Winter is almost upon us. Time to put the Rocket to sleep

[Rick McC.]

We ride year round down here.

 

[Maelstrom]

Anyone else very close to the point where its time to put the Rocket to hibernate?

It's getting dark very early these days, along with the constant wind and dark clouds... snow is coming soon. I fear I may have only a few days of riding left and then no more bike till April or May.

I hate where I live sometimes.

Sucks to be you...God blessed Texas!...if you don't like the weather here, just wait a few minutes. But seriously, there was only one month last year in which I didn't ride, and that was mainly because I couldn't fit it in my schedule.

 

[TriumPhil]

OK, then, for you tropical types...

 

[scot in exile]

I feel your pain boys, it got as low as 81f here today freeze the balls off a brass monkey so it would.

 

[TriumPhil]

Sum*****!!!

 

[Scuba Craig]

We ride year round down here.

Why do you make fun of Obama? He is cool! Just look at what he taught Dubya ...

 

[TRIIICK]

October is my favorite time of year for riding especially here in NewEngland. I'm hoping to get in two more long rides before the snow flys. After October it's hard to find anyone willing to venture out most of my friends are getting long in the tooth and wimp out when the temperature falls below 40*.Living on the coast I usually ride up untill the the second week of December and call it quits after that.

 

[albertaduke]

Anyone else very close to the point where its time to put the Rocket to hibernate?

It's getting dark very early these days, along with the constant wind and dark clouds... snow is coming soon. I fear I may have only a few days of riding left and then no more bike till April or May.

I hate where I live sometimes.

yep ...rented heated space in a calgary garage moved the JD in a corner will see it again 15 of march 2015 no not to ride just check
the riding will follow 5 weeks later...maybe.
meanwhile I will gorge on french food and red wine for 3 months in southern france might even push to madrid and pay a visit to BARBAGRIS the spanish ribera del duero red is a sublime spanish wine !

 

[breeze]

im usually to busy this time of year to notice that winters here but seems like every spring I have to relearn when you past a snowplow its probably to early to ride keep in mind im just 40 miles from the colo. state line

 

[Boog]

@Chris Kelley I lived in Denver from '04 to '09 and was always happy at how quickly the main roads were cleared. I rode yer round there except in the snow and ice. The side roads were slower to clear like most cities but me and a fellow rider would get out the shovel or snow blower and clear the street out to the main road so we could keep riding.

Here in Northern Virginia, I see the adds coming from the area bike shops offering either classes on winter storage/set up or even in some cases, winter storage for a nominal fee. One HD offeres free storage for deploying military year round on a first come basis. Last winter, the weather guesser billed it as the fourth largest snowfall on record for this area; I lost 8 days of riding due to snow...