That's great! Maybe you'll be able to feel your face and hands again by March!

Congrats on the new bike bradda!

P. S. How's the boy doing after the visit?

He went with his aunt they will be home this evening thanks glam for asking about him

He's gonna be in a mood when he gets home I'd guess. Just let the big TEB love out. He'll be good.

One morning it was 49 degrees and I knew it would be in the high 60's in the afternoon - I figured "What the hell - ride the Harley!"

Got 5 miles, turned around and went back for the car.

NEW RULE: NEVER under 60!

I just can't imagine what you did!!!!

Is my new rule as well

Air Force insulated bib pants, Army Korea-era white mickey mouse boots, Army trigger-finger mittens, etc.

The worst part was the sore leg from kick-starting it with that cold 30-weight in the motor.

The best part: I was single at the time, nobody to tell me what a moron I was.

Ain't winter cabin-fever fun?

You always get good deals in the dead of winter... getting it home was the problem. I dressed for the occasion.. I looked like the Pillsbury dough boy with all the layers/boots and gloves.
Still froze my ass off and then it started to snow...... Uffda it was cold..
Neat bike though... first with a counter rotating balance shaft.. smooth for a vertical twin...
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Winter awesome deal on bikes

I'd just finished lapping valves, putting engine back together, setting valves and timing. Easy to do in the warmth of my living room (did I mention I was single at the time?)

But after it sat in the garage for a week, I just had to see if the dang thing was going to work. Success. No counter balance, That '68 Bonneville vibrated like crazy, but ran great. Then I was able to ignore it until spring arrived.

The first "new" bike I bought was a '71 Honda 350.. I called it the buzz bomb. Anything over 3500 rpm and everything buzzed... My buddy called his the E.B.J. aka the eye ball jiggler!!
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Oh man was I a moron

... is stuck in an alternate orifice.

We saw a guy on a bike yesterday ... I mean a bicycle bike! And the temp on my car’s dash said 11! Now that was one tough dude!

Hope all goes well today, friend.

at 5 degrees. Couldn't get off when I got there. Had a Triumph Bonneville with spring loaded skis so you could ride in snow. Did that a couple times then decided that was stupid.

about 2.5 hours from our home. It was early May, and unusually cold I think about 40’s .......he went, came back and shook from the cold for about 2 hours in a hot bath. I kept filling the tub up when it got a little cool, said he never do that again, EVER

it was about 50 degrees out. Time to go home it was 39 and sleeting. Needless to say quite a butt puckering ride not to mention f-ing cold.

HUGS TEB!!

I’ve had a few bikers do that to me, and I wonder if it’s an insult or greeting or saying thanks.

We also do peace signs a lot up here. Each state has its own signals.

It was always after I made a move to give a motorcycle room. Usually when I saw then in the rear view mirror coming up between the cars in a freeway. I move a bit to the right to give them space.

Once I started to pull out into a left lane on the freeway which was the commuter lane because it was close to my exit and OK for cars to access the exit. In the rear view mirror I say a biker doing the same thing and accelerating rapidly. I knew he would not be able to slow down in time so I immediately turned back into my lane. He gave me that sign. I’ve often wondered if he was cursing me out or appreciating that I saw him and moved back into my lane.

He wasn't cussing at you - he was thanking you. It's sometimes hard (especially on hills) to slow quickly. I can't tell you how many folks who did the right thing I've bought meals for. One fatal accident on the Steese Highway took the life of a young man (Army) who'd only had the bike for a week. EVERYONE STOPPED.

I’ve always been a rear view mirror driver. I guess it comes from learning to drive in Mexico City. You have to be aware 360 degrees around you ALL the time!

I did that wearing a snowmobile suit and full face helmet, several times, at temps as low as 0 F. I used a length of medical tubing to breathe through to not fog my face shield. Great Rides. Bike is water cooled and had a full fairing with lowers that let the radiator heat come up to me.

My passager buddy had to pee and I wasn’t about to stop and I told him to just go. When we reached our destination I got off the bike and he was stuck to my back.

I love that bike.