weather sucks

[Kwalsh]

The weather sucks this year, i can't remember another year when i couldnt take the bike out for a few days in march.Now the forcast looks wet and crappy all week so the outlook is not good. I need some serious spyder time i am forgetting how muh fun it is to ride

[DaveM]

It sure does suck! Last 4 weekends rain/snow and it looks like this weekend some more of the same. Ugh!

Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

[Bob Denman]

While with you: this will wash all of the sand and salt off of the roads...
(I had mine out in February, and there will be a small "window of opportunity" this Wednesday & Thursday...)

Hang in there!

[oldgoat]

We normally get what you get. Will be plating mine on April 1st but don't really expect to get out on it for a bit. I refuse to go out with snow melt running across the roads, both me & the spyder get too dirty.

[bcer960]

We had 46% more snow then average from Nov - Feb.... still not warm out. not so patiently waiting to ride

[Chupaca]

can only wish you all better weather soon.... or come over here.....

[jaherbst]

OK, listen to this. Finally cooled down enough to get some serious riding in. It has been in the 90's now for almost the entire month of March. Now we have about ten days forecast to be in the high 70's to low 80's.
Yesterday was riding day.

I rode the Spyder, my Can Am Maverick, Yamaha WR250R, BMW R1200R LC and even my Bicycle for about 30 minutes then thanked the man upstairs for my health and such a wonderful day.

Jack

[Bob Denman]

Hi Jack,
Are you really saying that it gets too hot to ride?



100 degree temperatures, and a wet Tee-Shirt: I'm good for the day!

But I'm glad to hear that you had a bit of a talk with "The Man Upstairs"...

[ARtraveler]

My story a bit different. We are coming up on a whole week of forties. That should take the cold edge off of things and bring the final melt on my driveway and final 2.5 blocks of ice covered road.

I may be riding by this time next week.

I have seen one motorcycle out and about so far.

[Deanna777]

The weather does , I still have a lot snow on the ground, this week the forecast says the temps in 40's rain.


This week-end April 1st the forecast is snow( white fungus), so my spyder will still be in hibernation. I will post when I wake up spyder from it's hibernation.

I am hoping for April 5th or April 8th waking up spyder from it's long winter's nap. Also depending on weather.

I am long over due for riding on spyder. Weather has to change to for the good. It is the last week of March!

Deanna

[Fat Baxter]

Last month, highs reached into the 60s. I fired up the lawnmower, dropped the deck height, added the grass catcher, and removed all the dead stuff. Smallish grass catcher gets full after 25 feet; stop, remove catcher, empty into plastic 45 gallon trash bag. Reinstall grass catcher, fire up the mower, go another 25 feet or so. Repeat for the better part of two days. 39 trash bags, IIRC.

Last week, pulled weeds in all the gardens. Removed dead "witch's broom" growth from my wife's several large rose bushes. Collect numerous scratches as souvenirs.

100_1114.jpg


Last weekend: plant several new flowering things my wife bought. All while the azaleas are blooming:

100_1167.jpg

Oh, yeah: ride the Spyder at least twice a week! More, if I take it to the gym in the mornings -- if the cat lets me:

100_1207.jpg

This is payback for the 16 years I spent in Montana, Nebraska, and Wyoming courtesy of Uncle Sam.

[Bob Denman]

I know of an easier way to get ride of all of the crap that accumulates...

flamethrowers.jpg

Just don't forget your marshmallow sticks!

[ZENspyderman]

The weather sucks this year, i can't remember another year when i couldnt take the bike out for a few days in march.Now the forcast looks wet and crappy all week so the outlook is not good. I need some serious spyder time i am forgetting how muh fun it is to ride

I look out on the st.lawrence river what do I see is ice, ice and more ice

[ARtraveler]

March has not quit. We got two inches of snow last night and a bit more predicted today. Then, will come the mid to high forties. Looks like another week.

[Bob Denman]

I look out on the st.lawrence river what do I see is ice, ice and more ice

That sounds like the start of a (n)ice cold beer!

[Crisis]

I road 2 days in Feb. and one day was close to 70. That was a first for me. Better days ahead.

[ARtraveler]

Update: March just refuses to quit. 6 inches more snow added to the three we got yesterday. Schools were closed in Anchorage today. Snow has now stopped and the melt is on. Main highways are back to pavement. We are headed for mid forties by the weekend.

Am hoping that Spring is finally coming to our area.

[Bob Denman]

Sunny and Twenty-nine here this morning... but heading up into the fifties...

[Peteoz]

You're lucky.......we don't have many places we can ride to in north east Australia after Cyclone Debbie just wiped most of it out.......and the rivers are STILL rising

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-2...allery/8395494

Pete

[Peteoz]

Debbie does Queensland.......and is "majestically" moving down the coast .....

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-2...e-time/8393244

Pete

[Fearless]

And we get the remains of a cyclone here. Roads flooded and lots of rain.

But the temp is good 30 deg C.

[Deanna777]

I know of an easier way to get ride of all of the crap that accumulates...

flamethrowers.jpg

Just don't forget your marshmallow sticks!

Bob, Send the flame thrower north ward. The forecast is more snow( white fungus) Winter storm warning out until 2:00 pm Sat. Would someone do a SPRING DANCE/WARM WEATHER DANCE PLEASE!

Deanna

[Fat Baxter]

(Reads most recent responses since last posting, .... decides "what the heck! Why not?")

I mowed my lawn again today.

Oh, and Mr. UPS delivered my new Joe Rocket mesh riding jacket from Revzilla. My wife says I need to try it out tomorrow -- without the wind-stop liner, of course. But first, I'll need to clean all the bugsplat off my windshield from Wednesday's ride.

And yes, I appreciate how cold and miserable winter can be in the north. IIRC, it was in 1978 when a few miles down the road from where I was stationed in Montana, we tied the record for the absolute cold-bulb temperature in the lower 48, at minus 70. Actually, it was the same place that set the original record.

[Bob Denman]

Bob, Send the flame thrower north ward. The forecast is more snow( white fungus) Winter storm warning out until 2:00 pm Sat. Would someone do a SPRING DANCE/WARM WEATHER DANCE PLEASE!

Deanna

I saw that you guys were getting hit again... We're in the mid-thirties right now, and only got some sleet last night.
I'll be riding on Monday and Wednesday this week!

[Deanna777]

I saw that you guys were getting hit again... We're in the mid-thirties right now, and only got some sleet last night.
I'll be riding on Monday and Wednesday this week!

Bob, Two snow storms in 2 weeks, Will this winter ever end! Put some miles on for me on Monday. I can not take much more of the ( White Fungus)snow!


Deanna