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Winter came early

Post by Tonyvdb »

Well, looks like predictions of a long snowy winter have come true. We have already had two decent snowfalls and riding season has been cut short way to early :-(
Temps look warmer for late next week but I don't know if it will last.
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:-( Tony , sorry to hear of the WAY early winter weather that you are experiencing ! :-( ......Very cold mornings here ....but been getting out and riding as much as I can before the inevitable , .....gonna take the 1300 /6 Voyager out for a long ride Sunday, no destination in mind , wil have to see where the front wheel leads me ! but I'm thinking I will find som Lake Erie perch ,or walleye at the mid point of my journey ! YUM ! ! :-D :-D the older I get ....the more I HATE winter ! :-(
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Lucasind wrote: the older I get ....the more I HATE winter ! :-(
Yup, I've lived up here all my life (47 years) my wife has family in the Caribbean and we are seriously thinking of buying retirement property there.
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Have some perch for me, too, Lucasind. Sounds wonderful.
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Here in NJ, the mornings have been a bit chilly. Makes me yearning to leave work early and take a ride. I am not looking forward to the salt and calcium on the roads for NJ's wopping 1 inch snow storms.
Tony, I too am taking today to ride for a bit. Mexican food hunt. I plan to ride until I see a place I have not eaten at.
Keep the shinny side up and the salt off the tires :laughing:
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Peg and I had a wonderful ride Saturday. :woohoo: We needed to go to the grocery store about 4 miles away,and the bike took a turn leaving the driveway the wrong way.We rode 217 miles :woohoo: to get there passing a 3 cylinder two stroke Kawasaki :thmup: just 3 miles from our place,and a XII :clap: on Ohio 7 just south of East Liverpool along the Ohio river.Great ride.

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... OK, I gotta ask, what is roman numeral VXII.... I even googled it.... I'm thinking the V is a typo? TIA
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the weather in in northern Illinois is starting to change as well. 60's during the days and upper 30's at night at times. Have not had to luxury of getting any riding in since Junes trip to the lake. Glad you folks are still getting out. My riding seems to be religated to work transportation only.
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crankyb wrote:... OK, I gotta ask, what is roman numeral VXII.... I even googled it.... I'm thinking the V is a typo? TIA
I use it to designate V=Voyager and XII=12 for the 1200 , probably not the proper way to do it but that's my story and I'm sticking to it and I've used it so long that there is no way I'm going to change it. Sorry if it makes you crankier. LOL .
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..... I was just curious!!! GBG You get to do things YOUR way!!!! Best to Ya!!!! Thanks!!!
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