[jbcurt00]

Currently have 2 running Kawasakis:

2022 Ninja 400 ABS
2009 Vulcan 500 Ltd

A project Honda w a parts bike:
1981 GL500I Interstate (fully faired) w a parts CX500

 

[WFO-KZ]

Wow, a long-time lurker comes out of the shadows. Welcome and yes I think we all need bigger garages. Isn't that a constitutional right?

 

[jbcurt00]

Joined when I got my first motorcycle and my laptop took a shite, didn't need a computer for work anymore and didn't replace it until after I sold the first, a Ninja 250

 

[WFO-KZ]

So which bike gets the most use?

 

[Kawasakian]

Well, the SilverWing will take the longest to get anywhere, but they sure are comfortable.

 

[jbcurt00]

Ninja 400 does, GL500 is a project and just got Vulcan 5 days ago, rained every day since

 

[jbcurt00]

And today it's snowing...

 

[Kawasakian]

I'm waiting for the weather to warm up to finish my bike shed. It seems that when it does, something else comes up. I'm close, but it's too damned cold. The roof is now completely finished, I went with a steel roof. It's only 10 x 12 feet. My barn is to the right of it.

 

[WFO-KZ]

And today it's snowing...

So? Stud up the tires and go for a rip on the lake, but only if its frozen solid. 😎
Joking of course... or am I?

No ice racing here. Today we had 64mm of rain. That's about 2.5". No snow left and what little ice is left is not safe.

I bet the Vulcan would be a blast out on the ice. Does it get cold enough where you are?

 

[Kawasakian]

I used to take my sidehack rig out on the lake, is truly was a blast. Also educational, as I got to learn what the sidecar would do if I hit a sheet of ice.

 

[jbcurt00]

@WFO-KZ river does ice over occasionally but wouldn't go out on it

There are small lakes in mountains 3- 4 hrs away that ice over too, but not enough

 

[WFO-KZ]

Ok, definitely not safe then. Around here the rivers become ice highways. Trucks can drive on it. But this year it has been way too mild.

 

[Kawasakian]

It was 56 degrees yesterday, and is now 28 degrees, going down to 24 this evening. We didn't get any snow to speak of but we got a lot of rain, and a lot up north, which means New England should be in a good position for water this year. I just redid my Artesian well. Doing it yourself saves you 1000's of dollars, but it's mot easy if you don't have a machine to pull up the pump. I made a Lever set up so I could pull up four feet at a shot, then unscrewed each joint @ 20' foot intervals. I figured the well was like at least 600' feet down. It's between a aquifier from the lake on the top of the hill and the lake at the bottom of the bottom. I never have water problems, thank the Lord. I know some people that have wells that have dried up, and man, that drilling a new well is an expensive proposition.