The last ride of the year

[Uncle Wulf]

41 degrees at lunchtime today, and my ignition switch had finally thawed out from the sunshine. The roads were wet but clear of snow and ice, the sun was bright, and the sky was the clear blue that you only see this time of year in the northeast. Time to hit the open road. Or, at least, the streets of our little town. I tell you, there ought to be a law against working on such a perfect afternoon.

Forgive the crummy cellphone picture... I shot this when I got to work, parked in some slushy, white crap in my accustomed parking place. Those plow drifts are a reminder of what's coming, I'm afraid. Real winter will descend on me soon enough. But for now, I'm still in denial.



Come Sunday, my old girl goes away for winter storage. A sad thought, to be sure. But the weather man says we'll have time for one last blast tomorrow (unless the SOB's lying to me again). With luck, we'll get another couple-hundred miles before she goes away to sleep the long sleep. But at least she'll be in good hands for those couple of months. I park her in a spare corner at the local chopper shop for the winter. She'll have other bikes to talk to while she's there, and I can get in to work on her, so she won't get lonely.

Come on, spring!

[pat0021]

It was 57 today at 6pm coming home from work. I did see one bike out. If I had insurance on the bike I would have rode today!! But my insurance doesn't turn back on until March 1.

[Uncle Wulf]

It was 57 today at 6pm coming home from work. I did see one bike out. If I had insurance on the bike I would have rode today!! But my insurance doesn't turn back on until March 1.

It was 34 here, coming home from work at 5:30. No big deal, temperature-wise, but the roads were starting to glaze over. Sux...

As to insurance, the rare days like this are one of the main reasons I pay for a 12-month policy. Mine's cheap enough that a partial-year policy doesn't make much sense.

[pat0021]

I am cheap enough to where it does make sense. LOL

[burntcandy]

I am cheap also, and my wife will attest to this. BUT I am still not so cheap as to pay partial year insurance and have to miss out on the suprisingly beautiful winter days that occasionally sneak up on us. Instead of cheaping out on duration of coverage, I went insurance shopping and just found cheaper insurance than who I had been currently using. So it lets me be cheap and still ride on any good day.

[pat0021]

Oh if it got nice enough for more than a day or two I would have coverage the other 3 months of the year. But most of the time here its not.