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The zipper busted in my winter jacket so I wore my motorcycle jacket today. My daughter asked me if i was going for a ride. It is 35 degrees.. I thought "a man would be a fool to be riding today " Then I thought of old friend Larryshep. We met for a ride up Cherohala if I remember correctly. He got off his bike and uttered these immortal words "motorcycle riders aint got lick of sense. ..it was 27 degrees when I left my house this morning!"
Then thinking back on some of the conditions I have ridden in, I think I am inclined to agree.
I used to ride a 74 Honda 550 four to work about 25 miles away. I had no gear other than a 25 dollar helmet and 7.95 sunglasses. I had point about halfway that I would stop and unzip my jacket then lay on the tank using my jacket to collect the heat off the engine. Get thawed out and keep rolling.
The morning we left out from Indiana it was 27 degrees and feezing rain was coming in. We waited for a Shoneys to open up in Kentucky to thaw out.. By the time we got to Fort Mountain it was 70 degrees.. Go figure.
Riding in Colorado we are fueling up and I looked over at this beautiful mountain covered wih snow an thought man, i am glad I dont have to ride up that one. Well that was the mountain we were riding up. The higher we got the narrower the snowless highway became. I was gettng pretty nervous but we finally reached the peak. It was beautiful and well worth the trip but it didnt escape me that I was surrounded by snow riding a motorcycle.
It is starting to look like this belonged in nonsensicle ramblings.
Anyway, heres to you Larryshep! Man, it was good riding with you.
I still miss the little motorcycleridingdude emoji.

I'll always remember you, I, Larry and the Sheppard boys rolling the Cherolaha Skyway with the clouds sitting on the highway. Damn cold that day as well.
Good times, good memories.

It was a beautiful day here in N Ga. Still a little cool but I toughed it out. Shame on me for letting the Triumphs battery get low. I put the trickle charger on it and checked the Sportster and it fired right up so i took it out while the Triumph was charging. My spiffy new choke system I rigged is working great so another issue solved but of course the petcock has started leaking and I need a fuel cap and a fatter intermediate jet so another 65 bucks to the Harley gods. I love the way breaker point engines start up almost immediately. Just touch the button and it goes... Reminds me of the old 63 Impala I drove for so many years.
Great day ,lots of fun on a cool Thursday.

Chy, I got my carb parts in from Fast Eddy. So maybe one of these winter days I could hire you to have another "take your son to work" day and we could do a mini cruise around them mountain parts..... if you can get that zipper fixed :-)

My calender is free for the time being.

The ice bikes are out in my area. They race on a pond that I go past on my way home. Stopped to watch a couple times. Incredible lean angles and speeds. Never tried it myself but it looks like fun.

Crazy stuff . Guys will race anything, anywhere.