First ride of the season - Ontario, Canada
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TOMCAT
Rage against the machine
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- ALBANY - Western Australia
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- 2009 RIII Standard - 2008 Speed Triple -1995 900 T'Bird
Great stuff Tank .. nice looking bike you got there.
TRIIICK
Living Legend
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- 05 Rocket III 01 Roadking 08 Busa
Did my first ride March 31 beautiful day, roads were salt free due to the heavy rains we had. Snow is 90% gone,but there are some killer potholes out there..
Jeff Cameron
Supercharged
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- 2014 Triumph Rocket III Roadster
I didn't see any ride....just a nice bike revving up.
Tank
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Jeff Cameron
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- 2014 Triumph Rocket III Roadster
I am still waiting to get out on mine but there is so much gravel on the roads in Edmonton......waiting on the city to clean the streets.
Sensfan
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Bugger
, I have 1 more weekend that I need my truck in Whitby, gotta pick up my wife and her luggage from a wedding in Jamaica next Monday, but on the 19th and on, I'll have mine down here with me. If your cruising by Garden/ Taunton, my construction site is the one right beside the LA Fitness. Stayed here last weekend, took a Sunday drive north of here, I'm gonna like the riding here, nice curvy country roads.
, I have 1 more weekend that I need my truck in Whitby, gotta pick up my wife and her luggage from a wedding in Jamaica next Monday, but on the 19th and on, I'll have mine down here with me. If your cruising by Garden/ Taunton, my construction site is the one right beside the LA Fitness. Stayed here last weekend, took a Sunday drive north of here, I'm gonna like the riding here, nice curvy country roads.
Joesmoe
IMOKUR2
First ride for me this year . . . in Virginia -- rode the other bike and finally got to wash off all the crap from riding it in the first rains after winter with all the road salt and what else out there.
Today, though, glorious weather and just happens to be the peak of the cherry blossoms in DC, and while I would not take the bike down there, I was in that general direction, and was caught in spots of truly stop, wait, go traffic (left hand got a work out).
The emotions were positive as I had my wife on pillion, and we met up with a co-worker taking his new lady friend out for her first ride -- he was on a Thunderbird -- curiously, same paint scheme as the Rocket Touring (red/black).
He is an Alexandria, and we picked up the GW Parkway headed west, and got on Chain Bridge to cross the river to the Maryland side, then continued west on Clara Barton Pkwy to MacArthur Blvd to the end, up Falls Rd to Potomac, MD and stopped at a Vie de France bakery there.
The free-ride-for-motorcycles on the High Occupancy Toll lanes came in handy today, setting the McCruise on 75mph and cruising past the slog of traffic in the regular lanes.
Returned home, and my wife patted me, saying, "You did well." This was a needed vote of confidence, since our last outing in October (reported elsewhere) I dropped the bike once with her on it, shaking confidence somewhat.
Rocket has . . . whoa . . . hold your hats boys . . . all of 2,164 miles on the clock, and I'm looking to get some good miles in with my daughter having just chosen college in Harrisonburg, VA, a nice jaunt out I-66 and a little ways down I-81. She thinks she is far enough away to not be bothered by her parents. Little does she know . . . ;-)
May your rides be as glorious this year.
Today, though, glorious weather and just happens to be the peak of the cherry blossoms in DC, and while I would not take the bike down there, I was in that general direction, and was caught in spots of truly stop, wait, go traffic (left hand got a work out).
The emotions were positive as I had my wife on pillion, and we met up with a co-worker taking his new lady friend out for her first ride -- he was on a Thunderbird -- curiously, same paint scheme as the Rocket Touring (red/black).
He is an Alexandria, and we picked up the GW Parkway headed west, and got on Chain Bridge to cross the river to the Maryland side, then continued west on Clara Barton Pkwy to MacArthur Blvd to the end, up Falls Rd to Potomac, MD and stopped at a Vie de France bakery there.
The free-ride-for-motorcycles on the High Occupancy Toll lanes came in handy today, setting the McCruise on 75mph and cruising past the slog of traffic in the regular lanes.
Returned home, and my wife patted me, saying, "You did well." This was a needed vote of confidence, since our last outing in October (reported elsewhere) I dropped the bike once with her on it, shaking confidence somewhat.
Rocket has . . . whoa . . . hold your hats boys . . . all of 2,164 miles on the clock, and I'm looking to get some good miles in with my daughter having just chosen college in Harrisonburg, VA, a nice jaunt out I-66 and a little ways down I-81. She thinks she is far enough away to not be bothered by her parents. Little does she know . . . ;-)
May your rides be as glorious this year.
Sensfan
Top Fuel
Finally got mine out yesterday, sunny day, no breeze 17C, nice to be on it . Went down hwy 2 along the St. Lawrence, was going to ride the Long Sault parkway, got there, it's still closed, like arriving at Wally World. Came back through Merrickville, had a long chat with a couple who just bought 2 new Harleys, he has a CVO, she got a Sportster superlow like my wife's. I pulled out in front of them, was gonna crack it for the sake of it, usually I would just lite up, but I wasn't thinking....I have a brand new tire, so I connected and went down Merrickville Main st. on one wheel, with his mouth wide open, nice display, but not very graceful, couldn't wipe the grin off my face the rest of the way home.
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