Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr; took what may be my last ride of the season other than putting the bike in storage. The sky is clear, the fall colors are beautiful and the temperature is 41F with a 10-15 MPH wind. Man, it was cold. But, my FXRG jacket performed well, my chaps kept me fairly comfortable but my gloves are not sufficient for this kind of weather. Just another thing on the shopping list. I also determined that a set of "long johns" would be a good idea for longer jaunts in these temperatures. On the plus side it was a nice ride, not much traffic, the colors around the lake were beautiful and I enjoyed it. I also need to get an air pump for the tires because with the temps dropping the pressure was affected and I could feel it in the handling; there goes another expense. These are all the things you learn that don't ever considered when driving a car. Another plus is when you come in from out of that cold a bowl of chili really tastes good and warms up the "innards" nicely.
Yesterday I learned that we may have the opportunity to leave on Saturday July 3rd instead of Sunday July 4th. I was counting on the parades both being on Saturday followed by the band party but it turns out that one town is having their parade on Saturday and the other is holding to Sunday. I don't want to wait until Monday to leave so I might as well blow off both parades and get an extra day of touring out of the deal. That will give us more flexibility out in Washington to see the sights.
So if you're reading this set your plans to leave Michigan on Saturday, July 3, 2010. Now I have to adjust the calendar; so many little details to attend to.
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Right, seeing as I have now got myself sorted out with access to this Blog, my question is, "do you have your route sorted, and if so, is it posted here"? I will be in the USA from end of May to mid August and would love to take part, being a member of Ralph's pit crew seeing as I don't have a full motorbike license. Looking forward to this. Blue *_*
ReplyDeleteI haven't posted it yet but I will. Ralph was reviewing it for practicality and it looks workable.
ReplyDeleteAre you going to start at my house in Michigan or meet up with us somewhere along the way?
G'day Fred, unsure of what I am doing at the moment. At one point I was thinking of maybe meeting Ralph at his place and driving along with him, the other is to maybe meet up with you 'somewhere'...once you are on the Western side of the little lake you have to get past. *_*
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