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So today brung about an intersting adventure, that reminded me that we must NOT forget the motorcycle gods.

It all started this morning another snowy icy day in buffalo ny. I was at my young ladies house (Id call her my ole' lady but as Uncle Pat will tell you he has socks older then us). I walk outside geared up and ready to roll, brush all the snow and ice off my bike (which remindes me does anyone have an idea to keep a snow brush on my bike) and look around, all of the cars on the street have parking tickets but my motorcycle! I chuckle to my self in amusment, get on the bike and attempt to ride away.

APPERANTLY the motorcyle gods dont appericate it when you dont thank them for their kindness because about 2 minutes later i highside and giving the righthand side of my motorbike a little more "charchter"

So i push/roll my bike to its orignal resting place, watch Pulp Fiction and cry my pardons to the motorcycle gods. I decide its time to try again so I can beat the snow comming in for the day, punch my headlight straight use my speedmaster tool kit to tighten things and off we go.

The whole 80 mile trip was 28 degres, Ive never had condesantion turn to ice in my helmet before BUT the roads arent snowy, only a little wet.

Once I finally reach my destantion get off the bike and take off my helmet an imense amount of snow starts to fall.

All I can do is smile, look to the sky and thank the motorbike gods for their kindness.

Thus concludeing my adventure.

So i remind all of my fellow winter (or anytime for that matter) riders, dont neglect the motorcycle gods!

Hey on the bright side...you did make some parking enforcement officer a chuckle and you didn't get a ticket or hurt!...all in all not bad!

Glad to hear you made it home buddy.

I thanked the motorcycle gods 2 fridays ago when I woke up to 12 degrees and decided to ride to work. All was fine until (what I can only assume wss my clutch cable) froze solid on the highway at triple digit speeds. Shifted down from 5th on the off ramp but for some reason couldn't get it out of 2nd...ran 2 red lights & stalled it in the yard at work.

HOLY !@#$%*!! You RODE your BIKE in UPSTATE NEW-FRIGGIN'-YORK THIS TIME O' YEAR???!!!

Well dude, I don't know about any "motorcycle gods" or not, but I gotta say, you is...ONE BRAVE SOUL!

And so, IN YOUR HONOR I'm gonna fracture a little verse from the pen of one Rudyard Kipling.....


Lessard! Lessard! Lessard!
You Lazarushian-leather Matt Lessard!
Tho' I've belted you an' flayed you[with sarcasm over the years]
By the livin' Gawd that made you,
You're a better man than I am, Matt Lessard!


(BTW...it was about 78F here in SoCal when I rode MY BIKE to the tennis courts today!)

Brave? Hmmm. Not the first word that pops into my mind.

OH! Okay Todd! Are you tryin' to say you think this is more the case of something along the lines of....

"Lessards rush in where angels fear to...umm...RIDE."???

Nor most peoples minds, a bad day on the bike is better then a good day in the car 2 me , I cant be letting the weather slow me down now can I?

The cold = crazy...brrr!!!

Triple digit speeds and taking red lights is pure stupid and reckless beyond reason.

That was Mark not me.

I think you have been called stupid Mark. Motorcycle malfunction and all. Sounds like ... umm ... serious debatin' words to me.

Tyskie Rules!

Yessssss...Tyskie does rule!

Way bigger kahuna's than I!

Always forget this server is on central time. Now that I am in NH, I was wondering how you posted an hour earlier. Of course I am sitting here drinking a growler from Martha's Exchange in Nashua so maybe that could explain it. Was supposed to go to Rob's tonight but didn't make it. I think Rob was actually gonna call the police on me. Story at 10.

good news ladies, its only 48 here and clear. i'm headed to the bars in town to do some recon for when mark gets here.

I thank them everytime I see my bike..

CHARLIE!!!!

i was in traffic (in my car) behind a fella on a harley today that had on so much gear he could barely navigate. not that he could do better in his summer outfit of tanktop, shorts and sandals but i digress. it's winter. it'll be not winter soon enough. we don't need to be pushing it thusly. that's all i'm sayin.

and thusly was the word, and the word was thusly...

Matt, it ain't the motorcycle gods you should be thanking...

They are currently vacationing in the south and the west.

You should be thanking the pavement gods and the ice/snow/frost gods for not smiting thy ****** more soundly.

The Urban Dictionary

1. highside

A type of motorcycle crash wherein the rider is catapulted over the motorcycle as a result of the rear wheel losing traction, sliding out to one side, and then abruptly regaining traction while still out-of-line with the front wheel. Much more dangerous than a lowside.

Can be used as a noun or a verb:

Verb: "He was leading the race until he highsided coming out of the eighth turn."
Noun: "I've wrecked many times, but nothing is more terrifying than a highside."






2. highside

Old School Biker term for a crash where the bike and rider slide over the outer edge (highside) of a curve form losing traction due to wet or rough pavement, excessive speed, or, more than likely, simply showing one's A*S, drunk, stoned or sober!

Dumbf*** was drunk & stupid, showin' his ****** when he highsided off Deadman's Curve!

At 28F I suspect the "wet" on the street was really black ice, really strange stuff. Sometimes it has enough tire marks to be almost like regular pavement and sometimes it's like riding on grease.

There was a time when I had no choice but ride to work all year long. At that time, I lived in the mountains some 80 miles from work. It was really fun to try to find a back way in when the main roads were closed.

A bit of character always looks good on a black bike too

i wish i had taken a pic of him and the bike... when i picked him up in town...

but i remember that age i give the kid a and glad he is home save..

Ed

geez...you guys are pretty rough on someone who was ONLY trying to be a law-abiding citizen. If he woulda driven his truck that hasn't been inspected for the last 2 years, that would have been illegal...

I know Matt pretty well, and he would NEVER break a law

Hey Mark! I THINK you forgot to include this little dude- , at the end of that last sentence o' yours.

Well now, here's a big floppy wave to ya. Glad your O.k.

Hi Matt,
Glad you're OK. The character on you motorcicle can get fixed if you want. I rode to work in heavy snow this afternoon at 32°F, and had 3 inch icicles hanging off my windscreen all around, and my face shield had some buildup too. Everyone at work thinks I should be drug tested, and the HD riders asked me how I will get home in the morning. I pointed out that the temperature will be 38°F. Duh!
The ride to work was gorgeous. I need a Tiger (too)!