was First Ride, now fork seal cleaner tool & back to first ride.

[masonjs at nrtco.net]

It was 4C (40F) when I left Port Elmsley at 8:45 pm.  When I dropped 
down alongside the mighty Mississippi at Pakenham I thought I got shot 
by Mr. Freeze of



On Wednesday 15/05/2013 at 10:15 am, Arthur Robinson  wrote: Batman 
fame.  When I arrived home at 10:10 pm both thermometers were at 
0C/32F.   If you're out and about near here.  The Bogie end of the 
Calabogie road is more tar snake than asphalt.  Due to the heavy snow 
load of snow we got this past winter the local snow removal crews were 
very generous with the sand.  Since we haven't had much rain it's 
still on the paved back roads making the corners very trecherous.
The V strom's suspension has it all over the GPz for our frost heaved 
pot holed roads here in Ontario but I still miss the jet engine  wail 
of that 4 cylinder when it winds up.
Now to check out a few yard sales this summer in hopes of finding a 
good pair of snowmobile mitts.  Hey its my Scots nature.  You get a 
far better deal on winter stuff in July than January.  I have a pair 
of $5.00 magnesium snow shoes that were $299.99 at Mountain Co-op.  If 
I want a cheap snow machine I'd shop now.
Sorry about that last email.  This new lap top fires off stuff when it 
feels like it.

Jim
>
> Nice account Mr. Jim and you're still made of pretty stout stuff.... 
> However
> the memory could be a little better... Got colder in the 
> evening...4°C,
> Surprise!
>
> Art in TO (who hasn't even been out yet!)
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: May-14-13 10:56 PM
> To: Art Robinson
> Subject: Re: was First Ride, now fork seal cleaner tool & back to 
> first
> ride.
>
>
>
> I got out on my first ride of the season today.
> It was a spur of the moment thing.  My wife and her sister had gone to 
> a
> 65th birthday and retirement dinner for our brother in law in Port 
> Elmsley
> about 175 km (110 miles away.  I cut the lawn and thought hell I'm up 
> for a
> free prime rib dinner I'll take the bike.  First I had to find it 
> under a
> mountain of yard sale crap.  Added air to the tires lubed the chain 
> then
> went to get my gear.  I found Levi my labrador
> had eaten  my left cold weather glove.   All I could find was my right
> hand skidoo glove.  I fpound a pair of elk skin gloves that I  from 
> Steve
> Northrup.  It was 16C (62F) I figured these'll do.  Not thinking I'd 
> be
> returning in of the evening.
> It was a beautiful day so I rode over to Calabogie and took 511 the 
> Lanark
> road..  50 km of twisties.  After 3 hours I managed to make it to Port
> Elmsley and supper.  By the time I was ready to leave the temperature 
> was 4c
> (40F).  I had packed long underwear but not my electric vest.  I 
> scrounged a
> pair of snowmobile mitts from the host and took off.  The darker it 
> got the
> colder it got.  A stop for gas and 1.5 hours later I pulled in the 
> driveway.
> Both my knee caps were nearly frozen.  I've had this before and 
> dropped my
> old Yamaha 650 twin in Kirkland Lake when I stopped and my frozen 
> knees
> wouldn't move .  I remembered this and as I rolled into town I removed 
> my
> feet from the pegs and moved my legs around .
> I'll have to install my heated grips.  I'm glad I had the mitts.
> Still a cold ride is better than no ride.
>
>
> Jim
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