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#201 Unread post by noodlenoggin »

Maybe Next Year

It's October. I'd say the riding season is officially over, here in Michigan. There'll most likely be some good days outside of regulation, possibly all the way into December, but we could also get snow next week. So that's it. I didn't even put the battery in the bike this year. Maybe next year...though as I sit here today, the plan is for me to start a weekend MBA program next July and spend every other weekend on campus, about three hours from home. I can see that eating through any extra $$ that could've been earmarked for legalizing the XS.

But we'll see. Maybe next year.
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#202 Unread post by noodlenoggin »

Yup

The riding season's definitely over here, because...

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...this is what it looks like here.
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#203 Unread post by Wrider »

So how ya holdin up way up in the winter wonderland? Minivan treatin you ok?
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#204 Unread post by Johnj »

That's cold Wrider, really cold.
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#205 Unread post by jstark47 »

Johnj wrote:That's cold Wrider, really cold.
Unfortunately, the lowest temp in the 10-day forecast for Phoenix is 38 degrees.... not cold enough for Divine Retribution (aka snow) to pay out Wrider for being a smart-a$$!!! :mrgreen:

(NJ is in good company with Michigan and Kansas this a.m, it's 12 degrees here!)
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#206 Unread post by Wrider »

Not to worry, I'll be driving through Utah and Colorado here pretty soon, and living in the Colorado high country where it's an average of 20 during the day... haha
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Johnj wrote:That's cold Wrider, really cold.
Unfortunately, the lowest temp in the 10-day forecast for Phoenix is 38 degrees.... not cold enough for Divine Retribution (aka snow) to pay out Wrider for being a smart-a$$!!! :mrgreen:

(NJ is in good company with Michigan and Kansas this a.m, it's 12 degrees here!)
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#207 Unread post by noodlenoggin »

:laughing:

Merry Christmas, everyone!


Or for those pathetic, thin-skinned souls who have to complain:

MerryHappy ChristmaHanaKwanzakka.
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#208 Unread post by blues2cruise »

Merry Christmas back at you!! :santa:

It's a white Christmas for us this year. We've had almost 2 feet of snow this week.
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#209 Unread post by noodlenoggin »

Well, We Replaced It.

No, not the bike. The minivan. No more red POS Dodge van...we got a 2008 Chevy Uplander with 27k miles on it to haul the kids around. No more red van avatar...now it's the Volvo I drive.

Yeah, I drive a Volvo, and I'm on a motorcycle forum. You'd think I'd burst into flames or something.

It's a heat wave here...supposed to reach 35F degrees. Last week it was -15F degrees. Our snowbanks at the end of the driveway are higher than the car

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Our street, from the end of our driveway.

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#210 Unread post by wrecks »

:D ahhh ice tires....
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