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

[Rickard Olsson]

I've always though of Jim as Mr. Marilyn as opposed to the other way 
'round. ;-)

/ Richie (you may call me Mr. Sara from now on)

On 2013-05-15 17:11, Arthur Robinson wrote:
> I'm sure relieved to receive this e-mail... When I got the reply from Mr. Jim, a single "A", I wondered if I had insulted him and the "A" was the start of an insulting one word transmission.
>
> Always good to hear from you Mr. Jim and please send my best wishes to Mrs. Jim (Marilyn).
>
> Art in TO
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com [mailto:gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com] On Behalf Of masonjs at nrtco.net
> Sent: May-15-13 10:42 AM
> To: Art Robinson
> Subject: RE: was First Ride, now fork seal cleaner tool & back to first ride.
>
> 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-----
>> From: gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com
>> [mailto:gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com] On Behalf Of masonjs at nrtco.net
>> 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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