The Year In Review
October 14, 2024
As I look out the window the leaves are changing color, a chilling breeze is blowing and the thermometer is reading fifty-eight degrees. I'm still having to take it easy from the pacemaker replacement and haven't thrown a leg over a bike in over three weeks. Any riding I do from now on will be of the "Local Errand" variety until Spring. I can't believe how fast this riding season has whizzed by.
All four of the scooters and motorcycles attended some kind of an event this past season and performed admirably. Beginning in April the Kawasaki made an evening run to Kingston for a bike night and cemented its place in the lineup as "The Bike". In my younger days it would have been the only bike since it would have been all I needed. Now I have backup bikes for my old age.
The first event of the season had me doing something I never did before. Riding an event on my smallest scooter. Since I broke away from the main group at the beginning thunderous speed wasn't required. The scooter rolled along all day near 55 mph and held up fine over the 105 mile trip. From then on all the bikes did bike nights and events until the last runs in September. The Kawasaki was the prime candidate for those and rolled 436 miles that month. The CF Moto did the hottest day ride in July when the temps hit ninety degrees. It's cooling fan got a workout that day.
Hopefully the weather will stay moderate and I will get in a few more rides before Winter closes in. The season went by way too fast but it was a good one
All four of the scooters and motorcycles attended some kind of an event this past season and performed admirably. Beginning in April the Kawasaki made an evening run to Kingston for a bike night and cemented its place in the lineup as "The Bike". In my younger days it would have been the only bike since it would have been all I needed. Now I have backup bikes for my old age.
The first event of the season had me doing something I never did before. Riding an event on my smallest scooter. Since I broke away from the main group at the beginning thunderous speed wasn't required. The scooter rolled along all day near 55 mph and held up fine over the 105 mile trip. From then on all the bikes did bike nights and events until the last runs in September. The Kawasaki was the prime candidate for those and rolled 436 miles that month. The CF Moto did the hottest day ride in July when the temps hit ninety degrees. It's cooling fan got a workout that day.
Hopefully the weather will stay moderate and I will get in a few more rides before Winter closes in. The season went by way too fast but it was a good one
Posted by Jim Zeiser.
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