went on my first night ride Friday. about 60 miles round trip. wanted to go to a local club to see some live music and didn;t want to drive. first off, i promised my wife and myself i'd NEVER drink (not even 1) when on my bike. so taking the bike kept the night cheap. maybe a gallon+ of gas. a cheap cover charge and $2 for a club soda.
it was a fun ride. main roads all the way. We have a butt-load of wildlife and i had no desire to run into anything, so i went 55 the whole way there. and really paid a lot of attention to everything going on. we got a lot fo real big bugs here in VA so i had to clean off my visor real good before i headed home.
maybe the night rides will lead me to a life of sobriety.
I went on my first dusk(haven't done actual night yet) ride on Friday too and I loved the way the instrument panel looked I'll have to be careful not to look at it too much!
Yeah, my first night ride was a few weeks ago, riding through a dark rural highway with only my little headlight. It was exciting, exhilarating and had a romantic sense to it all. I'd do it all again in a heartbeat (even if it means I need to get lost again... hehe )
Actually, this last week was the first in several years that I didn't commute in the dark. So last night when I got into a late run from Saskatoon to Winnipeg, I found out I had burnt out my Tach light...
Damn, that's a pain to replace... Have to pull off the windshield
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dr_bar wrote:Actually, this last week was the first in several years that I didn't commute in the dark. So last night when I got into a late run from Saskatoon to Winnipeg, I found out I had burnt out my Tach light...
Damn, that's a pain to replace... Have to pull off the windshield
mines quite dim. I have just been to lazy to replace it assuming its just dim. I can see the speed just fine but its the miles riden that I cant see.
Anywho is there anything other than night riding??? I work 3rd shift so I ride to work and ride home the bulk of the year in darkness. Summer is nice I ride to work in the dark and ride home in pure daylight at 6:30 in the morning. With night riding, however, I feel awesome cause its not during the hot midday sun beating down on me. I think I have riden during the day maybe 50 times since june 25th of last year when I got my bike.
yeah it was great. definitely a different experience from day riding. especially on a nice warm night.
I feel very relaxed riding during the day, but I wasn;t quite so on that ride because i know just how much dang wildlife there is out there and they all seem to want to run out in the road at night. So I really had to focus even harder. I dont like running stuff over and heck if a deer runs out, that could finish me off. But I'm sure i will get much more used to it.
halouis wrote:yeah it was great. definitely a different experience from day riding. especially on a nice warm night.
I feel very relaxed riding during the day, but I wasn;t quite so on that ride because i know just how much dang wildlife there is out there and they all seem to want to run out in the road at night. So I really had to focus even harder. I dont like running stuff over and heck if a deer runs out, that could finish me off. But I'm sure i will get much more used to it.
hehe yeah. learn to relax and you will be able to avoid them creatures with a ton more ease than when tense .
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Good stuff. Don't you findthose night rides rather neat with the wind and the lights of the bike in the dark background of night?? Ahhh 
I'll have to be careful not to look at it too much!
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