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Old 01-02-2011, 05:56 AM   #1
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01/01/2011, Mid 40F temp., got my SV650 out for 50+ mi. jaunt, first ride in 2011.



Met up with some friends for lunch:



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Old 01-04-2011, 11:42 AM   #2
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01/04/2011, mid 40F temp., got out on my Burgman 650 for a little spin. 25 easy miles. Then rode to the grocery store on my Chinese scoot, 6 miles.
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Old 01-04-2011, 02:44 PM   #3
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I've been on a couple of rides around town this year, but I didn't take any pics.
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Old 01-04-2011, 03:29 PM   #4
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Well, welcome to the new year fellow SV rider. I too am an all year round rider. I have many other bikes but my SV is my daily and dependable rider. Over 60k miles and wiped out on it twice. She's still rolling strong. I have a new motor for it and own two of them.
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07/01/2011, 4C (39F), the first day melting since Christmas, I brought Teresa back from the workshop where she got new front rim and rear belt sprocket. Reached 66666km by odo (82k+ irl). Here she is with the new parts:

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I've been commuting the whole week by Teresa, and I'm happy about it.
Temps ranging ~0.5-6C (~33-43F), which is not a big issue for me on this 25km (15.5mi) route. Which was rough that was the Tuesday morning fog I was practically swimming in milk, slowly, with open visor
I'd appreciate the rest of January being this nice, but it's improbable not to have frost. We'll see, I won't ride on ice or snow. Mild frost on dry roads are ok.

Note for self: go check pressure again after my shift (new rim needs extra monitoring).
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Old 01-14-2011, 04:33 AM   #7
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I want to ride so bad, guys! I've got the itch but I've just been so busy lately I haven't had the time to do much as far as self-motivated relaxation goes.

I'm looking at an '03 Suzuki Marauder 800 sometime real soon. I need something more comfortable and more real-world for my size. Planning to take a few camping trips this year on a motorcycle and a cruiser is gonna be my choice of transportation for this. Going to buy some luggage and just hit the open road a few times. Swim in creeks, eat spam, camp on the roadside.... you know, grow some chest hair.
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Sounds like fun, except for the eating SPAM part.
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I rode Saturday in 37*F. I wanted to find this creek where I plan to kayak this summer so I went out trying to retrace the route my friend took to get there last year.

I did 116 miles on the bike; mostly highway at 75mph. Honestly I didn't "freeze to death" until I got home and started un-layering all the sudden the chill started thawing off me and I was frozen!!

Found the creek... it was frozen!
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I drove out to see my next motorcycle, got to test ride it in sub-freezing temp for little over 2 miles of riding..
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