Summer riding

There were a few posts earlier about winter,to be honest I dont know how I would cope with what you call cold but just to cheer you up a little here's some pics from downunder.It was 38 Celsius here yesterday so unless I was moving I was literally sweating like a pig,it was stinking hot.
Do pigs actually sweat?
The whole day started badly got the wife off to work,kids off to school no drama's BUT start the bike and she starts missing about 100mtrs from home, chuck a uey check all plug connections all good, damn! lift off the tank to take a better look fuel everywhere hot engine spraying fuel not good 'note to self petcock rebuild kit' ok put the tank aside still leaking fuel and figure out got a dead plug ok got spare swap em over put tank back on get all buttoned up and stand there debating whether to go riding or not dripping sweat stinking of petrol started badly might only get worse but damn it ,always whinging not enough time now I've got some and I'm gonna use it.
Started off with a nice run through the country,dirt road, cows, green hills

I've been trying to get in the habit of taking photos as I have a tendency to just keep going pushing on till I reach whatever my destination may be so I hope you like this little preview of spring.
I always enjoy seeing other peoples locations so thought I would share a bit of mine.
Wont often see it this green unfortunately.








and ended up on the mountain

So glad I went, had a great ride and raced a fabulous lightning storm home in the afternoon 260kms of fabulous day

 

love the pics,cant wait till we get some of that there sunshine here in pommy england.bike looks great,that colour scheme really suits it.

and no,pigs dont sweat,they get salt poisoning instead.so if your gunna be a pig.....drink plenty of water!!

 

Loved the pics too!!! Will try to share my rides more too, I always forget to take a pic, especially of myself in the picture. And when I know of a guud stopping point, I always just want to keep going, but tis for tat, will post some of beautiful california!!!

 

Southern Ontario on Lake Erie





Somewhere in Michigan's thumb (I honestly forget exactly where

BUT IT WAS SUMMERTIME!




Lake Huron

 

It's an absolutely dismal 70 degrees here in North Georgia. How ever am I to survive this miserable weather?

Ohhh, maybe a lunch break ride...

 

48 hours, 38 deg C (100 deg F) temps
1,500klms and 2.5 litres of oil used

Shade stop


Doesn't even look hot, bugger it!

Now home and cooling off

 

Hey Fitz, now that I'm done drooling over the pics, from one Michigan boy to another, where did you find the rear rack? and will it fit the '82 650R? Thanks

 

Not got any recent pictures, but I do have this short clip of me riding a YZF-R6 when I went to the Isle of Man in 2007. The sound is kind of crap and I couldn't hang off as much as I would have liked to, but it sure was fun, and I crossed it off my list of things to do before I die!
Hope you like it, I sure did!
http://www.youtube.com/user/666BANDIT66 ... XTGehCHSsM
I just nticed when I previewed the post that it takes you to the page with all my vids, including the ones from my Vintage racing, I thought it would just be the one from the Isle of Man.
Check out the others if you want to see how I thrashed a 350 Honda twin around on the track.

 

Went for a ride today....

You are nothing in the valley without a really big door....

 

Awesome vid! I'm currently in the market for an R6.

 

Got another ride in today.... Awesome except for the wind in some spots would literally drop me 5mph if I was sitting too far upright, kinda wild.
Mile after Mile of amazing Coastal highway..... Let's Ride!

Love being a Californian

Overlooking Golden Gate Bridge



and I went to cycle gear the other day

Glad I didn't just get paid

 

I used to live on Lombard Street in SF when I was like 2 years old.

I like the Great Lakes, see pic overlooking Lake Huron (above) and:



Lake Erie.

 

I really like that pic cause of the waves splashing, great timing!!!

 

Yeh, any closer and you would have had a water cooled bike! LOL!!!!!!!

 

That rock outcropping got DOUSED about 2 minutes after I moved the bike. It got splashed a bit; but then I got caught in the rain anyway about an hour further on. Which I gotta say was a GAS with my new Avons and then the sun came out while I was splashing through puddles. It don't get much better than that. (That's Ontario, BTW, Max.)

These Yamahas were made to RIDE.

 

Today, strictly speaking Autumn.

Could have given you a photo of a roo but hey roadkill looks pretty much the same all over.

 

Snuck in another ride between rain storms....

Local damn starting to overflow..... Insert tasteless Japanese joke here

 

Nice looking bike, but , yeh, the Japanese joke comment was tasteless. Just sayin'.

 

Oh, lighten up Francis.