Topic: Oh Baby, it's cold outside! Now it's hot! WTF?? NOW FREEZING - AGAIN!

[PeWe]

I miss that here. Even wrong weather will make us to smile then.

Todays infrastructure cover up for local bad weather. Food can be imported from other parts of the world really quick. As long as there is water and electricity.
Coffee prices are sometimes higher due to cold weather in South America.

Another thing with bike rides when too hot or cold or wet. Good for others.

I have ridden my K6 in mostly rain for almost 3 days when the goal was other side of the alps where the sun welcomed us which we knew.

I have always loved very bad weather where I live when I have been away on a costly vacation where sun, food, and sea were fantastic.

[grcamna2]

Making the best of a fantastic day and ridiculous amounts of snow!

You are prepared !
Do you or your neighbors use a snowmobile to get to the store during extreme snow seasons ?

[Medyo Bastos]

We’re having a heatwave today! 42° it feels like summertime!


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[BenelliSEI]

Making the best of a fantastic day and ridiculous amounts of snow!

You are prepared !
Do you or your neighbors use a snowmobile to get to the store during extreme snow seasons ?

No….. almost everyone has one, but our road clearing services are so good that it’s usually all cleaned up by the time we head out on any given morning. I always invest in a spare set of rims and four very new, aggressive snow tires for my wife’s 4X4 SUV.

I already have too many “vehicle” so NO snowmobiles for us. Skis and snow shoes! Anything that’s low maint. and does not require a battery!

Another perfect ski day.

[Don R]

 It's 66* warmer here than it was last week. If not for road salt, I'd be riding right now.

[grcamna2]

It's 66* warmer here than it was last week. If not for road salt, I'd be riding right now.

I hope you only get rain storms from now-on 2025'..

[Don R]

 Thanks! me too, my grandkids were ice fishing in tee shirts today.

[BenelliSEI]

Finally! After 3-4 weeks of well below freezing temps and snow every few days, we have a melt. Scraped all the accumulated ice off the Winter equipment and pushed the slush out of the garage. Cleaned, greased and lubed the plow rack and lined it all up for the next round……

[BenelliSEI]

…….Which is today. Woke up to fresh snow and it’s still coming down hard. Definitely a record winter.

[newday777]

The same here John snow after near 50°F yesterday, though, it's supposed to change over to rain by noon and hit 44° this afternoon @4pm...... PMS is the word

[newday777]

And another round of PMS Saturday followed by 8° low on Sunday morning, then work back up to high 40s and rain on Wednesday

[rickmoore24]

It's kinda weird here in Cali, too. 81 today, low of 44 and rain all this coming weekend.    

[BenelliSEI]

Dark in my shop today……

[PeWe]

We have spring feelings here.
+6 to +10*C the last days and no snow nor ice. Birds sing happily too.

Bikes have to wait for sand removed from roads and warmer. At least +13*C a sunny day.
Snow can return any day as it has the last years. Last year snow and frost April 27, after my first rides over 2 weeks earlier.
Weather app say +11/12*C for coming days. +4/5*C as lowest. No frost.

Weather systems can change due to jet winds high up in the sky. If the change a notch, one region gets the cold from another area that gets warmer than usual.

[Stev-o]

Dark in my shop today……

I would be depressed!   Going up to 69*, hope to find time this afternoon to fire up one of the bikes!

[BenelliSEI]

Dark in my shop today……

I would be depressed!   Going up to 69*, hope to find time this afternoon to fire up one of the bikes!

No problem. Putting a new set of tires on the K1. Ever the optomist!

[newday777]

The snow is receding here because of the warm front yesterday and rain last night, it stayed above 43°f overnight with fog, more lighter rain pinwheel bands for today from the low setting up over Ontario(BenelliSEI John)so I'll spend another day in the shop today to get some more carb sets finished up.
On a good note, the maple sap is running so the maple syrup season is in full swing. I might go help my friend tonight boil, it'll probably be a late night there. I need some more syrup anyhow.

[Stev-o]

Dark in my shop today……

I would be depressed!   Going up to 69*, hope to find time this afternoon to fire up one of the bikes!

Was such a beautiful day yesterday, after I did all my "chores" I could not resist rolling the the Z1 out the garage.  It's prolly been at least six weeks since last fired and with no battery tender attached, I was a little concerned about the state of the battery. Fuel and key on, push the button and within 10 secondes she roared to life!  Gear up and I was off...

[newday777]

As mentioned, the sticky stuff is flowing and happening. The results of the PMS of the spring fluctuations of temperatures and weather which are ideal for the sap to flow of the native maple trees.
So I went over to my friend's house and out back to his sap house to help with last nights boil.
Just as a reiteration in case you don't know, it take 40-45 gallons of sap(depending on sugar content of the sap) to make 1 gallon of pure Maple Syrup.
Dave's evaporator is a 12' wood fired(old school!) Stainless steel pan setup for natural flow down to the draw tap, starting through two 8' pans for the inflow of the sap where the boiling begins, into the final 4'x 1' pans in the final 4'×4' that the water is evaporated more as it flows downward to the draw rap. It takes lot of work to get to this point. You have to drill and insert the taps each year in fresh holes, the bigger the tree the more taps it can handle, 1 tap for a 6" diameter tree up to 6 taps on a 3'-4' diameter tree, plus either buckets or tap lines to tanks for collection and transfer into the truck tanks to transport to the sap house(or also known as a sugar house). He has about 1200 taps out this year. They collected about 750 gallons of sap yesterday. Some good years he has boiled out 230 plus gallons of syrup.
We only boiled last night until 9pm as Dave was up until 11:30 boiling the night before.
I brought home a fresh quart and had some on local vanilla ice cream.......ya gotta do what ya gotta do to get through this no riding season.....

[Stev-o]

As mentioned, the sticky stuff is flowing and happening.
I brought home a fresh quart and had some on local vanilla ice cream...

Very interesting, newday!  I only buy "real" maple syrup but rarely use it as we don't have "cakes made in a pan" very often.  Will have to try it on ice cream.

[scottly]

Last week the temps here were in the low to mid 70s, but this week the temps dropped to the low 50s/low 60s. It rained a little bit early yesterday morning, then the wind came up and blew all day long; my little Chevy Sonic nearly changed lanes every time a strong gust hit it.
Woke this morning to just over an inch of snow on the ground, and it's still coming down...

[newday777]

As mentioned, the sticky stuff is flowing and happening.
I brought home a fresh quart and had some on local vanilla ice cream...

Very interesting, newday!  I only buy "real" maple syrup but rarely use it as we don't have "cakes made in a pan" very often.  Will have to try it on ice cream.

Steve
I don't do many cakes on the pan much either.
But on ice cream it's not to shabby.
Also a good treat on hot oatmeal.

[grcamna2]

As mentioned, the sticky stuff is flowing and happening.
I brought home a fresh quart and had some on local vanilla ice cream...

Very interesting, newday!  I only buy "real" maple syrup but rarely use it as we don't have "cakes made in a pan" very often.  Will have to try it on ice cream.

Steve
I don't do many cakes on the pan much either.
But on ice cream it's not to shabby.
Also a good treat on hot oatmeal.

I'd like to have it on waffles.

[PeWe]

As mentioned, the sticky stuff is flowing and happening.
I brought home a fresh quart and had some on local vanilla ice cream...

Very interesting, newday!  I only buy "real" maple syrup but rarely use it as we don't have "cakes made in a pan" very often.  Will have to try it on ice cream.

Steve
I don't do many cakes on the pan much either.
But on ice cream it's not to shabby.
Also a good treat on hot oatmeal.

I'd like to have it on waffles.

Ice cream on waffles is a nice combo.... Something sweet on top of that mmmmm

[BenelliSEI]

We have about 5 acres of mature Maple trees in a corner of our property. One of our neighbours collects thousands of gallons of sap from there (and several other properties in our area). We get as much syrup as we can use and he runs his stand at local markets year round……. The stuff sells for crazy money, around Cdn.$30/litre.