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I work at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel in Virginia. I live on the north side of the 19 mile span, and a car is provided if you are assigned to the south side. Whenever I have to go south and there are no thunderstorms threatening, I ride the IS instead of taking the work car!
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« Reply #1721 on: August 17, 2012, 06:21:33 PM » |
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I ride most days, the only time I get to take the cage is on my wife's day off. But I love Fridays, cause we work till noon and the commute traffic is gone. Today I rode to work in 67 degree weather. Rode after work to get a haircut. Rode without the helmet, to home to let the cuttings fly. Went home, had chicken fajitas, took a shower. AND THEN THE RAIN CAME DOWN! Had to shout over the rain!
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« Reply #1722 on: September 10, 2012, 02:36:39 PM » |
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Absolutely beautiful riding weather all this week. Rode to work last night. Stars out, about 70 and low humidity. Rode back home this morning. Beautiful clear skies, 62 degrees.......took the long way home. Had to wear a jacket. I think thats the first time I've worn a jacket since early last spring.  Think I'll take the long way to work tonight.  |
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« Reply #1723 on: September 17, 2012, 03:54:16 AM » |
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Worked an overtime shift last night, so I rode the GoldWing in. Warm during the afternoon on the way to work. High 90's. OT shifts are shorter, about 9 hours vs. the usual 12. Got off at 1am and had a great ride home. Still in the low 70's this morning. The Wing needed gas on the way home, so I stopped at a Chevron close to home. I still think its cool that you can buy gas at 2am at a closed station with your debt card. I like no one around me. I have a safety meeting this afternoon, so I'll probably take the car in so I don't show up all sweaty.....  But for the rest of the week I'm on the bike. |
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« Reply #1724 on: September 17, 2012, 06:21:07 AM » |
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Won't be long now another month or so will have to be putting the bike up for the year here in WI. Low temps at night coming home at 11 p.m. are hovering around 40-50 degrees but sure has been one nice hot summer with very little rain all year long. I bet I put another 1500 miles on the bike this year going just to work thanks to no rain. This has saved me about 4 bucks per day or a tad more than 1 gallon of gas vs. taking my truck to work all those days.
See, the Valkyrie is a gas sipping saver and just because it only gets 35 avg. mpg, sure beats almost all other 4 cylinder cars out there especially my big V8 truck. I usually stop riding when temps at night get consistently at 40 degrees since my turn signals seem to not work going home those last few weeks of riding in late October. Would electrical contact cleaner help by taking off the left handlebar housing and spraying/cleaning up the contacts of the turn signals? Maybe even just spray the turn signals with electrical cleaner safe for plastic from the outside and hope some cleaner gets inside the housing???
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« Reply #1725 on: September 24, 2012, 07:20:02 AM » |
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Fifty-one degrees (F) on the way in this morning. It's starting to get a bit brisk.
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« Reply #1726 on: September 24, 2012, 07:40:54 AM » |
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42 this AM, chaps, gloves and liner. Foggy as heck.
Rode almost every day this summer. Only missed on call weeks, the week it rained, and 2 days getting a new Metzler on the front.
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« Reply #1727 on: September 24, 2012, 07:58:39 AM » |
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39 here in Indianner.
It was nippley.
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« Reply #1728 on: September 24, 2012, 01:24:38 PM » |
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« Reply #1729 on: September 24, 2012, 07:17:12 PM » |
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Was a balmy 33 here and I had to drive the truck to work to pick up two repaired deer camp cots from my bud Jim. Looks like rain in the forecast every other day this week.  |
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« Reply #1730 on: September 24, 2012, 07:20:19 PM » |
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Damn near perfect weather expected this week. Jacket and Chaps this morning, Jacket back home. Fall is great here!
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« Reply #1731 on: October 05, 2012, 11:47:28 PM » |
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Got to ride in today for a very short shift this afternoon. We had our annual hands on fire training today. 4.5 hours of OT since this was my day off. Rode my GoldWing, weather was very nice today, high 70's, not near as hot as it has been lately. Actually starting to feel a little like fall here in southern California. 'Bout time too. Took many backroads home to avoid the Friday evening traffic, which can be brutal. Nice ride. I stopped and filled the tank on the Wing......$21.63!!! OUCH! $4.59 a gallon...... |
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« Reply #1732 on: October 06, 2012, 02:52:01 AM » |
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36 degrees here this morning and rained all night. If the sky's not leaking when I step out the door I'll be on the scooter. Will only be my 2'nd ride to work this week, can't pass it up if I don't have to.
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« Reply #1733 on: October 06, 2012, 06:45:02 PM » |
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Rode Tuesday-Friday. Perfect weather Friday. Off at noon, drove to home and stopped for a haircut. No better way to get all those little hairs off you than a helmet free in-town ride back to the house. Thursday when I came home, wife said, lets go eat! I said OK and she said On the bike! So we went down to the mall and had some spicy chicken sandwiches at Chic-fil-a. Neither one of us changed, I was in my office slacks and button up shirt and she was still in her office wear.
Now some may wonder why we didn't put on some jeans and t-shirts, but you know,,, at this time in my life, I really don't care. I wear what I want, just like I ride what I want.
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« Reply #1734 on: October 06, 2012, 06:51:21 PM » |
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« Reply #1735 on: October 13, 2012, 04:08:12 PM » |
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Rode to work for an OT night shift on Friday afternoon. It had rained here on Thursday and it looked like more rain on Friday. The rain held off and it was a nice cool afternoon. The ride home was chilly this morning. Low 40's and still dampness in the air. I bought a pair of BMW AllRound boots over the summer to wear fall/winter/early spring. So far so good. Great boots. My feet were nice and warm on the way home this morning. Haven't checked the water proof -ness yet. I'm sure I will though. Even the other so called "riders" at work think I'm crazy. I think that's a good thing....... |
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« Reply #1736 on: October 13, 2012, 05:03:20 PM » |
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Rode 4/5 this week. On the day the morning temp was 46F another rider asked if I had brain damage. Heck, most any rider can handle 46 if the ride is only 20 min at highway speeds. Nice thing about the ride home, upper 60's and mid 70's are great to go home in.
I rode down 21 to home on Friday. Leather jacket was not needed, but I left it on. I like the drive since it is tree covered and less stressful than the interstate. This sure is pretty country.
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« Reply #1737 on: October 14, 2012, 03:04:18 PM » |
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« Reply #1738 on: October 19, 2012, 03:45:59 PM » |
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Another 5/5 this week. Near perfect weather for riding. Stopped by dealer today and another guy was putting on his lid and had a big wide smile. He said, "God, I love this time of year!" I said, "Yep, perfect weather for a ride." Nice to see someone that happy to ride.
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« Reply #1739 on: October 19, 2012, 04:43:41 PM » |
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« Reply #1740 on: October 19, 2012, 05:15:29 PM » |
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« Reply #1741 on: October 19, 2012, 07:19:15 PM » |
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Thing is, it was just getting out of bed for crying out loud!!!!! LOL! Welcome, James, to the world of the mature. We could probably handle it better if it just came when our bodies were younger. I only go into the office thrice per week, but each way is sixty miles. I rode in all three this week and on the work-at-home day I got to ride downtown for a briefing. Some great weather, some a little on the cooler side. It's that time of year again. |
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« Reply #1742 on: October 19, 2012, 07:30:04 PM » |
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It happens to me about every couple of years for the past ten our so years. Like a Charlie horse in my back. Still a little sore, but not hurting any longer. BTW, it's Jimmy on my birth certificate and drivers license. My dad's name was Jimmy too as well as my son, Jimmy3, or the third as we call him. Hay Jimmyt |
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« Reply #1743 on: October 20, 2012, 07:46:23 PM » |
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Didn't ride to work, but to my local Star Wars meeting with my son. It was only about a mile away from my house so it was easy to convince my wife to let him on the bike. A friend from inside shot this photo when I was turning the bike around to park.  |
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« Reply #1744 on: October 22, 2012, 03:09:54 AM » |
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Rode in for a Sunday night OT shift. Left Sunday afternoon with it being windy and cool and overcast. Looked like it might rain. The rain held off until my shift was almost over, about midnight. So I got off early but had to ride about 20 miles in the rain on the way home. Then it quit and got windy and cold. Stopped at the top of the Cajon Pass to put gas in the bike and just about froze! Still a good ride, and better to get off early...... |
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« Reply #1745 on: October 22, 2012, 09:13:40 AM » |
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Sixty-nine degrees (F) when I left the house. It was like a Spring morning. Anyone in eastern Kansas that didn't ride to work today should surrender his motorcycle endorsement.
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« Reply #1746 on: October 22, 2012, 09:27:51 AM » |
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« Reply #1747 on: October 22, 2012, 05:31:20 PM » |
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43 this morning and 74 after work. Found out I really miss the windscreen. I have it off until the speedometer cable comes in. Hope it comes in tomorrow.
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« Reply #1748 on: October 22, 2012, 05:46:45 PM » |
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39 when i left this morning....68 on the way home...I love riding in this weather.
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« Reply #1749 on: October 22, 2012, 06:50:02 PM » |
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« Reply #1750 on: October 23, 2012, 04:59:07 AM » |
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It was a fantastic 68 degree's on my ride home from work this morning!
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« Reply #1751 on: October 23, 2012, 05:08:56 AM » |
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« Reply #1752 on: October 23, 2012, 07:11:28 AM » |
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Sixty-nine degrees (F) when I left the house. It was like a Spring morning. Anyone in eastern Kansas that didn't ride to work today should surrender his motorcycle endorsement.
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« Reply #1753 on: October 23, 2012, 08:08:28 AM » |
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« Reply #1754 on: October 23, 2012, 11:43:52 AM » |
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well folks here is my ride to work post. I have to look at this every morning on my way in and back in the afternoon. Its a 30 jaunt one way and its very relaxing.. hope you enjoy my pics.. Yep that's my Valk replacement in the pics too.. click on the image and use the arrows at the top to scroll the pics.. http://www.jess2.com/MyRideToWork.html/index.html |
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« Reply #1755 on: October 23, 2012, 03:51:00 PM » |
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Is this a great day or what? 23 October and I wore my mesh jacket to work today. Mid eighties in the afternoon. It just doesn't get much better than this. |
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« Reply #1756 on: October 23, 2012, 07:33:20 PM » |
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Jacket, Chaps, helmet, gloves and neck wrap in the morning. Can't wait until Friday, jeans day. Means I usually can ditch the chaps. 46 in the morning is too cold for slacks.
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« Reply #1757 on: October 25, 2012, 09:18:19 AM » |
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Cold (45), wet, and windy on the way in this morning. The Standard may have not been the most appropriate choice for the commute.
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« Reply #1758 on: October 26, 2012, 06:42:29 PM » |
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This time of the year really deepens my belief in GOD. Giving us this show as a promise that winter is just another time period and that spring will be back soon.
The colors were absolutely great on the ride home after work.
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« Reply #1759 on: October 29, 2012, 07:33:33 PM » |
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