Motorcycle Alabama

Quote from: Nice Goat on February 16, 2025, 11:11:46 AMYou captured a lot of good stuff in your post.

For some reason, I just haven't been willing to put in the effort to go for a long ride, even though I really want to.  I know that I would enjoy it.  I don't know what is wrong with me.  Just lethargy, I suppose.  I just need to suit up and do it.

All you have to do is toss the leg over fill her up with fuel and go the rest can work itself out along the way. Generally I find those make for the most interesting ridez either something goes wrong and you remember it for all time on how you got it back home or it just goes perfect and you remember that by the end of the day you're on two wheels and that's all that matters

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Quote from: IceCold4x4 on February 04, 2025, 07:12:05 PM...and went for the first official shakedown and extended ride...
...I'd forgotten the joys of that ride...
...let her stretch the legs and the dust off the chain for the first time in probably 4 or 5 years...
...Time to start reading maps and find all the good roads again...

You captured a lot of good stuff in your post.

For some reason, I just haven't been willing to put in the effort to go for a long ride, even though I really want to.  I know that I would enjoy it.  I don't know what is wrong with me.  Just lethargy, I suppose.  I just need to suit up and do it.

Only the rider in the picture did the water crossing. 

That's a nice size group. Did you take your scooter thru that water crossing...Lol
Thanks or the pictures.

We had a street ride starting in Gurley yesterday.  We had 16 bikes show up at the start point and one more join us at the lunch stop in Guntersville.  We had one riders come from Helena and another all, the way from Atlanta!

What about parking it inside the apt? Got quite a few friends in the Atlanta area and this is what they do to avoid bikes being stolen.....

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Well got a new zrx, a 1200 this time finally swapped over all my old goodies and made it road worthy and went for the first official shakedown and extended ride. Honored the bike with a recreating of my first real ride on the old 1100. Did the gonzo today, I'd forgotten the joys of that ride. Got some air up.under the front tire a few times and let her stretch the legs and the dust off the chain for the first time in probably 4 or 5 years. God I still love these bikes. Nice full tank of fuel burned in an afternoon and 170 miles of riding in. Sadly I only took a picture while eating lunch. Time to start reading maps and find all the good roads again.

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Thank you I appreciate it, I'll be taking the MSF in two weeks and I'm excited!

So, I do not have a car anymore, it had a fatal engine problem. So I've been considering a motorcycle as a fun replacement option, especially since I walk to work. I guess I could park it and chain it at work, but I am not sure how comfortable I feel leaving it overnight in the city exposed both to weather and any potential thefts. I live 45+ min walk from the nearest residential homes area... so I could rent a small garage, but a 45 min walk is impractical for getting to what would be my only vehicle. There are some apartment places with private parking garages nearby, so I am planning on asking if they'll rent me a space. Parking garages usually have weird corners where a car wouldn't be able to park, but a motorcycle can, so it would be free money for the apartment place - at least that's my logic, I hope they agree.