Dreaming of summer [Archive]

malaszka

12-28-2009, 12:19 PM

PAULBACH

12-28-2009, 12:25 PM

But the days are now getting longer each day. That's something to celebrate.

mvscorpio

12-28-2009, 03:21 PM

I also received new boots for Christmas!
My visual to get me through is riding in Colorado in 2007, through RMNP and over McClure Pass on my way to the TOR rally.

malaszka

12-28-2009, 04:11 PM

Oh yea! Have you ever done Naturita to Gateway?! It's not too far from Paonia. A great day ride.

Sue

12-28-2009, 04:16 PM

manicmechanic

12-28-2009, 05:36 PM

And no critters wanting to get up close and personal.

Voni

12-28-2009, 07:08 PM

For years living in Iowa, we had rare days during the winter when we could ride. It's amazing how incredibly alive I would feel after coming back from one of those rides! Even now it brings a big grin to remember the rush of adrenaline!

And there's no high quite like the first ride in the spring!

Voni
sMiling

Mrs2beers

12-28-2009, 07:48 PM

Ahh, I too am dreaming and waiting for old manwinter to go to sleep so that Spring can come. Because all the paperwork and e.t.c. stuff is done from our accident to which we are the proud new owners of a 2009 K1200lt. So we have been EVER so paitient in our wait of 2years-2months-and 12 days to be able to have the fun and joy of riding again. Only now to still be paitent for the warm weather.

womanridge

12-29-2009, 09:18 AM

My visual is that mid-summer early morning ride through the Kettle Moraine State Forest, here in Wisconsin. The sun pushing through the trees, casting horizontal prisms of pink and blue light through the morning mist. Occasionally there are openings where the fields, overrun with wild flowers glisten - as the sun greedily sparkles on the drops of dew on the Queen Anne's Lace, thistle, and Brown-Eyed Susans. I have the road to myself. All is peaceful.

Love the way you draw the picture, Sue.
Malaszka, your thread made me re-live my ride report from this past fall.
http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?t=39747
If you didn't get the chance, I would invite you to visit the thread.
Thank you for reminding me to "re-ride"

malaszka

12-29-2009, 10:11 AM

Nice report! It would be fun to do a report but I think I'd have so much fun riding that I'd forget to do regular entries! I did 6,000 miles last summer and am hoping to do more this coming summer.

Becky973

12-29-2009, 04:44 PM

Yesterday I got to be in the garage for a few hours taking the motor out of one of my race bikes to get it ready for the up coming season. Ladies, the riding season will be here soon. So make sure you oil/clean your leathers, clean the bugs from your helmet and order the parts that you to fix your bike (or schedule the appointment with the dealer).

Becky

rtdirks

01-07-2010, 07:55 PM

The motorcycles are in the garage!!!Terry

womanridge

01-08-2010, 09:58 AM

Whew, it's refreshing to see such a post. The other forums have been a bit tense lately. Glade we have this room to come to.
My back is sore from shoveling, but the fresh coat of white in the yard is nice to see. Don't forget to feed the birds. (unless you're a cat lover, of course).

DarrylRi

01-08-2010, 10:09 AM

Oh yea! Have you ever done Naturita to Gateway?! It's not too far from Paonia. A great day ride.

http://darryl.crafty-fox.com/mcpics/2008/WY-CO_Rallies/P7246188-1med.jpg

http://darryl.crafty-fox.com/mcpics/2008/WY-CO_Rallies/slides/P7246217.JPG

http://darryl.crafty-fox.com/mcpics/2008/WY-CO_Rallies/P7246227-2.jpg

Voni

01-08-2010, 10:15 AM

Leaving tomorrow for New Zeland and Hawaii on the way home. Should be summer very soon for us!

Voni
sMiling

malaszka

01-08-2010, 12:03 PM

Wow! Thank you Darryl! It's true that a picture is worth a thousand words!
So Voni, I know I'm a little old, but would you care to adopt me?!

womanridge

01-08-2010, 12:12 PM

Leaving tomorrow for New Zeland and Hawaii on the way home. Should be summer very soon for us!

Voni
sMiling

Have a wonderful time. Hope you can rent some bikes for a day or two. Enjoy. I know you'll be thinking of us.:brow:D

DarrylRi

01-08-2010, 12:44 PM

Leaving tomorrow for New Zeland and Hawaii on the way home. Should be summer very soon for us!

Voni
sMiling

Have a great trip! I want to go back to NZ, I had a great time riding around there.

Wow! Thank you Darryl! It's true that a picture is worth a thousand words!

We 'discovered' CO-145 a couple years ago at the TOR rally and had a really, really, really! good time on it.

Then we came out to the junction with US-50 and there was a CO Highway Patrol car in line directly in front of us. If he had seen us at any other time in the previous hour... :nono

staciebug

01-09-2010, 07:35 PM

I live in Spokane Washington, and I am unable to ride for most of winter. I stare at our motorcycles often, wishing it were warm enough to ride. We just bought a 2007 F800ST, I hauled it home in the snow, and park in without even a test ride. Winter is a good time to plan for the trips to come. I am already mapping out routed to rallies I would like to go to and thinking of any gear I may need to get. I know the first warm day we get, I will be out riding and enjoying it that much more since I appreciate the time I get in the warmer months! Hang in there ladies! We will be on the road in no time!!! :clap

malaszka

01-09-2010, 09:54 PM

It must be nice living so near to BC! Great riding.
Thinking of gear too! My b'friend gave me great boots for Christmas! What a romantic! Knows right where my heart is! And I just got an Olympia AST jacket. Some heavy spring rains to wash the gravel off and I'll be ready! I got a new (to me) bike late fall. I guess I need to take some pics and post them! More later!

Cheers

malaszka

01-30-2010, 06:28 PM

OK, looks like people are in their mid-winter doldrums! Is there a pulse out there?

My boyfriend is doing maintance and I am making reservations for our rooms along the road this summer. At least planning and dreaming is better than inactivity!

mvscorpio

01-31-2010, 06:44 AM

We had our first snow the first weekend of December, early for us. Three consecutive weeknds of snow or icy precipitation. One snowfall was 2 feet+. Figured it was time to give up for a few weeks, and I took the shocks off the bike for a rebuild. A few other minor projects are on the list: install the new PIAAs from Santa, clean/wax the bike (a first!), replace the headlight bulb with HID, and install the laminar lip I got in October.

I hope to wrap those all up in the next week-10 days, then wait for the roads to be clear for a ride. Though we got another 5 inches of snow yesterday.

Waiting...

malaszka

01-31-2010, 09:39 PM

Yeah, a lot of waiting! And wishing it was warm and I was ten pounds lighter! At least it's February and it's a short month.

Bullett

01-31-2010, 10:36 PM

Here's a shot from June 2009 up on Ophir Pass between Ouray and Telluride. I was on my Yamaha XT250, but a couple of the guys were on GS's

http://twisties.smugmug.com/photos/573752153_TEUv7-M.jpg

That's Ed on the Yamaha and my my husband, Jan on the yellow DRZ. Their other bikes are RT's.

This is Ranger Barker. He pulled Danny and I over for speeding on the dirt road up to Yankee Boy Basin.

http://twisties.smugmug.com/photos/573752714_49LjM-M.jpg

This is my friend Joel, on his GS on Ophir Pass.

http://twisties.smugmug.com/photos/573752422_Ju3Yt-M.jpg

Bullett

01-31-2010, 10:45 PM

Bear Tooth Pass in August, 2009.

http://twisties.smugmug.com/photos/631412783_UsChZ-M.jpg

http://twisties.smugmug.com/photos/631414708_pPpcN-M.jpg

8-D

Bullett

01-31-2010, 10:49 PM

Canyonlands, May 2009. Although it wasn't really summer, the weather was perfect!

http://twisties.smugmug.com/photos/534453630_imoq7-M.jpg

Fish Lake Loop, near Torrey, Utah.

http://twisties.smugmug.com/photos/540764391_owXsc-M.jpg

There are more, but I'm probably already out of line. Hope these help.

malaszka

02-01-2010, 07:23 AM

All right! Great pics! Now we're talking! Sometimes in the depth of winter living vicariously is best one can hope for.
I see you are from Uath! I went to graduate school in Logan. I wasn't a rider then. We did the Canyon last summer and I saw it in a whole new light!

womanridge

02-01-2010, 08:01 AM

There are more, but I'm probably already out of line. Hope these help.

Are you kidding? More, we want more. You have some nice pics there Bullett.
I can't believe it's been 2 months since I was on my RT. Dreaming of summer...............or even spring.
Spent a few hours yesterday with some club friends planning the Chicken Rally ride. :dance

Bullett

02-01-2010, 11:05 PM

Here's one on Wolf Creek Pass, Utah 35

http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/177091701_rez4b-M.jpg

I really like this one, from my last ride in October:

http://twisties.smugmug.com/photos/751160062_LzHmf-M.jpg

I rediscovered East Canyon last fall after my husband broke his leg:

http://twisties.smugmug.com/photos/677588968_qNcR9-M.jpg

http://twisties.smugmug.com/photos/685106721_t3ZCW-M.jpg

Back to summer, American Fork Canyon:

http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/163934743_WPikZ-M.jpg

http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/163934950_uDiK5-M.jpg

Big Cottonwood Canyon is close to our house:

http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/195597540_PQrmy-M.jpg

http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/195597238_kjJUy-M.jpg

malaszka

02-02-2010, 07:45 AM

Great photos! I used to take many more photos when I was on the back. I even used to have him drop me off to sketch while he did the twisties a few times! Now that I ride my own I hardly ever take the time to pull over. Now all I want to do is ride!

Bullett

02-02-2010, 08:41 AM

I know what you mean malazka. There is tension between taking pictures and riding. Sometimes we will ride the canyon twice, once for the ride and then take pictures, or vice versa. I usually try to take pictures when I pull off to turn around or scenic overlooks. This winter is the first one that we really haven't been able to do much riding. We trailered the bikes to Beatty, Nevada a few weeks ago, it was my husbands first time back on the bike.

http://twisties.smugmug.com/photos/768016887_MqJCe-M.jpg

This one's from the truck as we arrived back in Salt Lake

http://twisties.smugmug.com/photos/771353999_Exq2M-M.jpg

Voni

02-03-2010, 09:45 PM

lOVING the photos and the dreaming. Paul and I are just back from "summer" in New Zealand and Hawaii! I even got a sunburn. Now all I can do is sMILE!

Rained all day here in the desert, but riding tomorrow. And sorting photos :brad

Voni
sMiling

sudani

02-03-2010, 10:33 PM

http://twisties.smugmug.com/photos/573752422_Ju3Yt-M.jpg

Loved seeing the pictures of the passes around Ouray. Used to go 4-wheeling in a '71 landcruiser on those dirt roads. That was exciting!

Thanks for the memories.

Peggy

02-06-2010, 08:45 AM

Sitting here looking at my new riding boots that I got for Christmas and outside the sun is glinting off of the ice and snow from a record blizzard that swept through the Dakotas.

What would really cheer me up is hearing some "visuals" from your favorite rides. Like coming off Togwotee Pass and seeing the Tetons shimmering in the sun. Or that strange shoe tree outside of Mt. Vernon, OR or the road down into Flaming Gorge.

Sigh! Summer is so far away.

I hate those long winters with no chance to ride, so far our winter has been super mild. We are heading from Washington state to Daytona beach bike week in 2 weeks. You are welcom to follow us on our blog my husband rides a triumph sprint & I ride a K1200GT our blog site is 3digitadventures.blogspot.com

Voni

02-06-2010, 09:27 AM

Safe travels, Peggy! We'll enjoy following along.

Voni
sMiling

Bullett

02-06-2010, 10:22 AM

Colorado National Monument:

http://twisties.smugmug.com/photos/508544255_qp7ji-M.jpg

http://twisties.smugmug.com/photos/508544338_iGWSM-M.jpg

Texas hill country:

http://twisties.smugmug.com/photos/508543725_F7qKU-M.jpg

http://twisties.smugmug.com/photos/508545806_AEy7r-M.jpg

West Texas, near Big Bend:

http://twisties.smugmug.com/photos/508544770_jbtyy-M.jpg

http://twisties.smugmug.com/photos/508543903_bPMDN-M.jpg

Voni

02-06-2010, 10:34 AM

Now you're in MY country ; )

My sig picture was taken near Mule Ears!

Voni
sMiling

rinty

02-06-2010, 11:39 AM

Great shots, Sharon. Really like your composition.

womanridge

02-06-2010, 05:02 PM

I'm getting anxious!!! 4-5 more weeks before my baby comes out of winter storage. Can't wait. Thanks ladies (& gents) for keeping the dream alive.
Great photos Bullett. Especially the swithback one. Beautiful.

Bullett

02-06-2010, 06:36 PM

Thanks everybody. Its been fun looking at a few pictures and reliving some great rides, but now I'm getting really antsy to go riding. :wave

Bullett

02-09-2010, 07:31 PM

Found a couple more pics from summer 2008:

Hell's Canyon Overlook:

http://twisties.smugmug.com/photos/332628900_6mXVw-L.jpg

Washington Hwy 3:

http://twisties.smugmug.com/photos/331252522_ny5i4-L.jpg

Top of the Rockies in 2006. I think this is Douglas Pass, but I'm not positive.

http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/177091701_rez4b-L.jpg