Time to put your bike away for winter

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joeyroe · #11 Post by **joeyroe** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 5:18 am

Weather people dont lie. They just promise what they cant deliver.

Gummiente · #12 Post by **Gummiente** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:54 am

Thumper wrote:...and herein lies reason # 5315 I like living in California. Year round riding

We do that way up here in Ontario, too.

Ninja Geoff · #13 Post by **Ninja Geoff** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 7:53 am

Gimme your Ural! Please? Okay, can I at least touch it?

Gummiente · #14 Post by **Gummiente** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:23 am

Ninja Geoff wrote:Gimme your Ural! Please? Okay, can I at least touch it?

Well, it could use a bit of a brushing off from all the snow I rode through yesterday...

Social Distortion · Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:01 pm

Wordherder wrote:Yah, I spent last weekend buttoning up the bikes for the winter. Sta-Bil, quick run around the block, fresh oil, filters, clean and gap the plugs.

They look so forlorn out there in the shed, big chain and padlock thru the back tires, plastic bags over the pipes to keep the critters out.

Later that afternoon, the first flakes came in off the lake.

One, two, three, four, five months until I can even think about getting mine out again. Bummer. I hate living in Chicago.

hope youre' ok!
im in naperville too and the winter suck!
you going to the Bike show in Rosemont in Feb?
send me an email and maybe we can meet up!

Brackstone · #16 Post by **Brackstone** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:49 pm

I just went out for a spin today!

jstark47 · #17 Post by **jstark47** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:58 pm

Brackstone wrote:I just went out for a spin today!

I took my Bonneville out yesterday. It felt good, first ride since 12/29. Thought about riding to work today, but chickened out and now I'm glad - there was an impressive amount of salt and brine on the road up Princeton way.

follow · #18 Post by **follow** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:10 pm

Went out Sunday, good thing too...can't get out of the neighborhood now.

Scott58 · #19 Post by **Scott58** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:03 am

Didn't ride yesterday. It was -10. Must be getting soft in my old age.

ofblong · #20 Post by **ofblong** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 5:42 am

Scott58 wrote:Didn't ride yesterday. It was -10. Must be getting soft in my old age.

lol its -8F right now where I am. For some reason they cancelled school and we cant figure out why.