Who hasn't put their bike to bed yet?

Finally gave in and put mine to bed yesterday.The good news is I can finally start doing some work on it again.

 

I work on mine on days that I can't ride it.
I have become expert at getting the valve cover off and on quickly.

Rode to/from work twice today. Had to meet a tow truck at the house at lunch.

Not very many other cyclists on the road with 21 deg F temperatures.

 

Mine needs some cosmetic work- frame,tank and side covers all need to be painted,so it's going to be stripped down for a while.I've been torn between wanting to get it done and wanting to ride as long as possible.Mother Nature made my decision for me.

 

Mine has been resting now for a month. She is all oiled up and waxed. Too cold in the garage to work on it. Will wait till spring when it will be warm enough, but still cold to ride.

 

I'm lucky here... the temp doesn't go below 15C.... so I can at least work on mine and ride it....just painted the gas tank and cleaned up the chrome and aluminium.... I put a clear over the aluminium parts and she looks great!....need to clean up the engine a bit bcz the previous owner sprayed it with silver paint...thinking of taking off the valve cover and buff it up.

 

28f right now. Rode to work @ ~40f, went out at lunch and the gauges and mirrors were covered in ice. I see more precip falling...maybe I should leave work early? Hmm...

 

Rode it last night home at night. Very cold but I'm holding out for a warm streak. I think I'll put her in the shed Nov1.

 

going for a ride right now. Keeps snowing and melting here. lots of frost in the morning and puddels are iced up, but sunny and cool right now. had a inch of snow the other day, and rode into a snow storm and turn around yesterday. first year riding and plan to get what i can out of it.

 

I'm waiting for that last warm snap too.
Low 40's in the sun makes Hound a sad boy.

 

still riding here in MA! Days aren't too bad but at night it gets prettyy coooooold

 

None of mine are down yet, the trees just started turning finally. Although it's only going to be in the 40s today, we're supposed to get a warm snap next week (up to 58 according to Weather.com) and I'm ready.

After that, I'll probably mothball the Nort and one XJ and leave the other XJ operational until it snows.

 

Good ol' Minnesota, never know what's up with the weather. Got 2" of snow monday, rained off and on all week. Saturday (today) going to in the mid 40s (good enough for me) and 60s on Sunday. The bikes are still waiting to be ridden. Haven't put the Seafoam in them yet, so I may as well ride them (one of them anyways)

 

Probably have a few more decent weekends here in Cincinnati. Will put her away the 1st week in November

 

My Chihuahua went doberman on me when I came home from the Oyster Run wearing a doo rag! :lol: :lol: :lol:


I'll ride again this year when it quits raining for a while. Looking at the long range forecast, that might be awhile, though.

 

Monday has the potential to be a pretty decent day at least for a short ride. As long as I'm still cleaning up leaves on the lawn I hold out hope.

 

The winter monsoons have started up here in the Pacific Northwest. Not sure if I'll pack up for the season, or hold on for the rare sunny day.

 

I havent as yet..got three to winterize..tommorw looks promising in toronto, 12`c high, sunny will defnitely go for a ride and then winterize next day i guess. Not really happy about it thou.

 

Took the bike out to go meet my HAM club for dinner, it was 35 degrees when I left. I need a new helmet, there's too much air coming up from under the chin area.

I pulled my plugs today to look at them, I'm running rich on all cylinders. I think a valve check/adjustment and a synch/color tune needs to be put on the calendar soon.

 

my bikes never go to bed, they take longer naps though, lol.
i tend to ride year round when theres no ice i ride.

 

So far, she's still wide awake!