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Visionary
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| I put in a new handrail at my Mom's house this past weekend. Too old to dig post holes any more.
Yesterday I needed to get out for a ride. Decided to ride to Higgin's in Barre, MA. It was 37 degrees when I left my house It made it to 51. Leather over pants, leather jacket, silk scarf, Victory cold weather gloves, a full helmet and heated seat and grips were perfect for the day. It takes 2-1/2 hours on the back roads to get there. Great day for riding. Not one tailgator and everyone waited for me before pulling out. I thought I had died and gone to heaven.  The nice thing about Higgin's is the pellet stove display which I checked out and warmed up nicely. of course this time of year the sleds are out front but he had plenty of bikes on display. Bought a hat and patch with the new logo. As I was getting ready to leave a sport bike pulled in. The first bike for the day. I stopped at the Cozy Cabin to eat. I just missed breakfast. I have wonderful homemade cinnamon raisin bread. I decided on the liver and onions. Perfectly cooked and filled me up. It's always a great place to eat. When Anny in in for service I walk there. Just so you know it's about 2 miles east on 122.
I had a perfect ride home and saw 3 more bikes out and about.
Happy Turkey Day to all. |
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Tourer
Posts: 430
| RedRider - sounds like a great great day and ride - happy Turkey Day to you and your family. |
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Visionary
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Central Maryland | These are the PERFECT days to ride; especially on a Vision. No bugs to clean off afterwards.... at this time of year |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1066
Peru, IN | I'm planning a 300 mile ride tomorrow. I hope the crazies aren't out in force. Should be nice with a low in the 40s (at about 0600 when I start out) and a high in the low 60s (when I get home). I was going to ride today but the fog just lifted and I worked all night. Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man happy, wealthy (really?) and....riding his Vision all over. (I think that's how it goes.)
Glad you got some good riding in today. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 785
Mt. Vernon, WASH. | You are fortunate to have good riding weather, our local weather is so crappy it's 180 from our nice Summer, it rains in torential sheets and it's been blowing so hard from the Pacific Ocean that the crows are getting very good at flying backwards and you could hold boat races at some underpasses they are so full of runoff. And yes, we have our famous Salmon swimming across roads because of all the heavy rains. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1066
Peru, IN | We certainly have been blessed this year. Fog alerts out yesterday morning so I didn't ride and again this morning but I'm going out when the sun comes up (and burns off the fog) anyway. I have a nice little 300 mile route all planned out and it's supposed to get pretty windy this afternoon so I can't wait too long to leave. |
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200 mile ride yesterday