Topic: 25 Rides in 2025, Frank's New Years resolution that we can all enjoy.

[BenelliSEI]

#5 today for 128 km. First day on the Goldwing this year. Ended up at Anna Mae’s restaurant for cherry tarts and see they are renovating, always busy! Came across a different style of wing parked next to me when I got back to the bike. Interesting! Stopped at the dam and the ice is breaking up, high water everywhere.

Still can’t get a bike out of the shop!

[lash]

You’re just not trying hard enough!

[BenelliSEI]

You’re just not trying hard enough!

Probably true…..

[Kevin D]

You’re just not trying hard enough!

Probably true…..

John, how far do you have to ride to get to pavement?
I can’t imagine that the ground is thawed, dry, solid.
Any mud holes?

[newday777]

You’re just not trying hard enough!

Probably true…..

John, how far do you have to ride to get to pavement?
I can’t imagine that the ground is thawed, dry, solid.
Any mud holes?

Back in the 70s we put down 2x12s to ride over the mud to get out and ride

[BallAquatics]

Ride #11 today, just a short 57.4 mile outing.  Again it was very windy.  Without the high wind it would have been a fantastic riding day.



With the wind blowing me around I stayed mainly on the back roads.  I did however skirt the outside edge of Springfield in order to stop and fuel up.





Rain and cooler temperatures for the next few days so I likely be home bound.  Going to get some garden seeds started and perhaps build a few cedar planters.....

[Kelly E]

I've always made sure to keep the driveway and all the way around the shop covered with crushed rock. I use 5/8" crushed with fine because it packs really well. At my last house there was a flat area that got gooey between the house and shop. I even got stuck in my own driveway once before I started using the crushed rock. Although it was kinda cool to get stuck in my own yard.

[lash]

Today was unbelievable riding! Had to go down to Waterdown and when I started out it was +9c, by the time I arrived down there it was 24. So 200 km. for #6. That looks like the end of the good weather as tomorrow is supposed to be -1c and the next two eels don’t look great. Several snow days in there.

[lash]

No riding today! Yesterday was blue skies and in the 20’s. Today it’s snowing.

[BenelliSEI]

You’re just not trying hard enough!

Probably true…..

John, how far do you have to ride to get to pavement?
I can’t imagine that the ground is thawed, dry, solid.
Any mud holes?

Kevin….. we had so much snow that I was pushing it back, down around the shop building. The driveway is clear and dry, but the mounds of snow around the shop are still a few feet high and 15 feet across. If I take the truck down there I’ll make a mess. Few more days yet…..

The roads are still covered with sand and gravel. I can wait.

[newday777]

Yesterday I got out on the wing again for ride #2 of 56.7 miles, yahoo! It was a bit chilly, 39°F and a stiff breeze of @30-40mph to start at @ noon to go pick up the 7" H4 headlights I ordered from the Toyota dealer in Manchester. Took the long way back down to Nashua to gas up at Sunoco, then back home to my place.
No pictures again because it was just a bit chilly to stop.

[denward17]

#1 ride on the 550, rode some country roads today (~50 miles), love this bike.

[PeWe]

#1 ride on the 550, rode some country roads today (~50 miles), love this bike.

That bike looks easy to love
Really good looking, all of it.

[denward17]

#1 ride on the 550, rode some country roads today (~50 miles), love this bike.

That bike looks easy to love
Really good looking, all of it.

Thanks!

[BenelliSEI]

#1 ride on the 550, rode some country roads today (~50 miles), love this bike.

Well done. Bike looks great……. Snowing hard again today!

[BallAquatics]

Ride #12 today, 52.7 miles.  Nice ride into Springfield to the Clark County Library.  51F partly cloud wind gusts to 12 mph.  Might be able to squeeze another one in tomorrow before the rain sets in for the weekend.

[lash]

Got home from errands today and it was sunny and +9c so after days of cold and snow it was time for a quick ride before dark. it is also forecasted to be a crappy weekend with possible freezing rain etc. 84 km. for ride #7.

[BenelliSEI]

Got home from errands today and it was sunny and +9c so after days of cold and snow it was time for a quick ride before dark. it is also forecasted to be a crappy weekend with possible freezing rain etc. 84 km. for ride #7.

Nice….. What helmet did you get?

[lash]

Thats an HJC that I’ve had for a couple of years. they seem to fit me the best, better than any of the really expensive ones. wish it was a modular though.

[Kevin D]

Lash, how do you like your Wing?
It is the newer model yes?
100 lbs lighter?

[lash]

It’s a 2018, first year of the new style. currently a little over 126,000km. would be more but but I have 5 750’s and a klr to ride absolutely love it and so does my wife. I had a CBX before the wing but it wasnt much of a touring bike for two up. This year I’m upgrading the wing with the newer,larger trunk and an aftermarket seat. Doing two months in Newfoundland again starting July.

[BallAquatics]

Lucky #13 today.  Rain this morning but it turned out to be a nice day.  Low 60's, blue sky, and a light breeze.  57.2 miles in total just meandering around the back roads.

[Kevin D]

Dennis
#13 WOW
Halfway home!
Before April 1st
Which did you ride today?

[BallAquatics]

Dennis
#13 WOW
Halfway home!
Before April 1st
Which did you ride today?

Thanks Kevin 

I was on Blue.  The old bike made quite a splash at the Post Office on the way home.  In this throw away world, people are amazed that I regularly ride a 51 year old motorbike.   

Saw my old buddy Steve at the Post Office.  We were planning a bike trip to Alaska a few years back.  He then got run over on his way home from his son's house one summer evening.  He was very lucky that he's still with us.  He wants a bike in the worst way but still has lingering fears.....

[BenelliSEI]

Thats an HJC that I’ve had for a couple of years. they seem to fit me the best, better than any of the really expensive ones. wish it was a modular though.

HJC makes a “flip”. That grey one I’ve used forever is an HJC……