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So it has been pretty rainy down here the past few days which is not a big deal, I have still been riding in it. Then yesterday in a matter of minutes the street turned into a river and I had to run out barefoot to move my bike to higher ground. I was surprised that it did not get knocked over as water was up above the rear swing-arm. Flash forward to today and I was trying to ride back to my place from my GF's and then the sky erupted with hail, lightening, more rain, and wind. Again the weather by itself would be manageable but the drivers down here know not what to do and I was stuck splitting in dead stop traffic, through the weather, with fuckers changing lanes and merging based on faith alone. I just turned around and said to hell with it and I will try again later after the shit dies down a bit. I do not want to be boastful but I can split lanes pretty well but this afternoon was just insaneo. Is my turning around I sign of self preservation or weakness? Oh and my perforated boot were not helping matters. Maybe this will make those of you in the other parts of the country smile... We do get weather down here, sometimes.

I don't mind the weather... Its just the people that scare me.



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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/ ... 7105.shtml

Self preservation, totally.

Lane splitting in SoCal scared the hell out of me. Doing it in horrible weather, w/ freaked out motorists? No thanks!

been total crap here too. low barometric pressure is causing my arm to swell in my cast and it hurts like all hell! i'm close to cutting my arm off, or at least the cast. forecast doesn't look good for the next few days either. ouch! i really miss riding, i think i'm losing it!

goose wrote:been total crap here too. low barometric pressure is causing my arm to swell in my cast and it hurts like all hell! i'm close to cutting my arm off, or at least the cast. forecast doesn't look good for the next few days either. ouch! i really miss riding, i think i'm losing it!

Yeah man... I have foregone driving the truck because it just eats too much gas. I was actually stoked on the weather at fist as a welcomed change of pace and partly as a novelty down here, I get some sick pleasure about being the only motorcyclist that I see out on the road. At the very least you don't have tornado warnings up there like down in LA (WTF right?).

I dunno....I've mixed up it in traffic, in worse. Of course, in a blizzard I was moving faster than ANY car in the city.
And the bike is leaning on a snow drift. No bench or anything like that.

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My worst rain day? Downtown Denver with the freaky weather last summer and spring. I was riding home in a downpour when I was passed by a guy in a kayak!

no pic of that day, sadly...

Steezin for no reason.

Self-preservation is weakness, and you should embrace it.

You guys got all of our weather this year, and I thank you. It's a sunny 55 degrees outside, yesterday was over 60. Did I mention the sunshine. Great ride in today.

Once again, I thank you.

Stormy seas.

Seems like everywhere is getting unusually shite weather this winter ... oh, except the PNW! (for once!)

In due consideration for all who are weather-bound to their cages, I dutifully went for a 3-hour ride on your behalf on Tuesday when it was 60 degrees and dry out ... no, no, it was no trouble. Happy to do it ...

The sudden rush of water downhill knocked over a customer's parked 1098S yesterday and washed it down the hill, giving it a nice coat of mud, getting water in the gas tank and generally fucking it up in interesting fashion.

Mother nature now owes his insurance company $6600...

stiles wrote:The sudden rush of water downhill knocked over a customer's parked 1098S yesterday and washed it down the hill, giving it a nice coat of mud, getting water in the gas tank and generally fucking it up in interesting fashion.

Mother nature now owes his insurance company $6600...

Let us know if they manage to collect ... and where they sent the bill ... I'd like to collect for the tree that damaged my garage a few years ago!

glad you got rids of that creepy 'stache there scummy.

Fucking pussy. And bring back the stache!

thrasherbill wrote:Fucking pussy. And bring back the stache!

+1. (though, he HAS been bringing the stache since last March--unveiling willl be summer '12) But seriously scum, wtf? Nut the fuck up and do it--split or no split. You lost points, Bubba.

Have ridden all week--Soggysplasjhysillysplittin all three days--suspect I'll be doing the same tomorrow.

Life's always better after a dose of soggysplashysillysplittin fun.

I have simply come to the conclusion that I cam not grow facial hair... And may never will.

Who rode to your house in the rain only to wait for you to show up in your car zero? I rest my case.

scumbag wrote:Who rode to your house in the rain only to wait for you to show up in your car zero? I rest my case.

Knew you'd bring that up.

Me: didn't ride, bike not completely assembled
You; didn't lanesplit because the dwivers werent being nice

Yesterday was a blast! The rain was pounding me sideways sometimes with those goddam winds. Got shoved around a few times. Total high. Only bike I saw on the road yesterday was my own. Gettin more next week. You better be out there, Bubba.

(Then again, I actually drove to work today. Had to resupply office with cans of soup and bread and meat for lunches--and have to run errands on way home--but it looks like we won't get too hammmered today anyway.)

You need to stop by more so we can give eachother shit in person, and the boys miss Uncle Punchinthenuts

Your bike was operational. because you had a stuck screw it couldn't roll? haha


I will be by soon enough... Care to make more mole?

BackDoorBarbie wrote:

goose wrote: i'm close to cutting my arm off,

+

goose wrote: only place i've literally watched a one armed 80 year old (or cracked out 26 yr old) dance on an exceedingly dark stage. Yes i tipped her but said no to the lap dance offer. like an awkward trip to the circus

if you come back to denver i has an idea...

Damn, I'm in pain and BDB is already planning to pimp me out! Fine! Just tell Ames it's gonna cost him double for a lap dance and possibly more if he starts flirting with me in Klingon!

Oh, and Scummy, glads you came to your senses re facial hair.

scumbag wrote:Your bike was operational. because you had a stuck screw it couldn't roll? haha


I will be by soon enough... Care to make more mole?

Footpeg was off too, one of the screws was stripped--needed a replacement the next day.

Mole? Si.