoid the squirrels, and so far they've all managed to get away with their little lives. But I really rue the day I actually hit one. I'm sure I'll stay upright and all that, just don't want to hit one.

I also am always scanning the sides of the road for deeer, but I do the same driving a car. REALLY don't want to hit one of them while on the bike.

No, no you don't.

My '47 will probably run on parafin or used motor oil if I wanted it too...and the battery is almost optional; in a pinch a couple "D" cells will suffice. :killingme

I have not ridden the thing since August actually...and yet it started on my first attempt*.

*Attempt: For a '47 flathead, an 'attempt' consists of:

1. block timer in retarded position with piece of hose.

2. Turn on fuel and close choke.

3. Twist throttle about an 1/8 turn and lock it there with thumbscrew

4. Kick engine through exactly three times. Not one..not four..three.

5. Turn ignition to 'on' and open choke back up

6. Roll over engine to compression stroke with kick starter and then give a mighty shove to kick it over.

7. Enjoy load roaring noise.

:lol: gotta love it....

I have never winterized any of my bikes for as long as I've been riding, there is always decent enough weather to ride during the winter.

That said, mine has been acting up and I need to get it up to the shop for repairs. I'm pretty sure it's a vacuum leak but I can't find it.

No, no you don't.

Sure everyone has seen this. FF to :32 Go to 3:02 to see what he hit. Go to 6:00 to see his life flash before his eyes.

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Read the comments the poster makes. Interesting stuff.